FEATURES
MAY 3, 2013
SPRING FLING
Spring Fling promotes fun, family,
friends, a bit of fundraising
Children of CCE students enjoyed activities like rock climbing.
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Associate Vice President and Dean for Continuing Education
Rita Serotkin said that the purpose of the Spring Fling is to
celebrate the end of another year.
"It is a time for everyone to relax and enjoy the semester is
almost over."
"The Spring Fling is our time to enjoy the fruits of our labors,"
said senior and CCE SGA president Victor Lopez. "We recognize
CCE students for their hard work. Plus, who doesn't like food?"
The day began with an awards ceremony, which was kicked
off in Quaker fashion with a moment of silence.
CCE students were recognized for having the highest GPA
of graduating seniors. Each department also gave awards to
students for other outstanding achievements.
Serotkin saw the event as an opportunity for recognizing
the students because they have worked so hard and juggled so
many things and against all odds, here they are.
Smells of hamburgers, hot dogs and chopped barbecue
wafted through the air as guests filled their plates and stomachs.
Seventies and '80s music wrapped around folks young and old,
causing them to sway and sing along.
Kids waited excitedly in line to have their faces painted or
ascend the rock-climbing wall and ring the bell at the top.
The cotton candy, Italian ice and funnel cakes summoned
nostalgia and a youthful energy.
In years past. Spring Fling was a much more formal,
expensive affair. Later, the CCE SGA decided a better use of
its funds would be to create a more family-friendly and cost-
effective event. The current board decided it was more practical
to offer a CCE scholarship as well as pay for the services of a
counselor, both things some CCE students were in need of.
According to sophomore and Publicity Director of the CCE
SGA Monica Jones, long hours and several months went into
planning. They wanted to be sure this event would be one
Guilford College and the whole community would enjoy.
"It is also a chance for the community to see what is going
on at Guilford," said Jones. "It is important for us to make
connections outside of campus."
"I think it is great that the College thinks enough of CCE
students to allow an occasion like the Spring Fling to take
place," said junior Joyce Jasper-Morant. "It is wonderful."
CCE students and one guest attended free, and two cans of
food or $5 were donated for each additional guest. Collected
food was donated to the Bonner House. Money raised will be
donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
"We are all Guilford students, young or old," said Lopez.
"Having food, social gatherings and awards to validate our
efforts is very important and necessary."
In a carnival-themed game of Double Dare, where contestants had to answer Guilford-related trivia and perform challenges, CCE SGA
members triumphed over Friend to Friend mentors.The winners dumped bowls of Jell-O and whipped cream on the losers’ heads.
QM with Samir
Hazboim, Community
Senate president-elect
BY ANTHONY HARRISON
Staff Writer
Q; How does it feel to be elected Community
Senate president?
A; Pretty cool. I didn't think it would be that big of a
deal. I thought generally the people who go to Senate
would be the ones who knew, but lots of people on
campus the day after said to me, "Congratulations,"
and these were people I hadn't talked to in a while. So,
it's helped me realize the position is something people
know about.
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Q: What do you think should be Community
Senate’s focus?
A: The one goal I do have is to improve lots of small
things on campus. Like, there's a bike rack by the old
apartments that's down by the laundry room at the
bottom of the hill, and no one uses it. We should move
it to another site. And at the new apartments, there's a
curb where there should really be a ramp you can bike
up. Just really small things like that I think will help
optimize Guilford.
Q: Why did you apply to be president?
A; I wanted to apply for it because I realized while
working as president for ultimate frisbee that I really
like logistical work. I like sending emails. I like chasing
down administrators. I like going from meeting to
meeting. It's not very draining work for me. 1 feel like
it is for a lot of other people, but for me, sometimes it's
really energizing.
Q: Do you plan on continuing work with
Ultimate Frisbee and The Guilfordian?
A: I think I'll have to scale it back. I'm stepping away
from president of Frisbee. I think I'm still going to try
to practice and play when I can. But, The Guilfordian
is something I still want to be involved with.
Q: Do you have any other hobbies?
A: I've been trying to pick up hobbies. I always
try one and stick with it for a while and then kind of
lose it. My latest one has been playing around with
Illustrator and Photoshop and those kinds of things.
I decided I want to start reading for pleasure again, to
just read for the pursuit of knowledge. I want to read
more philosophical texts.
Q: What’s your guiltiest pleasure?
A: I really like sappy, shitty action movies. I like
imagining someone taking them seriously, because I
can't. I see so many plot holes and bad acting that it's
really easy to get lost in it. I sometimes just like to veg
out on really shitty movies.
Q: Anything you’d like to add?
A; I think and I know that over the course of Senate
there's going to be lots of hard decisions, and I can't
always choose the right one, no matter how much I go
for community feedback. I will make decisions that are
unpopular. But, just know that I'm pretty receptive.
If you see me, you can stop me and chat with me or
shoot me an email.
To find out Samir’s favorite color,
his contingency plan for the zombie
apocalypse and more,
go to:
WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COI^