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Page 4 Prospectives come on campus By Rebecca Muller STArr WRITER If you noticed that the cam pus seemed a bit more chaotic than usual this weekend, it may have been because more than 100 prospective stu- dents came to cam pus. Students at tended both Hon ors Weekend and Students of Color Weekend. Both events are considered a vi tal part of the re cruitment process. Students of Color Weekend has been held during Hon ors Weekend off and on for several years. Steven Onyeberechi, an admissions counse lor, has organized it for the past two years. Susan Bagley of the admisions office said, "We want to give students of color a chance to come here and visit the cam pus where we can intentionally match them up with students of color on campus." "They can meet each other Quaker physicist visits and discusses the Universe By Peter Morcheck STAFF WRITER "Our planet is orbiting a bog standard star in a typically nor mal galaxy." So spoke the short woman of ordinary appearance. She wore a black dress and black flats, or ange scarf wrapped elegantly around her neck, glasses sitting lightly on the bridge on her nose. While her dress was indeed or dinary, the topic of her talk was anything but. The woman was Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a Scottish physicist. Her audience was several dozen stu dents, faculty, Greensboro com munity members, and scientists from around the country. Her topic was nothing less than "The Universe and Us," the reconcili ation of science and religion. This year's Judith Weller Harvey Distinguished Quaker visitor, Bell gave five lectures during her four days here, over her spring break from a visiting professorship at Princeton Uni versity. and learn not just about the school but also what it is like to be a stu dent of color at this school." This year, only students who had already been admitted were invited to the weekend. "We had fewer students than last year, but there were reasons we invited fewer," said I " 1 Five or six years ago, the students interviewed with faculty only, but for the last four years, the applicants will interview with 1 faculty member and 1 honors student. -Bob Williams l 1 sample class. "It was a lot of fun and showed me the open mindedness of the school," said Vera Brown, who went to a sample class with Vance Ricks. "The classes were very interest ing," said Tessa Shanks, who en joyed participating in Carol Hoppe's Greek mythology class. As a graduate student at Cambridge University in the late 19605, Bell discovered pulsars, which paved the way for her eventual appointment as the sec ond female professor of physics in all of Britain. In her four days at Guilford, she gave numerous talks to audi ences ranging from physics pro fessors, students, and alumni from far and wide, to residents of Friends Homes across the street, to a group of Quaker min isters from across North Caro lina. She also met with the Quaker Leadership Scholars group and a class of fifth and sixth graders at New Garden Friends School. "What was fascinating to me was her ability to talk about such a wide range of things: the uni verse, faith, women in science, etc," said Director of Campus Ministries Max Carter. "The breadth of it and her ability to communicate such complex scien tific ideas to fifth and sixth grad ers and then turn around and talk theology with a bunch of minis ters." The Guilfordian News Bagley. "This year we had only the students who had committed to the school." Most stu dents stayed until Monday, when they attended classes. Seventy-three students came for honors weekend, which is about ten students less than have come in pre vious years. Prospective honors students had the opportu nity to attend a Prospective honors students spend much of Saturday in inter views with faculty and current honors students. The conversa tional interviews serve to inform prospectives about the school as well give faculty and students a chance to meet the student face to-face and aid in scholarship de cisions. "Five or six years ago, the students interviewed with fac ulty only, but for the last four years, the applicants have inter viewed with one faculty member and one honors student," said Bob Williams, Director of the Honors Program. Prospectives seem to enjoy the student interviews. "It was fun to have a student interview me, and we had a lot in common," said prospective Christine Lette. Williams wanted to express his appreciation for all who helped with the weekend. "The community effort is great," Will iams said. "So many faculty, staff, and students work hard to make the weekend a success, and I ap preciate that." One of these hard-working students is Hannah Elliott, who has been the admission volunteer program special events coordina tor for the past year. "We gath ered volunteers to assist with various activities. Everyone is Of her talk on the universe at New Garden Meeting, Carter expressed wonder. "She was able somehow to balance a belief in the mechanics of it without hav ing to fall back on a 'God of the Gaps' [i.e., 'We don't know what happened in the first millisec onds after the Big Bang so it must have been a miracle of God']. Still, she maintained confidence SMART MOVES 2000: _A Career Conference for Students Saturday, April 1,2000 tflSto, 9am • 2pm, Founders Hal, 2nd Floor f|!|| Two Dollars buys you... ■ an opportunity to take important steps toward career planning ■ Business professionals and Career Development Center staff answering questions about O choosing a major D developing a resume D internships and community learning O internet job searches O salary and benefit package evaluation D Work place issues and trends O interviewing strategies and much more. ■ a continental breakfast with open advising time ® lunch ■ and a business attire fashion show. ■Hjll ■ Great Door Prizes! including $5O Kohl's Gift Certificate S2OO Kinetics Gift Certificate . r /^ A Briefcase ISSQHBKIMEE Flexible schedules allow you to participate according to your needs. During breakfast, career advisors will be available to answer your specific questions. Professionals will also be on hand during the conference to critique your resume, if you wish. To begin SMART MOVES, register today! For more information, call 316-2187. March 24, 2000 really enthusiastic about these weekends. It's been a lot of fun and the hosts have done a really good job." Bagley feels that it is essen tial to recruit students to the pro gram. "They have many other op tions available to them and we are competing with other schools, so it's important to let the students know about it." Many various activities were held in connection with both events, including panel discus sions, tours of the not-quite-fin ished science center, thesis pre sentations and a Bonner presen tation. Hosts attended the vari ous activities with their prospec tive students. Carl Willis took his prospective student to the barbe cue and the Frank Family Sci ence Building Tour. Many people were satisfied with the weekend as a whole. "I think it was a really good experi ence for the prospectives and the best way to learn about Guilford," claimed host Ali Kleeb. Murik agreed. "I think if all the prospec tive students came, they'd really add a lot to the community." Wil liams felt that the community ef forts certainly paid off. "To me, it is always a fun day, because I get to meet so many fun, energetic, and creative young men and women." in the existence of God because she felt his presence in Quaker meeting for worship." Having spoken of black holes, red dwarfs, comets, and God, Bell ended her talk on the universe with a metaphysical challenge for all: "Given the beauty and complexity of the uni verse, what can you own? How can you reach a state of grace?"
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