Meredith

The news today says Meredith College laid off four of its seven armed police officers because between 2006 and 2008 they had only one violent crime!


Wow! I graduated from there in 1970, and the biggest violent crime we had was panty raids. Do kids today even know what those are?

There were other crimes, come to think of it. Sometimes someone put detergent in the fountain. And whenever someone got pinned or engaged or something, her friends threw her into the fountain.

We did have laws that shouldn't be broken. If anyone got caught doing something improper, like making out in the parlor, she got a pink slip. And God forbid that you got caught drinking an alcoholic beverage within a 25-mile radius!

There was some cheating going on, too. We weren't allowed to wear pants to class - only skirts, so we faked it by throwing on a raincoat over our PJs.

I can't believe I'm this ancient!