photo by Charles Almy
Jon-Paul St. Germain enjoys the Moon Bounce
Sunday afternoon under the nicest skies of
Serendipity weekend.
Serendipity leaves good memories, bad damage
Eugene Wan
Staff Writer
Serendipity 1990 blew through Guilford
on the weekend of March 30-April 2 leaving
in its wake some fond memories, but also
some tales of vandalism. At a College Union
meeting on Wednesday, April 4, Union or
ganizers met to reflect on Serendipity '9O.
One act of vandalism was the destruction
and theft of environmental sculptures outside
Hege-Cox building. The environmental
sculptures, designed for outdoor display, were
by junior Isao Takahashi.
Senior Elizabeth Burke, an art major, criti
cized suggestions that the sculptures should
be moved indoors during Serendipity. "It
seems like we have more right to be drunk
than to place those sculptures outdoors," she
said. "People need to look at what Serendip
ity really means."
The meeting also mentioned damage to the
buildings and grounds, which seems to have
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become customary at Serendipity. This year,
vandals damaged a marble stall partition in a
Binford toilet. The estimated cost of replace
ment is $ 1500. The full cost of damage from
Serendipity '9O will not be known for some
time.
The meeting went on to discuss disregard
for alcohol age limits.Frank Goins, president
of Union, proposed that the administration
distribute wristbands using lists of 21-year
olds. Goins suggested that peer pressure
from minors was too much for students to
handle when distributing wristbands.
Other suggestions included hiring more
security guards to enforce the alcohol policy,
setting checkpoints at the College Road en
trances to restrict entry into the grounds, and
better publication of drinking restrictions.
The unprecedented need for a crew to keep
the crowd off of Sternberger Auditorium's
stage during the Royal Cresent Mob concert
on Saturday, April 1, was the focus of discus
sion for controlling crowd behavior at rock
concerts on campus.
Goins suggested writing a clause into the
24-hour visitation passed
Peter Smith
News Editor
The Administrative Council,
an advisory board to President
Bill Rogers, reached consensus
on a revised visitation policy,
allowing 24-hour visitation in all
residence halls for a one year
"trial" period.
The Community Senate, in
conjunction with the Adminis
trative Council, further revised
the policy to emphasize room
mate and residence hall rights to
restrict 24-hour visitation; how
ever, the policy's proposal for a
campus-wide 24-hour visitation
in all residence halls was passed.
The Council's decision, which
was reached on March 28, was a
welcome surprise to many stu
dents who were concerned that
the policy would not be passed
due to previous concerns ex
pressed by members of Admin
istrative Council.
"We are happy that we were
able to compose the policy so
that it met many of the concerns
expressed to us by ad council,"
said senior Senate President
Tracy Russ. "After the concerns
expressed last week, we were not
sure it would pass, but we found
all involved to be cooperative
and willing to see it through."
The Council met during the
previous week and expressed a
variety of concerns about the
policy, including questions of
safety, roommate rights, the
admissions profile, parental
complaints and the cultural dif
ferences of international students.
But in the meeting last week,
Dean of Students Nancy Cable-
Wells wrote a memorandum
asking the Council to approve
the policy. Many students felt
Cable-Wells' memorandum
helped the policy pass through
the council.
"Nancy's support was very
important," said Russ. "I think
her efforts to spell out some of
contrast of visiting rock bands by asking
them to suspend their performance during
critical moments in the concert. Such clauses
are not unusual, and Goins pointed out that
some bands are more than willing to avoid
violent crowd behavior.
Dick Dyer, assistant to the dean of stu
dents, said that a major factor in the damage
during Serendipity is the number of guests
and outsiders who came to the event: "[The
guests] feel a good deal freer than Guilford
students because they know the chances of
repercussions [on guests] are slim." This
year Guilford students signed up about 500
guests but Goins estimates the true number
of non-Guilford students was more.
Dyer blames much of the problems during
Serendipity on a select few: "It doesn't take
many people to ruin a good weekend."
Despite the setbacks, Dyer believes the
problems are solvable. He commended
Union's management and said Serendipity
'9O was "well planned, well executed."
the concerns and address them
helped this policy along."
In the memorandum, Cable-
Wells wrote that she "respected
very much" the efforts made by
students who were responsible
for the policy. However, she
emphasized thatthe policy should
not be implemented until the
issues of security, policy enforce
ment, and roommate rights are
resolved. She also proposed that
the policy's effectiveness be
monitored throughout the next
academic year by the Residence
Life staff and Senate, in coordi
nation with the Student Affairs
Committee and the Administra
tive Council.
Cable-Wells said that students
will be held responsible for the
proposal and that its success will
hinge on the ability of students
campus- wide to adhere to the
policy and respect its provisions.
Said Cable-Wells, "I've given
this policy a lot of thought, and I
think the modified proposal can
work. But it will be scrutinized.
I'll be the first to say this policy
is not working if problems begin
to emerge."
The revised policy must re
ceive a Final approval by the
Board of Trustees Student Life
Committee, which is tentatively
set to meet on May 3. If the
policy is approved by the Com
mittee, it will go into effect dur
ing the next academic year.
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