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Arts Festival a Success
By Joseph C. Partington
The African American Arts Festival, which included art exhibits,
movies and concerts exposing African American culture to Guilford,
ended Saturday the 13th. A week that began with a Gospel Concert on
the 7th and closed with a Reggae Concert followed by a movie double
feature on the 13th, leaves behind memories of a creative culture to all
who attended the festivities.
During the week there was an art exhibit in Boren Lounge, featuring
the bright-colored paintings of Isaac Cain and Ronald Brunson. There
was also an art lecture Monday the Bth on the topic of "Myth and
Religion in African Art," with the speaker Regenia Perry.
In addition, there were four films, "No Maps on My Taps," "Black
Artists in American," "Carmen Jones," and "Stormy Weather,"
featuring the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and the singing of
Lena Home.
The highlight of the weeks festivities, however, was the concerts.
There were five altogether, three jazz, one reggae, and one gospel con
cert. The music filled week began with the "New Creation Gospel,"
followed by the "New Black Society Gospel Choir." These groups per
formed on Sunday and were well-received.
Later in the week, on Wednesday night, the "Jazz Workshop Ensem
ble" jammed in Sternberger. With the theme of the show "Night on the
Town," the band played before candlelight and tablecloth, the au
dience seated at tables. "Jazz Workshop Ensemble" gave new rendi
tions of songs by George Benson, 8.8. King, as well as playing original
music. Their modern jazz combined horns, electric guitars, and cons
tant drumbeat to provide an exciting blend of rhythm and blues, jazz.
Friday, the afternoon of the 12th presented Guilford with another
jazz band, but the sound shifted from modern to traditional jazz. Eve
Cornelius was the featured vocalist for the afternoon and later evening
concert which featured Brother Yusef and Friends. The jazz of
Brother Yusef was remeniscent of the jazz of the twenties, with its
piano, stand-up bass, light percussion and smooth singing Eve Cor
nelius.
Ending the music, on Saturday afternoon, was "Cinnamon Reggae"
from Winston-Salem. They, performed to a dance format with many
spectators inspired to dance. "I like Reggae," which the band played
twice, was their most popular song. "Cinnamon Reggae" also includ
ed songs by Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff.
The African American Arts Festival is over, but it will return next
Fall. For those who missed the art, cinema, gospel, reggae, and jazz of
this year's festival, you missed a good time.
Work on This
by Emily Bonk
Staff Writer
We all deal with them at one time or
another, they infiltrate every part of this
campus from the gym to the Accounting
lab. No, we're not talking about preppies,
freaks or jocks, but rather a category about
13 percent of us fall into here at (Guilco.)
These are the übiquitous work-study
students who do everything from handing
out towels and basketballs to closing the
library at 2:00 a.m.
But for those who demonstrate financial
need, who decides who qualifies for College
Work Study and how much he shall
receive? Anthony Gurley, director of
Financial Aid, explained that the first step
to receiving any sort of aid was to fill out
the necessary forms. Generally, only those
who indicate work-study as an acceptable
form of financial help are considered. Once
need has been determined, administrators
rely on a formula which varies from year to
year to determine the components of a
student's aid package. This year 50 percent
came from federal and state grants, the
other half was made up of "self help"
money: academic and athletic scholarships
work-study and loans.
If a person accepts the work-study as a
part of aid, the student then indicates his
preference as to where he would like to
work. The preceeding spring,
questionaires are sent out to all the
departments regarding how many jobs
they project needing to be filled, the
number of hours required and which skills
are necessary. Administration then tries to
match up department and student requests.
In past years, it has generally been the
case that all spaces requested by depart-
Claim Your Scholarship
A timely and sophisticated new
computer service is being offered
by Nationwide Student Services
of Miami, Florida. As funds for
college aid dry up and college
costs escalate, a higher education
is virtually unobtainable for a
vast number of high school
seniors along with students
presently enrolled in colleges
across the country who want to
complete their education.
The average middle class
American family finds itself
financially strapped in a worsen
ing recession economy.
Even upper middle class families
with more than one student in col
lege are finding it impossible to
cope financially.
Nationwide Student Services is
a scholarship locating service
which guarantees from 5 to 25
potential financial aid sources. If
they cannot supply at least 5
sources, the student receives a
full refund of their modest $40.00
ments have been filled. However, this year
the reverse has been true. Due to decreases
in Federal aid, (80 percent is subsidized by
the Feds) and increases in the minimum
wage that is dictated to be paid, all campus
work-study jobs cannot be filled. Whereas
before 35,000 hours were alotted to the
program, it is now down to 24,000. Gurley
noted that now there are actually more
students working who are non-work study
than are on the program as departments
look to other avenues to meet their needs.
Finding ways to fill these positions has
been a challenge, Gurley said. In some
cases, volunteers were relied on. But for
other areas, departmental money only
went so far and services had to be cut.
The college is now in the process of
revamping its work-study program ac
cording to the Financial Aid director. In
future years, it hopes to provide op
portunities for more students to obtain
work study by making a greater in
stitutional committment to funding the
financial project.
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service fee along with the sources
found. After scrutinizing the stu
dent data-form supplied to them,
Nationwide utilizes advanced
computer technology to supply an
individualized report listing
every possible source of potential
financial aid from private foun
dations and grants. It is then up
to the student to pursue those
sources provided.
Recent research estimates that
over $3 billion dollars is available
annually in student scholarships,
Safety Project
Underway
by Rob A. Newton
Staff Writer
Due to the increase in the crime
rate, Project Public Safety, has
been established in the City of
Greensboro in order to take on
some of the duties that public
agencies cannot fullfill due to
budget cuts. Project Public
Safety is a community project
being published on all of the local
media in the triad It's structure
consist of non-intervention
patrol, public saftety education,
health services, senior citizen
services, and other programs.
Richard B. Weinblatt, the Project
Director of Project Public Safety,
mentioned that people do not
need previous training to apply
for membership. "Applicants do
not need any experience in the
public safety field. We will be
administering a training
program entailing subjects
relevant to our goals. We ask that
members only contribute 6-8
hours per month. Concerned
citizens will be trained in the
techniques of observations, non
intervention patrol, community
relations and other related
topics." Richard, a student here
at Guilford College, initiated and
researched the idea during the
summer here and in New York
City. Richard is also involved
with the United States
Department of Justice and is an
Assistant to the Commissioner of
the New York City Police
Department. He hopes that the
program grows in stature within
loans and part-time jobs; the
secret of knowing where and for
what to apply; Nationwide's com
puters are programmed to match
students' skills, interests, career
goals, ethnic background and
financial status with these
sources.
For further information con
tact Peter Matloff, (305 ) 596-9558
of the Nationwide Student Ser
vices, 9421 S. W. 102 Court,
Miami, Florida.
the community involving its
inhabitants. Richard has been
working in the field of public
safety since the age of twelve.
Richard said, when asked about
the potential for the groups'
success, "I hope that my
experiences will benefit the
community more directly
through this volunteer
organization. We have as good a
chance as any other similiar
group that has been formed in the
U. S. I think we can make a good
go of it." Several representatives
of the student body were asked
how they felt about this program
and its goals. Taylor "Ted"
Adams said, "Public Safety is a
valuable asset of any community.
It is good to see that people are
concerned with public safety "
George Hutchinson, a student
who assisted Richard in the
organization of the program,
remarked, "We hope that others
in the community, as well as
those on campus, will respond
favorably to this project."
Persons interested in the
program can contact Project
Public Safety at Post Office Box
17639 or they can contact Richard
B. Weinblatt directly in Milner
244.
November 22. Still wondering
about PIRG: Who, what, where
and why? Find out! PIRG needs
you and you need PIRG! PIRG
information tabid Monday 22,
Founders lobby during dinner
hours.
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Friday, November 19,1982