The Election at Guilford
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Vol. 73 No. 10
Guilford Not
Recognized in U.S.
News & World
By Peter Smith
Guilford College failed to
achieve recognition in the latest
1 U.S. News and World Report
ranking of America's best
universities and colleges,
leaving many students, faculty,
and administrators wondering
why Guilford was not slated
among the nation's elite.
"Speaking for the institution
as a whole, I would say the
report was a disappointment to a
lot of people here at Guilford,"
said acting President Sam
Schuman, who appeared
disgruntled over the recent
survey's results. "Although
these reports don't really hurt the
college, they certainly don't
help."
The report, which appeared
in a recent issue of U.S. News .
attempted to rank over 600 of
of the nation's colleges and
universities by objective criteria
established by educational
experts.
The objective measures used
in the survey included such
factors as selectivity based on
acceptance rates and SAT scores,
faculty quality as determined by
the number of doctorate degrees
and student-to-faculty ratio,
extent of resources as figured by
total institutional endowment as
well as library budget per
student, and retention rates
calculated by percentage of
freshmen who return as
sophomores and percentage of
freshmen who graduate.
The college survey also
added a subjective fifth criteria
for national universities and
liberal arts colleges based on
"academic reputation," as
determined by university and
college presidents, deans, and
admissions officers.
National universities and
liberal airts colleges achieving
the most recognition included
Yale University and Swarthmore
College. In North Carolina, four
institutions Duke University,
Wake Forest University,
Davidson College, and Meredith
College all achieved some
form of recognition from the
U.S. News survey.
With Guilford College being
ranked in the category of
"National Liberal Arts Colleges,"
Guilford was forced to compete
with the likes of Swarthmore,
Amherst, Trinity, and Williams
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
College, all known for their
large endowments and superior
academic reputations.
Larry West, Dean of
Admissions at Guilford College,
believes it is "unrealistic" to
think Guilford, at its current
level of national academic
reputation and admissions
standards, is able to compete
with the likes of Swarthmore and
Amherst; however, he
emphasized that Guilford is
capable of achieving such lofty
recognition if it continues to
move forward in its facilities
development and search for
outstanding students. West also
pointed out that there are
currently students and faculty
present at Guilford who could
"compete with the best" at
Swarthmore or any other highly
rated institution in the nation.
"No, I can't say Guilford can
compete head to head with these
top institutions based on this
objective data; however, if you
base what happens here in the
classroom, and with the quality
of some of our students and
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faculty then yes, I feel we can
compete with the best."
Claiming that Guilford is
"moving in the right direction,"
West pointed to the major
library additions and the growing
SAT mean of entering Guilford
freshmen as evidence of the
college's commitment to
academic excellence.
In addition to the
disappointment in the survey
expressed by Sam Schuman and
the optimism in Guilford's future
stated by Larry West, both men
agreed that it was dangerous to
use superlatives when dealing
with American colleges and
universities.
(cont'd, on p. 4)
The Volunteer Connection
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Cherokee Stud
Guilford Home
by Rich James
William Carson, a
philanthropic New Jersey
businessman, has established the
William Carson Fund here at
Guilford College to provide full
scholarship for qualified
Cherokee students from western
North Carolina.
The fund, which began in
1985, has brought twelve
Cherokee students to Guilford,
five of which are currently
enrolled. They are senior Robin
Crowe, sophomore Stan Wolfe,
and freshmen Charlotte Smith,
Charlene Toineeta and Noah
Crowe. This May, Robin will
become the first graduate of the
Carson program.
Carson, a Duke graduate,
became interested in the
Cherokee through the Save the
Children Foundation. He
approached Duke with the idea of
a scholarship fund but, unable to
accomodate him, they referred
him to Guilford College.
Guilford accepted his offer
and agreed to accept the
responsibility of recruiting, a
task assumed by David Cox of
the admissions department.
Becky DeHaven, who
advises the Cherokee students on
cainpus, says that Mr. Carson
WQFS Hands Out Information,
Condoms
by Jay Underwood
In a culmination of
their efforts to promote AIDS
awareness and to combat
censorship, WQFS distributed
AIDS information packets in
Founders Hall on Friday,
containing free condoms as well
as information.
The packets contained a
pamphlet which provided an
editorial statement from the
management of WQFS in
explanation of their campaign.
"It is our hope not to encourage
casual sex, but to acknowledge
that such sex does and will
continue to occur, both at
Guilford and elsewhere; and to
expand the use of condoms to
prevent sexually transmitted
diseases such as AIDS," the
pamphlet read.
The 500 condoms that
were distributed were acquired at a
bulk rate price from Planned
Parenthood in downtown
Greensboro.
The impetus behind the
event was the recent banning of
Profile: Chris Jenkins
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"believes that education is
fundamental for Cherokees to
move into society."
His committment is
immense. In addition to
providing for tuition, room,
board and books, he also
sponsors family visits on
Family Weekend and will send a
student abroad following
graduation to "complete a global
education."
The Cherokee students agree
that education is vital to their
people. Wolfe sees himself as a
positive example for what
college education can do. "I
want to make myself somebody,"
he said, "and show others that it
[becoming a professional] can be
done."
Wolfe wants to show that if
the Cherokee are willing to make
the "tough choice" and go to
school, "there are people out
there willing to help." A
chemistry major, he plans to go
on to medical school and work
for the Indian Health Service in
Phoenix where he grew up.
Robin plans to return to
Robinsville to work before
stepping into a career in the
commercial arts.
Both Wolfe and Robin see
the cycle of depression as the
Spin Magazine in many North
Carolina stores because of the
inclusion of a condom in the
November issue, causing WQFS
to lash out a position of anti
censorship and pro-AIDS
awareness. "Finally, we decided
to press the point in our own
back yard by passing out free
condoms on the Guilford College
Campus," stated the pamphlet.
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'QFS directors hand out AIDS information photo by Dave Simpson
November 14, 1988
main obstacle to success for the
Cherokee. "When you see your
parents and the people around
you doing nothing," said Robin,
"you won't do anything either."
Unfortunately, there is little
opportunity for self
improvement. "There is a lot of
unemployment," said Robin.
"People only work in the
summer during the tourist
season," at a factory that
produces sourvenir items. The
only other job opportunities arc
with the tribe and local hospital.
The education is also Door,
(cont'd, on p. 5)
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Robin Crowe pholo by Eric Buck
The campaign drew
much media altention from local
television stations. Channel 2
in Greensboro and Channel 12 in
Winston Salem covered the
event.
Dave Thomas, WQFS
Program Director, described the
response to the campaign as
(cont'd, on p. 4)