WIGUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, N.C.
Faculty
Follies
Pages 8 and 9
Peace Corps
recruiter visits
campus
Page 10
t>V, V y
?*
Bathroom
politics in
the dorms
Page 11
Red Sox
finally break
Ruth's curse
Page 16
Psychologist author Pipher visits, speaks
Courtney Hunter
Staff Writer
Mary Pipher wants people to be a
cultural broker to refugees.
She wants Americans to help refugees
read and write, be aware of the social
nuances that can be confusing to people
new to our country and welcome these
people who have struggled to get to a
safe place.
..Pipher is an award-winning author
whose bestselling book, Reviving Ophelia,
allowed parents a new understanding into
teenage girls' struggles. She has a bache
lor's degree in cultural anthropology from
the University of California at Berkeley
and a doctorate in clinical psychology from
the University of Nebraska.
Pipher spoke to a full auditorium Oct. 26
as part of the Bryan series lectures, this
year's theme being "Challenges facing
Democracy." She was a panelist in an Oct.
Craig adjusts to Gialford
Emily Place
Staff Writer
She is advisor to the
Student Union, head of
event planning and budget
management for student organ
izations, advisor to the Inter-
Club Council, and advisor to
WQFS. She is Adrienne Craig,
the Coordinator of Student
Involvement and Leadership.
Before coming to the college
this summer, Craig worked in
student affairs at Virginia Tech,
where she completed her mas
ter's degree in education and
student affairs. Her work there
included advising cultural pro
grams for Latin and Asian
Americans, the Black Student
Alliance, and the
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Trans
gendered Alliance, and working
with fraternities and sororities.
Volume 91, Issue 10
www.guilfordian.com
27 meeting dis
cussing refugee
issues as well.
The Middle of
Everywhere, a
personal account
of her experi
ences being a
cultural broker in
Lincoln,
Nebraska, her
hometown, was
the topic of the
evening. She
shared anec
dotes surround
ing the families
she has helped
and befriended.
One man who
had not been in
the U.S. long
received a flyer
Anne Lundquist, Dean for
Campus Life, said, "Adrienne's
job is really a three-person job,
but she has a lot of experience
coming from a school as large
as Virginia Tech. She really
gets things done."
Coming from such a large
school to Guilford has made for
many adjustments for Craig.
"Every school is unique," she
said. "It takes time getting used
to the culture and traditions of a
new place. Also, the change
from being a student to a pro
fessional makes it a little differ
ent."
"The whole Student Union is
equal to one committee at
Virginia Tech," Craig said. Much
of her job consists of helping
student organizations balance
budgets, and last year she was
working with much bigger
Continued on Page 3
r- I
INSLEE HACKETT/GUILFORDIAN
Mary Pipher
J
1S&, if- V \
ngi ■
H j
President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick
Cheney have, after a long political battle and a sleepless
night for many, been re-elected to a second term in
office. For more coverage of the election, see Page 6.
NEWS.YAHOO.COM
Lynne and Dick Cheney with George and Laura Bush
after Kerry's concession
November 5, 2004
in the mail saying he had won 5,000 dol
lars. He dropped to the floor, shouting,
"Thank you Allah, thank you." Pipher
helped him off the floor and had to tell this
man that it was a trick, he had not won
anything.
Five Kurdish sisters without much
money shared their homemade native
food with Pipher. The same family showed
up at Pipher's Fourth of July barbecue
waving American flags. To these women, a
party where they could wear shorts and
celebrate freedom with hamburgers was
remarkable.
The audience laughed, delighting in the
fact that such innocence still exists.
Pipher told the story of how she became
involved with the refugees in her commu
nity. She noticed the differently dressed
women on the streets and the new restau
rants serving exotic food. That piqued her
interest and led to a phone call to a local
Continued on Page 2