November 23,1976
Semester in London
Beginning next week, applic
ations will be available for.
students interested in the
semester in London which is
being planned for the Fall of
'77. Forms will be placed in
Founders Hall and The Center for
Off-Campus Education (Frazier
21) or may be obtained from
Elwood Parker in Duke 205. The
Center for Off-Campus Education,
with the help of faculty members
and the Curriculum Committee,
is organizing and directing
this semester of foreign study
which will be given up to six
teen hours academic credit. The
semester lasts from September
1 to December 15.
Applications, which will be
placed in Founders Hall, the Off-
Campus Education Office and in
Duke 205, should be completed
and returned to Elwood Parker in
Duke 205 on or before Feb. 1. In
order to limit the group to twenty
five students and five alternates,
there will be a selection process
based on the information in the
applications. The selection
committee is interested in
students with academic ability
who have shown a potential
for independent work and are
deemed responsible enough to
take care of themselves in
another cultural environment.
Selections are expected to be
complete by March 15, or by the
end of Spring Break. Selected
students are expected to actively
participate in the orientation
program which is being
scheduled for April.
Courses for the curriculum will
come from three different
imprisoned Scientest Must Have Surgery
BY MARY ANNE TURNER
Russian biologist Sergei
Kovalev has been given the
maximum sentence, seven years
"in strict regime!" for "especially
dangerous state criminals" and
three years in internal exile, for
"anti-soviet slander (agitation)
and propaganda."
Cornell University has offered
Kovalev an appointment as a
visiting scholar. It is their hope
that public opinion will move the
Soviet Union to release him with
his wife and family.
Kovalev is credited with 60
publications, including articles
in several well known scientific
magazines and journals. Before
his imprisonment he had served
as senior researcher at Moscow
State University.
Anti-Soviet activities include
raising questions concerning
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's being
driven out of Russia, serving on
sources. A required interdiscip
linary course centered around
Quakerism will be taught by
Elwood Parker. The second
source will be an independent
study which is to be arranged
with a Guilford faculty member
prior to departure. The study
will be evaluated by that faculty
member when the students
return at the end of the semester.
The third source will be British
faculty members. Three or four
courses will be offered from
which the student may choose
according to personal needs/
interests. It is hoped that the
curriculum can be made flexible
enough to accomodate some of
the students' graduation needs.
The expected cost will equal
the total tuition, room, and board
of an ordinary semester at
Guilford. Additional cost will
be one-way air traffic to New
York (about $200.00). Allot
ments will be made daily or
weekly to cover the students'
food expenses. Group travel
(although not extensive) will be
covered by tuition payment,
but individuals are encouraged
to travel independently. This
expense, as well as other
personal activities will entail
additional costs, but with care
ful planning it should cause no
great discomfort to the students'
budget. Also, it should be noted
that all normally received
financial aid, with the exception
of some work-study, will apply.
For further information contact
Elwood Parker (Duke 206), EHen
Parker (Off-Campus Ed. office)
or Dick Coe (Placement).
the Amnesty International
Group, helping to organize The
Initiative Group for the Defense
of Human Rights in the USSR,
signing petitions for such noted
dissidents as Alexander
Solzhenitsyn, work on under
ground newspapers, and issuing
a statement on the conditions
in certain Soviet labor camps.
After a year of "pre-trial arrest"
Kovalev was tried in an area off
limits to friends and correspond
ents. Denied defense of his
choice, he attempted to defend
himself but was not allowed to
call witnesses.
The trial was described by his
close friend, noted physicist
Andrei Sakharov as ".. .blatantly
unlawful. It was not open to the
public, there was no debate
between the parties, the trial
was conducted without defense
counsel, and it was concluded
in the absense of Kovalev and
The Guilf ordian
CONTRIBUTION
BASIB (Brothers and Sisters in
Blackness) has elected new exec
utive positions for the academic
year 1976-77. Following
concentrated efforts to insure
continuity of leadership and
activities at the beginning of the
first semester, BASIB conducts
elections in November.
The newly-elected president,
Eric Jackson, junior, has been a
participant and past vice-president
in the organization. His current
activities in Choir, Revelers and
additional campus-wide activites
will serve as an asset to the
organization. Vice-president
Walter Anderson is a junior from
Charlotte, N.C. Performing the
UIUC-G
Dance Dance Company
It's dance time again, and it
looks promising. On Friday,
December 3, from 9:00 to 1:00,
the highly rated Andrew Lewis
Band will demonstrate their
talent and versatility for the
dance in Sternberger. There
should be something for every
one, as their repertoire extends
from Earth, Wind, and Fire
selections to Beach music. Dress
is casual, but shoes must be worn.
Expectations are high; come and
have a good time!
without his final plea." (Kovalev
had declared a hunger strike and
was removed from the court
room)
According to Sakharov,
Kovalev must have a vital
operation for which only the
Lenningrad Central Prison
Hospital is equipped.
Hope for his release, or at
least for surgery is largely
dependent on outside pressure.
International opinion played a
major part in the release of
Solzhenitsyn. To help, I urge
you to write:
The Medical Administration of
Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs
Moscow, Petrovka 259
Medupravleniya, MVD SSSR
Results are possible and have
been obtained before.
BASIB Elects New Officers
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duties of secretary will be Michelle
Saunders, a sophomore education
major from Washington, D.C.
Deborah Frink, a transfer student
from Brooklyn, N.Y., will handle
the many responsibilities dele
gated to the treasurer.
All four of the new leaders
have expressed a desire to work
towards the improvement of the
campus organization. Several
projects and activities initiated
previously along with new ideas
from the new executive committee
are underway. The installation
service for the officers was held
on Sunday, November 14, in the
Boren Lounge.
The UNC-G Dance Company,
long acclaimed as one of the
finest dance companies in the
area, will be at the Taylor Theatre
on Friday, December 2, and
Saturday, December 3, at
8:15 p.m. Original works, as
well as traditional compositions,
will be performed. Tickets are
free to Guilford students, and
are available at the Founders
Hall Information Desk.
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