SGUILFORDIAN GREENSBORO, NC GLBTA kicks off Awareness month By Brian Schuh STAFF WRITER Last Thursday marked the beginning of Gay, Lesbian, " Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness Month. Guil ford kicked things off with a visit from the director of a national, non profit organi- "Everybody says that they support us but we don't always feel it. Were all equal, but we s re all different." —Daniel Summers zation, followed on Saturday by the annual "Coming Out Ball." On Oct. Ist, Kevin Jen Andrea Gerlak has re placed the retiring Eric Stoesen as the faculty adviser to the Websterian Pre-Law society. The pre-law society is the orga nization on campus for Guilford's future lawyers. Members participate in a broad range of activities, not only to prepare for law school, but also to "experience the full f spectrum of the legal world," said the society's president, Jennifer French. Most of their activities are geared towards law school preparation. They take field trips to law schools where they talk to admissions people and sit in on classes. Gerlak says this is "the most useful part of the club." Another advantage of be- I ing a member is the opportunity to take the LSAT for free. Oth erwise, practicing for the test could cost up to SI,OOO. The LSAT, along with undergradu - ate GPA, is ig factor in law school adm I Please see Seriate page 2 Sin mi—niinii f iii i r i Mi ' The benefits of recycling page 13 nings, Executive Director of GLSEN(Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network), spoke to an audience of students, faculty, staff, and members of the Greens boro commu nity in Dana auditorium. GLSEN (pro nounced glisten) aims to make schools safe places for people of all sexual orientations. Jennings briefly discussed the gay rights movement and contributions of gays and lesbi ans throughout history. "It was great that Jennings came here because at Guilford we try to maintain diversity and ex pose people to other lifestyles," said Co-chair of the Greensboro GLSEN and first-year student Please see GLBTA, page 2 Photography exhibit explores new visions ♦Exhibit, organized by students, showcases work from last spring By Sarah Weissberg STAFF WRITER A new student photography exhibit is now being shown in the Gallery, up stairs in Founders hall. The opening for the ex hibit was held on Tues day, Sept. 29th. The fea tured photographers were there to answer questions and accept praise from guests. The exhibit consists of over 35 mounted prints by Guilford students Kelly White, Beverly Stocks, Ben Newlin, Taryn Busch, Carol DeVries, and Melody Watson. According to Susie Clark, Pro fessor of Photography at Guilford, the exhibit was put together by the student photographers and every one who wanted to show their work was able to do so. Hot air diplomacy no solution in Kosovo page 14 Hpt : I ! HPrpKSg nnii IL y' jl j WPv jfr r , * " JL ' r js I lan Watlington and Tim LaFollette get down at the Coming Out Ball. Taryn Busch curated the ex hibit. Each photographer made a personal statement about her/his work and the printed statements MELODY WATSON Community members gathered for the reception. are displayed along with the pho tography. Clark finds the exhibit an ex ample of the "very personal, indi vidual, visual expression and inter ests" of her Spring 1998 semester Photography II students. Each fea tured photographer submitted a Six to be inducted into hall of fame page 16 OCTOBER 9, 1998 portfolio for the show, but due to lim ited wall space in the Gallery, not all the photos submitted are dis played. Kelly White's six silver gelatin prints include a piece depicting a dim silhouette of a face superimposed over a shot of beach and ocean. Susie Clark remarked that, "Kelly took a fine arts approach to her interest in the coast." Her work has a quiet stillness to it, a subtle beauty that reso nates effectively in black and white. Beverly Stocks has three prints displayed. Her subject is a child, two-year old Mary Francis. Mary appears in one to be examining leaves; in another she plays on a rock. The the third and most striking photograph of the set; Mary's face is covered with tears. Stocks' work documents a young Please see Photo, page 4

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