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BY ANTHONY HARRISON
Staff Writer
While you wait in line, -the savory
scent of roasted lamb wafts through the
air, mixing with the honey sweetness of
loukoumades boiling not five yards away.
You revel in the sound of the sharp jangle
of the bouzouki contrasting with the low-
toned guitar. And when you finally sit
down with your gyro, the rich taste of the
wrap is cleansed by the refreshing bite
of retsina wine as you watch the throngs
bounce to the traditional 10-step folk
dance.
All in all, the Greensboro Greek
Festival is a sensual experience. Taking
place annually on the third weekend
of September at the Dormition of the
Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church, the
Festival is a three-day taste of a vibrant
culture.
I should know, for the Festival has
always been a part of my life. Every third
weekend of September until I turned 18,
I was one of the Opa Dancers. Composed
of the church's schoolchildren, the Opa
Dancers serve as the Festival's primary
entertainment, performing authentic
Hellenic steps once an hour to the
syncopated rhythms of Greek folk music.
Greek music itself is unlike any other
Western form. Often performed in odd
time signatures with strange stresses of
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False rumors call into question administrative policies
TENSION FELT BY
STUDENTS TOWARDS
PUBLIC SAFETY
BY CASEY MORGAN & CATHERINE
SCHURZ
Managing Editor and W&N Editor
Rumors abound at Guilford College:
undercover cops at The Pines, a snitch
living rent-free in Hodgins Retreat, and
Campus Life bringing drug dogs into
Bryan Hall and falsely naming them
"bedbug-sniffing dogs."
Students dte a tension among
themselves. Public Safety officers and the
administration, and these relationships
were only further damaged in the
wake of the self-imposed party ban at
Campbell House.
The main issues of concern appear
to be underage drinking at on-campus
parties and the general safety of Guilford
students, although students and Public
Safety view this through different lenses.
"People seem more on edge," said
sophomore Ruby Brinkerhoff. "P-Safe is
showing up earlier and kicking people
out."
Public Safety officers view the
semester as going smoothly, with one
official saying, "There's nothing going
on that we haven't be able to handle just
fine."
There has been a noticeable rise in the
number of negative rumors amongst
students, mainly in relation to the control
of students' party habits.
"I guess it's the secrecy that's
upsetting," said Brinkerhoff. "I'm
hesitant to believe (rumors) because a lot
of them are exaggerated or completely
untrue, but people believe them and
spread them, and that makes for a bad
relationship between students, P-Safe
and Greensboro cops."
Brinkerhoff continued, "I think it's
really important for students to have a
good relationship with P-Safe. We don't
have that right now. We're upset that
Campbell got shut down, and now we're
hearing all of these negative rumors."
A student who wishes to remain
anonymous reported that Campus
Life recently brought two dogs into his
Bryan suite unannounced, asking for
See rumors | Page 2