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Radio Station Off the Air
WQFS this week was asked by
the Theatre Department to cease its
broadcasts from 7:30-11:30 p.m. on
five evenings last week so as not to
interfere with the department's pro
duction of Measure for Measure.
Due to the proximity of the station's
transmitter, the WQFS signal inter
rupted the sound equipment being
used in the Shakespeare production,
and therefore the station was asked
to discontinue broadcasting from
Wednesday-Sunday.
WQFS recently returned from a
two-week hiatus caused by mechani
cal problems.
1991 Commencement Schedule
Rehearsal for the Baccalaureate
Service will be May 3at 2 p.m. in the
Ragan-Brown Fieldhouse. The ac
tual ceremony will follow at 5:30 in
Dana Auditorium. Graduation fes
tivities continue May 4 as a conti
nental breakfast is slated for seniors
and their families at 8:30 a.m. on the
Founders Hall lawn.
After breakfast, seniors should
congregate in front of Founders Hall
to begin preparing for the proces
sional. The commencement service
will start at 10:30 a.m. in the Found
ers Quadrangle. Following the cere
mony will be a reception hosted by
Bill and Bev Rogers at the Ragsdale
House.
Campus Roads
The main loop road around the
campus is due to be finished by
graduation of this year. The loop
will have a line protection and water
supply loop running beneathe it.
Arcadia Drive, which used to run
between the Bauman Telecommu
nications Center and Bryan Hall,
has been removed and will be modi
fied into a pedestrian walkway.
The Board of Trustees approved
$400,000 to be used to modify all of
Guilford's road system.
New Guilfordian
Congratulations to Director of
Student Activities Joanna Iwata and
her husband Bill Kawashima on the
birth of their daughter Noelani. She
was bran March 22 and weighed 7
lbs., 10 oz.
TH® GUILFORD IAN April §,. 1991
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Forced to Raise Work Study Pay
Guilford Rates Still Trail Larger Institutions
Michael Tobkes
Staff Writer
As of last April 1, 1990, the federal
minimum wage increased from $3.35 to
$3.80 per hour. As ordered by Congress,
the rate has now jumped again to $4.25,
starting April 1, 1991. Guilford College
must now pay $4.25 instead of the previ
ous standard $4 per hour for institutional
and federal work-study jobs on campus.
Guilford, as a private institution, is regu
lated by the Federal Division of Labor.
Approximately 30 percent of Guilford's
students receive financial aid, according to
the Office of Admission. Admission Di
rector Larry West estimates that at least
300 of the 1,700 main campus and CCE
students fill work-study positions in dif
ferent departments.
Among similar-size schools in the area,
$4.25 seems to be the going rate for work
study jobs. This is the case at Greensboro
and High Point Colleges. Elon also pays
$4.25 for most jobs, except security, life
guard and late-night positions, which pay
up to $5. According to one Guilford secu
rity officer, the college had been starting
first-year security guards at the standard
$4, with increases to $4.40 and $4.65 after
second and third years, respectively.
State universities far surpass Guilford
and other private institutions in the work-
The (Best of
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MONDAY, APRIL 8,1991, 8:15 P.M.
Guilford College, Dana Auditorium
Adults: sl2, Senior Citizens &
Non-Guilford Students: $lO
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free with priority pass
study arena. North Carolina A&T Univer
sity in Greensboro pays its students $5 an
hour. According to William Barber, the
assistant director of financial affairs at
A&T, "We see work-study as a form of
self-help. We also like to reward good
skills." With a total tuition of roughly
$1,200 per year, 85 percent of A&T's
students receive some sort of financial aid.
UNCCH starts students at $4.50 with
steady increases with seniority. It's not
uncommon for graduate students to make
$6.50 or more per hour. These students
can work in the department of their major
and be rewarded fiscally, as well as edu
cated in their field.
Despite a budget crunch in the state uni
versity system, there have been no drastic
cuts in their work-study programs. "Our
jobs pay more so that we can be competi
tive with local employers," said Doug
Crutchfield, a financial aid officer at
UNCCH.
The Federal Work-Study program (for
merly known as College Work Study Pro
gram, CWSQ) subsidizes all institutions
which participate, usually by 25 or 30 per
cent. This means that a Guilford student
earning $4 an hour actually receives $1
from College Work Study (the federal
government), and the other $3 from his or
her employing department. At Carolina, a
student who makes $5 an hour is paid
$ 1.50 from College Work Study and $3.50
from the campus department.
With the enormous cuts being made in
all departments, Guilford may not be able
to increase its student wages beyond the
new minimum wage for some time. The
Budget and Planning Committee will look
at the possibility of higher wages next fall,
according to committee member and Busi
ness Manager Dick Coe.
However, increasing the rate is just not
high on the list of priorities, he said. "It's
an operating expense just like housekeep
ing supplies, copier paper and lights are."
Economics professor Robert G. Wil
liams is also a member of the Budget and
Planning Committee. He said he has not
been able to look at this issue yet, but
agrees with committee members Coe and
Larry West that under the circumstances, it
cannot be made a priority.
Janice Smith, who works with the de
parting Jim Keith in Student Employment
Services, is responsible for placing the 300
students, who, according to payroll clerk
Linda Clark together earn roughly $30,000
a month.
Smith believes that students might like
to earn more, but must often settle for on
campus jobs, which don't require trans
portation, and are convenient if nothing
else. "If you're earning over $5 an hour,
you're extremely lucky," she said.