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However, McNemar said, an En
glish major is entitled to an excel
lent education just as much as an
athlete is entitled to play on the
winning sports team. He said
sports are an excellent form of re
cruitment and community.
Jennifer Surber, president
elect of Union, responded, "the pur
pose of college is education, not
athletics." Many students around
the room murmured or voiced
their agreement.
Several other issues were ad
dressed. "There is the "problem of
increasing the number of students
without increasing the number of
full-time professors," said sopho
more Patrick MacDougal. While
it is possible to recruit more stu
dents to come to Guilford, many of
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Friday, March 31st
* Student Loan Fund Auction, 6:30 p.m. at the Painted Plate
Saturday, April Ist
* Smart Moves Career Conference 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Commons and
Gallery
* Scrabble Tournament, 6:00 p.m. in the Underground
* Junior recital, 4:00-10:00 p.m. in the Choir room and Dana 104
* Three band concert, 6:00-11:00 p.m. on the Milner/Bryan lawn
Sunday, April 2nd
* Piano recital, 1:00-4:00 p.m. in the-Choir room
*\YQFS meeting, 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Commons
Monday, April 3rd
* Student 1 Employment reception, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Boren lounge
* Cinilforduin meeting in the Commons at 7:30 p.m.
* Domestic violence discussion, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Boren lounge
Tuesday, April 4th
* Serendipity meeting, 6:00-7:00 p.m. in Boren lounge
* Peace and Conflict Studies event, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Gallery
Wednesday, April sth
*Candidate forum, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Moon room
* Communitv Senate, 3:35 p.m., Boren lounge
* Faculty meeting, 3:35 p.m.. Moon room
Thursday, April 6th
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*\ itive American club, 5:00 p.m., the Commons
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* Capture the 1 Tag, 1 1:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. on the bounders Pawn
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the existing student body wonder
about the resulting academic qual
ity.
Several other students ex
pressed a general unease with the
plan. "There is a general sacrifice
of the present Guilford community
for the future students Guilford is
trying to attract, "said Senior
Megan Glancy. Senior Jacob Noble
declared, "You will fail if you
outsource Guilford. You will fail if
you try to commercialize Guilford.
You will fail if you try to give this
college a university setting."
Another area of strife is the
subject of professors' salaries. "The
strength of Guilford is its faculty,"
Noble said. "If you like the faculty,
pay them."
Several attendees expressed
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concerns that issues raised at open
forums do not really affect policy.
"Meetings like this are great, but
are our voices really heard?"said
sophomore Scott Pryor.
The administrators at the
meeting expressed their desire to
hear student input. Junior Kelly
Davis, the Strateguc Long Range
Planning Commitee student rep
resentative, commented that
many times students are not able
to affect policy because they do not
act soon enough. "Many times stu
dents voice their opinions when
they see the effects instead of be
fore the decisions are made," Davis
said.
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dent voice in campus politics.
Also present at each of the meet
ings was a general wish to break
down the barriers between the
various groups of people on this
campus.
There were more nebulous
concepts in the discussions, spe
cifically the need for more school
spirit and a real sense of owning
and taking pride in Guilford.
Many times the issues of respect
for the campus itself and for other
people's property were also
raised. The question of how
Guilford prepares students for
the job market was another con-
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Senior Anna Lena Phillips
raised the idea of a mediation
group between students and fac
ulty and administration. She hopes
to construct an override board,
which could change decisions made
by the administration with a two
thirds vote, just as our national
government works.
Students wishing to offer sug
gestions to the SLRP have several
options. Anyone may speak in per
son to Kelly Davis or Anna Lena
Philips or email them at kdavis or
aphillip. Students may also get on
the Senate Lotus Notes conference
and take part in the discussion
there.
cern.
"These weren't things we
were expecting to hear," said
Carter. "The other thing that sur
prised us, and we have heard this
from two or three of the groups
so far, is 'Why not require a few
things from us? Mandatory's not
bad. If we really have a stake in
this community why not require
a certain amount of participa
tion?"'
The Campus Compact is still
a long way from fruition, but with
the variety and enthusiasm of the
response so far, the committee re
mains thoroughly optimistic.