Marlette
interview
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Overcrowding diminishes
By BETH EAKES
In a recent interview with Bob
White, Director of Housing, the
current on-campus housing situa
tion was discussed. White
does not consider Guilford to be
overcrowded at this point.
For Guilford College, 850
students is the optimum population
of on-campus residents. During the
1978-79 year, the housing depart
ment has made this amount of space
available, eliminating any over
crowding problem.
As erf Tuesday, January 30,
enough dormitory space has been
made available to warrant moving
the students out of Frazier Apart
ments #l2 and #lB, and into
dormitory rooms. No students who
applied for dormitory space remain
in Frazier.
Most of the problems centered
not on the unavailability of space,
but rather on the imbalance in
housing requests. The amount erf
requests for Shore and English
dormitories far exceeded the avail
ability of spaces. The popularity of
Shore and English seems to be due
to the size.
Bob White explained that the
ideal size erf a residence hall is
approximately fifty students. This
size has been shown to be ideal for
personality development, for
meeting people and for developing a
skense of community within the
student.
Guilford College offers a wide
variety of housing situations. The
choice includes two cooperative
residences (Mary Hobbs and
George White Halls), two common
college dormitory residences
(Binford and Milner Dormitories),
and two smaller dormitories which
have already been mentioned.
Bryan Dorm offers co-ed housing
and the French House offers women
students the opportunity to directly
apply their studies in French. Two
other housing situations include the
Bryan Annex and Dana House
#2, where men and women,
respectively, have the opportunity
to live in close fellowship, not
possible in the larger dormitories.
For students living on campus, it
is very important to be aware of the
way in which the housing office
operates. Students who are dissatis
fied with their housing situation
should contact their intern and,
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if necessary, see Bob White.
An open and responsive attitude
can be found in Bob White's office,
as he reflects Guilford's concern
in dealing with the individual
student.
A perennial problem has been
the varying proportion of men to
women on the campus. A fluctua
tion usually occurs every year,
and creates a hectic problem that
has formerly been solved by
temporarily housing the students in
Frazier Apartments, or using
another spur-of-the-moment tactic.
One solution to this problem will
be the creation erf "flexible swing
space" in two suites in Bryan,
B-21 and B-22. These would be
New rooms in Milner part of housing plan
By BRIAN CAREY
In response to an increase in on
campus students, new rooms have
been opened in the basement of
Milner Dormitory. Using the exist
ing two study rooms, which were
formerly used as security offices,
as a starting point, a six room hall
was created at the northern end of
the basement.
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An inside view of a new basement room just completed in Milner
Dorm. Photo by Steve Lowe
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used to house an excess of either
men or women.
One peculiar problem that
occurred this year concerned the
number of students who transferred
from Guilford. Almost every
student who applied and was accept
ed to the college decided to study
at Guilford, and only a small per
centage of those that arrived decided
to leave.
This created problems for the
housing department, but this type of
problem is the happiest one that
could be expected. The fact that we
have many more students who wish
to remain at Guilford reflects well
on the college, whether it is a tight
fit or not.
as an essential part of Guilford's
entire housing plan. Their construc
tion enabled the housing office to
move the remaining students out of
Frazier apartments, allowing the
apartments to revert to their original
status as housing for married
couples.
These new rooms also offer
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another opportunity for a quiet
hall in Milner, since their location
in the basement eliminates most of
the noise. The basement hall
would oin 3rd North as the only
two quiet halls in Milner.
The rooms do not follow the
typical floor plan of other rooms
in Milner, and tend to appear bigger
than the other rooms. Equipped
with movable furniture and heating
'People music 5
Williams specialty
By MIKE WILLIAMS
and
SUZETTE HOLBROOK
Part redneck, part entertainer,
and part kid, Mike Williams draws
from a broad repetoire when his
"Booming, bass-baritone"
accompanys his twelve string guitar
creating a musical microcosm of
human experience.
Williams will be appearing in
concert on campus, Feb. 9 and has
played previously here at Guilford.
"People music" is Mike's
specialty. He describes it as such;
"People music is something like
folk music . . . also like country
music. Easy to listen to, and full erf
stories about good ol' folks like you
and me.''
January 30,1979
units, each room has an individual
window and wall-to-wall carpeting.
A lowered ceiling creates a more
comfortable atmosphere and,
combined with the carpeting, makes
a room in the basement one of the
most desirable situations on campus.
Stated White "If I were joining
Guilford for the first time, I'd
certainly request one of the new
rooms in Milner."
An experienced performer,
Williams has entertained at
coffee houses, miniconcerts and
has served as an opening act in
concerts featuring Jimmy Buffet,
Tim Weisberg, Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band and Steve Martin.
With two albums behind him
made up entirely of original
compositions Williams has proven
his ability to compose music as well
as perform.
If an evening of rollicking, down
home, foot-stamping fun sounds
appealing, come on out on Feb. 9
and lend an ear to Mike Williams.
"I've seen a lot of beautiful,
amazing, funny goings-on,"
Williams himself commented. '' The
stuff in these songs is pieces of what's
happening in Your life, so you'll
feel right at home with them.''