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The Guilfordian February 25, 1983
Insecure Feelings
by Joy Elizabeth Opaleski
Editor-in-Chief
The "insecure feelings" of which I speak are not mine alone; they
are shared by many of the residents of Binford Dorm who woke to
screams Thursday morning. These "insecure feelings" are not, I
repeat, not caused by any lack of campus security, but rather by the
inconsiderate and down-right stupid actions of some women who share
my Binford Home.
In every hall meetin, Dorm security has been stressed. Do not prop
open doors, you enable anyone to gain entrance to a building housing
over two hundred young ladies. Lock your door, you are inviting rob
bery and offering an assailant a place to hide. Do not, under any condi
tions, go to sleep with your (bed) room door unlocked: you are inviting
trouble. Three simple rules, and yet at any given time they are not
followed.
The incident on Thursday morning is a perfect example. No en
trance doors were found unlocked, no window open. The person who
brutally attacked a woman on the second floor was allowed in by the
unthinking act of another. On a door-check by the first floor intern and
dorm co-ordinator, a total of five doors were found unlocked; ten girls
sleeping, totally unprotected inside!
When Kathy Edwards of the House Council initiated a fine last
semester for room doors found unlocked after 1:00 am, I opposed her.
"We are adults," "Our doors do not need to be checked," now, I am no
longer sure.
I am angry. Angry at the person who propped open the door and
angry at the ten girls who broadcast to the crazies of the world that
Binford is an easy mark. I am enraged when I here that when Dick
Dyer worked security on the "grave-yard shift several weeks ago he
"closed the doors that hadd been propped open 18 times in an hour and
a half." I am infuriated at the constant jabs at our securtiy force when
the greatest amount of safety to be had, being locked in a dorm, in a
room, is undermined by the people who live within the dorm, within
the rooms.
I am sickened when less than twelve hours after a physical assault,
the doors to Binford were again propped open by a resident.
I live on the first floor of Binford; and now I feel insecure. My
privacy was violated the instant I heard the screams. I felt fear for the
first time in a long while as security began searching to make sure the
assailant was no longer in the building. And I was consumed by a rage
born of frustration when I learned of the propped-open door and the ten
sleeping girls.
The mats in the doorways, the most common tool for keeping the
wing door ajar, are being removed. Our security patrol and that of the
Greensboro Police Department is being increased for the Binford-
Shore-Mary Hobbs area. Until the residents of these dorms begin be
ing conscious of their actions, though, nothing will change.
What will it take?
Stop the Arms Race Cold
by John Cox
Nobody wants a nuclear war. I say it, you say it;
President Reagan says it, the Russians say it. The
problem is that everyone puts faith in different ap
proaches to achieving world peace and security.
A nuclear freeze is a simple and effective step we
can take immediately to set ourselves on the path to
safety. The benefits of a freeze are so obvious that
one need not dwell upon them. With it, we would halt
the arms race which threatens the very existence of
life on this planet, and with it we would avoid a new,
costly generation of "counterforce" weapons.
("Counterforce" weapons, such as the MX, are
great drains on our gasping economy, and their
nature is offensive rather than defensive, and thus
more likely to cause an exchange.)
Opponents of the freeze-including Reagan-base
their opposition on four claims: first, that a freeze
would make the Soviets less eager to negotiate in
the ongoing arms reduction talks; secondly, that a
freeze would be to the Soviets' military advantage;
thirdly, that a freeze would be impossible to verify;
and fourthly, that the freeze movement is being
manipulated against the best interests of the US by
Soviet spies. Even if one ignores the fact that any
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by Wendy Brown and Diana
Wurster
Activities and Layout Editors
"You people are college
students. Now I expect you to act
like college students. I won't have
this behavior in here. This is a
bowling alley. Treat it with
respect. If you people don't settle
down, I won't hesitate to turn off
these lanes and keep them off.
And you will all be asked to leave.
The money is not an issue here.
You treat this place with respect
or leave. I don't want people like
you in my alley. Now you have
been warned!"
This was the warm welcome we
received as we entered Friendly
Lanes last Friday night for
Guilford's free '.'Bowling Nite."
The manager had turned off the
lanes to lecture our fellow
students on their disrespectful
behavior. We were appalled as
we watched this man carry on
through his "powerful"
call to halt the arms race bears an undeniable
moral imperative, one still cannot base oposition to
the freeze on any of the reasons listed above, for
they all can be shown to the invalid.
Although there is at this time a worldwide war of
propaganda regarding nuclear arms, the Soviets
are ready to talk seriously about a freeze as a first
step to security. Not even Communists desire fiery
immolation. In pragmatic terms, the Soviets do
recognize what a nuclear war would do to their
already-ailing economy and population, and they
certainly would rather put their rubles to some use
other than building expensive missiles they hope
never to have to use. No case can be made for the
claim that a freeze would hurt our future bargaining
position unless one admits that the U.S. wishes to
negotiate from a position of superiority.
Reagan claims almost daily that the Russians
now hold nuclear superiority over the US; he cites a
"window of vulnerability" by which Soviet first
strike would cripple and defeat our nation. The fact
is that in terms of total strategic forces, parity cur
rently exists between the superpowers. Moreover, if
the Soviets were to launch an all-out nuclear attack
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microphone repeating himself
over and over. We looked around
and realized the students were
just as surprised as we were at
the uncivil hospitality of this
man.
When he finally concluded his
tirade and turned back on the
lanes, we moved through the
crowds to try to find an empty
alley. Guilford had only reserved
16 alleys and due to our late ar
rival we found no lanes available.
Hoping that some groups would
get tired and leave, we settled
down at a table and decided to
wait it out.
As to be expected, the beer was
plentiful and we weren't going to
be left out. Just as 2 pitchers were
brought to our table our
"friendly" announcer once more
intercepted with his microphone.
"All beer must be consumed by
1:30 am; no later. N.C. Law
States that no alcohol may be
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served after 1:30 am!" And as
promised, promptly at 1:30 am
the voice made us aware that it
was 1:30 am signifying no more
alcohol consumption.
We all realized that the
manager had to do his job and not
allow the college students to get
too rowdy, but there is something
to be said about courtesy for
customers!
It was 2:00 am before we finally
got to bowl and we knew we were
lucky because some did not even
get a chance. Yet, just as we were
enjoying our game the voice
spoke, to interrupt us once again,
warning the bowlers of closing
time - 3:00 am. It seemed like a
minute before we heard a final
countdown 5,4,3,2,1. "That's it,"
the voice boomed, the lanes shut
down, and silence was all that re
mained.