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Study spot blues
"Studying?" "What?"
"Where?"
"How about in the dorm?"
"Sorry. Too loud."
"How about in Founders?"
"Sorry. The study rooms are all offices now.
Besides - Founders closes at 12:00 now --
no work study funds, you know."
The library!"
"Sorry. Too much noise. The kids are playing
'Space Invaders' with the microfilm machines
in the quiet study area again."
"So - wear earplugs."
"Doesn't matter. The library closes at 10:00
anyway, and won't open again until 2:00."
"I've got it! The gym opens at 1:00 on Sundays. Why not sign out the
racquetball court for an hour?! Read a little English, write a little
paper. .
"Don't be ridiculous. It takes two to play
racquetball."
"Forget it."
"You're right -- forget it. There's no place to study around here.
Behar will just have to understand." _.
J The Editors
'I am not a
Fellow Students,
It's shaping up to be a busy and eventful year in student govern
ment. I hope that after a relaxing summer as many of you as possible
will be willing to work to improve student government and the quality
of your life here at Guilford College.
Senate meetings are now scheduled for Wednesday evenings at 7:30
p.m. (this may change if there are a significant number of schedule
conflicts). I'm looking forward to meeting and working with all newly
elected senators and any other students intersted in working in student
government.
A great deal of emphasis will be placed upon identifying and solving
problems which exist or that may arise amongst students, faculty and
administration. The total community will be important. We have to
work hard to maintain the "community" that we enjoy and much
harder to make the community we so often hear and speak of, a reali
ty. In order to attain the ideal community all must be involved in a
responsible way.
I am not a despot. I realize that I am limited in thought, energy and
creativity. Try as I might to perceive the world in a totally objective
fashion. I fail. I am fallible and all is colored by my perspective. I en
courage you, therefore, to let us in student government know about
your problems and interests.
The other officers and student leaders and I are committed to you
this year. We will bring you the entertainment, intellectual stimula
tion and opportunities for self-expression and personal growth. You
must provide a sincere interest in your school and in creating an en
vironment that offers self-fulfillment. Find an organization or issue
that interests you and devote some time to it. We can't run the student
government by ourselves. We won't. We need your help.
By Martin Jones
Guilfordian Staff
Editors John Mottern, Suzanne Sullivan
News editor Pete Fraunholtz
Features editors Carol Solow
Layout editor Steve Harvey
Sports editor Edwin Bass
Business manager Roger Lifson
Op-Ed coordinator Constance Irving
Cartoonist Brick
The Guilfordian reserves the right to edit all articles, letters,
and artwork for taste, veracity, and length. The deadline for all
copy is 3:00 p.m. on Saturday preceeding the Tuesday of
publication. Material may be left on the office door in upstairs
Founders , or mailed to Box 17717. The opinions expressed by the
staff are their own and not necessarily those of the paper or of
Guilford College.
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Once more unto the Breech
birth, dear friends
It never fails. Every year one endures the sticky,
monotonous North Carolina summer, counting
one's toes, cleaning one's navel, and praying for
something to do. This summer I collected
sweepstakes trivia and managed to spell out
"PEPSI SPIRIT" in bottlecaps. I cultivated a soap
opera, the deliciously derivative and marvelously
moralistic "Another Life."
Children's television is a new experience when
viewed through the sophisticated trivia with which
a college education arms one. Try considering the
dynamics of the alternating parent/child relation
ship of Fred and Wilma Flintstone, the homosexual
overtones of the friendship between Gilligan and the
Skipper, or the allegorical implications of the Three
Stooges, a group of grown men who apparently
make a living by whacking each other. As a history
major, I viewed with interest Shirley Temple tackl
ing race relations, saving the British Empire,
defending the Confederacy twice, and meeting both
Queen Victoria and Abraham Lincoln. I snickered
By Constance Irving
through several episodes of that theologian's Merv
Griffin, the T.V. evangelist Jim Bakker. Amuse
ment admittedly comes thin and sparse in my
hometown and on my budget.
From this perspective, school looks awfully good.
At last there are things to do, people to see, and a
good reason to finish the books one starts.
I am reminded of an old Spencer Tracy film,
"1000 Years in Sing Sing." Tracy, a contentious
"lifer," swears that he will never break down and
participate in the work gang project. After a few
weeks in solitary confinement, he is not only willing,
but eager for some kind of activity, even if it's only
breaking rocks.
The school year has begun. I've pitched my bot
tlecap collection and abandoned my television with
the annoyingly arrogant zeal of the reformed ad
dict. Education is a frustrating, fascinating, and un
finishable process, and I am ready to go at it again.
All right, Warden, you win. I'll work.
Guilfordian, September 18, 1981