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V 01.73 No. 8
Major Road Project to Cut Through Guilford
College Woods
by Eliza Blake
Greensboro's Transportation
Department has plans to build
Painter Boulevard, a 45-mile
per hour limited access beltway
around Greensboro, right
through Guilford College's land.
If Greensboro voters approve
the $75 million transportation
bond as expected, S2O million
will be earmarked for the
preparation for this project.
The city plans to build the first
section of the 33-mile loop
from northwest to southwest
Greensboro, cutting through the
Guilford woods parallel to
Jefferson Road.
Jim Newlin, Vice President
for Finance and Development,
has grave concerns about this
plan. He said, "If the road is
built as it is shown on that map
[see diagram], it will take
several acres from the college
campus, 20 to 25 I'm guessing.
Some of the college's prettiest
woods are in that area."
Damon Hickey, Curator of the
Friends' Historical Collection,
said, "As far as I can tell it is
intended to go through the
oldest part of the woods, and
would go through the big tree,
the Tulip Poplar which is more
than 17 feet in circumference,
Cash Problems Spell
Grill
by Laurel Nesbitt
The Grill Room's lack of
student monetary support is a
growing problem.
The knowledge that Marriott
does not make enough money off
the Grill (because of the student's
almost exclusive use of student
I.D. cards for the alternative food
service) has led many people to
believe that the closing of the
Grill Room is a distinct
possibility.
Although the service is a
definite concern to those on the
Food Committee and to Marriott,
no immediate plans are being
made to close the Grill Room.
Tim Tyree, Director of Food
Services, says, "No one wants to
close the Grill Room, not
Marriott, not Guilford, and, of
course, not the students. The
matter of the number of hours it
will be open in the future,
though, is up for discussion."
Marriott would make a
decision to reduce the number of
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and probably predates any white
civilization in the area."
Beyond concern for the
beauty and ecology of the
campus, Newlin also has
reservations about the design
and purpose of the road. He
said, 'That road was designed
in the mid-1950'5, and it is my
understanding that no one has
revised it since then to see
whether it will meet the needs
of the 'Bo's."
He continued, "It's an outer
loop for two thirds of the
perimeter [of Greensboro] but
the third that affects the college
land cuts straight down through
the city and cuts across one of
Greensboro's busiest streets
Friendly Avenue."
Commenting on the
observation that the proposed
route of the beltway cuts off the
west end of Greensboro, Terry
Bellamy of the administrative
offices of the transportation
department said, "Everyone
thinks that an outer belt is an
outer belt. Maybe that's sort of
misnomial {sic]." He explained
that one purpose of the first
section of Painter Boulevard is
to relieve traffic congestion
between newly developed
hours the Grill Room operates
long before it would decide to
take an action so drastic as
putting an end to the service.
Marriott and the Student
Union Grill Room Committee
have been working closely in
the past year to make the Grill,
as Anne Hokanson, Chair of the
Senate Food Committee, says,
"something that will have an
identity other than just a place
to go if you've missed a meal."
They are working to schedule
more events, like organizational
meetings and coffeehouses, in
the Grill Room and to determine
interested in finding out what
the students want to see being
done in that area. They are also
interested in finding out what
different types of food students
want served in the Grill.
Input on this issue should be
given to a member of either the
Food Committee or the Student
Union Grill Room Committee.
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residential areas in northwest
Greensboro and southwest
Greensboro. He is concerned
about Greensboro's rush hour
traffic: "We have almost
gridlock in the a.m. and p.m.
peak times."
Bellamy went on to explain
the importance of economic
growth, which brings more
traffic to the city. Bellamy
said, "You've got to
continuously bring new industry
into Greensboro." Asked to
what limits, he answered, "I
don't know what the limits are."
In response to Bellamy's
statement, Damon Hickey said,
"In 1988 we have to think
about limits. We have to think
about the ozone layer and the
greenhouse effect, not just
what's good for business.
That's important too, but it
can't be the only concern for
the community." He
continued, "and ultimately if we
destroy what is attractive and
unique about this city, that's
going to be bad for business."
Students are also upset about
the Painter Boulevard plan.
Junior Lisa Bogar said, "I use
the woods a lot and I find them
very inspiring They're part of
what makes Guilford special.
a valuable service to Guilford
College. It has provided many a
student with the opportunity to
avoid institutional cuisine.
However, students may
justifiably have concerns that
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[The road] would make Guilford
more like any other school."
Senior Rich James said,
"Under any circumstance it's a
tragedy that the natural
environment should be
the Grill Room's distant future
seems somewhat bleak, arid that
alterations in the availability of
the service in the near future are
highly likely, if more money (in
addition to the student 1.D.)
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sacrificed in the name of
efficiency."
Concerns about the cost of
the road have been raised. The
S2O million on the ballot
(cont'd, on pg. 6)
doesn't begin to change hands in
the Grill on a regular basis. The
Grill Room is fast becoming,
according to Anne Hokanson, "a
financial disaster."