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The Guilfordian September 5, 1997 Guilford's days of CHAOS ♦Guilford welcomes freshmen students fls®f Hbt', - s ?, iHII j. " r ' ,' " '• - v J A group of first-year students meet with their CHAOS group BY KIM O'CONNOR Staff Writer Guilford College woke up from its summer slumber on Au gust 20th as the class of 2001 ar rived for Chaos. From the 20th-25th, fresh men students went through the process of getting oriented to Guil ford. They learned about services offered, who's who on campus, and one another. Chaos is different from most other colleges' orientation pro grams. It concentrates on the transition from home to college, building community, and learning who is available to help you if a problem arises. Anne Lundquist, head of the First Year Center, ex plains, "Orientation should be about transition and not about logistics." According to Chaos leader Aimee Caron, "The logistics weren't always dear." There was some confusion about where and when groups were supposed to meet. Lundquist feels Chaos went smoothly, especially considering this is only the second year of the program. Only a few changes have been made since it was launched in 1996. Lundquist outlined the major differences in this year's program. The spacing of activities was fur ther apart, giving the new students more time to themselves. Fresh man Emily Keith was critical of this change, saying that "It was too long. Chaos did not need to last for five days." Another difference was the amount of training the Chaos lead ers received. Last year, they met for a few days before the freshmen arrived. This time, the process was more extensive, involving a two credit course they took last semes ter to help them fulfill their lead ership role. Also, the orientation extends through the first semester. On October 3, freshmen are required to attend "Cocktails and Condoms," and on October 31 a motivational speaker will present "Kick Butt in College." Lundquist feels the feedback she's received from freshmen has been positive. Caron agrees, say ing, "People that have been in Chaos together are all hanging out." The application process for Chaos leaders begins before spring registration. Lundquist expects many upcoming sophomores to become involved and encourages the participation of all students to gain excellent leadership experi ence. News New Honors students arrive Among the many new faces on campus this year are the 42 new mem bers of Guilford's Honors Program. These 29 females and 13 males make up the largest incoming Honors class that Guilford has seen. Bob Williams, director of the Hon ors program, described the incoming class as "a real diverse group in terms of [their] talents and interests." Will iams went on to describe the class as a group who "is not at all students who are just interested in studying and get ting good grades." Williams cited an unusually high interest in community service and commented that a num ber of the new Honors students will be playing sports. In past years, Honors sections were offered in the first-year seminars. This year, however, no Honors first year seminars were offered and Hon- Chris Uaristrom BY KELLY A. WHITE Staff Writer "Best Pizza In The Triad" Come See What Everyone Is Talking About! • Over 150 Fresh Pizza Toppings • • Amazing Lunch Specials • • 50 Award-winning Pizzas By Design • • Hand Rolled 'Stix & Dippers • Don't forget about Tasty Tuesday! Six unique Pizzas By Design Full-service! No buffet bars! SI.OO Domestics Every Tuesday 5-BPM Greensboro 4508 West Market Street 854-3555 3700 Lawndale Drive 282-9003 Limited Delivery Area ors students were given the same semi nar options as the other first-year stu dents. Sophmore Honors student Julie Kauffman felt the change was a good thing. "Last year, I felt limited in my choices," said Kauffman. "I couldn't take the seminars I was interested in because they weren't Honors." First year Honors student Sion Dayson also saw the change as a positive one. Dayson was happy to have her semi nar containing not only Honors. "I think all the students at Guilford are interesting and have someting to of fer," she said. Williams feels that the new Hon ors students will be "a bright spot" in Guilford's future. Tve been real im pressed with how excited they've been since they've gotten here and how con nected they feel," said Williams. "I'm really pleased with this group and I think that we were able to get such a talented group because of the admis sions staff." 5
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