Students’ Responses to Trigger Warnings in the Classroom
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Following The Meredith Herald’s previous article highlighting professors’ views about using trigger warnings in their classrooms, several...
Kaylee Haas
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
Post-Election Feelings at Meredith
The 2020 general election has been a historic event. With so much uncertainty, many feelings are coming in waves. The closeness of the...
Jeanine Carryl
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- 3 min
The Meredith Anti-Racism Effort, Part 2: Faculty and Staff
The Meredith community has been receiving emails about the anti-racism initiative periodically throughout the semester. Faculty and staff...
The Meredith Herald Staff
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance of Trigger Warnings in Classrooms
College campuses across the country are receiving increased requests for content warnings or trigger warnings on class syllabi, in...
Helen Heins
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
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Academic deans have an important role to play at every college. But what exactly does the job entail? Although Meredith College is one...
Mia Shelton
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Inconsistencies in Treatment by Meredith's Campus Police
Since the beginning of this semester, there have been changes in the security process upheld by the Meredith College Campus Police...
rjvanhorne
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
How Meredith College Social Media Works
One might often find themself looking at the Meredith social media pages, wondering how they decide what to post and when. This year it...
Molly Perry
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Cornhuskin' Discussions
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Cornhuskin’, one of Meredith’s most iconic traditions, but the main festivities have been...
Jeanine Carryl
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Meredith Anti-Racism Effort, Part 1: BSU's Role
On June 2, President Jo Allen announced a college-wide conversation on race and personally invited Meredith’s Black Student Union (BSU)...
Molly Perry
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Unusual Onyx Celebrations
Excitement in the Meredith community continues to grow this week as members of the Class of 2022 and other students who have completed 60...
Olivia Slack
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
LGBTQ+ Students at Meredith Speak Up
It might be expected that many women-loving-women would choose to attend a historically women’s college. However, LGBTQ+ members of...
Rylee Petty
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
A Voter's Guide to Local Elections
Local elections are just as important — if not more important in some ways — than federal elections. These are the candidates that have...
Jeanine Carryl
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
Voting with an Absentee Ballot
Voting is one of the most important things citizens can do for their country. Traditionally, citizens vote in person at a designated...
Olivia Slack
- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
A Guide to Voting in 2020
With the 2020 election coming up in just 50 days, understanding all the deadlines, guidelines and rules surrounding the election is...
rjvanhorne
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
Thomas Meredith: The Man Behind The Name
It is no secret that Meredith College was named after a man named Thomas Meredith. However, who was he? Was he really worth having a...
Molly Perry
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
On Campus vs. Online at Meredith
The Fall 2020 semester is starting very differently for students across the United States due to COVID-19. With schools offering...
The Meredith Herald Staff
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Masks at Meredith
With surrounding colleges such as NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill going fully online after experiencing an influx of COVID-19 clusters, the...
Aminah Jenkins
- Sep 4, 2020
- 5 min
88 Days: The Raleigh Black Lives Matter Protest
On Aug. 28, community members gathered in Raleigh, NC, to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and others. There have been 88 days of...
The Meredith Herald Staff
- Aug 5, 2020
- 5 min
"You Just Have to Experience It": Racism in Residence Halls
Over the course of this summer, the @DearMereCo Instagram account has given the BIPOC community a platform to anonymously submit their...
rjvanhorne
- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
Islamophobia on Meredith's Campus
Meredith’s campus, while home to a prominent Christian community, is also home to a large population of Muslim students. These students...
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