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BHTC - Baffling
Humans Too
Cruelly?
by Mandy O'Briant
Perhaps these are the
ramblings - on of a spoiled
brat who thinks she knows
everything, but to me they are
pent up frustrations that I've
got. to get out into the open.
I thought seriously about
postponing this article on
BHTC until next semester, for
obvious reasons. However, it
really doesn't matter when I
write the article because it's
purpose is not to criticize so
much as to relate my personal
feelings about the course.
What have I got to lose? I'm
just being honest. I'm lost in
the class, my grades are lousy,
and, "Frankly Scarlett, I don't
give a damn." I have already
told my parents that I make no
apologies for the grades I get
in BHTC.
Being in the same boat with
other kids does'nt help any. I
thought that I was the only one
who didn't know what was
going on, until last Tuesday.
That day was the first time
I've had an inkling of
understanding in the discus
sion. That day several kids
told our teacher that they were
lost; that they didn't under
stood or see a direction to the
discussions. A person or two
complained about the articles
being over their heads.
It was comforting, to a
point, to find I'm not the only
dumbfounded soul; but that
doesn't help me through a test
that can't be studied for or
papers that make no more
sense to me than to the
teacher.
If the purpose of BHTC is to
make one think, then that is
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great. I think; I think a lot; but
I can't think about something
that I don't understand.
Long ago I realized that my
beliefs will change. Change is
natural (sorry!) and inevit
able. I'm well aware that there
are two or more sides to every
question, statement, argu
ment or whatever, in the
universe. Why then, do I, or
any one of us, have to take this
mandatory class? Why do I
have to take a class where
everything goes around in
circles? I see no direction in it
for me.
I also resent being graded
down for the way I write.
Being called, "wordy", galls
me, especially when we're
required to read Loren
Eiseley's The Firmament of
Time. A writer he isn't!
I'm not the only person to
think the way I do. I
sympathize with anyone else
who can relate to this, but
that's all I can do. We are
stuck with this course until the
end of the semester. I can only
hope that BHTC will take a
turn for the better. "The
better" means something I'm
interested in. My frustrations
stem from the fact that the
present subject matter is
boring to me. I can't relate to
it.
For now I sit in class with a
frozen Mona Lisa smile.
I think it's really nice for
anyone who enjoys BHTC and
is getting something out of it. I
don't suppose that the college
would require us to take a
course that had little, if any
merit. At least, that's what I
keep telling myself.
Binford's World Egcwd Pyramid
The Gnilfordian
Rose discusses her new role in the library with Forrest
Photo by White
Rose Simon Named Library-
Faculty Liason Officer
by Forrest Hughes
Rose Simon's face is a new
one in the library. Working in
a position created just this
past summer, she has taken
on the title of Library-Faculty
Liason Officer. In spite of this
formidible designation, Ms.
Simon is a very approachable
person.
Concerning her job, she
said, "Despite the word
'faculty' in my title...what
we're aiming for is better
service for students." One of
the things she does is to have
copies of indexes of current
journals sent to professors
who might be interested in
them. The professors can then
either get copies of the articles
or refer their students to
articles which may help them
with their studies.
Ms. Simon also works as the
reference room librarian from
10 a.m. to 12 noon. She
considers this an important
job, there is much more
information in this one room
than most students are aware.
Ms. Simon would like students
to learn to gain this
information by doing, by
actually looking for answers,
as she did, rather than by
having answers handed to
them. She would also like to
see a program of library
instruction started. There
have been such programs in
the past, but none have
survived.
The main point Ms. Simon
emphasized was the availabi
lity of both. Library staff and
materials to the Guilford
Community. Some people are
not aware of the Media
Center, located under the
reference room. Here are
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Craft Center
by Jeanne Ye
The Craft Center, in the
basement of Founders' is open
until 10:00 p.m. every day
except Saturday, and is not
open Sunday morning and
afternoon. If anyone wants to
volunteer to supervise during
those hours please contact
|Carla McAdams, Dave Mac
hines or Adele Groulx and we
can open the center during
those hours. There are
workshops in batik, natural
dyeing and spinning taught by
Sylvia Arnatt and workshops
in jewelry and metalwork.
Sign up in the Craft Center if
you are interested.
records, record players, a tape
recorder, audio-visual equip
ment, and videotape
equipment. In the first floor
stacks are mircrofilm files,
with everything from the
Ladies Home Journal to
Playboy on film. There are
also microfilm viewers.
Ms. Simon's face is already
familiar to Guilford students.
She and her husband Sheridan
live in English dorm, and Dr.
Simon is a professor of
physics. They participate in
many campus activities.
Ms. Simon is "very, very
fond" of Guilford College. She
is currently working on her
Ph.D. from the University of
Rochester, and after so many
years of school feels that she
and her husband have finally
found a place here. She is
impressed with the "very fine
faculty", and with the
learning atmosphere. Her
enthusiasm for Guilford and
the library make her a
valuable member of the
College.