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SGUILFORDIAN
GREENSBORO, NC
Outsourcing a topic at community meeting
♦-Students and faculty seemingly oppose outsourcing, task force studying issues involved
By Sarah Coffey
STAFF WRITER
Emotions ran high at the last
community meeting. On Nov. 3rd,
about 50 students, faculty, admin
istrators, and staff gathered to dis
cuss hot topics festering beneath
Guilford's calm exterior.
Of primary concern was the is
sue of outsourcing various programs
and facilities now run and managed
by members of the Guilford commu
nity. Outsourcing would mean out
side groups would manage these
Guilford services.
"I think we need to think about
the issues of class and race involved
in outsourcing these departments,"
said senior Jessica Justice, referring
to the possible outsourcing of both
the college bookstore and the main
tenance and housekeeping depart
ments.
Several students said they felt
the surveys distributed to gauge stu-
Forum held to discuss
homophobia on campus
By Chris Shattuck
STAFF WRITER
Many of these instances were
The feeling in the Moon room brought to light at the meeting:
was that of worry, concern, and -A Guilford student was
even fear as 50 or 60 students harassed and then attacked
and faculty gath
ered on a chilly
Tuesday night
last week for
an open commu
nity meeting.
Organized
to bring to light
recent homopho
bic events on
campus, the
meeting also
served as a forum for individuals
both gay and straight to voice
concerns and offer suggestions as
to how to make Guilford a more tol
erant community. To help facili
tate this arduous task, a task force
which will deal with these issues
has been formed.
"This school is not a place
where countless instances of ho
mophobia can take place and no
one do anything about it," said se
nior David Smith, who was one of
dent reactions about
outsourcing the book
store did not accurately
reflect the opinions of a
true cross-section of stu
dents. One student
pointed out that the sur
veys were given out in the
cafeteria, diminishing the
possibility of getting the
views of students who
live in the apartments or
in alternative housing
and who usually have
been at Guilford longer
than those who eat in the
cafeteria.
"I felt that the issues
on the survey weren't re
ally related to Guilford,"
Justice said. "'What is
this going to do to our
community?' wasn't
asked on the survey."
Don McNemar, Guilford's
president, said the possibility of
the main organizers of the task
force.
Rainbow flags symbolize pride in the
homosexual community.
-A first-year student reported
that her mentor leader made ho
mophobic statements which were
offensive and insulting.
-A student, seeing gay pride
stickers on a dorm room door,
began saying anti-gay insults
to one of the students who lived
in the room.
-Students walking across
campus one night last year en
countered about a dozen students
please see Homophobia, page 3
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Martin affair
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last month, by
a group of
students, who
shouted ho
mophobic slurs.
The student, who
is openly gay,
brought the in
cident to Judicial
Board but
charges were
later dropped.
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surprises
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Students, staff, faculty, and administration gathered in the Commons for the meeting
outsourcing the bookstore was first
addressed two years ago when fac
ulty and staff were not receiving in
creases and student scholarships
were going down.
"During the task force we de
cided that looking at the bookstore
could be beneficial," McNemar said.
"We established a committee that
Bill Stevens heads made up of rep
Diversity training
planned for students
By Paul Binford
STAFF WRITER
Next semester a group of
dedicated Guilford College stu-
dents will
take part in
an intensive
seminar on
student di
versity. It
will be simi
lar in many
ways to the
program the
staff went
I U
through re
cently. These students will then
work with other students next year
to deal with separation, isolation,
and alienation stemming from
past experiences of racism and big
otry in North Carolina.
Pat Callair, who is a visit-
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The training process will be
very rigourous involving a
series of workshops, some as
long as 4 days. Also, stu
dents who wish to partici
pate will have to apply and
be selected.
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resentatives with a variety of views.
Betsy, who directs the bookstore, is
on the committee. All factors have
to be weighed. I don't know what
the answer will be."
Erin Seltzer said she feels
there are people who work in the
departments in question who are
Please see Meeting, page 2
ing lecturer in the department of
Justice and Policy Studies, will
oversee this program as the direc
tor of the Guilford College Lead
ership and Empowerment
process will
involve a series of workshops,
some as long as four days. Also,
students who wish to participate
will have to apply and be selected.
They will then take a variety of on
Please see Diversity, page 5
Institute.
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This is being
funded by a
generous
grant from
the Z. Smith
Reynolds
Foundation.
The
rigorous
training
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