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Volume 77 Issue 17
Green ticket wins tight election
Gall S. lUsun
News editor
The Senate executive commit
tee race ended in a close election.
The Green ticket won the race over
the Sugioka ticket by six votes.
604 students voted on Tuesday,
Feb. 23. Of them, 49.6 percent
voted for the Green ticket, while
48.6 percent voted 'or the Sugioka
ticket. Overall, fifty three percent
of the eligible student population
voted.
"We are so happy," explained
secretary-elect Teri Freeman an
hour after the results were reported.
"We're sad for the other ticket,"
she said, adding that "losing by six
votes is difficult."
"We want to thank the Guilford
community," said Freeman. "We
also want to thank Alison
Fitzgerald" for the help she pro-
vided in formulating the platform
and helping in the beginning of the
campaign, explained president
elect Green.
"We have the highest regards for
the Sugioka ticket," said Green.
"We want them to work with us
next year and we respect them
highly," he continued.
Union execs voted in
Gail S. K&sun
News editor
The new Union ticket was voted
in on Feb. 23, the day of Union and
Senate elections.
Tim Randle, Union president
elect, presented his platform at the
Union forum on Sunday, Feb. 21.
"We want to get the community
more involved in next year's deci
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"The Sugioka ticket ran a tough
and very fair campaign. There
was nothing negative," said Green.
"I'm glad it was a cam
paign. The members of the other
ticket are all great people and we
wish them the best of luck," said
Brian Sugioka.
"It concerns me that so few
people showed up at the forum to
hear about solutions to the issues.
It makes me wonder upon what
basis people were voting," said
Sugioka.
Brian Burton commented about
his ticket's loss, "We worked our
best, and we really wanted to work
for the people."
Both Sugioka and Burton ex
pressed gratitude for the students
who did support them during the
campaign. "It really meant a lot
that people did care what our solu
tions to the issues were," said Bur
ton.
Michael Pruden, former presi
dential candidate, said, "In retro
spect, my perspective on the out
come of the Community Senate
election is one of healthy indiffer
ence. I am disturbed by the low
voter turnout and how very insig
nificant the six-vote margin of vic
tory was."
started this year and previous
years," said Randle.
The other members of the Uni on
ticket are Wendy Mcßeynoids,
vice-president; Susan Little, trea
surer; and Andy Swanson, secre
tary.
According to Swanson, one of
his main objectives is to, "provide
communication with the Guilford
community through good public
ity and e-mail services."
Scott Thomhill, current Union
president, discussed next year's
Union executive council: "I think
they're very energetic; I think they
have some ideas that can carry
Union that next step farther.
'Tim doesn't have alot of Union
experience, but he's goal-oriented
and does have a vision of what
Union should be in the future,"
Thornhill commented about his
successor.
SomeofFandle's vision includes
coordinanen of campus-wide
events, continuing improvements
in working relationships with Sen
ate and uic administration, and
getting other organizations to work
with Union on special events.
Green explained their ticket's
first objective for the next aca
demic year: "We're going to
have an open forum for faculty
and students to brainstorm and
see what they, the members of
the Guilford community, think
we need to do."
Freeman explained her con
cern about the organization of
Senate. She said, "Organization
is a must." The ticket plans to
examine the current organiza
tional structure of Senate and see
what changes can be made to
make Senate more effective.
Green, Freeman, and Borne
all addressed the large numbers
of people they met while cam
paigning. Green said, "Hope
fully we can capitalize on that."
Green reflected on his ticket's
platform, which stressed stron
ger communication among all
parts of die community, greater
student input in residential life,
clear environmental policies, in
creased communication with se
curity and improvment of the
structure of Senate.
"We plan to stick to as much of
oui platform as possible; those
weren't just empty promises we
made," said Green.
Guilford students face indecent
exposure charges for photo shoot
Josh Palmer
Staff writer
Two Guilford College students
are facing six months in prison
and a SSOO fine if they are con
victed of indecent exposure
charges.
Nellie Appelby and Eliesha
Grant were conducting a public
nude photo session during rush
hour beside Interstate 40 last
Wednesday, Feb. 17th, causing a
three-mile traffic jam in both di
rections.
An off-duty police sergeant,
Ramon Bell, was driving home
with his wife when they hit the
heavy congestion. They pulled
over to see what the problem
was.
To their surprise they saw a
woman wearing nothing but a
blue ski cap lying across the hood
of a car, and another wonia;. .A
ing pictures.
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she doesn't have any clothes on,"'
Bell said. "I said, 'I noticed that,
honey.'"
When the police arrived, Appelby
and Grant were cited for impeding
traffic.
The women say that they told po
lice that the pictures were for a pho
tography class. Grant had been nude
a while before while Appelby took
pictures of her.
On Thursday Appleby and Grant
admitted that they did it for them
selves. "We had a really good time,"
Appelby said. "I thought people
would think we were strange, but I
didn't think they'd get uptight about
it"
"[The police] were laughing so
hard, but they were trying to be seri
ous," Gran* said. "I guess it was
better than their traffic viola
tion."
Provost Dan Poteet said that he
did not feel that this was a college
matter, out uiai die school would
look into it.
Later the two were served crimi-
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nal summons, and are now sched
uled for a March 9 court dale. If
convicted, the women face a six
month prison sentence and a SSOO
fine.
This incident has gained national
"exposure." Appelby and Grant
have been contacted by the syndi
cated television show "Inside Edi
tion."
Bell said that the women were
told that they would probably be
charged with indecent exposure.
He also said that they were not
charged at the scene, because the
officers involved were not sure if
the state's indGcent exposure law
was applicable.
"Aside from the hur.orous side
of it," Bell said, "the potential for
having a serious accident wa : -
nitely there."
Grant said that the charges  .
"ridiculous." "It's not like w* rr adc
people look," she said. ~ *" 70
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Photo by Ben Cadbury