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Phobe Pollitt, Senate Secretary with Alexander and Foreman,
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Foreman and Alexander
Bob Forman does not leave
his position as President of the
Student Senate without his
own sincere best wishes. He
would like to se£ many
changes in various aspects of
the College.
Bob sees a need for more
student and faculty participa
tion in the Board of Trustees.
Student-faculty committees
have very little say in what is
done by the Board. He
believes that the establish
ment of a campus-wide
communication center and the
formation of a legal rights
commission could vastly
improve awareness among
students in those areas. A
continued commitment to the
Area College Consortium, he
states, can improve the
college students' relations
with the City of Greensboro.
Also, Bob would like to see
improvements in the Grill
Room and the Bookstore in the
near future, more Wednesday
fasts for worthy causes, and
other additions, such as
bicycle paths and adequate
pet housing for Bryan
residents. Bob believes in
Guilford, and that these
changes are possible with a
little determination. Bob's
plan after graduating are to go
The Guilfordian
on exploring the earth and
space through work with
either the American Friends
Service Committee or with
handicapped children.
Win Alexander transferred
to Guilford in the fall of 1973.
He was at Brevard College for
two years, where he was the
Speaker of the Legislature,
which is the head of the
student government.
Last year. Win was the first
floor Senator for Milner, a
member of the Student Affair*
Committee, a student repre
sentative to the Board of
Trustees, and dorm president
of Milner for the second
semester. This year he is an
intern in Milner and he was
Treasurer of the Senate until
his election to the Presidency.
Win is an Economics major.
Win would like to see
improv?H communication at
Guilford in the form of an open
information switchboard. He
would like to see more political
awareness of the college, and
more student input in places
such as the Trustees'
subcommittees. He has work
ed very much and very hard in
college government in the
past, and shows all signs of
being a good student leader.
NOVEMBER 15,1974
WIN ALEXANDER
New Senate President
by Bob Johnston
President Bob Forman
opened the Senate Meeting
for Wednesday, November 13,
with a moment of silence,
before getting down to
business.
For the first time, the
President of the Student
Senate will be graduating at
the end of the first semester
instead of at the end of the
second semester. The Senate
decided that it would elect a
■new President among the
Senators whose term will last
for the remainder of the year
(until mid-March). Some
Senators suggested waiting
i few weeks for the election
until the total attitude of the
students could better be
understood. However, the
Senators decided to go ahead
with the election after
reviewing that the duration of
the term is relatively short;
that only a President was
being elected, not also a
Secretary and Treasurer; and
that waiting a few weeks
would not necessarily produce
any new candidates. " There
was a suggestion that the
Senate have a Vice-President
in tlje future, to facilitate such
a situation as this.
The candidates for the
Presidency were Mike Wag
ner and Win Alexander. Mike
is a Senator from English and
Win was the Treasurer for the
Senate. Win was the winner of
the election; the results were
determined immediately. (See
"...And Win Alexander Steps
In.")
TO GUI LFOR lAN INTERVIEW
Hobbs Responds
I am generally pleased with
the job of reporting which
resulted from my recent
interview with David Green
and Jon Hiratsuka, and I hope
that we will have several more
such conversations during this
academic year. I would like,
however, to put some aspects
of the Guilfordian article into a
bit larger perspective. It was
stated, for instance, that the
Administrative Council makes
most decisions concerning
student life. While it is true
that the Administrative Coun
cil is the highest internal
decision-making body at
Guilford College, the council
At this point. Bob
"bequeathed" Win President
with a boxful of assorted
materials, presumably related
to the position of President,
and he gave a short talk on
changes he thinks would be
important for the College.
(See "Bofc Forman Steps
0ut...")
Going on to general
discussion, it was asked that
the Senate be represented
regularly in the Guilfordian,
and a method of seeing that
this be done was determined.
Win suggested that the
Union phone line be open
evenings as well as during the
day. It was also pointed out
that many students aren't
even aware of the phone line.
Bob observed that the primary
cause of this is poor
communication. One sugges
tion he made in order to
improve communication was
to have a date of expiration for
all notices which are posted
around the campus clearly
marked on each of the notices
to allow for better circulation.
The lack of communication
between Urban and daytime
students was discussed. It was
noted that Urban students
don't even see the Guilfordian
(our fault: poor distribution).
Phil Pendleton, who lives on
the third floor of Milner,
revealed that the pay phone on
his hall has been destroyed,
leaving Milner with only two
pay phones. He said that the
phone company will not repair
it, because of the frequency of
such acts. Several ideas were
is always subject to the
ultimate authority of the
Board of Trustees. Moreover,
the Administrative Council
does not have authority over
all student life. It should be
pointed out that many
committees operate at the
dormitory level or at the
college-wide level (such as the
Student Affairs Committee),
and in many instances are
empowered to make binding
decisions. Many decisions
concerning student life are
made by these committees
without ever being discussed
before the Administrative
Council, and only come to this
GREENSBORO, N.C
suggested for replacing the
phone, including installing a
phone only able to receive
calls; installing a free,
non-long distance phone; and
installing personal phones
with dial locks. It was decided
that this is a matter for the
House Council and the House
Judicial Board.
Michael Tove, who is on the
Food Committee, presented a
proposal to the Senate in
behalf of the kitchen staff. The
proposal was to have a special
meal plan for Thanksgiving
Day, which would have
breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00
a.m. and Thanksgiving Dinner
from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. The
proposal was primarily in
tended to allow the staff
members of the kitchen to be
able to enjoy the evening at
home. It would be the
intention of the staff to make
up the loss of the price of
supper with an exceptionally
good Dinner. Senate approved
the motion to recommend that
breakfast be from 9:00 to
10:00 a.m. and Dinner from
2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
The proposal to close the
partitioned section of the
cafeteria to smokers, for the
benefit of non-smokers, was
discussed. It was decided to
take a poll in the cafeteria
sometime in the near future,
in order to view the student
consensus before Senate takes
a stand.
Thus, Bob Forman took his
final bow, and Win Alexander
takes the stand.
group if a particular commit
tee action needs review. Nor
should we overlook the
academic dimension of stu
dent life: decisions about the
curriculum and academic
requirements are almost
wholly in the hands of the
faculty and their appropriate
subcommittees (each of which
of course, has student
representatives). And while it
is true that the president, as
See Hobbs
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