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November 6,1979 Conservation Energy tactics By Bob Cluck What is the most immediate, the cleanest, and the cheapest way in which American can start dealing with the energy shortage? Most experts feel the answer is conservation. Conservation is most imme diate because every American can begin conserving energy right now. It is obviously clean er since less energy is being used and it is also less expen sive at both the industrial and personal level. One of the big problems with saving energy is that it is so easy. This may sound paradoxical but the fact is most people are looking for the answer, a technological miracle that will solve all our problems. Conservation simply isn't that exciting; as a matter of fact, it's drearily mundane. Our nation's industries, which use 41% of our energy, have increased their energy efficiency by 1.5% a year. They did this for the most part by simply turning off unnecessary lights or equipment. Saving gasoline also involves common sense. Such things as driving and accelerating slower, using air conditioning sparingly, removing unessential weight from the trunk, carpooling and many other little changes can help save gasoline. The automotive industry doesn't have it quite so easy. They are working frantically to raise the gas mileage of their cars to the 1985 minimum requirement of 27.5 miles per gallon. The industry must design its cars so they have lighter materials, continued safety, aesthetic appearance, good aerodynamics and no detrimental environmental effects. This is certainly a challenge and an important responsibility, since cars use 16% of the nation's energy. 70% of America's residential energy goes to heating and cooling our homes. It is possible to reduce the nation's energy needs for heating and cooling by 20-30% by simply installing insulation. This is one of the most important aspects of saving energy at home, but like all other areas of conservation, there are numerous other ways to cut your fuel bill. They range anywhere from an investment in a new furnace to storm windows to a clock thermostat. Even though it lacks the appeal of solar energy or the glamour of fusion, conservation would appear to be our best bet at the present time. Many people have already joined in the conservation effort supporting what President Carter has stated: "We have declared to ourselves and the world our intent to control our use of energy and thereby to control our own destiny as a nation." Senate seeks input By Ned Beattie and Bill Evans The Senate Meeting is to be held in the cafeteria next Wed nesday at 5:00 p.m. in the Walnut Room. The purpose of this meeting is to expose the students to the functions of the Community Senate. All interested students are invited to attend; if you have a topic you would like to put on the agenda please contact Spence Hamrick, Jan Earl, or Karen Beeler before Wednes day. One subject that will open for discussion is the current contro versy over the power increase at WQFS. This will be your oppor tunity to influence the Senate on whether or not to spend SIB,OOO of your student activity fees. Last Wednesday the Senate approved the constitution of the Publications Board, and inte grated the board into the Senate committee structure. There are Interested? If you like what you've read, come join us. The Guilfordian needs editorial cartoonists, advertising staff [commissions available], writers, and layout staff. Give us a try. Contact Brian Carey at 299-0786 or Box 17094. £a/i now two campus organizational boards that monitor the campus communication network: the Publications Board, which over sees the Quaker, Guilfordian, and the Piper and the WQFS Advisory Board, which is cur rently working to direct the programming at the station. These two boards will be put under a single heading and the Publications Board constitution will be integrated into the Senate by-laws. The executive committee formally challenged the sena tors to match them with a SIOO donation to the United Way. They agreed to deduct the amount raised from the sena tors from their stipends. The senate also agreed to challenge the faculty, student clubs and organizations, and the other student governments in the Greensboro area. Guilfordian ..-. ' • • —. -. ■ • • ■ • - ; ■MMMHHHHT. . !~7^ ———— — — ■ '- . - ■•. • The Rec Room Committee of the Student Union soon will be opening that favorite Guilford College gathering place after undoing some damage perpetrated when this unidentified prankster glued ceiling tiles to the floor. Rec Room a wreck no longer By Steve Trout One feature of the Cuilford Community has been missing this year. That the Rec Room, which when opened this week, can be found downstairs in Founders, on the way to the post office boxes. Last year it was notorious for its sterile white walls, adorned with numerous holes, comple menting its unimaginitive de cor. Often the needed equip ment was damaged or missing This year the Rec Room Committee of the Union's Re P. S. dept. to lose position By Peul Holcomb News Editor A vacancy in the Political Science department, created by last fall's departure of depart ment head Kathy Sebo has been slated for reassignment to a "higher priority instructional area, either Management of Ac counting," according to a report released by the financial plan ning team. The planning team, com posed of Bruce Stewart, Cather ine Frazer, and Sybille Colby released the report last week. It recommends eliminating the In ternational Politics position in the department and reducing the department's staff to three full time professors. For the past decade, empha sis has been placed on four areas of the discipline, specifi cally American Politics, Inter national politics, Comparative Politics and Political Philoso phy. The planning team suggests that emphasis be shifted to two or three areas in the discipline, enabling the College to offer more advanced courses in these areas. This "judicious selectivity" is deemed necessary because "no small college can hope to offer work at both the introductory and advanced levels in all possible areas within a disci pline." The team believesthat three professors could better fill the department's needs. The vacancy cited for elimina tion has been covered since last fall by William Schmickle. The proposal has stirred some student opposition. They creation Committee, will be working to change all of that. The Rec Room is intended for students and this year students have the opportunity to design and equip it as we like. The committee has already had the room painted in a warmer tone and have come up with some early ideas. Among these are the use of murals on the walls, partitions and curtains to divide the room, Union sponsored events and the addition of music. The Rec are concerned with the ability of the school to fulfill its dedica tion to its Quaker, liberal arts heritage without a faculty posi tion dealing with international politics. Race rescheduled Take off those shoes! Not again?! Unfortunately, yes. The Guil fordian is sad to announce the rescheduling of "Read on the Run", a 10,000 meter race sponsored by the paper, until early springtime. "We bit off more than we could chew" said Brian Carey, the current editor of the Guil fordian "The Brown Lung Run was November 3, and then Burger King announced its run on November 10; there were just too many runs in Novem ber." Carey said that he did not realize the complexity of plan ning and staging a competitive run. "Rather than have a shoddy run in November, we are opting for a great success in the springtime." Carey also was pleased by the response from the community. A variety of prizes had already been donated or promised, and other companies had already provided advice and services in support of the race. page three Room Committee will also choose the pinball games and hopes to purchase board games, such as backgammon and chess. It should be emphasized that planning is still in the tentative stages. Any student wishing to assist the planning should contact either Eric Johnson, Huge Stoh ler, Doris Bean or Steve Trout. Look for the next announcement of the Rec Room Committee meeting. Everyone is welcome. Kepresentatives of these con cerned students will be heard when the proposal comes before the Clerk's committee for re* view on Wednesday, November 7th Sl 1 / 1 1 % e k§ ' v */ > . > •
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