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Homecoming 2008
Martindale wants to
serve the University
To pair interna
tional pen pals
BY MATT SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER
For Meredith Martindale,
becoming Homecoming queen
means more than a tiara and title
of royalty.
The prospect provides her an
outlet whereby she hopes to give
back to the University commu
nity.
“The University has given me so
much,” Martindale said. “My expe
rience here has been so enriching,
and college has opened so many
doors.”
The Essentials
Martindale, a senior American
studies major hailing from Chapel
Hill, said being homecoming
queen was a desire that came
about this semester after speaking
with friends.
“Homecoming queen represents
everything I love about Carolina.
It would be an honor to repre
sent Carolina in this capacity” she
said.
Having grown up near UNC,
Martindale said she was originally
considering a university a little
farther from home while in high
school.
“I just didn’t think there was
anything new for me here,” she
said. “I thought I knew everything
about UNC already.”
But many of Martindale’s
friends were considering UNC,
and they eventually convinced her
to reconsider what the University
had to offer her.
After spending a warm spring
afternoon with a friend on cam
pus during her senior year of high
school, a Tar Heel was born.
“That was an absolutely beau
tiful day, and it was so much fun
to be a real Carolina student for
a day,” she said. “It was an offer I
really couldn’t pass up.”
The Project
As Homecoming queen,
Martindale said she hopes to
export the University’s welcoming,
internationally focused attitude
across the globe.
For her service project, she will
create a pen pal program pairing
H
UNC senior
Meredith
Martindale
is a candi
date for 2008
Homecoming
queen.
students of local Chapel Hill pub
lic middle schools to students from
schools in Tanzania.
“So much of my experience here
at Carolina has been beyond the
classroom,” she said. “And I love
meeting people different from
myself.”
“I want to share this opportuni
ty with younger students of Chapel
Hill.”
Martindale said the idea for
international pen pals was a result
of her own positive pen pal experi
ence when she was younger.
In middle school, Martindale
said she wrote to a French student
for two years before finally getting
to meet the foreign student while
in eighth grade.
That meeting was the catalyst
for a continuing interest in global
issues and befriending people
abroad.
And that’s why Tanzania has a
unique significance for Martindale
as the location for her project's
partnership.
“I have been to Tanzania twice
before and it’s a special place to
me,” she said. “I have some very
close Tanzanian friends, so I
thought it would be very cool to
connect other people globally like
I have been.”
Martindale said she is consid
ering two different schools that
she has visited for the partner
ship.
She said she hopes that pairing
students internationally will open
doors and spark the same kind of
intellectual curiosity that her pen
pal experience gave her.
“My project is an example of
what kind of things people can do
outside of the classroom to extend
our mission as a University.
“Carolina is so much larger than
what happens than when I go to
class in Greenlaw.”
The Campaign
Martindale said her campaign
staff hopes to spread her message
to the student body electroni
cally with e-mails and through a
(Lift Batty sar TIM
Tanzania
pen pal program
► Chapel Hill High School stu
dents will be connected with
Tanzanian students.
► Students will write back and
forth to promote intellectual
curiosity.
► The goal is to export the
University's international focus
to the community.
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Wednesday on campus or online.
Facebook group.
She has also been speaking with
student groups and Greek life to
campaign.
Using the pen pal service proj
ect as her main platform point,
Martindale has campaigned in
the Pit and put up A-frame signs
around campus.
Martindale said she would
continue to campaign through
out the week, and added she does
not have any plans to change her
strategy before students vote
Wednesday.
But Martindale said getting the
word out about her campaign has
been somewhat difficult because
the campus has focused on the
national presidential campaigns
instead.
“Of course, the focus should be
on national elections. It has been
fantastic all the things people are
doing to get involved with that,”
she said.
But campaigning for homecom
ing queen has still been an edu
cational experience, Martindale
said.
She noted that the campaign
has been a lot of work, and said
she could sympathize with how
much more work running an
enormous national campaign
would be.
“Even with the work, so far it's
been really fun,” she said.
“It’s given me a much better
appreciation of what people have
to do for our presidential cam
paigns.”
Senior Writer Matthew Price
contributed reporting.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.