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A Chapter
on Ludel's Book
Active, particpant reading is
an irreplaceable catalyst to
any student's education career.
But there is a woman at
Guilford College who thinks
that active and responsive
writing for textbooks is even
more important. Her name is
Jacqueline Ludel. Assistant
Professor of Psychology/
Biology. Her gift to the
student comes in the form of
her first and forthcoming
book. Introduction to Sensory
Processes.
For several years, Jackie
taught sensory systems classes
with limited and inadequate
textbooks. Then, in the
summer of '75, with sugges
tions from many students, she
began writing. The result was
more than just another
"different approach." Sample
student responses continue to
be optimistic concerning
the changes the "refreshing
difference" could pattern a
remedy for the stale inactivity
of textbook education.
The book is designed for
the student, not the bookshelf.
As a complementary tool for
the class lectures, it is respon
sive to the needs of the
Senate Committee Elections Underway
Senators are now accepting
nominations for representatives
to student-faculty subcommit
tees. All full-time students
are eligible to run for all but
two of these committees.
The representatives to the
Graduation Committee and
the Student Awards Committee
must be graduating Seniors.
Most of the committees
have two student representa
tive positions, one for the
Urban Center and one for the
residential campus. The
Graduation Committee has
three representatives and the
International Students
Committee has only one
residential campus representa
tive.
Students who wish to run
for a position on one of the
committees should submit
their names to their Senators
by Tuesday, September 27.
Any names that come in after
2:30 on the 27th will not be
on the ballots. Students who
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student with very little previous
experience. General back
ground information preceeds
separate, detailed studies of
each sensory system. Hints
for learning terminology and
pronunciation are given
throughout the informal text.
Illustrations are placed directly
within the written material,
enabling the reader to follow
tables and diagrams as each is
discussed.
are running should also come
to the Senate meeting,
Wednesday, the 28th. The
students should be there to
introduce themselves and
state any qualifications they
may have, as well as their
interest in the particular
committee.
Below is a list of all the
committees with brief descrip
tions from the Faculty Hand
book.
Admission and Retention
Committee: recommends
policies and monitors the
process of admission, retention,
and dismissal of students,
seeking to coordinate stand
ards of admission and reten
tion. This committee is
divided into two subcommittees
The Subcommittee on
Admissions establishes general
admissions policy for the
guidance of the Admissions
Office and reviews exceptional
cases for decision as to
admission. General admissions
I Guilford College, Qreensboro, N.C.
The writing style often
reflects the mood of classroom
conversations in the author's
teaching experience. It is
Ludel's intention that this
informality will be equally
conducive to the students'
personal learning experience.
Second semester will provide
students with an opportunity
to evaluate the text and the
benefits of this unique
approach.
policy includes criteria for
regular admission, transfer,
advanced placement, early
entrance, credit by examina
tion, etc., for both residential
and Urban Center students.
The Subcommittee on
Academic Retention, function
ing in accordance with
standards approved by the
faculty, reviews the record
of each student at the end of
each semester and determines
full eligibility, academic
warning, academic probation,
suspension, or dismissal. It is
also the duty of the Subcom
mittee on Academic Retention
to provide guidelines on
academic responsibility of
students and faculty to one
another and to work with
academic advisors to promote
academic success for all
students.
Committee on Athletics
carries out the general super
vision of the policies of the
inter-collegiate athletic
September 20,1977
It's in the Stars . . .
Sheridan emphasized that
the purpose of the grant
obtained to construct the
observatory is three-fold: (1)
to add to the quality of under
graduate education (2) for the
general public's use, and (3)
for research purposes for the
professional astronomers in
the area.
"We know more now than
we ever have about outer
space," he said. "College
students of today will be able
to do things no one else has
ever done. They will be able
to use space shuttles, take
trips to the moon, live in
colonies in space, build
hospitals in space and make
use of weightless situations
and the natural resources of
the moon and planets.
"We've already been to the
moon and know how to make
use of its natural resources,"
he explained. "There are
eight planets, 33 moons and
thousands of asteroids with
natural resources we can
eventually use."
Ground should be broken
for the observatory in the
spring of 1978, and officials
hope the telescope will be in
use by November of that year.
program, reviewing annually
the athletic program to assure
that it is consistent with the
goals and standards of the
college. Acting in an advi
sory capacity to the Director
of Athletics, it reviews candi
dates for coaching positions
and policies for the awarding
of atheltic grants-in-aid.
Curriculum Committee is
responsible for general super
vision of the instructional
program. In conjunction with
the Clerk's Committee (execu
tive committee of the faculty)
the Curriculum Committee
studies the broad academic
policies of the colelge; period
ically reviews the academic
program, its standards and
requirements to assure its
consistency with the goals
of the college; examines regu
lations pertaining to course
credit; scrutinizes proposed
additions to or deletions from
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Guilford and two Greensboro
universities, UNC-G and A&T,
will receive a $236,200 Nation
al Science Foundation grant
for a new astronomical
observatory to be shared
jointly.
The facility, with the same
size telescope as Morehead
Observatory's in Chapel
Hill, will be built in southern
Alamance County near the
WUNC-TV microwave tower
on land already owned by the
state.
Quite a bit of research was
done before the site was
chosen, according to Dr.
Sheridan Simon of Guilford
College. Officials had to
locate an area which was
readily accessible, but away
from city lights in order to see
the astronomical phenomena
through the telescope, he
explained.
Primarily, the observatory
will be used by college and
university students and faculty,
but there will be special
viewing hours for the general
public.
"Having the observatory is
very exciting for the students
and professional astronomers,"
Dr. Simon said. "The
research equipment will be
first class. Our students will
learn to use it, take care of it
and run programs for other
students and the public."
The association of Guilford
with other colleges will be
extremely productive, Sheridan
declared, adding that the
Tri-College Observatory
consortium will be a perman
ent addition to the college's
scientific program.
Students are very curious
about space and astronomy
and even non-science majors
enjoy working the present
college telescopes. Dr.
Simon noted. His main reason
for being here at Guilford is to
educate students, and the
new telescope will add a new
dimension to education.
"A lot of exciting things can
be done with the telescope,"
he said. "We will be able to
see the photograph craters on
the moon, double stars,
Saturn's rings, the green areas
of Mars and Jupiter's Great
Red Spots, among other
things."