VOLUME 94, ISSUE 8 1 NOVEMBER 2, 2007
UILFORDIAN
The Student-Run Newspaper ef Ruilferd Cellege
WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM
GREENSBORO, NC
Alcohol poisonings
on campus are low,
booze remains issue
By Jake Blumgart
Senior Writer
Ever since Alcibiades showed up late to
the Symposium, picking grape peels from
between his teeth and making dirty jokes,
higher education has been linked in die pop
ular mind with rigorous alcohol use.
The popular conception of the college
drinking tradition is probably linked to
"Animal House" more than the dialogues of
Plato. No matter its origins, and much to the
chagrin of administrators everywhere, the
conspicuous consumption of alcohol is a fact
of life at most colleges.
Guilford is no exception. Every year a
new batch of freshmen strut onto campus,
free from the lidless parental eye and willing
to experiment with most anything twice. The
varieties of cheap, watery beer are endless,
and easily procurable via poorly crafted fake
See "Alcohol" on page 10
Meeting stialns US-Ohina relatiens
CBSNEWS.COM
President Bush meets
the Dalai Lama
By Reid Craufill
Staff Writer
Shaking hands with President George W.
Bush on Oct. 17, the Dalai Lama received a
Congressional Gold Medal struck with a de
sign unique to his lifelong achievements.
"I am deeply touched that this great honor
has been given to me, a Buddhist monk bom
of a simple family," the Dalai Lama said.
In a politically sensitive transition, as it
holds the Communist Party Congress as a
part of its five-year internal election cycle,
China has protested the award as U.S. sup
port for the Dalai Lama.
'The move of the United States is a bla
tant interference in China's internal affairs,"
said PRC Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu
Jianchao to BBC news.
The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism
See "Dalai Lama" on page 7
DRUNK DRIVING DN CAMPUS
well, kind ol
During Homecoming
Public Safety hod
students seeing double
in the Saturday sun as
they tried to negoti
ate a golf cart course
while impaired by
optic-distorting beer
goggles.
Alumni magazine printed
with FSC-approved paper
By Deena Zaru
Staff Writer
The past issue of the Guilford alumni
magazine has been printed with Forest Stew
ardship Council (FSC)-approved paper.
The magazine is published twice a year,
usually around Thanksgiving and after
graduation in May.
According to www.fsc.org, the FSC is "an
international not-for-profit membership-
based organization that brings people to
gether to find solutions to the problems cre
ated by bad forestry practices and to reward
good forest management."
"Any time you have a certification pro
cess with accountability and transparency
you can have more environmentally sound
methods and a more environmentally sus
tainable product at the end," said PGm Yar-
bray, environmental sustainability coordina
tor.
Suppliers like the local Mac Papers pro
vide FSC-approved products.
"The paper industry is the largest con
sumer of water, the largest consumer of trees,
and one of the largest consumers of energy,"
said Gene Ledbetter, a Mac Papers sales rep
resentative. "So when you consrune all three
of those, people take a notice in what you do,
which is why the paper mills are taking very
serious actions to respond to environmental
concerns."
Sophomore Emma Deutsch lives in The
Pines, the environmental and sustainability
house. Pines residents are committed to liv
ing in ways that are environmentally friend
ly and sustainable.
"Using paper with recycled content is
See "Alumni Magazine" on page 4
RNiWBEilMOrmSIBiyTIIS
Shifts ahead for college leadership team
Aaron Fetrow will
be promoted to dean
of students effective
Jan. 1,2008.
By Sari Schutrum-Boivard
Staff Writer
On Jan. 1,2008, Guilford will see changes in
positions for Randy Doss and Aaron Fetrow.
Doss will become vice president for enroll
ment service and Fetrow will be promoted to
dean of students.
The new management changes will not
significantly affect their working relationships
with President Kent Chabotar.
"In terms of how I work with Randy and
Aaron, things are not going to change much,"
Chabotar said.
Doss graduated from Guilford in 1982 and
returned after he spent fifteen years working
at Greensboro College as chief admissions
officer. In January 2000, he ventured back to
Guilford as dean of enrollment. He has been
vice president of enrollment and campus life
since May 2001.
Senior Brennan Aberle, Community Senate
treasurer, believes that Doss does liis job well.
He is concerned, however, that Doss focuses
exclusively on fijlfiUing his enrollment quo
tas.
"I think Randy car^ more about the ends
than the means when it comes to meeting our
enrollment projections," Aberle said. "What
he does, he does well at."
Chabotar has recognized Doss' success in
the increase of traditional-aged admission.
Since Doss' arrival, the applications from tra
ditional-aged students have increased by 161
percent and first-year enrollment by 39 percent.
Meanwhile, the acceptance rate has dropped
ffom 77 percent to 58 percent, meaning that
the college has become more selective.
See "Management" on page 5
Randy Doss will be
named vice president
for enrollment sevices
effective Jan. 1,2008.