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Sweet Al' not blue about winning green White scores math scholarship Sophomore Al White of Ches apeake, Va., has become the first black student at Guilford College to win the Nereus and Orinan Mendenhall Mathema tics Scholarship. The scholarship, which is not awarded each year, goes to a student who is doing outstand ing work in mathematics. The honor might have eluded him had he pursued his early "vision" of entering Cuilford to "play basketball and become a superstar." Al had flown high as "Sweet Al, the basketball star" during his student days at the Indian River High School in Chesa peake, and he had expected to do the same at Cuilford when he entered in 1978. As a walk-on, he earned an athletic scholar ship his freshman year. First drawn to Cuilford be cause it produced such NBA talent as Lloyd Free and M.L. Carr, Al was pleased to learn that Cuilford College placed strong emphasis on academic excellence. Munich 1980: By Jennifer Kuhn They're back! The students who spent last semester in England and Cercnany on the college Semester Abroad pro grams have returned, and an xiously await the opportunity to relate their experiences to friends, professors, strangers, or just about anyone who will lend an interested ear. The students who studied in Ger many, in particular, enjoyed the following benefits. Glasses were conducted Mon day through Thursday. Course offerings included German, Modern German History, Politi cal Science, and a myriad of Physics courses, including pos sibilities for both science and humanities majors. German courses were taught by profes sionals highly practiced in teaching German to foreigners. The basic teaching technique employed was restricting dia logue to the target language so that one had to learn German to survive. The history course included a ten-day seminar in East Ger many and East and West Ber lin. Students travelled to Wei mar, home of Goethe, and to East Berlin, where lectures on East German education proved enlightening, if not believable. Sneak peeks at primers re vealed the presentation of the U.S. to E. German school children Harlem was "typical of a large American city," where crime is awful, and prejudice and unemployment abundant. "America the beauti ful" was not the dominant theme of Eastern European literature. The tree-lined campus loca tion was in Cuilford's favor too as it was on the quiet Western edge of Greensboro but close enough to things for a good social life. Al's vision of superstardom began to for all was not well with him "That first year was a bad time for me psycholo gically and emotionally," he said. "I was not ready for college." He stuck it out, however, because of the "friendly faces, because you can get so close to your teachers on a personal basis and that helps you learn better." The old cliche that at Guilford "you're a name, not a number," was true for all. Al found that playing a heavy basketball schedule demanded too much energy output and too much time. Also, the injury potential was high. Instead of attempting to fly high as "Sweet Al the basket ball star," he decided to con centrate on academics. He dropped his minor in biology word from abroad Political science helped stu dents to understand East/West relations, and provided insights into the German viewpoint re garding American politics, our role in Europe, relations with the Soviet Union, etc. The elections of both German and American presidents were a study in themselves. Art history class had two built-in advantages. One was that marvelous art museums and collections fill Munich so that class lectures on architec ture, painting, and sculpture were alternated with trips to museums and churches within the city. Secondly, because of Munich's convenient location within Europe, one could spend a three-day weekend in Venice, Vienna, Florence, or even Paris. One could then visit museums or other sites discussed in classes thus positively reinforc ing classroom lecture One leam by experiencing art. It became possible to distinguish, e.g., Florentine art from Vene tian, because one had seen both types in their proper environ, and developed a feeling for the essence of a work, for regional style, etc. Physics courses were likewise strengthened by the Deutsche* • Museum, one of the world's finest science museums, in which equipment was arranged 4 such thai students could effee*, tively repeat for themselves the ' classic experiments that changed the course of science. But Germany was more than coursework and academics. Of ten students created piecemeal lunches - meat from a deli, bread from the pastry shop, fruit from a street stand - and because ot the many hours in the lab, and he used his extra time off the court to concentrate more on his major field of study, mathematics. Al made the Dean's List with a 3.50 grade point average and recently was honored with the Nereus and Oriana Mendenhall Math Scholarship. He is the only black majoring in math at Guilford at present. Most of Al's free time is spent as a volunteer tutor in algebra, calculus, elementary functions and for a switch, weiehtlifting. He also worked for the phy sics department, student ser vices, as accountant for the internationally-distributed Jour nal of Undergraduate Mathe matics (published at Guilford), and as a security euard Al is leaning toward William and Mary for graduate school and is anticipating a job in computer science. enjoyed these in the sprawling Englischer Garten, with liters of beer and large, soft pretzels. Schwabing, the student quar ter, provided nightly entertain ment to satisfy the most vivid imagination. Trips to a local monastery (at which 12% beer was brewed) became renowned. Later in the year, the carnival atmosphere of Octoberfest was like a fairyland. The holiday season was welcomed with a large Thanksgiving Day feast, and the Christkindl Christmas Mart provided an eclectic dis play of German handiwork. Cultural offerings ranged from opera ("Electra") to Rod Ste wart, from classical ballet to marionette shows, and a child ren's production of "Alice im Wunderland." Rex Adelberger kept the group busy with trips to castles, exhibits, a cheese factory, and even a brewery. He also an nounced the public addresses of such notables as Schmidt and Strauss (1980 West German presidential candidates) and the Pope, each of whom addressed Munich crowds this fall. Opportunities for personal grovrth abounded.. One student made friends by playing his bagpipes for the neighborhood, and another participated in a play which toured Germany. One fellow began lifting weights in a local gym, and soon several girts joined that same gym and engaged in aerobics classes. Still others learned to ski in Yugoslavia -- resulting in only one broken foot among them! Cultural exchange was fur thur advanced by living with GUILFORDIAN, January 27, 1981 - New-try the Browsery by John Mottern Have plenty of time to read a good, trashy novel? Spend a cold, December evening next to the fire with your favorite Harlequin Romance? Read A Tale of Two Cities between classes? If you can't find that special addition of your favorite oldie, or wish to find something new, try the Browsery. The little store in Greensboro is stocked with over 30,000 titles of hardbound books. Also, in Quaker Village, there is a new store, the Bookrack. In the Bookrack, you can find most of the Harlequin Romances, plus Presidential i ScHcdkAc ot Event* Thursday: January 9 B:ism. Inansural concert, cellosLfiano -jtemberger fcidayjanuary.3o Inaugural frail .Saturday looo* mGatKerin? -Dana io:3oamAcidemtctrocession fecial Music - Matrix frass Quintet Invited Address - Dnfatricia A.Graham, Warren frofessor History of American Education, Harvard! University Residential Address- DrVMiltam RAqjenx Sixth "Resident a Guilford College Luncheon -2:OP f n>. find Discussion- Higher Education a the lurn of the Century. - vSternber^er. Page three Shakespeare, war books, science fiction, as well as a section of best-sellers. The Browsery deals in books that are hard to find, and many that are out of print. They are opening a new shop at 1516 S. Elm St. in Greensboro. The new shop will combine antiques and books. The Browsery is a casual place with "lots of talking and music - it's really a fun place." If you're planning to take a trip to the Browsery, it might be a good idea to call in advance to see if it's open.
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