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Volume LXVIII, No. 2
Quad Dances To Stand Trial
By Kenneth Goldwasser
On Thursday, Housing Director
Bob White dismissed rumors that
Bryan Dorm will no longer be
available for dances. "I
recognize that the Bryan Quad is
a fun place to dance," White said.
"I simply want organizations to
be responsible for their parties."
The dorm, which in the past has
been the sight of popular "Quad
dances" held in its courtyard,
had been rumored to be off limits
to Union dance committee plan
ners. The rumor started when a
dance at the beginning of the
semester originally scheduled for
Bryan was cancelled and subse
quently held in Sternberger
Auditorium.
"The Union planned the dance
without contacting me" White
said. "No one on the Housing
Staff knew about it, so I refused
it." White cited previous Bryan
Quad dances as grounds for his
extra precautions, "in the past,
Senate Notes
The September 12 Senate
meeting was busy and infor
mative. Discussion topics ranged
from substance abuse awareness
to changes in the mailroom.
Claudette Franklin sat in on the
meeting to talk to the Senate
about the substance abuse (ask
force which she chairs. The task
force was formed last year. Its
purpose is to inform the com
munity about drug and alcohol
abuse. Franklin hopes to get
more students involved in the
force. She is soliciting help for the
substance abuse awareness week
the task force plans to sponsor in
November. Interested persons
can contact her in the Center for
Personal Growth.
Next Karen Hemmer presented
the Senate with some of the
campus-wide plans to help the
United Way Fund Drive.
Guilford will be raising money to
help the annual campaign in a
variety of ways during the last
week of October.
Doug Wright, president of the
Revelers, told about the benefit
performances of the Revelers
production of Dracula. All profits
from the show will be donated to
United Way. There will be collec
tion cans at all of the perfor
mances so that people can make
whenever there was a dance in
Bryan, the Housing Staff ended
up enforcing rules," he said.
"This responsibility should not
fall on the Housing Staff." White
added that he felt "residents of
Bryan Dorm got a bum deal.
They ended up responsible for
damages that they might not
have caused."
White said that he decided to
discontinue the use of the cour
tyard for dances until he could
meet with the appropriate stu
dent representatives to discuss
regulations. A meeting was held
with Housing representatives,
Union officials, Student Activities
leaders, Bryan Dorm President
Tom Kelly, and dorm represen
tatives. As a result, the conflicts
have been resolved and the dorm
is again available for dances.
White felt that the meeting pro
vided "something good for
everyone. The Union can have
dances in Bryan, but they must
By Becky Gunn
donations. Students will not be
charged for the performances as
usual.
Hemmer also hopes to raise
money through dorm drives and
challenges as well as other cam
pus events. This is the first time
Guilford students have been so in
volved with United Way.
Senate president Tom Jarrell
brought up the need for volunteer
help at City Stage on October 5
and 6. He asked that anyone in
terested in helping out while en
joying the festivities contact him
at the Senate office.
The meeting closed with the
news of the changes in the
mailroom. Some changes have
happened already, others will
happen soon. Students can pur
chase as many stamps as they
want (within reason) instead of
just a dollar's worth. The
mailroom opens at 10 am, closes
at 1 pm and reopens from 2 pm to
5 pm. For the first time students
will receive mail on Saturdays. A
scale has been purchased so
students can weigh and deter
mine the postage for packages
the want to send. Credit for the
changes goes to Peter Lauria,
Jayne Mardock, Tom Jarrell,
John Goodwin and Mrs. C.
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
take full responsibility."
Student Union President Diana
Wurster was pleased with the
decision to utilize Bryan. "I think
it will be a better semester since
we can use Bryan" she said.
"It's an ideal place but its been
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Distinguished Quaker Visitors Phyllis and Richard Taylor photo by Andrew Stuart
Non-violence Promoted
By Andrew Stuart
The 1964 Distinguished Quaker
Visitors, social activitists
Richard and Phyllis Taylor,
spent September 11-14 at Guilford
in a variety of programs spon
sored by the Friends Center.
Richard Taylor is an author
and human rights organizer. He
has demonstrated both in the
United States and abroad for
human rights, against the Viet
nam War, and against nuclear
arms and power plants. He has
recently co-founded the
American Christians for the
Abolition of Torture.
Phyllis Taylor's work is similar
to her husband's but she concen
trates on health care. She is a
stoma-therapist at the
Osteopathic Medical Center of
Philadelphia and is a consultant
for hospice programs for the ter
minally ill.
At the "Strategies World Com
munity" lecture September 12
the Taylor's main message was
one of non-violence, human
abused." Wurster said that a
dance has been planned for the
Friday of Homecoming weekend.
"This is a trial dance" she said,
"if people don't cooperate we're
sunk."
Dance committee Co-
rights, justice and peace.
Richard Taylor said that, "To be
non-violent is not to be subser
vient." He used Martin Luther
King and Gandhi as examples of
leaders of successful movements
without violence.
"Non-violence," he said, "is an
active, not passive, struggle
which is an organized movement
for social change."
A major area of interest of the
Taylor's is Amnesty Interna
tional. This is a London-based
organization, whose purpose is to
insure fast, fair trials for political
prisoners, mainly in third world
countries. Without the help of this
organization prisoners are often
tortured and murdered.
Currently, Richard and Phyllis
Taylor's main concern is the con
flict along the Nicaraguan-
Honduras border where the
United States-backed Contras are
reportedly torturing and random
ly killing men, women and
children. The Taylors are afraid
that if Reagan stays in office,
there will be an American inva
sion of this area, possibly causing
a second Vietnam. The Taylor's
September 19, 1984
Chairperson Adele Harrison did
not foresee any problems. "We'll
have student sheriffs there," she
said. "Union people will have to
keep the policies."
are attempting to prevent any
U.S. involvement in Nicaragua
through the organization Witness
for Peace.
Witness for Peace states its
purpose as: "To develop an ever
broadening, prayerful, biblically
based community of United
States citizens who stand with the
Nicaraguan people by acting in
continuous non-violent resistance
to U.S. covert or overt interven
tion in their country. To mobilize
public opinion and help change
U.S. foreign policy to one which
forsters justice, peace, and
friendship."
Richard Taylor gave four
measures which students could
take to further the Witness for
Peace movement: 1) write let
ters to Congressmen, 2) vote in
elections, 3) attempt to have
peacemaking integrated into
academic courses, and 4) par
ticipate in vigils against violence.
Richard Taylor strongly em
phasized that even the smallest
non-violent action makes an im
pression on government officials.
Students can play a major role in
the movement.