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Vol., 73 No. 1
by Jay Underwood
The new addition to and
renovation of the Guilford College
Library, a long-awaited project that
will greatly enhance campus life, is
finally underway.
"It will revolutionize
student use of the library," said
Herbert Poole, Library Director,
"Aesthetically, it will be beautiful.
Functionally, it will certainly serve
its purpose."
The project, which will
draw about $4.6 million from
Guilford's successful QUEST
campaign, is projected to be
completed by January 1990, but the
available space of the new wing will
be filled with books and periodicals
by the beginning of the 1989 fall
semester.
The floor space of the
library will be more than tripled:
from 22,000 to 73,000 square feet
The new space will mostly house
reference books and the books that
are now contained in the "stacks,"
Super Freshmen
Arrive
by Jay Underwood
This year's fresliman class
is more economically diverse than
in recent years and brings the
highest SAT scores in the college's
history, according to a class profile
issued on August 2nd by the Office
of Admissions.
"The most dramatic
change is the percentage of freshmen
receiving need-based aid," according
to Larry West, Director of
Admissions. The number of
recipients increased by 12%: from
36% in 1987 to 48% in 1988. West
recognized the change as a "fairly
dramatic increase in one year."
In essence, the increase in
need-based recipients contributes to
an economically diverse
community, which is very much in
accordance with Guilford's Quaker
tradition of making higher education
within everyone's reach, regardless
of economic status.
Accordingly, the college
spent more in 1988 on financial aid
of this sort, primarily because of
Guilford's transition to NCAA
Division 111, which does not permit
the offering of athletic scholarships.
Therefore, more funds were able to
be spent on need-based scholarships.
Another prominent change
this year was the escalation of
median SAT scores, which rose 20
Into the '9o's:
A New Library is in the Works for Guilford
allowing the original part of the
library to be used for other
purposes.
The lower level of the
structure will house the media
center, allowing it ample space to
expand and consolidate all of the
media-related equipment in one area.
The additional space will contain
mostly periodicals.
The original Carnegie
room, now containing reference
books, will be transformed into the
periodicals reading room, with quiet
study areas, a number of plants,
increased lighting, and six more
leather study chairs. The room will
also be renovated to fit the character
of the time period in which it was
built.
The Friends Historical
Collection, which, as Poole
indicated, "needs to expand badly,"
will take over most of the
remaining space in the original
portion of the ground floor. The
entire reference collection and Dart of
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points from 1030 in 1987 to 1050
in 1988, giving Guilford the highest
median SAT scores in the
Greensboro area, and the fourth
highest of private colleges in the
state.
Due to last year's 30 point
increase, a phenomenal SO point
collective SAT escalation is evident
over the past two years. If the
scores continue to rise at this rate,
the college could very well reach the
Long-Term Planning Committee's
goal of 1100 by 1990.
While most of the other
demographics of the freshman class
remained constant as compared to
recent years, there were still some
evident changes. The "application
pool," the number of students
applying for admission, increased
10% over last year. West also
indicated that the quality of
applicants overall was higher than
in recent years, making admissions
decisions a little tougher on the
admisssions officers, who have
currently been selecting students on
a "rolling" basis.
West noted that Guilford
may be moving into a
deadline/notification admissions
process as a result of the higher
quality of applicants: We need to be
able to look at all of the
applications at one time."
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Herbert Poole Library Director Photo by Erie Buck
ASC: Opening New Doors
by Noah Bartolucci
You'd never recognize it.
The graffiti and peanut butter
stains have been painted over,
the carpet has been replaced, and
air conditioners have been
installed. The Milner Residence
Hall basement is now home to
the Academic Skills Center
(ASC).
"We moved because of the
room needed for library
construction," said ASC Director
Claire Helgeson. Once the new
library is complete the ASC will
move in, and to a 1,400 square
foot facility. In the meantime,
the center will be temporarily
housed in Milner for about two
years.
The ASC has moved to
Milner also as an attempt to
integrate academic life with
residence hall life.
"I am very much looking
forward to being a part of the
residential life community," said
Helgeson. 'Two years will be a
real learning experience." In a
speech to the faculty last week.
Dean of Students Nancy Cable-
Wells praised the holistic
approach to educating students,
and made special note of this
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balance of studies and residence
hall life.
One myth surrounding the
ASC is that it is designed to aid
weaker students exclusively. By
no means is this the case. The
ASC has programs to provide
assistance with time
management, study skills,
library research skills, analysis
of written materials, test and
note-taking skills, and math and
science skills.
The programs are designed
to aid in academic success, and
are available to everyone.
Helgeson added later that in
crisis situations weaker students
would be a priority.
Both peer and
professional tutoring is offered
by the ASC. Language Arts and
Study Skills educators Becky
DcHavcn and Carol Killian help
athletes and continuing education
students respectively. Sue Keith,
lecturer in English, works with
students in these areas as well.
Rex Adelberger, Sheridan
Simon, and Thom Espinola help
students sharpen their math and
science skills.
Contributions for the
move came from the Academic
August 22, 1988
Dean's office, the library's
relocation fund, and work done
by college maintenance. The
physical plant was very helpful,"
said Helgeson.
The ASC will open its
doors on Tuesday the 23rd. Hours
won't be posted until after the
Monday job fair when work
study tutors will be hired. One
can reach the center through
extension 253.
This year marks the ASCs
tenth anniversary.
Claire Helgesoa
Photo by Eric Buck