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Page 2 New Senate officers discuss next year's goals Jeremy Ball STAFF WRITER Newly elected Community Senate officials Naz Urooj, Tamara Asad, Elizabeth Appenzeller, and Bryant Games, not stopping to bask in election triumph, are setting their politi cal wheels in motion. A major issue concerning Senate and most students is what portion of the student ac tivity fee will be set aside for each student organization. At this time, all cuts and additions are still to be decided. Treasurer-elect Games said, "On April 6 and 7, the Bud get Hearing Committee meets to discuss allotting funds to stu dent organizations and clubs. All proposals for funding will have been submitted by that From Election, p. I sensed that there were general misunderstandings the commit tee would want to know about." Tatum is the managing edi tor for The Guilfordian. Olds, Starr, Asad, Tatum, Kaplan, and Rebecca Saunders, student activities and events planning coordinator, all de Week at Guilford Fri., March 1 7 p.m. Bowling Club (All-Star Lanes) Sat., March 2 Student of Color Weekend 7 p.m. The Yachting Club game meeting (Leak Room) 7:30 p.m. Film: A Lesson Before Dying (Bryan Aud.) Sun., March 3 7 p.m. Student bands (Underground) Mon., March 4 7:30 p.m. The (iuilfordian meeting (Commons) 7:30 p.m. When the Cat's Away, Foreign Film Fest finale (Leak Room) 9 p.m. Guilford Pride meeting (Resource Center, Dana) Tues., March 5 7 p.m. Info session for Ghana trip (Gallery) 7 p.m. Scrabble/Chess club meeting (Founders lobby) 8 p.m. WQFS Concert (Underground) 8 p.m. International Club meeting (International Center) Weds., March 6 3 p.m. Reception for Dean's List students f Boren* News time." First-year retention is also on the mind of the Senate offi cials. More activities such as pep rallies and date functions will be proposed by the new officials next year in an attempt to hold student interest and build com munity. President-elect Urooj em phasized the establishment of a coffee shop on campus as a pri ority to facilitate student inter action. The group will be in commu nication with Guilford's new president to help him more ef fectively serve the college com munity. "We will meet with the new president early and do what we can to encourage him to go to athletic events, Senate meetings, even attend hall meetings when clined to comment on the Stan appeal's specific complaints against the Urooj ticket before the remediation occurs. "I don't want charges made public that would hinder the constructiveness of the appeals process," Saunders said. "I'm optimistic it'll come forth through the committee and that Senate will be made better for it/ Hie Guilfordian possible," Urooj said. "We want to establish a solid mutual un derstanding between the presi dent and the students." Among the more innovative ideas proposed are those for re vising drug and alcohol policies. "We received a grant from the Governor's Institute on Al cohol and Substance Abuse," secretary-elect Appenzeller said. "We will be working with a task force including Mona Olds, David Heggie, Sylvia Chillcott, and the Greensboro police de partment to revise the policies in the rule book. An alcohol aware ness week is being planned, fea turing a number of activities to help students understand the consequences of alcohol abuse." Vice president-elect Asad said, "One of our priorities is in stituting community service as punishment rather than fines for infractions." The Senate leaders-elect recognize that campus housing also needs attention. Urooj, who in the fall was a Binford R.A., feels that the des ignation of Binford hall as a first year dorm should be reconsid ered. "The segregation of first years and upperclassmen in Binford this year was a tryout," Urooj said. "Since no issues arose, the hall was designated all freshmen this year. It has caused several problems, and we'd like Residential] Life to rethink that decision." We at The Guilfordian strive to maintain accuracy and balance in our reporting. We welcome your comments and suggestions as well as information about errors calling for correction. If you should discover any factual error printed in this edition, please leave a detailed message explaining the error for Managing Editor James Tatum at the Guilfordian office, ext. 2306, or email the paper at guilfordian@guilford.edu, including the word "correction" in the subject line. In the Feb. 22 edition of The Guilfordian , a page 12 editorial by Erica Wiggins, ["The possibilities are endless"] responding to an editorial by Jason Carter ["On the futility of marches," Feb 8, 2002] was cut off at the end. The final paragraph was supposed to read, "I certainly respect and encourage people, like Carter, who want to work for justice 'inside the system.' I believe, however, that true social justice will occur by valuing all kinds of people and the varying ways they contribute." In the Feb. 22 edition, the front-page story about the death of Ryan Bek incorrectly stated that a 21-year-old woman has been arrested and chafed with four counts of murder. Her actual age is 23, _ Corrections March 1, 2002 The group also proposes re structuring the meal plan. "Many students preferred the 'old system' that involved paying for meals-used-per-week over the new carte blanche sys tem, so we're going to try and reinstate that," Appenzeller said. The Senate officials would also like to work with Sodexho- Marriott to get Subway on the meal plan, and possibly forge an agreement with Chick-Fil-A to of fer discounts to students. Another proposition is offer ing students credit for involve ment in athletics. The Senate members will team with sports information director Dave Walters and athletic director Mike Ketchum to encourage the administration to offer one credit hour for each semester of sports played. 'The athletes have to put in time for their course work as well as to devote extra time to sports activities," Asad said. "We think that something should be done to accommodate them for that." However, the paramount goal of the new Senate leaders is to better facilitate communica tion between students, faculty, and staff. "Before the election, we promised the students that we would keep communication be tween them, the Senate, and the administration as open as pos sible," Asad said. 'They can ex pect that from us now."
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