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FEATURES
Renovations transform campns spaces
SUMMER USHERS IN NEW CHANGES THAT ARE
BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND ATTRACTIVE
NEWS
By Renee Leach
Staff Writer
Returning students whose workloads have already
demanded a trip to the library might have been met with a
pleasant surprise.
The front lobby of Hege Library emerged from this past
summer with a refreshing facelift. After visitors and staff
are whisked through the pair of ethereal automatic sliding
doors, they are greeted by a seating area and renovated
front desk made all the more inviting by the soothing color
theme.
• "(It's a) fresh, more current, updated look, and certainly
a better usage of space," said Anna Ray of Access Services.
"Fresh" and "better usage of space" were both recurring
motifs in the many changes that have occurred on campus
since last spring. Some of the most dramatic changes are
noticeable in Hege Library, the offices and Alumni Gym of
the RE. Center, the dining hall, and the new Community
Centec concert space.
Jonathan Varnell, vice president for administration,
played a key role in many of the recent projects. He
described two of the most important objectives of any
campus construction project to be furthering the "goal of
the building" and "code and stylistics." He provided the
cafeteria's new set-up as an example, where changes were
Renovations on campus include a new serving line in the dining hall, transformation
of the community center and an upgraded welcome desk, pictured here.
See "Changes" on page 7
WO»DANATiON
Historic famine crisis hits East Africa
By Travis Linville
StaffWriter
It has been called
emergency, and a
a crisis, an
catastrophe.
Whatever it is called, the hunger and
food shortage in several East African
countries — including Somalia,
Djibouti, Kenya, and Ethiopia — is
affecting 12 million people.
The United Nations officially
declared parts of southern Somalia to
be in famine in July. The United States
estimates that 29,000 children have
died in Somalia as a result of famine
conditions. With 640,000 Somali
children malnourished, more deaths
are expected, according to the UN.
The Huffington Post reports seven
deaths per 10,000 refugees daily in
Ethiopia's Dolo Ado area. Women
and children are especially at risk,
according to the UN News Centre.
The UN reports over 860,000
refugees from Somalia have fled to
neighboring countries. Dadaab, home
to a series of refugee camps in Kenya,
holds 440,000 people, according to
See "Crisis" on page 6
Women and children await aid in overcrowded refugee camps
after being driven from their homes by famine..
Auditing team
aims to reduce
energy and cost
GRANT GIVES GUILFORD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
SNAPSHOT OF THE ENERGY USED
ON CAMPUS
By Charlotte Cloyd
StaffWriter
With the beginning of a new school
year, the administration has implemented
new tactics to investigate how Guilford
College can become a more sustainable
and cost-conscious institution.
The new implementation has taken
the form of an audit team made up of
energy team support services assistant
David Munro '09, energy data specialists
Damien Markiewicz and Dustin Scott,
and energy team intern and senior Alexis
Goldman, who are all supervised by
project manager Brett Hacker.
"The energy audit is a review of
our current electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical systems," said Hacker. "We
make recommendations to better the
efficiency of any of those systems."
The auditing team has the daunting
task of observing every building on
campus and documenting the energy
output for each building. The team has
completed the auditing process for 13 of
the 47 buildings.
"The process takes about one to two
weeks to complete depending on the
complexity of the energy systems of the
buildings," said Hacker.
Guilford received a grant from the state
funded by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act after Jonathan Vamell,
vice president for administration, wrote
the grant proposal during the 2010-11
school year in conjunction with the Office
of Advancement. The grant provides the
See "Energy" on page 3
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