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Greensboro. N.C.
NEWS
March 17, 2006
www.guilfordian.com
Candidates prepare for Executive Elections
AH Stewart
Senate President
The two weeks after Spring
Break mean one thing for
Community Senate: executive
elections. They will be held on
March 28 in Dana Lounge, off the
main lobby in Founders hall.
There will be two open forums
before then.
At the time of this column was
written, there are four tickets in
the race. They are:
For President: David Unger,
with Erik Belmont (for Vice
President), Tristan Wilson (for
Treasurer), and Katie Watson (for
Secretary).
For President: Tim Scales, with
Wes Coming and Katie Bailey (for
VP), Chris Lampkin (for Treas.),
and Lili Sharpless (for Sec.)
For President: Rachel Gwin,
with Jesse Seitel (for VP), Ista
Clarke (for Treas.), and Ruth
Murray (for Sec.)
For President: Nick Boylan,
with Kass James (for VP), James
Bartow (for Treas.), and Brittiany
Green (for Sec.)
Feel free to stop any of these
individuals to talk about Senate
and where they see the future.
There will be
scheduled fomms for you to have
additional chances to probe the
candidates'.
The first fomm was Tuesday
night in the Community Center.
About eight non-candidates
attended to ask questions about
the tickets' experience and vision
for Senate. Another fomm will be
taking place on Wednesday,
March 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the
Foimders hall Gallery (on the sec
ond floor of Founders hall). The
current Senate encourages people
to attend these fomms as they are
very informative.
Also, in next week’s edition of
The Guilfordian, there will be a
spread featuring each ticket and a
brief synopsis of its platform.
Please look at this; it will be a
great source of more information.
There will also be a ballot for
the Dick Dyer Awards at the elec
tions table on March 28. Dick
Dyers Award recipients are nomi
nated by students. It is an award
that honors those students, staff
and faculty who have excelled in
extra-curricular activities.
Please keep this in mind when
you head to the polls so that you
can have nominations ready.
Awards include Outstanding
Advisor, Most Active R.A.,
Brightest New Club and
Outstanding Contribution to
Campus Life.
All students are eligible, and
awards will be presented during
the Student Activities Banquet in
early April. Each club will be
receiving invitations over the next
several weeks, so look out for
them in your club mailboxes (in
the Student Organization Center
on the second floor of Foimders).
All traditional students can
vote in the upcoming elections -
that means seniors, too.
Finally, at this week's
Community Senate meeting we
evaluated the new Senate stmc-
ture. The general feeling was that
the new stmcture is more efficient
and allows more time for larger
issues.
We then discussed how to act
on the new information we have
been collecting over the year. We
discussed making our conversa
tions with administrators more
results-oriented, with goals for
change instead of only informa
tion gathering.
We also discussed the ethical
distribution of scholarships.
Anthony Guriy came to discuss
this issue at the beginning of the
year, and Randy Doss came to dis
cuss Admissions policy. We want
to bring both back on March 29 to
talk about how these issues are
interrelated. We encourage all
members of the Guilford commu
nity to attend this meeting. 3§
Trustees meeting
Continued from page I
capital campaign to support the
Strategic Long-Range Plan and
the Master Plan.
A feasibility study conducted
over a six-month period by con
sulting firm
Campbell and
Company conclud
ed that Guilford is
ready for a com-
preher^ive capital
plan. A representa
tive from the firm
advised the board
to proceed with
Guilford's plan to
raise $75 million.
"Approval fol
lowing the feasibil
ity study was a big
step in the right
direction," Buckner
said. "The board
will discuss the
issue again in 18
months to finalize
the capital plan."
Historically, the board mem
bers have taken a major role in
investing funds during capital
drives. About 30 percent of the
last campaign's $56 million came
from trustees alone.
The board, which consists of 30
trustees who each hold different
responsibilities for the college,
meets three times every year. It is
largely made up of alumni and
city leaders.
"The trustees all bring some
thing different to the table," said
The Board ofTrustees reviewed the Master Plan.
President Kent Chabotar. "There
are three Ws to a good trustee:
work, wisdom and wealth. Often
times it's who you know - a motto
for trustees is 'give, get, or get
off.'"
The meeting also featured a
seminar on Quaker business pro
cedures. The presentation, specifi
cally prepared for the trustees,
outlined the Quaker decision
making process. It included the
customary foundation and princi
ples of Friend's
decision-making
as well as how
individuals and
group members
function.
"The presenta
tion went beyond
the simple consen
sus idea," Buckner
said. "It set guide
lines for how you
do business and
emphasized the
Quaker principles
of efficiency."
Joseph Bryan,
Jr. is serving in his
second year as
head of the Board
of Trustees. Bryan,
who has been on
the board for 33 years, facilitates
the meetings, making sure that
everyone is heard and moving the
meetings along. He plans to stay
on the board as long as Kent
Chabotar is Guilford s
President.
Pllli
Present:
Forgiveness
Featuring: Heather Gemmen, best-selling
author of ^Startling Beauty”
The conference takes place the weekend of
March 25. AH events will be held in the
Community Center and are open to the public.
Participation is encouraged.
Friday 6-7:30 p.m. - Heather Gemmen talk on
forgiveness
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - Facilitated general dis
cussion
Saturday 11:30 a,m. - Panel discussion:
'^Quakers and Forgiveness”
Saturday 2:00 p.m. - ’’The Process of
Forgiveness” - a discussion
Saturday 3:30 p.m. - ”Anger and Forgiveness" -
a guided exploration--
Saturday 7:30 p.m, - Dinner Theater (come
enjoy delicious food and constructive fun)
Sunday 2:00 p.m. - Panel discussion on chil
dren and forgiveness
Sunday 6:30 p.m. - Bonfire by the lake