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Princeton Review gives Guilfom unsettlmg ratings
Mark Merkel
STAFF WRITER
Every year the Princeton
Review polls 59,000 students on
63 categories to help high school
students find the best school for
them. Guilford has earned itself
a place on this prestigious list:
number 15 for the 'least happy
students,' and number 15 for 'no
body plays intramural sports.'
The review is one of the larg
est guides to colleges. The
rankings can affect the reputation
of the school as well as the num
ber of incoming freshmen.
Princeton's idea is to interview
an average of 175 students per
campus with 70 questions to get
a sense of the student life at their
college.
"I am unhappy because I feel
so lonely," said junior Aryan
THE WEEK AT GUILFORD
September Bth 2000
CHAOS Continues
Backpacking at Pilot Mt. State Park
QLSP Spiritual Formation
at Glenagape Retreat Center
September 9th 2000
CHAOS Continues
Backpacking at Pilot Mt. State Park
QLSP Spiritual Formation
at Glenagape Retreat Center
September 10th 2000
Woman's Soccer v. Southwestern
College Meeting for Worship w/ Deborah
Sounders, Co-Clerk of Fellowship of Friends of
African Descent (Moon Room) Ipm
September 14th 2000
UniaMsponsors Vz Off Pool @ Breaktime w/
Guilford ID 10pm-lam
Sloan. "Most of the people at
school are so caught up with their
own thing that they fail to notice
or take interest in others. I think
a lot of people may feel as over
looked as I do."
As for the intramural sports,
junior Adam Webber summed up
many responses by saying, "I'm
just too lazy to play 'em."
The happiest students--op
posite Guilford--are at St.
Bonaventure College, Col
lege of the Atlantic, and St.
Lawrence University. And
the largest intramural
schools are Wabash College,
University of Notre Dame,
and Colgate University.
Do not take the
rankings at face value, how
ever.
After a few minutes on
the web site you can also
find that the happiest col-
The Guilfprdian
News!
lege (St. Bonaventure) is also
number one for 'no political ac
tivity' and, third for 'lots of beer,'
and ninth for 'lots of hard liquor.'
Guilford's only significant
rankings are not pleasant ones.
But it is far from the drunken
bliss of St. Bonaventure.
"The problem is that we are
politically aware. We complain
too much and we don't drink
IMltWviA,
You may have noticed some
of the changes that took place at
Guilford over the summer. The Un
derground was dismantled, Binford
Hall has become primarily a First-
Year dorm, and a fierce storm took
away several of Guilford's trees.
What you may not have yet noticed,
however, is that there are new librar
ians, among many other position
shifts and additions.
Charlotte Divitci, the new
Head of Circulation and Reserve
Services in Hege Library, worked for
several years at the Wake Forest
Law School library as Library Cir
culation Manager, and as director of
the law and business branches of the
library.
"Guilford said that there was an
opening," said Divitci. "There were
a number of positions available, so I
applied and came for an interview. I
felt that it was more like a visit than
an interview; the people were very
friendly and I was pleased when in
vited to join the community."
Divitci was in charge of Man
agement at Wake Forest but felt she
had little knowledge of law and busi
ness except to help people find
things. "The collection here is not so
specialized," Divitci said, "so I feel
like I can help. I really enjoy work
ing with people and I got bored with
the technical services at Wake For
est. Here I get a variety of experi
ence with people." She also enjoys
the more laid-back atmosphere of
Guilford.
Gwen Erickson, who earned
Eager new librarians
Rebecca Muller
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enough," said senior Lyndsay
Elias.
Princeton Review ranked
Princeton best overall for under
graduates, followed by
Swarthmore and the US Airforce
Academy. (Princeton is also the
hardest school to get into.)
You can draw your own con
clusions on the Princeton Review
website at www.review.com.
her MA and M.L.I.S. in History at
UNCG, and her BA in History from
Earlham College, is now Librarian
of the Friends Historical Collection
and Archives. She has been working
for five years in different sections of
the library, such as information/ref
erence, archives, and circulation.
"I started working at Guilford
part-time in graduate school," said
Erickson. "I had known about
Guilford since I was a kid, since I'm
Quaker. I went to Earlham College
and had a great time working in the
Quaker archives there; it was a very
easy transition to come here."
Erickson says she prefers the work
ing environment of a liberal arts col
lege to that of a big university.
Erickson, who has an inter
est in both library studies and Afri
can-American studies, has also writ
ten several articles on Quaker
women and the Friends Historical
Collection at Guilford. "Since I got
started as an undergrad," she said,
"I enjoy helping students learn about
the excitement of history and help
ing students explore new ways of
learning."
Evelyn Blount, who began to
work full-time at Guilford in Octo
ber of 1999, worked at NCA&T State
University for 10 years and has had
approximately 17 years of reference
experience. This past year, she was
promoted to head of information ref
erence services. "Before I finished my
undergraduate years, I was thinking
about becoming a librarian. This led
me to graduate school to pursue my
library science degree," Blount said.
"Having the chance to work with stu
dents, faculty, and staff is the most
enjoyable part of my job."