December 6,1977
BY GWEN BIKIS
The Guilford College
Security Patrol is probably
unique to our college in that it
is run exclusively by college
personnel, and staffed entire
ly by members of the student
body. This does cause some
minor difficulties, but the
advantages over alternate
systems outweigh the prob
lems.
To find out more about the
functions, inner workings, and
origins of Guilford College
Security, I interviewed Rick
Diley, a sophomore in Admin
istrative Justice and a security
patrolman.
Rick informed me that,
though security is now an
entirely "on-campus affair,"
this has not always been the
situation. As recently as four
or five years ago, Guilford
administrators hired profes
sional "Pinkertons" to patrol
the campus. Conflicts arose,
however, between the student
body and the campus Police
force. These problems were
largely due to "generational"
differences and the expected
civilian-police friction. The
problem finally came to a
head, it was claimed, when
the policeman began to insist
that they be allowed to carry
guns while on patrol. Because
this was not in keeping with
the Quaker philosophy of non
violence, the college dismissed
the night watchmen.
Bob White, who had just
been hired as Director of Hous
ing, conceived and launched
the present campus security
system. The development of
this innovative program was
Bob's pet project. He firmly
believed that the typical prob
lems between people from
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opposite shores of the genera
tion gap could be avoided
entirely if a new system of
security could be designed
which utilized student patrols.
Also, relations between
security and student body
would be less strained if
student body members recog
nized the security person as a
fellow student rather than as
"just another pig."
What does one have to do
to become a security patrol
man? First, the prospective
patrolman is interviewed for
suitability for such a job. Those
who are given preference are
those who are Administrative
Justice majors. If the inter
viewee shows the potential to
be satisfactory, he then
proceeds to a week-long train
ing session, held at Quaker
Lake shortly before the school
year begins in September.
There the security staff meets
with Bob White, Ken Schwab,
and other members of Admin
istration. The security staff
learns the duties of their job
and are also given training
in how to handle emergency
situations, such as suicide
attempts. Rick mentioned
that in response to a request
by Security, first-aid training
will be given to the entire staff
some time in the near future.
Rick outlined the duties of
every security patrolman. They
must make sure that all the
buildings are secured at night
and Hobbs, binford, and
Shore Halls are locked after
1:00 a.m. In addition, they
must patrol the campus and
Friends Homes and make
regular checks on the boiler
rooms as part of their main
tenance duties. Further, they
open halls and classrooms in
Guilfordian
case of emergency (for
example, a late paper that
must be handed in). Security
is also called upon if interns
are unable to quiet down loud
parties. In such a case, security
assists the intern in party
control, but only as a last
resort and at the intern's
request. A security job is one
of the most difficult on
campus because each member
of the security staff is on
twenty-four hour duty call, in
case of personnel shortage or
some type of emergency.
Many security staffers work
odd shifts, the worst of these
being the twelve p.m. to seven
a.m. shift.
Rick says that he likes his
job, despite the difficult hours,
because he meets many
people. He expressed a
certain amount of unhappiness
due to the role conflict caused
by being both a student and
an authority figure to other
students, who will sometimes
hassle security personnel. Rick
cites the example of the abuse
given out by students who
have been given tickets. Rick
accepts this as just another
AF
AMY FRIBUSH
AND ARLENE FURMAN
Once again, we found our
selves seated in the now
familiar Aycock Auditorium,
anxiously anticipating the
arrival of the UNC-G Dance
Company.
Suddenly we found our
selves in the midst of green
metallic dancers doing spacey
movements to freaky music,
giving us the impression of
being in outer space. Smooth
and supple bodies compli
mented each other interacting
back and forth across the
stage in a green spotlight.
Unfortunately the unique effect
of the costumes was ruined
by sweat spots, and the long
wild hair was distracting to the
overall effect of the piece,
Derivatives.
Before we had a chance to
recover from this intrusion,
there appeared two Shudras
(working cast members of
India) keeping a beat with long
poles. The sounds of strange
chanting met our ears along
with drums and a sitar. Four
nuns appeared and each
proceeded to do an individual
rital depicting their hardships
and sacrifices. The nuns
were portrayed by the UNC-G
Dance faculty whose district
styles and methods were
displayed.
Discordant Notes was
duty that must be fulfilled as
part of the job, but that many
people "try to be offensive
and bug us." He further states
that security patrols are "just
like any college student, only
with certain responsibilities."
The Greensboro Police are
called in only as a last resort.
The standard policy is that
students usually can take the
responsibility for recognizing
right from wrong without
police pressure. Security only
calls the police in if they are
certain that the situation abso
lutely calls for it. Rick believes,
however, that ours is a peace
ful camus, and that the only
time patrols run into any sort
of difficulty is on weekends.
Rick assured us that the secur
ity staff takes a certain
amount of "blowing off of
steam" on weekends for
granted as a part of college
life.
How effective is our campus
police force? As of now it is
adequate, but with the install
ment of a new communications
system, security will be more
than able to cope with any
Dancers Caught With Pants Down
choreographed by Dr. Lois
Andreason, Coordinator of
the Dance Division, who on a
grant, studied in India last
summer, where she was greatly
influenced. This became
obvious as the music shifted
and three Indian Temple
dancers jingled and jangled
their way on stage. Rhythms
were accentuated here by the
use of wooden sticks. With
quick, sharp, and emphatic
movements, a mockery of
the nuns devotion to God
occured. The nuns reentered
to be confronted by the
conflict between them and
the Temple Dancers. This
was an interesting theme to
develop, yet the ending seemed
unfinished and we were left up
in the air about the religious
implications.
The third modern dance
was Soundings, to Bela Bartok's
4th String Quartet. The
dancers were dressed in dark,
rich tones creating a quiet,
gentle atmosphere. Their
motions were searching,
reaching, listening, question
ing. Relationships were
established through body
designs and inner feelings
could be extracted from the
deep expressions.
Separately, the involvement
intensified as the momentum
of the music built up. All,
abrubtly became aware of each
other and struck a pose.
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sort of emergency. This
system, which is due to be
installed in two weeks, will put
campus security on a direct
line with the police force. This
should greatly relieve any
problems security may have
had in the past, which were
largely due to a lack of fast
communication between
security and the Greensboro
Police force.
This new system will also
greatly facilitate communica
tions when students call
security in case of emergency.
With the present system the
student has a 30-second time
limit in which he can state
his message. If he had time,
he should repeat the message,
as the transmission of the
current communications
system is somewhat faulty, a
situation that will be corrected
with the inception of the new
system.
Hopefully we can all sleep
peacefully in the knowledge
Hopefully we can all sleep
peacefully in the knowledge
that tht Guilford College
Security Paten!, thus improved,
is patrolling the campus.
The lights dimmed, they
touched and exited.
The finale of the evening
was The Sleeping Beauty
ballet, to Peter Llyich
Tschaikovsky impeccable
score. Aside from the music,
this performance stunk. Fif
teen acts were a bit too long
with not enough variation to
keep the interest alive. The
choreography and staging was
boring and unstimulating.
The expertise exhibited by the
performers was equivalent to
that of fifth graders. They
seemed awkward and shakey
with obviously little experience.
The scenery and costumes
were atrociously overdone. A
near disaster was saved only
by the flawless footwork of
the male lead. He was strong
and controlled with amazing
height and precision.
His female counterpart
left a lot to be desired. After
rehearsing this number in a
studio in New York for over a
year, it was her first time
on stage. Her fine technique
and extension was over
shadowed by a tenseness and
unnaturalness in her carriage.
The nervousness can be
accounted for by the fact that
she was only eighteen. How
ever, no excuses should be
necessary. In this case, no
production would have been
better than this one.