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Ad Council questions Senate visitation policy
Peter Smith
News Editor
The Administrative Council,
an advisory board to Dr. Rogers,
expressed concern last week over
the Community Senate's pro
posed revision of the visitation
policy, creating concern among
many students that the proposed
revision would be rejected in its
present form.
The revised visitation policy
establishes the right for residence
halls to implement a 24-hour
visitation policy with roommate
denial privileges. The current
visitation policy requires that
visitation be restricted between
the hours of 1 and 9 a.m. in all
residence halls on campus.
Visitation is defined in the
Guilford College Student Hand
book as "the presence of a
member of one sex in the room of
another." Violators of the visita
tion policy can be subject to
judicial charges.
A variety of concerns over the
proposed visitation revision were
expressed by a number of repre-
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sentatives on Administrative
Council. Concerns included
questions of safety, roommate
rights, the college's admissions
profile, parental complaints and
the cultural differences of Inter
national students.
"Ad Council feels compelled
to think about the institution as a
whole, and I think the concerns
expressed in the meeting reflected
that," said Dean of Students
Nancy Cable-Wells. "I did not
sense any real negative feelings
about the proposal, just concerns
which I think we can work out."
A large majority of students,
responding to surveys by a vari
ety of student organizations,
indicated an overwhelming sup
port for the revised proposal.
The new proposal, which had
to survive a gauntlet of student
government committees, was
approved by the Student Resi
dence Council in the spring of
1989, and the Community Sen
ate on October 4, 1989. The
Student Affairs Committee, an
advisory committee to the dean
of students, also recommend the
proposal during the fall of 1989.
"This policy was researched
very carefully and I'm concerned
that the Ad Council is going to
change it substantially," said Beth
Tate, vice president of Commu
nity Senate. "I think the admini
stration should take a cue from
the student body and let the stu
dents have a say in how they
want to regulate their lives on
campus."
The Senate executive board
reported the various issues ex
Condom machines arrive in dorms
Dana M. Tritsch
Staff Writer
Last year the Community
Senate approved a Statement of
Advocacy concerning condom
vending machines. It was agreed
that the profits would be used for
sexual education in the college.
This year, Katherine Schnorren
berg, chairperson of the Special
Project Committee of Senate,
worked to bring the vending
machines to campus.
After locating B&J Vending
Company, a company that deals
photo by Charles Almy
pressed by the Council during
Senate last Wednesday, causing
many Senators to express dissent
over the Council's concerns.
"I think many of the concerns
that Ad Council expressed do not
necessarily have to alter the pro
posal, especially issues dealing
with security and admissions,"
said English senator Guy Vita
glione, a sophomore from
Raleigh. "I question their under
only in condom vending ma
chines, a distribution of profits
was agreed upon. Guilford will
receive 30 percent of the profits,
to be used for education while
the company receives the rest.
The vending machines were in
stalled Wednesday, March 21.
B&J Vending Co. is responsible
for maintenance and will check
the machines every six weeks.
The condoms are high quality
latex condoms with a spermi
cidal lubricant called Nonoxyl-9
and cost 50 cents.
They are available in all resi
dence halls. In Hobbs and Shore
the machines are in the guest
bathrooms, in Milnerand Bryan
the machines are in the laundry
rooms, in English in the kitchen,
and in Binford the machine is
next to the lounge. Each ma
chine was placed in a non-sex
specific area.
Each condom is packaged with
information about safe sex, in
cluding how to use the condom
properly.
The students on campus seem
to be in favor of the machines.
Sophomore Jennifer Reid says,
"They're necessary, they're re
ality. The fact is condoms are too
important to not have available."
Sophomore WesGavins feels,
"it's not like the school is con
doning sex. It's going to go on
regardless. If you're going to do
itanyway, you might as well use
a condom."
standing of the issue when they
do not live in the residence halls.
It seems to me there is a deeper
question of student maturity and
responsibility here. Ad Council
must have a poor view of how we
handle things. In fact, it is an
insult."
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photo by Charles Almy
The new condom machine
In Milner.
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