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Volume 79 Issue 15
Students vote Jennings
ticket into Senate power
Cory Birdwhistell
News Editor
Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.—the polls
open.
Wandering into Founders, early
rising Guilford students walk
through a gathering of Senate ex
ecutive candidates.
The winds soon pick up, chill
ing the bright February day. The
candidates shiver outside the
Founders steps, talking to students
and joking back and forth. Above
their heads, a banner urging stu
dents to vote for the illustrious
Chicken Man of English hall flies
from the second-floor balcony.
Around 7:00 p.m., Senate Presi
dent Rich Ewell has pity on the
freezing candidates, allowing them
to sit inside the warm Founders
entranceway. Together, the two
tickets play cards and drink hot
chocolate.
7:30 p.m.—the polls close. As
volunteers count the ballots in the
Senate office, Stephanie Jennings
anticipates the outcome from be
T JiTI H i P* Swanson ticket wins 1995-96
Union executive seats
Luisa Constanza
Senate/Club Correspondent
The executives of Union few
next year include President-elect
Andy Swanson, vice-president
elect Tanya Haggerty and sec
retary-elect Rebbeca Rostand.
The treasurer position is still
available.
Swanson, Haggerty and
Rostand have been active stu
dents at Union. Swanson, a jun
ior, served as publicity co-chair
for the organization from 1992-
1993 and is currently serving
his second year as vice-presi
dent. Tanya Haggerty, a sopho
more, has been an active mem
ber of Senate and is currently
part of the committee that is re
constructing the Union consti
tution. Rostand, also a sopho
more, is currently the chair of
the Movie Committee.
"Union is making dramatic
changes for next year," an-
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
hind the Information Desk and
Brian Burton waits to hear the re
sults in his room.
8:30 p.m.—the winner is an
nounced.
Lee Bailey, Transfer Senator,
finds Jennings to tell her the news:
Guilford students had voted 308 to
181 in favor of her ticket.
Once Amanda Sabin, Vice Presi
dent-elect, finds that her ticket had
won, she calls Secretary-elect
Rachel Christensen. "We got it,"
she says.
Christensen expresses her initial
disbelief and then excitement. Af
ter Sabin tells her the ticket would
soon be meeting in Founders,
Christensen says in a tone which
reveals her campaign-induced fa
tigue, "Oh! Then I guess I'd better
put on some shoes."
Jennings finds David Fleig,
Treasurer-elect, in the Interna
tional Relations Club's forum.
"We won!" she whispers.
"I am just so overwhelmed and
happy. . .we've put so much per
sonal effort into this campaign,"
Jennings says as the weary winners
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Tanya Haggerty, Andy Swanson and Rebecca Rostand
dream of ideas for next year's union events.
nounces President-elect Andy
Swanson, "Our main goal is to break
the barrier between the students and
Union and find out what the students
really expect from us." Union's goals
include:
•Clearly defining the role of student
Union.
•Creating a calendar of activities.
•Improving the organization of
events.
Percent of eligible
voters voting: 48.3 %
Who they voted for:
•Jennings— 3oß
•Burton— lßl
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gather in Founders lobby for a
photo opportunity. Amid the fu
ture Senate executives' proclama
tions of exhaustion and calls for
Pieworks, Jennings laughs, "We'll
start planning [for the 1995-96
year] next week."
"The first thing 1 want to say,"
Brian Burton begins after he
knows thai Jennings will be the
next Senate president, "is that I
thank the 181 supporters for tak
ing the time to listen to the issues
and listen to our concerns."
Laura Davis, treasurer candidate
for the Burton ticket, says, "I re
ally enjoyed having to sit outside
Please see JENNINGS page 4
•Creating a public relations
chair to improve communication
between Union and students.
Union is also in the process if
changing its name to "describe
[its] role more explicitly
Swanson explains. Union's con
stitution is also undergoing revi
sion and other necessary
changes.
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The Senate executives for 1995-96 huddle after learning
of their victory. From left: David Fleig, Stephanie Jennings,
Rachel Christensen and Amanda Sabin.
Republican
ready to cut Federal
financial aid
Staff Report
In an effort to inform students
about bills presently in Congres-
sional commit
tees which would
cut S2O billion
dollars from Fed
eral financial aid
programs, Guil
ford President
Bill Rogers con
ducted a forum in
the cafeteria
Wednesday
evening.
Along with Di
rector of Finan-
Katie Haddox
cial Aid Anthony Gurley and Direc
tor of Public Relations Mark
Owzarski, Rogers told students that
pending legislation would eliminate
the work study program and force
those with loans to pay interes ac
crued during their college years.
February 24, 1995
"We're concerned for students
that these proposals not go
through," Rogers commented.
He, Gurley
4 4
I can't tell you how
important it is to be
heard. . .Washington
is of a different
mindset.
—ANTHONY GURLEY
votes expected to occur shortly,
Rogers says, "If we want to be ef
fective, this week is the time to do
it."
"We're asking you [students] to
join a national student movement,"
Please see AID page 4
Kntie Haddox
and Owzarski
urged students
to write their
Congressional
representatives,
demanding that
the cuts not be
made.
With hear
ings on the pro-
posals cur
' rently being
conducted, and