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Room Search
The search of certain men's residence halls before Thanksgiving
vacation was a shameful example of misuse of administrative power,
and clearly shows the need for a more definite set of procedures
concerning authority for and conduct of any future action of this
type. The Pathfinder has a vague statement concerning search of
rooms. It states that 'The College reserves the right to inspect
student rooms when necessary in order to insure proper use of
facilities in compliance with regulations." The delicate matters of
procedure and personnel are left untouched perhaps purposely.
Several days after the search the Student Personnel Staff was given a
policy statement which closely paralleled the National Student
Code, but at the crucial time of the search, no one knew of such a
policy.
The persons involved in the search should be rightly concerned
with the theft of food, as we all should, but their reaction to it
smacks of vigilante justice.
Rooms were searched in many cases without the presence of the
students living in them. Some rooms were searched when the
occupants were out of town, and the group failed to notify them
that their rooms had been searched.
The Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students,
endorsed in principle by the Student Affairs Committee in 1967,
provides a good base for a definitive set of regulations concerning
student privacy. A workable get of guidelines for Guilford could be
drawn from this, leaving no loopholes which could allow this type
of action to occur again. The unsigned statement issued by the
group cannot fulfill the need for a signed, public apology. This type
of haphazard operation should not be repeated. j g renner
Orphaned Again
The GUILFORDIAN is again an orphan, and I feel guilty leaving
it abandoned. However, I'm not sure that if it hadn't been so totally
abandoned when I found it, then it might not be in the predicament
it is now in. What I'm saying is that this baby is too big for only one
or even several parents.
Right now Guilford College Community you are getting a weekly
eight page tabloid: newspaper for the lowest possible price. This
price is 55301.00 from student activities fees. This works out to
$189.32 and thousands of student hours weekly. And you aren't
paying for those student hours. With $150.00 more per week, we
could produce a technically superb paper. We could get typing and
lay-out professionally done, and we, the editor and staff, would
have time to be students.
This is the situation. You are taking students who have paid for
the opportunity to be students at this institution and convincing
them to do tasks for which they could be getting paid at least five
dollars an hour in the real world for you for free--and at the same
time asking that they continue to be students. Because there is no
credit for GUILFORDIAN work those who have the full time job
of producing a newspaper must also be full time students. As for
me, there is only one full time Jeanette Ebel, and I prefer to be a
full time student
As for the GUILFORDIAN-People, you cannot continue to get
something for nothing by tricking those students who would serve
you by promising them rewards of "gratification," whatever that
may be, or "experience." If we'd wanted job training in the offset
printing business we would have thought of some cheaper way to
get it, and if this community extends any significant amount of
gratification to the small group of people who are really dedicated
to giving you the GUILFORDIAN we must have been too frantic to
notice. You pay teaching assistants SSOO a year; Resident Assistants,
$700; and athletes Up to $2,474 per year. Some of you community
members have told us, don't judge our priorities by the
appropriation of our money, but I find it hard to do that and i
find it very hard not to think that the GUILFORDIAN falls at the
bottom of your priority list.
So you see, the GUILFORDIAN is destined to be an orphan.
What you should do now is decide whether you, the college
community, want to adopt this waif by supplying it with some
support either to the editor and business manager (who can help to
raise some of that weekly $l5O through advertising revenue) or to
production costs of the paper. If you can decide that you don't
need a paper, then discontinue it. Please don't continue to place the
very students who love you most and would serve you most in such
untenable situations.
The Quilfor&an
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Letter:
The Drall
Dear Editor:
The problem of the draft is
one which faces all men in
one way or the other. Most of
us have our 11-S college
deferments for the rest of the
year and many for a time
after that. But for these men
who are seniors the draft is an
important problem in a
greater or lesser degree
depending on the individual.
Seniors are faced with the
problems which many have
put in the backs of their
minds until graduation. In
addition all of us have some
measure of anxiety over our
impending fate at the hands
of the Selective Service
System.
To help a man understand
what the draft laws are, what
his alternatives are and how
he ought to go about his
dealings with the draft board
has been and is the job of
draft counseling. All too
often young' men are caught
having to make difficult
decisions without sound
advice or counseling. Many
times decisions are made on
actions taken on the basis of
incomplete or false
information causing'
maistakes and problems for
the registrant. Draft
counselors generally have
reliable information or know
how to find it. In addition
general questions about the
draft can be answered reliably
for those who just need
information.
In order to fill a need on
this campus for increased
awareness and information
about draft counseling a
Draft Counseling and
Information Seminar will be
held Monday night, Dec. 7 at
7:00 in the Leak Room. Dr.
Burrows, Dr. Beidler and Sam
Greathouse will be present to
speak about the draft and
problems relating to it. There
will be a period for specific
questions, discussion', and
individual counseling. All
students are encouraged to
attend this seminar as it is
intended to provide real help
and information.
BSC supports strike
The following statement
from the Black Students
Coalition concerning the
strike of blind workers at
Skillcraft in Greensboro was
released to the GUIL
FORDIAN by Joyce Wimbish
and Rae Herri tage,
co-chairmen of the
Publications Committee for
the Black Students Coalition.
we bTirid"
workers who on October 28
went on strike against
Skillcraft have the only valid
points in an arguement which
should have been settled four
years ago. The workers
frustrated at the seeming
inability of the different
agencies to alleviate the
existing problems sought the
help of GAPP, the
Greensboro Association of
Poor People, headed by Tom
Bailey. It is in GAPP that the
workers found an agency
through which they could
relate, their problems and
aman
"Write Makes Might"
I dropped by the Pickwick
the other night for a beer and,
by process of osmosis, ended up
in the men's room staring at the
walls. I heartily recommend the
process to all for the graffitti is
as high a caliber work as will be
found in the state (with the
possible exception of Harry's in
Chapel Hill) and in six flair
colors, complete with explani
tory text and illustrations.
"Porno-revolutionary-dope" will
be the classification that it will
be filed under in the Library of
Congress some day.
I was happy to see the
friendly, familiar four letter
NO-NO's and endless obscene
puns at the Pickwick because I
know the idiots who did them
spent a lot of time and trouble
on them because they like the
medium, not because they have
nothing better to do.
In Philly recently, I came to
the conclusion that every kid on
the street carried a spray can of
paint with him. Everywhere one
looked the walls would be
cover.ed with names; gang names
voice needs to an
unsympathetic public and a
deaf management.
In an interview with Tom
Bailey and William Wilson, a
blind worker with 13 years of
experience at Skillcraft, Mr.
Wilson spoke freely. He listed
the demands of the strikers,
gave a detailed account of
each and briefly outlined the
history of the strike as we see
it today. According to
Wilson, there is no adequate
ventilation system in the
broom department, a
condition which led to the
transfer of 10 to 15 workers
to another department due to
dust accumulation in the
lungs.
Along the same lines it is
appalling to note that there
are no first aid stations in the
building. An industry
employing 112 blind people
should have medicaf facilities.
Wilson spoke of a worker
continued on page 3
By Douglas Scott
and just names, no obscenity, no
political comment. Apparently
gang narties block off territorial
demands, warning off intruders
and enforcing group identity.
The identity facet is fascinating
unto itself on one level, sad as
hell on another, considering the
kind of self image you must have
to write your name on every
wall you passed.
Seems there was a kid whose
name was "Chewy" who wrote
his name EVERYWHERE: on
walls, trains, street cars, streets
themselves. The cops caught him
trying to write his name on an
overseas airliner at the airport.
Now that's funny. "G7/CAP/
4G" was another common mark.
Means a gang called Garrard and
No. 7th killed a member of
another gang called 4th and
Garrard. As a side note, gang
members usually run in age from
12 to 18.
Now do you see why there's
little "obscenity" written on the
walls in Philadelphia, that it's
happening on the streets?
What the hell kind of society
is this anyway?