April 11,1*7*
Dana Scholarships awarded to 68 students
The problem of choosing
Dana Scholars for the academic
year 1979-80 was particularly
difficult. There are, happily, a
large number of students whose
contributions of leadership to
the Guilford College community
and academic excellence make
them obvious candidates for
Dana Scholarships.
The scholarship recipients
named below are those who
seemed to the Student Awards
Letters
A damn shame
Dear Editor,
When I first heard about the
restrictions that were to be
imposed on the student body
during Serendipity restric
tions dealing primarily with the
consumption of alcohol I, too,
was annoyed. I was pleased to
hear that there would be some
sort of student rally at the
senate meeting that night in
order to protest those restric
tions.
However, a little while later I
thought to myself, "Isn't it
absurd that the only thing to
rouse the student body to show!
itself in any number is alcohol?
Aren't there other things on
campus let alone national and,
international events -- that are
more worth the fighting for?"
But I had to admit I was glad
that my drinking rights were not
to be infringed upon that week-'
end.
Still, I had to decide that my
arguments against these re
strictions than those I had heard
were voiced at that meeting. I
admit that I was not at that
meeting I was attending a
rehearsal for an upcoming play
but I heard tell of not one
argument that struck at the
whole rationale of the sugges
ted restrictions, which I took -
perhaps mistakenly to beithat
Guilford, being a Quaker
school, must be run by Quaker
principles. I rationalized all the
obvious defenses against this
facade of morality and was
fairly at ease with myself at the
outcome of that Senate meet
ing.
But I realized'something on
Saturday night, April 7th, Qua
ker principles be damned. I
realized why even I would
sanction the restrictions that
were to have been imposed.
Question: Has anyone looked
in the mirror in the men's room,
first floor, Founders, since Se
rendipity?
Answer: No. You can't any
more, because it isn't there any
more. Somebody smashed it
Saturday night. And broke the
soap dispenser, and bent the
stall door again.
Question: Will maintainance
fix it?
Answer: Why should they?
It'll only be broken on Sunday.
I started school here seven
years ago. I've taken two years
off and attended classes part
time since 1976. The first
Serendipities I saw never de
nied the students the chance to,
Committee to stand out even in
this group of talented students.
I would like to thank the entire
community on behalf of the
Student Awards Committee for
the hundreds of recommenda
tions that were submitted to us
to aid us in making our decision.
Without this information, often
thorough and insightful, we
could not have made our deci
sions.
I would also like to congra
to the Editor.. .
as I've heard someone say,
"blow it all out." But it is my
opinion that the student body
during those years was just not
as destructive as it now seems
to be. Sure, Milner (sorry fellas,
but you're the prime example)
was always a zoo, but when I
lived there, people were written
up more often for water bal
loons than for knocking out the
doors of the bathroom stalls...
let alone three or four times in
one year.
It seems to be that the whole
evolution or, I should say,
de-evolution of the alcohol poli
cy may well have been in
response to the growing vanda
lism on campus. I don't blame
the administration for denying
the students a chance to "blow
it all out" if the student body is
going to destroy the campus. I
feel certain restrictions should
be temporarily overlooked dur
ing Serendipity, but if the
destructive trend that is so
blatantly obvious and so bla
tantly a corallary to "blowing it
out" continues, then I agree
Serendipity and such activities
should be curbed or cancelled.
It's a shame that we, as a
student body can get together to
fight only for our alcoholic
privileges and not for the ac
companying responsibilities of
those privileges. No one wants
to be a policeman, but if we
don't do it for ourselves then
the administration will. No one
wants to "rat" but my, your,
and our property is being
destroyed, and it isn't a joke.
We are adults. We will have
to stop the senseless destruc
tion, or we will have to suffer
the consequences.
It didn't used to be. It doesn't
have to be. It's a shame. It's a
damned shame.
Sincerely,
David A. Brown
New Wave
designs
Dear Editor:
During my tenure here at
Guilford College I have been
witness to some astounding
alterations in the structure of
some buildings on campus, in
particular the renovation of Cox
Hall and Mary Hobbs dorm
itory. I have even seen pic
tures of what the new Gym
nasium will look like if and
when it is completed.
By far the most thought
provoking modification has oc
GaWad Cifcn
tulate all of the scholarship
recipients, both personally and
on behalf of the Committee.
Sheridan Simon
Chairperson,
Student Awards Committee
The following is a list of this
year's Dana Scholarship win
ners:
Jane Allen
Brenda Barnard
Edwart T. Beattie
Sandra Beer
curred in the library. No, I am
not referring to the entrance
room; actually that is no dif
ferent than the many other
alterations around campus.
What I am referring to is the
wonderfully new "Post Warfare
Look" that we have in the stair
well going from the main floor
to the johnnies in the basement.
At first I thought that this was
only an interrum stage in some
new project but after two
months I see my mistake. This
must actually be an artistic
masterpiece that can only be
nearly compared to the "blob"
hanging off the side of Bryan
dormitory.
Think how lucky we are here
at Guilford; we posess the first
sample of "NewWave" design
ing.
The admissions office should
really capitalize on this; instead
of taking each tour into our
reading room which is really no
different than any other reading
room on the many thousands of
college campuses', why not take
these new students and parents
to the basement of the library so
that they may fully understand
why Guilford College is a school
that is looking towards the
future.
I have only two suggestions
that might make the "Post
Warfare Look" more realistic.
Firstly we need some dried
blood stains on the walls and
secondly some good wartime
graffitti like "Quakers go
home."
I'd like to end by thanking Dr.
Hobbs for all that he has done to
improve the aesthetic beauty of
this campus.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Reichard
VOto-"--' A
Linda Biggs
Ralph Blincoe
Martin Block
Rosemarie Braegger
Todd Breneman
Betty Brittle
Julia Brooks
Linda Bunce
Lou Ann Burgess
Brian Carey
Isa Cheren
Beth Costlow
Michael Czysz
Bruce Doss
Elizabeth Eakes
Janette Earl
Dale Easley
Karen Everett
Christopher Field
Tamara Frank
Peter Fraunholtz
Suzanne Cilchrist
Stanley Civens
Thomas Cluck
Mark Coodson
Julie Creen
Kenneth Goetze
Stephen Harvey
Hal Heavner
Frances Henderson
Richard Hendrix
Bruce Herard
Announcing. . . Announcing
The French House is sponsor
ing a film entitled "Falicies of
Hope" on Wednesday, April
11th at 7:00 p.m. in Founders
Room 203. Everyone is wel
come.
"Inscapes," an art exhibition
of self-portraits by members of
the Guilford College communi
ty, will open with a reception at
4 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the
Founders Hall Gallery.
Sponsored by the Guilford
College Women's Center, the
exhibit will run until April 25
and is open to the public
without charge. ■,
Intent is a slippery thing
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humans it's that we never quite fit the patterns we set out for
ourselves.
I've been on the Board for two and a half years. We have done
some things that were very worthwhile and we've probably made
some mistakes. Yet I keep thinking that, no matter how hard we try
to be fair and understanding, justice, at least in the form we now
have it, is still a stop-gap measure.
Whenever I've been part of a judicial case it seems that most of
the time I end up having to disbelieve what somebody says. Quite
often the Board is lied to -- but who am I to say when? I certainly
have no God-given right to sit in judgment of others.
I guess all I'm trying to say is that we should all realize just how
limited is our ability to achieve what might be called justice. Justice
seems to demand an objectivity that we humans are incapable of.
We can only look at the actions of others through our own eyes ~
eyes that have their own singular method of perception
To realize that we are limited does not mean we have to give up.
Judging other people's actions seems to be a stop-gap measure
now but that doesn't mean we won't be able to evolve better means
of dealing with internal problems in the future.
The most recent case found that rulings had to be based, for the
most part, on what was seen as the intent of the alleged violator.
Intent is a slippery thing. Most cases the Guilford judicial Board
hears deal with matters of intent: intent to cheat, intent to steal,
intent to lie, etc.
As long as I must judge another person on the basis of intent I
will be unable to judge them completely fairly. If there is anything
that I've learned while on the Judicial Board it's that we never see
the intent of others the way they see their own.
For right now we need to stick to what we're doing. But we
always need to look to the future and we should never be afraid to
question what is going on. Our life is plagued with stop-gap
measures but we can only begin to get rid of them by continuing to
live as best we know how, always looking for new ways of being and
doing.
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Christina Hodgin
Suzette Holbrook
Donna Hurley
Susan Ide
William Des Jardins
Jeffrey Jennings
Eleanor Jones
Martin Jones
Bie Yie Ju
Julie Kanakanui
Steven Kaplan
Eliza Keith
Jennifer Kuhn
Yolanda Leacraft
Howard Luehrs
Roberta Maharajh
Megan Mawhinney
William Meikrantz
Irene Metzger
Keith Miller
Judy Mutunhu
Kathryn Neckerman
Paul Palumbo
Kathleen Paul
Stephen Riback
Lisa Rice
Amy Rosen stein
James Shields
Donna Shore
Leslie Weiner
Steven Wright
Karen Young
FOR ALL STUDENTS
The Budget Committee of the
Community Senate has devised
the proposed budget of all
Student Organizations for next
year. The proposed budget will
be considered for approval by
the entire Senate in tonight's
meeting (April 11) at 7:30 p.m.
in the Gallery.
During the week of Journey
VII there will be a photo exhibit
by Don Farrell, a student at
A&T, in the BASIB office in
Founders Hall.