February 25, 1975
Union Candidate's Platforms
The choices made for Union
President and Vice President
will be among the most
important ever. The normally
difficult job of running the
Union is of course at stake.
But so is the important job of
helping to get New Founders
Hall started on the right foot.
This includes insuring that
New Founders is not kept from
becoming what it is supposed
to be: a center for the social
life of the campus.
John Ladd and Sherry
Balcar are running for the
offices of Student Union
President and Vice-President,
respectively, to accomplish
both jobs facing next years
Union. Sherry has worked
with the Union this year and
last semesters and has also
been a Senator this semester.
John has worked with the Film
Committee and Dance and
Pop Arts Committee of the
Union. He feels that his
experience in opening and
managing several record
stores over a period of more
than two years has given him
an understanding of how to
organize a group of people
into an effective, efficient
team.
Organization is something
we feel the Union must have.
The organizing of the union is
not an end in and of itself but
the foundation on which the
initiatve and energies of the
Union have to be built.
Without this foundation, the
Union looses the good people
it has attracted, spends most
of its time futiley spinning its
wheels, and failed miserably
to do its job.
The Union Board of
Governors, chaired by the
Union President, is supposed
to meet monthly, among its
members being various stu
dents, faculty and admini
strators. It has not met once
this year. Its purpose is to help
set the tone and direction of
the Union as well as insure
that the Union does it jobs.
We would make sure that the
Board meets and functions as
it should, for without it the
Union can become isolated
from the job it should be
doing.
There needs to be a
re-organization of the way in
which the Union Committee
Chairpersons and the Presi
dent and V.P. work together.
If these people don't work well
together the Union drifts into
inaction. The most important
object is to get good people to
work as Chairpersons. So, if
elected,' we will talk at length
with anyone interested in
becoming Chairperson and
make the decisions on the
basis of those talks, not
merely who we know. Each
Chairperson will be given
much freedom to make
decisions. Also, we will meet
with the various Chairpersons
once a week to make sure that
communications don't break
down within the Union and
play havoc with our planned
activities.
Perhaps the best organizing
tool will be our holding regular
office hours so that one of us
will be available at most
times. So either Sherry or
John will be in the Union
office from 10:00 through 4:30
each day (excepting classes).
To better find out what the
campus wants we will, if
elected, distribute question
naires to all students and
organizations (including the
often ignored Day Students).
They will include everything
from what types of concerts,
lectures, films, etc. you want
to what unexplored areas the
Union should try to fill. We
will do our best to tailor the
union's calendar to the wishes
expressed.
One problem on the
Guilford campus is that too
many weekends fall into a
pattern of dullness. Sherry
and John don't think this has
to remain the case. With some
imagination and experimenta
tion we can hold a good
number of smaller scale
events. Like a Spring dance,
outside, with good bluegrass
music and dancing. There are
alot of good bands around we
could have come for mini-con
certs with tickets prices at
under a dollar. (Arrogance for
example.) Plus there are a
number of things the Union
could sponsor that would cost
very little but relieve the
tedium. For example a Marx
Brothers Festival weekend; or
grease.d pig chasing, pool and
foosball tournaments, taffy
pulling, busses to concerts at
other schools. We could turn
the intramurals champion
ships into real fun afternoons
by combining them with some
events like the above. There
are many other things Sherry
and John have in mind from
how to get big name bands
into town at reduced prices to
holding more art exhibits. But
let's just say that they are very
excited to work to make next
year's Union center of
campus-wide activity next
year. We hope that we can be
"a paft of that future a's the
President and Vice President
of the Union.
The Guilfordian
Craig Putnam:
Home: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Class: rising Jr.
Experience: Union Coffee
house, Member of Dance and
Pop; Artist Committee; Presi
ding Officer of Quaker
Monthly and Quarterly Meet
ings
Paul Murray
Home: Jenkintown, Pa.
Class: rising Jr.
Experience: Union Coffee
house; Both as Chairperson
and Regular Member; Presi
dent of High School Student
Body; Head Promotor of
Jubilee Concerts and Harbin
ger Concerts, Inc.
The collegiate learning
experience and the educatio
nal process should not restrict
itself to the classroom. The
performing arts are an
essential proponent to the
contemporary learning pro
cess. The Putnam-Murray
team is dedicated to exposing
the Guilford College student
body to a much broader
expanse of contemporary arts
and activities than has
previously been available, as
well as to providing for a more
economic ratio of Union
money spent per student a
point ir. which the past
administrations have been
sadly deficient.
Putnam and Murray pro
pose the following:
1. To utilize Union sponsor
ed student activities in new
Founders to the fullest extent.
2. Reorganize the Union
committee structure for great
er efficiency.
3. To channel Union
controlled Student Activity
Fees to reach the greater
number of students.
4. To satisfy the unfulfilled
promise of co-chairpersonship
of all committees.
5. To strive to involve all
students who so desire in
Union programming and
activities.
6. To reactivate the Special
Events Committee as a review
board for student proposed
programs and activities.
7. To present more
culturally diverse subjects in
Union sponsored concerts,
films, etc.
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Union office seekers Craig Putnam and Paul Murray
photo by Lo
Union hopefuls John Ladd and Sherry Balcar
photo by Lo
Senate Meeting 2/19/75
The meeting opened with a
moment of silence. Herb Poole
discussed a survey he took
involving the times the library
was most used. According to
the survey Herb Poole decided
that the library would open on
Saturdays at 9 am and
Sundays at 12 noon and would
close at the regular time.
Tina Zerilli spoke about the
upcoming elections. She also
presented a request by John
Janney to make an exception
for his grade point average, as
it did not meet the
requirement for a person
running for office. After some
discussion it was voted in
favor to allow him to run for
office. The request will now go
before the SAC for their
approval.
There was some discussion
about electing two students
for the Analytical Studies
Group which reviews all long
range budget recommenda
tions. The two students
elected by the Community
Senate and Urban Center
Student Government will
attend those meetings (which
have already begun) and
which will continue through
the summer. It would be
advantageous for the two
students to live in Greensboro.
If interested, contact your
senator.
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George Scholz suggested
that there be a Freshmen Hall
in Milner next yer on a trial
basis. After some discussion it
was voted in favor to have a
Freshmen Hall.
New Business: Senate
minutes will no longer be
mimeographed and handed
out but will appear in the
Guilfordian each week. The
bill concerning Job Recruifors
being banned from the
cafeteria and the Grill Room
has been reinstated to the
effect that the person
recruiting shall not be allowed
to set up in the cafeteria or in
the Grill Room.
Ken Schwab brought the
following to our attention: 1)
See Francis Norton if anyone
is interested in taking part in a
17 day student exchange with
Guiana, South America. This
will take place in late May or
early June. This opportunity is
to help foster and internatio
nal education. 2) There will be
a sign up sheet in Student
Personnel for anyone interest
ed in attending an afternoon
spree at Grimsley Hobbs' mill
on March 22, 1975. The Hobbs
will cook and serve supper.
This is a great opportunity to
become aquainted with the
Hobbs.