I,™ HERALD
September i8, 2013
Meredith Ranked 2nd Best of South Regional Colleges
AJ Thompson, staff writer
Every year, U.S.
News publishes a report list
ing the best colleges in the
United States. The 2014 edi
tion of this report has award
ed Meredith second place.
Meredith is catego
rized as a “South Regional”
college, a classification cre
ated to include colleges that
“focus on undergraduate edu
cation but grant fewer than
fifty percent of their degrees
in liberal arts disciplines,” ac
cording to the U.S. News site.
The South Regional listing in
cludes such colleges as Mount
Olive College, St. Augustine’s
University and Shaw Univer
sity.
In addition, Mer
edith took the number six
slot on the U.S. News’ “Best
Value” rankings. This list
ranks schools based upon
“several indicators including
peer assessment, graduation
and retention rates, faculty
resources (class size, faculty/
student ratio, percentage of
full-time faculty), student se
lectivity (average SAT scores,
acceptance rate) and alumni
giving percentage,” according
to U.S. News. Meredith Col
lege shared a top ten ranking
with John Brown University,
Alice Lloyd College and the
University of the Ozarks.
The U.S. News &
World Report is a diverse col
lection of publications dedi
cated to providing “news and
information that improves
the quality of life of its read
ers,” according to the site.
Along with the Best Colleges
series, the site ranks graduate
schools, hospitals and many
other invaluable institutions
that are staples of everyday
American life.
via meredith.edu
Election Results
Congratulations to the Class of 2017 Officers:
President:
Andy Leza
Vice President:
Christy Boone
Secretary:
open
Treasurer:
open
Historian:
Sabrina Brown
Cornhuskin Co-Chairs:
Kiersten Switzer and Katherine Burkett
Stunt Co-Chairs: open
Senators:
Cristy Villalobos, Vanessa Cupil-Garcia, 1 open
position
Student Life Representatives:
Dielle McMillan, 2 open positions
Elections Board Representatives:
3 open positions
Honor Council Representatives:
Alex Brinkley, 1 open position
Rise in Parking Tickets
Aggrevates Students
Cody Jeffrey, assistant editor & Katy Koop, staff writer
At Meredith College, Campus Security is known for its consistent, reliable police officers
and security guards. It’s hard to go a day without seeing a zooming golf cart or a security vehicle
cruising around campus. Although this creates a sense of safety at Meredith, some security mea
sures such as gates closing at ii:oopm and parking tickets, cause frustration and aggravation for
many students. Recently, the parking ticket epidemic has caused a massive increase in complaints
towards Campus Police. For many girls, the tickets have come without notice or warning, upset
ting those who do not have the allotted funds to clear the ticket immediately.
After Sarah Cullen’s first semester at Meredith, she began commuting to campus instead
of living in a residence hall. Continuing this fall as a commuter, Cullen has already received two
tickets, one for parking in the commuter lot with a residence hall pass and another for parking in
a staff space. Cullen says that one of the “problems with Meredith’s ticketing policy is [that] they
still give hand written tickets, not electronic. This is a problem because they have no record of
where [a student] stands at the school [whether they are a] commuter, resident, [or] visitor and
they also offer no ‘first offense’ [tickets].”
Brooke Mayo, sophomore, agrees with Cullen in that “Campus Security should have sent
out a public notice that they were enforcing the parking rules more this year. If I had known that
I'd be charged $75 for parking in the exact spots that I parked [in] last year in, I wouldn’t have
[done it].” Although some have recently had more issues with Campus Police than normal, there
are many students that continue to appreciate all that Campus Security does to keep Meredith
safe. Mayo sees the importance of Campus Security and acknowledges that “at the end of the day,
I know that they are looking out for our best interests and they are all super nice. I never had any
issues until I got a ticket, but at least students have a chance to appeal [it].”
According to Campus Security’s public information, students who have a parking ticket or
are worried about receiving one, should make sure that they have the correct parking decal affixed
to the correct location on their vehicle, and that they only park in designated spaces for students.
They say it is also important to note that there is a 15 day grace period to appeal a parking ticket
by submitting an appeal form.
STAFF
Editors: Jessica Feltner, Editor in Chief. Julia Dent, Managing Editor. Cody Jeffrey, Assistant Editor. Lucia Rynka-Estevez, Layout Editor.
Monique Kreisman, News Editor. Maitlyn Healy, A&E and Sports Editor. Rachel Pratl, Editorial Editor
Staff Writers: Hannah Nielsen, Katy Koop, Livi Burke, Hannah Thornton, Marlena Brown, Mollie Schrull, Isabel Benson, Kristin Hight
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