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Religion Discussed
in New Committee
by Laura Collins
Staff Writer
Guilford College gives its
students a variety of experiences
and opportunities. Yet, is the
chance for the personal, spiritual
growth of each individual truly
supported by the college's
character? The particular in
terest in whether Guilford en
courages an atmosphere in which
the student is free to grow in his
or her own spirituality resulted in
the formation of a Campus
Ministry Task Force. Started last
fall, the Task Force consisted of
Dan Fredricks, Dick Dyer, and
Jim Keith, all from Student Ser
vices, Brenda Esch, students
coordinator of the Quaker Con
cerns Group, and Judy Harvey,
director of Quaker Programs.
The group took a random
survey of the admission applica
tions of students already atten
ding Guilford and discovered that
65% of those had recently been
significantly involved in religious
activities, such as youth
fellowship leadership. With this
in mind, the Task Force began
looking at the religious oppor
tunities already available on
campus and comparing Guilford
to some other schools, such as
Earlham.
Success for
by Karen Issacs
Staff Writer
According to Gingi Farr, a
facilitator for the Women's
Center group, the Women's Film
Festival held last week was a suc
cess. "We had twenty people
each night and one night there
were forty present," said Gingi.
The Film Festival, which was
held Feb. 14-17 in Founders 203,
showed films such as Sex Role
Development, Prejudice, Women
in Business, and Women Loving
Women. Respondents, in charge
of leading discussion after the
film, respectively were Dan
Nicholson and Kathy Adams;
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There are several student
organized Bible Studies on cam
pus which are interested in form
ing a network with Inter-Varsity.
Karen Loester works for IV and
has been meeting with the
leaders of the Bible Study groups.
Other religious services and
groups also exist. Father Jim
Prevatt holds an Episcopal
Eucharist on Tuesday, Father
Jack Campbell performs a
Cahtolic Mass every Sunday eve
ing, Novak Sheldon meets with
Hillel, David Bills acts as
minister of the New Garden
Meeting and leads a college Wor
ship/Sharing group, and Friend
ship Meeting is held in the Moon
Room every Sunday.
To encourage these groups and
provide more support to their
leaders, the Task Force recom
mended an interfaith Campus
Ministry Coordinating Commit
tee. This committee will be com
prised of those leaders now active
on campus and convened by Dick
and Judy Harvey. Another idea
that is still forming is a Religious
Emphasis Week to explore dif
ferent interfaith issues and social
concerns. If you would like to
know more or contribute to the
committee, don't hesitate to talk
to Judy or Dick.
Barton Parks and Carol
Stoneburner; Martha Massey
and Catherine Holderness; Jane
Caris, Mark Gurley, and Bill
Meade.
The Women's Center is
dedicated to studying women's
issues today and future plans dur
ing this semester include a
femisnist poetry reading, a
holistic health speaker, a publica
tion soon to come out, entitled
Womensprouts, as well as spon
soring this week's coffeehouse
with Crow Johnson.
For all those interested, this
group meets every Tuesday even
ing at 8:30 downstairs in
Founders at the Women's Center.
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of Sylvia Porter."
Higher Education
Is Within Your
Reach-Just Look
Exciting, imaginative new for
mulas to bring a higher education
within the reach of low- and
middle-income families are now
being developed to take the place
of dwindling federal subsidies
and that means your greatest
danger, as a prospective college
student or a parent, lies in
despair that the education is out
of reach.
It would be easy for you, the
prospective student or parent, to
be terribly discouraged. The
average cost of one year at a
private U.S. college has jumped
110 percent in the past 10 years to
$6,184-and in many private in
stitutions, the costs may top
$12,000. For one year!
At the same time, the cost of
higher education in public institu
tions has nearly doubled to a
minimum of $2,668. This is no
longer an investment you or your
family can afford to take on
without serious thought.
But, says Dr. William R.
Rogers, president of Guilford Col
lege in Greensboro, N.C.-a col
lege cited as one of the 50 in the
nation with high academic stan
dards and below-average prices
"the response of college officials
has evolved into positive ap
proaches to this dilemma."
"Various combinations have
been worked out," he says,
"involving combinations of work
study programs, loan plans
financed and administered by the
colleges themselves and tuition
packages that bypass traditional
lump sum payments at the start
of each semester."
by Roger Pettingell
President Community Senate
For my column this week I wanted to share with you a letter which I
recently received. We should all be proud to see our community's ef
forts commended in this way,
Dear Mr. Pettingell :
I have recently learned of the creative student loan program being
undertaken by the Guilford College Community Senate. This is just the
sort of private sector initiative which Americans have always under
taken to help one another throughout American history.
It is especially encouraging that your program was begun and
organized by undergraduates who have assumed responsibility to help
other students. Sometimes we say that young people are tomorrow's
leaders, but in this case it would be right to describe them as today's
leaders.
I understand that support for your program now extends throughout
the Guilford College community including both students and alumni.
Nancy and I want to commend all those involved in this splendid effort
and send you our best wishes for future success.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
So how are colleges responding
to this brave new world of higher
education financing?
1) By underwriting work-study
programs of their own. What's
new here is that colleges are now
making it a priority to locate
employment for their
undergraduates. "It's a change
in the basic perception of who's
responsible for the student's
education, placing some of the
financial burden on the student's
shoulders," Rogers explains.
"It's a healthy development."
2) By developing much more
significant cooperative pro
grams, involving an agreement
between an employer and the col
lege and creating a position
usually filled by two students on a
rotating basis. The students
alternate semesters, one working
full-time while the other attends
college. The benefits are that the
position is often well paid, in the
student's field and can result in
permanent employment after
graduation.
3) By emphasizing internship
programs, under which a student
is placed for a semester in a low
paying or unpaid work setting
(usually with a non-profit
organization) and may receive a
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subsequent tuition subsidy from
the college in exchange for the
work.
4) By giving students respon
sibility for specific college ser
vices. The college provides on
campus employment and job ex
perience while it recoups in tui
tion some of its daily expenses. A
student may pay a lower tuition
in exchange for daily residence
hall cleaning, breakfast and
lunch chores.
5) By seeking alumni contribu
tions and grants so that the col
leges can begin their own loan
programs, based on an in
dividual's need. At Guilford,
through an innovative effort, the
students themselves are seeking
to help other students. A unique
challenge by the students to the
alumni of the college pledges part
of their own student activities
fees to a loan fund for needy
students if the alumni will match
their pledge two for one.
In the meantime, you, a pro
spective student, must not rule
out competing for available
federal funds. The federal pro
grams are in a state of flux, but
they remain a viable option. Pur
sue them.
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