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    Elinor Shelp-Peck
    • Feb 2
    • 1 min

    Opinion: Who Let the Dogs Out?

    Has anyone else noticed a lack of canine friends on campus recently? While PEARLS did have a therapy dog team visit in Nov. 2021,...
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    Freya Dahlgren (she/her)
    • Feb 2
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Student Worker Pay Should Be Increased

    As both a student and employee of Meredith College, I feel taken advantage of. Student workers on campus at Meredith make $8.25 per hour...
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    Opinion: Should Classes Be Held Face-to-Face?
    mebarnhill
    • Feb 2
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Should Classes Be Held Face-to-Face?

    The Omicron variant has caused a new surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. In North Carolina, the seven-day average of new cases on...
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    Opinion: Why You Need to Run For Campus Positions
    Olivia Slack
    • Jan 24
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Why You Need to Run For Campus Positions

    As a second-semester senior, my stake in campus elections is arguably around zero. However, having spent almost four years on campus, I...
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    Opinion: Reevaluating Classroom Experiential Learning Models
    The Meredith Herald Staff
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: Reevaluating Classroom Experiential Learning Models

    It has been stated in many different forms by many different people that involvement is the best path to learning; that is, that...
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    Aminah Jenkins
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Meredith COVID Policies Don't Make Sense

    As finals approach, many of us are reflecting on the highs and lows of this semester. The uncertainty that surrounded this semester made...
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    Rania Abushakra
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Meredith Should Have Mental Wellness Days

    Content warning: mentions of suicide With only a few weeks remaining in the semester, students and faculty are burnt out. College is...
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    Opinion: The True Meaning of Thanksgiving
    mebarnhill
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: The True Meaning of Thanksgiving

    Content warning: mention of violence and slavery While Valentine’s Day is considered a “commercial holiday” by many, I personally believe...
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    Opinion: The Hall Raid Tradition is Inconsiderate
    Evelyn Summers
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: The Hall Raid Tradition is Inconsiderate

    Meredith College is a traditions-based community, and these traditions are usually great at helping to contribute a sense of comfort and...
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    The Meredith Herald Staff
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: No Parade Limits Students’ Corn Experience

    Hannah’s Thoughts: “You just have to experience it!” That’s all I was ever told when I went on my first campus tour of Meredith, and this...
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    Amal Heda
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: Glow-Up Culture: Gorgeously Grotesque

    Beauty. This word is quite the hot topic with discussions on body positivity, eurocentric beauty standards and lookism/“pretty privilege”...
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    The Meredith Herald Staff
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Letter to the Editors: Accessibility During Cornhuskin’

    If you ask just about any Meredith student what the school’s biggest tradition is, the response would likely be a near-unanimous cry of...
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    Elinor Shelp-Peck
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: COVID, Cornhuskin’ and Change, Oh My!

    Many people were surprised to hear that I attended Cornhuskin’, given my usual hesitation at participating in Meredith traditions and...
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    Jeanine Carryl
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: Don't Touch My Hair

    Through primary school we were all taught to keep our hands and feet to ourselves. This was the very early stages of teaching informal...
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    Opinion: What Needs to Change about Cornhuskin'
    Aminah Jenkins
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: What Needs to Change about Cornhuskin'

    This last weekend marked the end of Cornhuskin’, one of the biggest traditions at Meredith. A constant within the chaos of the tradition...
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    Opinion: What ADHD Awareness Month Means To Me
    rjvanhorne
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: What ADHD Awareness Month Means To Me

    ADHD Awareness Month initially started as a single day event in October 2004. This month is meant to be dedicated to celebrating...
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    Hannah Porter
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: Engagement Looks Different for Everyone

    I still remember the moment that it hit me: I was 18 years old, about to move nearly two hours away from everything and everyone I knew...
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    The Meredith Herald Staff
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: MLMs and How They Target Women

    As students attending Meredith, we have been solicited by so called #girlbosses encouraging us to get involved in starting our own...
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    Opinion: What Christianity Says About Vaccines
    Freya Dahlgren (she/her)
    • Oct 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Opinion: What Christianity Says About Vaccines

    In the high-stress and anxiety-filled time of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, one light at the end of the tunnel is the approval of...
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    rjvanhorne
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: He Doesn’t Even Go Here

    Hello fellow Meredith students—I am writing today to inform you of some rather distressing knowledge I’ve come to hold. Men are walking...
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