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Service, Saturday Gives Students Chance to Help Students
by Betsy Vance
"I've never had to mow a lawn
before!" "Are we supposed to rake
leaves or mow first?" "How do you
transplant flowers?" "I have paint all
over me."
These are not comments that would
ordinarily be made by Guilford stu
dents during a normal day on cam
pus, but on Service Saturday, these
remarks and their companion activi
ties were very real and, before the
day ended, became ordinary enough.
On April Ist, 40 students worked
as volunteer laborers in order to
benefit the Student Loan Fund. The
Japanese Film Star Shares V
by Betsy Vance
Voice tones, eyes, expressions, and
greed were just a few topics that
Mayumi Kurata Sylvester touched
upon during her recent visit to
Guilford.
In addition to discussing these
topics, she also compared acting in
motion pictures to stage acting and
compared both versions between the
United States and Japan. As a veteran
of approximately 100 Japanese films,
Kurata Sylvester shared her quali
fied observations about the aspects
of the industry with which she was
familiar.
Kurata Sylvester spoke for a time
before she opened the floor for ques
IRC Dinner Celebrates Guilford'
International Community
by Fred Bronaugh
The International Relations
Committee had their annual Inter
national Dinner on Saturday night,
April first, at seven o'clock in
Stemberger auditorium.
A large number of dishes from
different countries were offered to
the diners. With the international
students themselves providing the
entertainment, playing music or
performing dances native to their
homelands.
Every year, the IRC hosts a
dinner which allows Guilford stu
dents and Greensboro residents to
try delicacies from other cultures.
The Interlink and international
students are given facilities for
cooking and encouraged to cook.
American students may also cook
international dishes or American
food if they wish. Those who cook
receive free tickets to the dinner.
Usually alarge number of people
turn out for the fun; this year two
hundred and forty people came to
the dinner. Some of the dishes
cooked were a trifle from Eng
land, lasagna from Italy, chicken
salad from Iran, jicama from Mex
ico, hummus from Palestine, and
sushi from Japan.
In past years, the IRC hired
event was organized by Guy Vita
glione. Chairman of the Student
Senate Development Committee.
The project is one opportunity for
Guilford students to help each other
by volunteering to work for a day.
When people in Greensboro "hire"
the students, they donate money to
the Student Loan Fund instead of
paying the individual students.
Therefore, the students do not reap
direct monetary rewards, but they do
benefit in other ways. First, they
have the satisfaction of accomplish
ing difficult tasks while learning new
work skills in the process. Some
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Mayumi Kurata Sylvester
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tions from the mixture of students,
faculty, and community members in
attendance.
During the ensuing discussion,
Kurata Sylvester talked about learn
bands or asked the Guitar Club to
perform during the entertainment
portion of the dinner. This year,
however, they tried something
different. Akram Aleahmad asked
interested IRC members to per
form dances or songs native to
their countries.
The talent began with Dr. Henry
Hood playing his bagpipes. Then
president Carlos Olivares intro
duced everyone and the show
began.
Fir as and Zaher Farah from
Jordan gave the audience a taste of
their native flute and drum music.
The Asian action continued with
Sahar Ameiy doing a Persian
dance. Chang Hong was next,
playing his guitar and singing a
Korean song. Alicia Vil-Geis and
Janice Hood came next, with a
Spanish dance. The following act
was an Asian ensemble with Zaher
Farah playing drums and Sahar
Amery dancing.
The final act was an original
dance by Stephen Spaulding, por
traying aperson adjusting to anew
country. After the talent portion,
the IRC held their annual fashion
show, with fashions from a num
ber of different countries.
students also benefit from the Loan
Fund if a loan is partof their financial
aid package. Another benefit is the
Service Saturday t-shirt that each
participant can proudly wear in the
future.
One student participant. Tern
Pierson, may have caught the spirit
of the day when she said, "Many of
us at Guilford would not be able to
attend without some form of finan
cial assistance, so we felt it our duty
to help out. It wasn't like work at all,
knowing it was for such a good cause,
and the woman we worked for was
really pleasant; that made it even
ing to act in the Japanese theatrical
tradition. "The most important skill
to learn is that of pantomime. If an
actor learns the expressions required
for accurate pantomime, then he will
be able to use credible expressions in
actual acting."
Potential actors in Japan attend
acting school for six months, during
which time they learn to speak clearly
and learn to breathe properly while
performing. These skills are often
taught through the recitation of
complicated tongue twisters. In ad
dition to this, of course, the actors
also learn the basic rules and skills
necessary for both stage and screen
performance.
Will the Real Serendipity T-shirt Please Stand Up?
by Eric Badertscher
Once upon a time, there was only
one Serendipity t-shirt that the Stu
dent Union sponsored. Now, though,
at least five individual students—
Comer Gaither, Rich James, Greg
Marshall, Richard Montgomery, and
Cory Schwartz—have created their
own Serendipity shirts.
Montgomery, the second-place
winner in the Union's shirt-design
contest, says that he made his shirt
for two reasons: he thought the de
sign "would look terrific on a t-shirt,"
and also because"the Union arbitrar
ily decided not to print my shirt, even
though I was the winner by default,
after the first-place winner [Kathryn
Sparacino] was disqualified."
Using the motto "Serendipity 'B9,
Epicurean Supercharger," Montgom
ery commemorates the ancient Greek
philosopher Epicurus, who believed
humanity should seek pleasure (in
moderation) above all.
Gaither and James have chosen a
more tongue-in-cheek topic: a Ser
endipity version of the Seven Deadly
Sins, shown on the shirt's back.
Ranging from "LUST What would
a Quad Dance be Without it?" to
"PRIDE- Three days, no puke," the
Seven are joined by an Eighth on the
shirt's front: two Quakers, one with
better."
Vitaglione, who worked with the
assistance of Development Commit
tee members Alan Brown and Anna
Yeargin, lauded the success of the
event when he cited the two goals of
the committee, which were to raise
S6OO and involve at least 40 students
in the projects.
The actual result was a net total of
$670 and 41 student participants.
Vitaglione observed, "Since this
was the reinstatement of the Service
Saturday program, we were espe
cially happy with its success. In the
As Kurata Sylvester observed,
small details such as one's voice, the
size of one's eyes, and nose size can
determine what kinds of parts one
receives and in what kind of film
industry and actor or actress would
be successful. For example, she
explained that big eyes and noses are
essential to success on the screen
because these features are so much
more noticeable. If the voice of an
actor does not correspond to the
character's image, then there is a
strong possibility that he or she will
not get the part.
Although the stage is a much more
appreciated form of entertainment
and drama, many Japanese artists are
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a buzz-saw, stand next to New Gar
den Hall's Quaker Oak, which they
have just now cut down.
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future, we plan to have at least one
Service Saturday per year, and we
are considering the possibility of
expanding the project to one Satur
day each semester."
"We are especially appreciative of
Seth Has sett. Senate President, who
played alargepartin this success. He
did a lot of work for us. Also, I
consider the volunteers to be very
special people to want to give up a
Saturday and work so hard to help
students in financial need and to help
out the community."
being drawn to the big screen for one
reason—money. They do not con
sider the motion picture to be a ful
filling endeavor artistically or pro
fessionally, but the desire to earn
money far surpasses their desire to
live on the meager salary of a stage
actor.
Mayumi Kurata Sylvester cur
rently resides in the United States.
Her son, John Sylvester, is a senior at
Guilford. Her visit was sponsored by
the Triad Chapter of The North Caro
lina Japan Center and the following
Guilford College organizations: In
tercultural Studies, Women's Stud
ies, and Student Activities.
Planning to sell about 150 shirts,
the two salesmen say the proceeds
will go either to throwing a big party,
or to buying bonds. "Wc can't de
cide," Gaither says. "We're torn."
What does the Student Union think
of these unofficial shirts? Union
Vice-President Bill Stoesen says that
the organization appreciates the ini
tiative and spirit shown by the shirt
makers, but believes that their com
petition only hurts the success of
Serendipity. However, the independ
ent sellers have not destroyed the
official-shirt market. Charlie Beery,
one of the workers in the Union's
shirt sale, says that about 300 official
shirts have already been sold.