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Presidential Debates,
Media Showdown
BY 808 WELLS
In a very short while, the
first of three Presidential
Debates will appear on our
television screens and
command the attention of all
those who do not choose to
watch Mary Hartman or what
ever else will be opposite this
event.
One can picture the setting
of a plain background which
will be lighter than the dark
suits both Gerald Ford and
Jimmy Carter will likely wear.
Each will try to sway the mass
audience with rhetoric. This
type of event is nothing new
to American politics. Lincoln
and Douglas, Kennedy and
Nixon all helped to entrench
the idea firmly in the minds of
many Americans that this is a
good way to see who is more
persuasive and, therefore, the
best leader. However,
persuasive rhetoric alone can
Letter to the Editor
■To the Editor:
A new wind is blowing over
Guilford College and you can be
a pert of it. This is the year that
Guilford College students (and
I define student to be a person
who wants to study) start
standing up for their rights. It
is time for the student body to
realize that Guilford College is
not a day care center for post
high school students but a seat
of academic learning.
The Guilford Feeling
BY BARBARA GOTTFRIED
I have been a student at
Guilford College for only three
weeks now, but I have already
acquired a very spfecial feeling
for it.
My rich Bethesda friends,
after I explained to them what
a Guilford College was, would
frequently look skeptical and
ask "Why go there?" I heard
all kinds of opinions on the
"Southern way of life" and
advice on how not to be
influenced by it. It's unsophis
ticated, I heard, it's redneck,
it's ultraconservative, it's dull.
But Guilford, although not high
society, is alive, exciting and
not determine who will be a
better executive.
In this campaign, perhaps
the debates will help bring
about a better understanding
of what each really plans to do
if elected. Maybe this is like
asking a coach to reveal his
game plan the day before the
Rose Bowl, but the practice of
witholding specifics of a
planned program is no stranger
to the political arena either.
Franklin Roosevelt had very
little of his New Deal plan
specified in public before the
election and, since Carter is
trying to liken himself to every
respectable Democratic
President of late (with the
exception of Lyndon Johnson),
he can justify his lack of
specificity in his broad
proposals with the idea that
others did it and were
In order to stand up for your
rights as a student it is some
times necessary to take official
action. Unfortunately, most
people have no idea what to do
and, consequently, do nothing.
I am concerned that those
people who are pursuing
academic interests are being
abused (Have you ever wanted
to study in your room only to
find that there is too much
diversified.
The warm, personal attention
toward every individual is the
main reason I decided to come
here; and since I've been here,
it seems to be the norm at
Guilford. There is a real interest
on the part of the faculty and
administration for the students,
and among the students them
selves.
It takes only a small effort on
the part of the student to meet
people and become involved.
In a college such as this, one
can really become a part of
campus life and be important to
it's development,
The Guilfordian
successful, why not me?
This type of campaign style
does not go over with everyone
and, as one Democrat put it,
"I would like to know what I
am buying before I vote."
As for Gerald Ford, he makes
no new proposals but merely
argues that a vote for him will
result in the continuation of
present policy which "will hold
the line on spending," keep
tabs on a "spend happy
Congress" and offer the "pros
perity of a Republican
Administration."
Anticipation breeds anxiety
and I, for one, am anxious that
the debates will be substantive
and illuminate the real differ
ences in the candidates' philos
ophy. That is what they will
base their administration on
and rule by. It should prove to
be interesting. Stay tuned.
noise in the dorm?) If you have
any problems in which you
think official (i.e. Judicial
Board) action is merited, please
feel free to contact me, Howard
Page, at room C 222, Bryan
Hall. I have had two years
experience on the Judicial
Board and can help you plan
an effective strategy to have
your rights reestablished.
H. W. Page
I am a firm believer that
Guilford attracts a certain kind
of person, both student and
staff. This is the warm, open
insightful person that I meet
over and over. Part of
Guilford's personality comes
from the facf that it is a small,
southern Quaker school, but
there is a large dose of it's
own unique charm. Of course
everybody has his own set of
problems, and the campus is
not a Utopia, but it does have
something special and I'm
proud to be part of it.
:M'
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September 21,1976
Departmental
Locations
The new school year has
brought about several changes
in the locations of the various
academic departments. The
new arrangement will be as
follows:
ARCHDALE HALL - Econ
omics, English, History
(Burrows in Dana), Political
Science, and Sociology
DANA HALL Music, Non-
Western Studies, Philosophy
(Milholland in Archdale), and
Religion
DUKE MEMORIAL HALL -
Accounting, Classics, Foreign
Languages, Management, and
Mathematics
FOUNDERS HALL - Art,
Drama and Speech
FRAZIER APARTMENT 21 -
Off-Campus Education
GYMNASIUM - Academic
Dean's Offices (first floor),
Physical Education and
Athletics (second floor)
LIBRARY Education (base
ment)
KING HALL Administration
of Justice, Biology, Chemistry,
Geology, Physics, Psych
ology, and Humanistic Studies
(Jerry Godard)