Mime makes new world
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Dr. Tom . . .
Spouse hiring questioned
self-serving decisions". The
source also questions the wis
dom of allowing spouses to head
different department.
"When heads of different
departments are 'sleeping to
gether,' there is bound to be
some 'pillow talk' which could
influence decisions and inter
fere with objectivity," the em
ployee says.
Dr Louis Fike, professor of
political science, is perhaps the
most trenchant critic of what he
sees as nepotism. Fike says that
"hiring members of the same
family is harmful to the college;
it is pernicious." Responding to
Dr. Rogers' statements, he
said: "Contrary to what the
Look into career alternatives
A day-long program on
'Alternative Careers' has been
set for Wednesday, February,
25. The Guilford College chap
ter of the N.C. Public Interest
Research Group (PIRG) along
with the IDS 101 Program and
the Career Development and
Experimental Learning Pro
gram will sponsor the careers
dav
A panel discussion entitled
"Confronting the System" will
begin the day's activities in
Sternberger Auditorium at 9:30
a m Representatives from the
Brown Lung Association, the
American Friends Service Com
mittee, and Central Carolina
Legal Services will participate
in the panel discussion which
will focus on how each of their
organizations interacts and
sometimes confronts the larger
socio-economic system.
According to Suzanne Sulli
van, a member of the Guilford
College PIRG chapter, the
morning panel discussion will
"enable students to analyze
these groups' roles within the
By Mike Barker
Mime is one of the most
difficult of the performing arts,
but when it is done well, it can
transport the audience into
another world. In this world, the
only things that are real are
those created from the imagina
tion The recent mime show by
Dr. Tom and Seus gave its
audience a glimpse into this
fantastic universe of the mind
Dr Tom (Tom Pierce) and
Seus (Seus Edwards) have a
great way of creating a mood
and a story, yet leaving the
details to the imagination of the
audience. Their technique was
illustrative, and their story was
easy to follow More importan
tly, they do not try to direct the
audience's imagination. Lesser
mimes often attempt to imagine
everything for the audience
which usually detracts from,
rather than adds to, a piece. Not
President says, Cuilford does
practice a covert nepotism, at
least to some extent. Decision
making and the solution of
problems tends to be indirect
and covert."
Fike moreover criticizes what
he views as the inordinate
intrusions of familial concerns
into matters dealing with facul
ty hiring. "If Guilford College
in the family subsidy business,
or in the education business?"
he asks. The stress on Quaker
values at the expense of a
thorough investigation into
charges of nepotism troubles
him
"Integrity and community at
Guilford are at best an ideal.
framework of the IDS 101
program."
The Brown Lung Association
is an organization of retired and
active textile millworkers who
are seeking compensation for
their disabilities caused by ex
posure to cotton dust. The
American Friends Service Com
mittee is a Quaker organization
involved in programs of hu
manitarian service, peace and
social justice
Central Carolina Legal Ser
vices is a not-for-profit law firm
that provides free legal aid for
low-income people as well as
advocacy and community edu
cation.
"Besides getting an under
standing of these groups' roles,
students will be exposed to
people in non-traditional or
alternative careers," said Sulli
van
From 11:30 to 1:30 in the
Boren Lounge, these three
groups and others from
through-out the community will
display information, distribute
literature, and most important,
be available to discuss volun-
so for Dr Tom and Seus. They
know where to let the audience
take over and let the individual
mind develop the full story.
The setting of the specific
mood is probably Dr Tom and
Seus's strongest ability. From
no other group could one get
such a joyous mood from a story
about a toddler growing up The
audience was taken from that
extreme to the despair created
from a simple story of a girl and
a sparrow. Despite such drastic
changes in mood, the audience
was never jolted from one
extreme to another but rather
carried gently by Dr Tom and
Seus
Dr Tom and Seus established
excellent rapport with the aud
ience and gave a brief introduc
tory talk about mime. They later
followed this with a piece in
and not a realitv Since there is
no reason to trust Cuilford
faculty and employees more
than anyone else, conflict-of
interest, however caused, is
likely to be as much a problem
at Guilford as elsewhere. Guil
ford does not have a monopoly
on virtue, indeed far from it,"
he says
Furthermore, Fike states that
"the only way nepotism can be
justified at Guilford is to as
sume that the college is so
corruption ridden that nepotism
contributes to institutional sym
metry."
Dr. Fike thinks there are
three reasons the nepotism is
teer work, internships and in
some cases job openings with
Guilford students.
"We are encouraging mem
bers of the College community
to take advantage of both
programs," said Art Donsky, a
PIRG staff member "Many
students are interested in Al
ternative Careers,' but don't
know where to begin to look for
information about these organi
zations. We hope the day's
programs can provide a good
starting point," he added Per
sons seeking more information
about the Alternative Careers
Day should contact the PIRG
office in Founders.
which the younger children in
the audience were invited to
participate Unlike many lesser
group, Dr Tom and Seus are
not afraid of an audience They
readily opened themselves to a
series of improvisations sugges
ted by the audience
The program closed with a
very complex piece about God,
the creation, and the events
immediately thereafter Dr.
Tom let the audience exper
ience the miracle of creation,
using only his body and the
simple background music
played by Seus. The show was
ended with God unhappy with
the world and with mankind.
Fantastically, this inspired each
person present to wonder if
he/she shouldn't improve a
little, not an unpleasant feeling,
but one which could not have
been inspired by anyone but Dr.
Tom and Seus.
wrong. Firstly, it contradicts the
fair hiring practices that Guil
ford presumes to purport Sec
ondly, "it's hard to find a
committee which doesn't have a
husband and wife on it so when
one wishes to criticize a faculty
member or department before a
committee, there is a good
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chance that a person's husband
or wife will be on the commit
tee " Finally, Fike says, "The
so-called affirmative action pol
icy by which some people seek
to justify nepotism makes you
wonder by what strange alche
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