News
Maintenance
by Peter Smith
Due to the growing
misunderstanding and lack of
communication between the
maintenance staff and students, a
maintenance forum was held on
Wednesday, November 9, in the
gallery of Founders Hall.
The forum, a joint effort by
the Student Affairs Committee
and Students Residence Council,
attempted to help illuminate
some of the problems shared by
maintenance personnel and
residents at Guilford College as
the number of work-order delays
continues to mount around
campus.
"The forum was basically a
chance for students and
maintenance to talk over some
basic problems they see in the
system. This was not a bitch
session, but a constructive forum
to establish communication and
understanding," said Leigh Pate,
secretary of the Community
Senate and key organizer of the
event.
Pate stated that there were
three basic objectives of the
forum on Wednesday:
establishing communications,
gaining ideas for improvement
of the maintenance situation, and
detailing some of the basic
problems students and working
personnel were having with the
general maintenance process.
She believed the meeting
was a success, but expressed
some disappointment with the
overall turnout. Approximately
30 to 40 community members
attended the forum, including
faculty members, administrators,
maintenance personnel, and
student residents.
Among the issues discussed
were problems with screens for
residence hall windows, the ice
and snow policy during
inclement weather, general work
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order delays, poor workmanship,
and maintenance staff morale.
Maintenance pointed to a
computerized work-order system,
and the possibility of
implementing an "adopt-a-hall"
program with faculty and
students as solutions to some of
the common problems expressed
in the forum.
They were also careful to
emphasize the need for students
to work with maintenance
personnel by not continually
destroying previously completed
jobs. Many of the staff pointed
to the destruction of safety and
fire equipment as a major factor
in work-order delays and cost.
In addition to
representatives from the
maintenance staff, the
housekeeping staff was
represented by cleaning veteran
Vera Wydell, an employee of
Guilford College for over twenty
years. Wydell echoed some of
maintenance's suggestions
including the need for students to
have more respect for their
campus. She stated that she
could understand the desire for
students to have a good time but
stressed the importance of
cleaning up after oneself.
With the forum providing
the initial problems to be
addressed with maintenance, Pate
believes the SAC and SRC can
now move to begin to eradicate
some of the common
complaints of both students and
employees.
"The forum has been a very
good exchange," said an
enthusiastic Pate. "I believe a
basic understanding between
both students and maintenance
has been established with should
be helpful as our committess
attempt to solve some of these
problems."
Mary Hobbs vs. English
Friendly Competition Takes on A New Meaning
by Tamara E. Bury
Has anyone been wondering
what the deal is with all the
midnight shaving cream
showers, toilet paper assaults,
and screaming Hobbs women
running across campus after
hours?
Rumors have been
circulating throughout Mary
Hobbs and English. Could the
controversial term, sexual
favors, be associated with these
two prestigious halls? What has
prompted all of this behavior,
and what is going on?
About three weeks ago, Teri
Reger, Hobbs' Hall Director, was
driving along and had this
sudden revelation: Scavenger
Hunt! Why? "Because the
Hobbs residents wanted to do
something to English!" (A
panty raid, so to speak).
However, the English
residents seemed less than
thrilled to involve themselves in
U.S. News
(cont'd, from p.l)
"This survey is basically a
ludicrous undertaking," stated
Schuman. "There is a weakness
in its basic design. Every
institution, no matter how
objectively you judge it, offers
its own unique strengths and
weaknesses."
Schuman, who earned his
B.A. at Grinnell College and his
Ph.D. at Northwestern
University, both of which are
recognized by U.S. News as two
of the best institutions in their
respective categories, says his
most enriching educational
experience was obtained while
receiving his M.A. from San
Francisco State University, an
institution not ranked by U.S.
News in its survey.
Larry West also agrees that
such rankings are superficial and
subject to criticism. "Although
the criteria for selection are your
typical gauges for academic
excellence, I would say these
rankings by far do not tell the
whole story, and I would
discourage anyone from just
limiting their college selections
to one magazine article."
Both Schuman and West
were also careful to point out
that Guilford has been cited
before in U.S. News as one of
the best schools in the nation
when classified in smaller
regional liberal arts categories
instead of national liberal arts
categories. They both also
stated that Guilford has
experienced highly favorable
write-ups in magazines such as
Changing Times and books
including Best Buys in American t
Education. Many
articles have praised Guilford as
being one of the best
institutions per cost in the
nation.
this endeavor. The Hobbs'
women then decided to provide
additional incentive. They
offered "sexual favors" to the
winners because they were so
confident of Hobbs" ultimate
victory.
The next day notes began
circulating to every resident of
Mary Hobbs, "If the only prize
offered are your sexual favors, we
don't want any part of this
competition." They were even
written in Japanese to the
Japanese foreign students.
Chaos quickly ensued because
some of the residents had not
been informed as to the nature of
this competition. Retaliation
was inevitable.
Mary Hobbs cunningly
chose the notorious chicken
threat. It read, "If you want to
prove you have the balls to be a
rooster, accept the scavenger
hunt challenge. Sun. Nov. 13
Founders." This was delivered
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Phon-a-Thon Raises
$13,000 in
by Susan Nelson
We've all done it. Called
home for money. "Hey, Mom,"
we begin, "How are you?" Then
we slyly asked for a bit of hard
cash, "Just a few extra bucks so I
can pay the phone bill."
But, imagine calling your
parents and asking for over
$13,000! That's what twenty
Guilford students did November
2nd. By phoning some 1400
parents, Phon-a-thon
participants made $13,334 and
made history as well. Although
Phon-a-thon fund-raising has
been successful in the past,
never has so much money been
raised in a single night.
Lillian Lyndrup, coordinator
for the Loyalty Fund, credits
dedicated and energetic student
callers with the triumph. The
students, some attracted to the
phone bank by free food
incentives and some by the
valuable telemarketing
experience, made a multitude of
calls to parents of students
by about eleven women last
Thursday night at approximately
1 a.m. The plan was to
stealthily slip the flyers under
each door and cluck three times.
However, they were accosted by
a number of English men armed
with water and shaving cream.
The screams resounded
throughout campus.
Other incidents included
entire toilet-papering of all cars
in the English parking lot, and
total devastation of the Mary
Hobbs dining room via paper
towels. This rambunctious
behavior is now being kept in
check through threat of the
dreaded write-up.
"All of this," claims Mary
Hobbs women, "was done in
good-natured flirting fun." And,
this Sunday between 2 p.m. and
4 p.m. Mary Hobbs and English
will engage in a heated
scavenger hunt. Question: will
the loser pay up?
presently enrolled at Guilford.
The fruit of their labor was added
to the Loyalty Fund, which
topped $41,000 this semester.
Although the students are
paid to participate, for many the
paycheck is not the only
enticement that keeps them
faithfully dialing. Lyndrup
believes that students find the
Phon-a-thon rewarding in several
ways. Aside from interesting
conversations with parents and
alumni, students develop good
communication and marketing
skills.
Lyndrup admits that
telemarketing can be a difficult
job, but says: "Selling
something you don't understand
or believe in to people you don't
know [can be difficult]. But,
here you're selling something
you know and believe in. You
have something in common with
the people -- they're usually
alumni."
Amanda West and Carol
Irvin, Phon-a-thon paticipants,
added, "most are glad to give."
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