September 30, 1975
Binford
by Mandy O'Briant
What is life like in Binford?
Is it a pain? Is it enjoyable?
Does anyone care? For those
few curious souls, read 0n...
Speaking for myself, I love
Binford, but that doesn't
mean that I don't get
aggravated at times. Life here
isn't all peaches and cream, so
to speak. Living in a dorm is a
give and take situation that
involves cooperation among
the women. Occasionally the
give and take ratio becomes
unbalanced. Special effort has
to be made to see things right
again. Happily, I can say that
on my own floor of Binford,
people have tried to correct
what has gone wrong.
What has gone wrong? Let
me put it this way - having a
thirteen year old I
thought that nothing here
would phase me. I thought
that I'd seen everything. I was
wrong...very wrong.
See, I never realized women
could be so messy! Everytime
I'm in the bathroom I go
through a ritual of turning off
leaky showers and dripping
faucets. I knew my brother's
massive hands were too weak
to turn water off completely,
but I figured that a group of
women wouldn't have that
problem.
I can't believe the trash
that's left in the shower stalls
or the scum that lines the
walls of the tubs. Someone has
put up signs asking that the
tubs be cleaned out after use.
Some people obviously can't
read.
I know for a fact that some
women on my wing will sweep
the crap out of their rooms and
into the halls which defeats
the whole purpose of
sweeping in the first place.
The dust, etc. is just tracked
back in. The trash is swept
into piles along the walls. If
you can just wade through the
halls, you're fine.
On those rare nights you
can retire early, the halls come
alive with the sound of
slamming doors; the rumble of
stomping feet; the screech
of voices yelling messages
from one end of Binford to
another.
For all of Binford, approxi
mately eighty-one rooms, 3
washers and 2Vi dryers exist.
The "half' dryer overheats
and has to lie dormat for
periods of time, usually when
I'm waiting to use it. Tuesday
nights, weekends and rainy
days are bad times to do
laundry because everyone in
Binford gets the same notion.
Actually, it arises out of
boredom.
On the second floor of
Binford we have a nice
lounge with new furniture, a
television and a kitchenette.
We did at one time, anyway.
That was before the cats
wandered into Binford. I love
cats, but not when they lost
control of their bladders. That
was precisely the fate of our
lounge. The cats are now
gone, but their memories
linger.
For a while, some people,
though I personally don't
know who, thought that they
could use the lounge for
cooking purposes and then not
clean up. Soft drink cans, and
some not so soft, were left on
tables along with dirty glasses
and trash. Various objects
were found stuffed behind the
couch cushions. Then, a
couple of disgusted Binford
ians got together and cleaned
up the lounge. It looks
beautiful now, even though
there is a stench. Our intern
has put together a check
system whereby a certain
wing each week is responsible
for seeing that the lounge is in
order. Each woman who uses
the lounge is responsible for
herself and her mess, if there
is any, but now the wings are
also checking up on people to
keep the lounge in order.
My point is that not.
everything is let go. Actions
are being taken to keep things
in line.
Another peeve is dirty
dishes left in the bathroom for
days on end. We're all busy
with tons of studying to do,
but in two minutes you could
wash your dishes and not have
to worry about them later.
People around here, and
I'm guilty of it myself,
seldom think about those who
might want to sleep late.
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Consequently, they are loud in
the halls and wake others up.
On Saturdays and Wednes
days I like to sleep late. It's
getting harder to do. After
11:00 at night the noise should
subside. It seldom does.
Living as closely to one
another as we do, we share
one anothers. So far we've
shared strep throat, a cold or
so, a virus, and a couple of
more personal "afflictions."
Enough said. I like where I
live, but this is jut the way
things are. If the women
would be a bit neater and a
little quieter after 11:00 p.m.
then it would make for a more
harmonious atmosphere. I'm
sure common problems are
shared by the other dorms.
Binford isn't the perfect
answer to group living but
neither are any of the other
places on campus.
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My great-grandfather's
Sunday School teacher once
told him something that he
never forgot. She told him that
God is closer to each of us than
the air we breathe. Just as we
on earth are surrounded by a
life sustaining atmosphere, so
too are we surrounded by a life
sustaining God.
It is hard to imagine
somthing being closer to us
than the air that we breathe,
or the skin on our bodies, or
even the blood in our veins,
but such is God. God is always
present and always concerned
with us as individuals. God is
more than a concept, more
than a philosophical exercise
of the mental abilities of our
minds, more than something
far away and distant,
unobtainable, uncommunica
tive. God is real, God is
present, and God cares.
If God is closerthan the air I
breathe and the air you
breathe, then God must be
closer than the air all people
breathe. Thus, there must be
something of God close (and
in?) everyone (I think I might
have stumbled into Quaker
thought 1). The most important
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In July, 1975, Guilford
College was designated as a
Bicentennial campus. In order
to meet the requirements as a
Bicentennial campus a com
mittee was formed, of which
one-third was Guilford stu
dents. These students are:
Kathy Hood, Carol Inglis,
Lunsford Smith, Doug Neill,
Shawn Carlson, Jerry Sowers
and Martha Rahte.
Notice!
Biophile club is now starting
recycling stations around
campus. Newspapers flat
paper, cardboard, tin cans and
all glass except for brown
glass are being collected.
Biophile needs people to look
after recycling stations in
Milner and Bryan dorms. If
you are interested contact
Amy McAllister in Hobbs 25
or Aki in English dorm. Don't
throw away your newspapers,
recycle them!
As viewed by Rob Mitchell
and meaningful relationship
we will ever and will always
have is with God. As there are
many forms and aspects of
God that we must act and
react to, so must we react to
that of God in each of us.
The way in which we act and
react to others is a reflection
on the way we act and react to
God. Jesus said in Matt.
25:40, "And the King (God)
will answer and say to them,
'Truly I say to you, to the
extent that you did it (acted
and reacted) to one of these
brothers of Mine, even the
least of them, you did it to Me',
"How a°d what we do to
others in ourrelationshipswith
them is . likend to doing it to
God. When we stop and listen,
show concern, and care for
another, we are doing this to
God as well. When we are too
busy for others, slanderous
with our tongue and words,
and inconsiderate (or apathe
tic) we do these to God as well.
As we continue to (hope
fully) grow and mature in all
aspects of ourselves, let us
become increasingly aware of
that of God in every man and
try to love that, as God loves
us.