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December 6,1976 Continued from page 2 And for those unhappy non friends here now, all I can suggest is that you respect the Friends and their beliefs as they do yours, and no matter how hard it may be to keep the drinks in the room, think of the poor fellow who has to turn his stereo down so the bum in the next room can get some sleep. There's an alter native to those who feel the rules here too strict... Sincerely, Sue Hopkins An Editorial On October 14 of this year Maya Angelou appeared in Dana Auditorium. Her perfor mance was poignantly dis played as a noted ebullition unconcerted in the essence of solid blackness. Solid in fact that this mother of words delved into a past pregnated with patriots leading to our present existence. Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, wrote words but in actuality were singing songs. Songs with a distinctive melodious sound, residing in our hearts forever. This piece is revelant to the commotion over the home coming dance. A commotion initiated by a Ms. Barbara Gottfried, that filled at least one page of the school news paper a few weeks back. Those of us who are true to our blackness, recognize and acknowledge; the blue-grass, the country-rock, and "your" soul, but We Are soul essent ially. Nurtured through a con glomerate of ancestors, our bodies react in the same fashion as our color-bearers of the ineffable Africa. We are people of motion constantly dancing to an endless beat. (Adhere to my terminology "dancing") 'Cuz dey is a dance in yo stride, a movement in yo talk' WE ARE soul essentially. . Walking-Dancing the way of • the true world, acknowledge ' us, come into us, recognize, j Believe! We are viable i sources, particularly in the -J rhythmic beat, here at Guilford College. 1 Palib^j ft w prt. * Cafeteria Congestion There will be a meeting for all students who would like to see something done about the congestion in the -afeteria, especially at dinner, ine Food Committee and Ron Short will be in Founders 203 on December 8 at 10:00 a.m. Because of the application of possible solutions coming out of this meeting, it will be important that you come and voice your opinion. DECEMBER 1976 ASTRONOMICAL FEATURE The Geminid meteor shower, lasting from December 4-16 peaks on Santa Lucia Day, December 13. Winter begins offi cially on the 21 st, the shortest day of the year. And Christmas brings a skyful of planets: Saturn, Jupiter and Venus. || Uk Cuitfoj-dian, C.-EJ,-ftr* . fornstHvckes D*f#s S nL, e r-C;L P 7 Notices * *IOOO Marvel comics for sale. condition. Almost everything that Marvel did in fthe last 3 years. Newstand b V b f- Guilford College will f provide an hourly shuttlebuss " service Wednesday, Thursday, , and Friday afternoons of . this week to take Guilford College students, Faculty and staff members to receive swine flu vaccinations. All adults are urged to receive this relatively harmless vaccination which will be administered through the current week at the Guilford County Health Department on Eugene Street. Dr. Bruce L. Wilson, as The Guilfordian Be careful with fire. There are babes in the woods. Afhrfi'v.-a rontr to. tt w fx>] price or below, will bargain. Chris Gwyn Bryan C 232 855-8618 I'm here almosl every afternoon. assistant academic dean, now heads the Urban Center, which administers academic credit courses and degree programs for adult and even ing students. Boelte is a member of the executive committee of the N.C. Association of Criminal Justice Educators, which he also has served as president, vice president and secretary treasurer. He is a member of the N.C. Criminal Justice Training and Education Systems Council. Rash of Fires at Guilford BY BRADLEY ANDERSON On Monday, the 29th of November, Guilford College suffered its first major fire in many years. At about 11:30 a.m., a heat detector appar ently triggered the Mary Hobbs tire alarm, causing the 20 residents of the dormitory at the time to leave in accordance with a fire escape plan. Because there was no indic ation of a fire in the building, other than the ringing of the fire alarm, residents thought the alarm was a regular fire drill until smoke was spotted drifting from the roof of the structure an estimated five minutes after the activation of the fire alarm system. Because the fire alarm in Hobbs Hall is not connected to notify the fire department, no fire equipment was dispatched until the Greensboro Commun ications Center was notified by telephone calls from persons spotting the smoke. A full first alarm assignment was dispatched from Greensboro Fire Department's Battalion no. 1, including two engines, two ladder trucks, and a battalion chief, with the Guilford College Fire Depart ment supplying an engine, a squad, a tanker, and a chief, through a prearranged mutual aid agreement. First units arrived on the scene four minutes and sixteen seconds from the time of notification (nearly ten minutes from the time the Hobbs' alarm first sounded). By this time the fire had gained full possession of the dormitory's large attic area. Fire fighters, wearing breathing equipment, advanced hose lines up an interior stair way into the attic while a hole was cut in the roof and windows knocked out to allow the super-heated gasses trapped in the attic to escape. Shuttlebus will leave hourly between 1-4 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from the back of Founder's Hall. A maximum of 15 persons at a time can ride without charge to the Health Depart ment and will be returned afterwards. You should not receive a shot if you are allergic 4 to eggs, currently have a fever, f or have received any other flu jj shots within the past two weeks. Page 3 Fire fighters working in the attic took a beating from the heat but were able to extin guish the fire before it spread to other parts of the building. Fire damage was extensive to the attic with water damage to several rooms on the second and first floors. Fire fighters remained on the scene most of the afternoon cutting out portions of the floor in the attic to insure extinguish ment, removing rubble from the attic, cleaning water from the lower floors and picking up hose and other equipment used in the battle. The bat talion chief in charge of the operation stated that he nearly ordered a second alarm to bring in fresh manpower for assisting exhausted first alarm personnel with the clean-up operation. Upon investigation, Greensboro Fire and Police officials declared the fire an arson. Evidence indicated that there was more than one point of origin in the attic and that an accellerant had been used to help start the fire. Four small fires had been discovered during the second half of the semester, all invol ving a couch in Hobbs, but the fires were extinguished by residents and were not reported to the Fire Department because they were small and because they appeared to be accidental. On Friday, in mid-morning, a fire was discovered involving a trash can in a bathroom in Duke Memorial Hall. An extinguisher quenched the fire, but fire investigators were summoned. On Satureday, at approx imately 4 a.m., Shore Hall residents awoke to discover heavy smoke on the second floor of the dormitory. The fire alarm was pulled and residents quickly evacuated the building and summoned the Fire Department. Again a full first alarm was dispatched, sending Greensboro and Guilford College Firefighters to the scene. Fortunately, the fire was limited to a large trash bag on the second floor and only fans were needed to remove the smoke. This fire, like the others, was of suspicious origin and again investigators were called to the scene. It is not known whether investigators have any leads to the identity of the arsonist(s) or any indication of a motive for setting the fires.
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