December 4, 1979
In-depth treatment of death
The unmentionable examined
By Lynn A. Summerill
Staff Writer
Halloween has long since
gone and I survived it without
fears and nightmares. Now, five
weeks later, as I walk upstairs
to the colloquium, my imagina
tion soars as I follow signs that
say, "Death and Dying this
way." Paranoia hits me and I
pray I won't have to test out a
coffin.
Pausing in contemplation on
the several people
pass by. "Well, they look rather
rational and very much alive,"
an inner voice says, "continue
on!"
The first thing that catches
my eye is not a cadaver but a
kidney. "Strange I must be in
the wrong place, this must be a
program for pre-med stu
dents." It takes me a while to
discover that death and dying
involved much more than being
placed in a coffin, having dirt
thrown over you, and having an
euology said.
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Suzi Gilchrist and Marsha Halper show their 30 minute multi-media presentation, an
interpretation of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' work, at the colloquium.
A J continues despite cut
By Mary Boslcen
Staff Writer
The Guilford College ad
ministration has approved the
contingency committee's re
commendation to continue the
Administration of Justice curri
culum despite the cut in Law
Enforcement Education Pro
gram (LEEP) funding.
The Carter administration -
would not allocate LEEP funds
after this year. However, re
versionary funds will carry the
load through Summer School
1981. There is also a bill in
Congress at this time for a four
year extension of the LEEP
program.
Sybille Colby, the dean of the
Center for Continuing Educa
tion and a member of the
contingency committee, com
mented, "We have a good,
strong program and we have no
intention of cutting it off."
The student enrollment of AJ
majors has increased signifi
One aspect is organ donation.
Kay Freeland and Cay Dilland
gathered pamphlets on eye,
kidney and tissue donations as
their IDS 401 project. They
brought Don Lysell, kidney
coordinator, and his apparently
living, but as I later found out,
wax kidney on campus.
His job is to find organs and
preserve and transport them to
hospitals. How does one pre
serve a kidney? Easy; remove a
kidney from a donor and place it
in a $7,000 kidney preservation
machine. After I picked up a
donor application form, and was
ready to relinquish my whole
dead body to medical technolo
gy, I went across the hall to a
room marked "Hospice". I had
no idea as to what a hospice
was, and thought it was a
misspelled word.
Hospice actually means a
stopping or resting place. Today
the term refers to a place where
terminally ill people go to die.
Everything centers around the
cantly over the past four years.
Because the number of CCE
students will decline because of
the cut in LEEP funding, the
department will be remodeled
for a smaller number of stu
dents. Dean Colby emphasized
that the AJ department will
maintain its excellent reputa
tion despite the decreased en
rollment.
The AJ Department contains
four full-time positions and the
college has made commitments
to all four faculty members for
next year. The department has
currently been operating with
just three teachers because of
Thomas Bernard's leave of
absence.
John Grice, an AJ faculty
member, believes the depart
ment can operate with three or
even two full-time teachers. He
remarked, "We have sufficient
facutly for an excellent program
in public administration."
happiness of the dying patient.
Families can come and go
anytime they want to, dragging
their goldfish and pets along.
Unlike hospitals, hospices do
not have any life saving equip
ment. Narcotic drugs are only
given to stop the person's pain
if it comforts them.
Another main difference be
tween the spacious hospice
rooms and hospitals, according
to student Kermit Bailey, is,
that "In hospitals the battle is
to whip death; hospital workers
aren't tuned in to dying. If a
person dies, the hospital has
failed. At a hospice, the family
and patient are counselled in all
aspects of death and how to
prepare for it."
As I was talking to Kermit, I
heard some familiar notes of
Black Sabbath float through the
walls from the next room. I
hadn't the slightest idea what
rock-and-roll had to do with
death, for rock music wasn't in
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Photo by Steve Lowe
Sybille Colby, dean of CCE:
"We have a good, strong
program and we have no inten
tion of cutting it off."
Two faculty members, in the
department are now being re
viewed for tenure this year. As
far as who will be returning next
year at Cuilford, Grice says,
"We'll just take it a day at a
time."
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Don Lysell, kidney coordinator, shows Robin Smith a $7,000 kidney
perservation machine at the "Death and Dying" colloquium
presented by Margeret Young's IDS 401 class.
IRC stays involved
By Roger C. Pettingell
Staff Writer
There exists a special club at
Cuilford that many people are
not aware of: The International
Relations Club (IRC). The club
is open to all Cuilford College
students, but most of the mem
bership consists of the 51
foreign students currently at
tending Guilford. The foreign
students are all members,
though not all participate in the
club's activities.
The club's activities include
monthly bowling parties,, where
all the students get together
socially. There are also several
parties where the students can
get together and share cultures.
The club meets about once a
month, at which time the stu
dents discuss their problems
and learn about each other.
Says vice-president Rosemary
Braegger, "It's really fun be
cause you can meet people from
Activity fee raised
The Student Activity Fee will
be permanently increased $2 to
pay for the operating expenses
of WQFS at 1000 watts, and $3
for the next three years to pay
for a $9,000 loan, the Commu
nity Senate reported.
The monetary breakdown for
the WQFS increase is as fol
lows: SIO,OOO - SAF Reserve,
$9,000 loan, and $205 from a
WQFS special account.
The WQFS special account
raised some questions. The
money in this special account is
the result of fund raising (T
--shirt sales and equipment
sales). Hugh Stohler noted se
veral other clubs with special
accounts and asked for some
investigation as to the necessity
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all over, and you can talk to
people in your own language."
Braegger is a junior from Puerto
Rico.
The club just recently named
Paula Swonguer as its advisor,
although she also worked with
them last year. She helps the
students with many of their
problems, such as visa and
passport troubles.
She also helps the students
find a place to stay over
vacations. With students at
Guilford from Africa, Japan,
and China (to name a few), they
can hardly be expected to go
home for every break.
The students will gather on
December 7th for their Christ
mas Party to which all members
are invited. Their big event will
come in March or April, when
the International Dinner will be
held. At the dinner all the
students will bring a meal of
their country.
of these special accounts for
Senate-sponsored clubs.
The Senate approved a S2OO
budget for Hillel but decided to
wait until further appraisal is
made of the Accounting Club's
request for $230. Jim Newlin
raised a question as to the
Senate's policy on sponsoring
academic clubs, so the Budget
Committee was asked to discuss
the question, and a decision will
be made at the next meeting
Another potential president
will be visiting Guilford, Tues
day, December 4. All interested
students are urged to eat dinner
and meet with him in the largest
of the two small dining rooms in
the back of the cafeteria on
December 4 at 5:15 p.m.