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Mismanaged Elections
The GUILFORDIAN is a little late this
week, because we have been awaiting the
results of a recount of votes in the
Community Senate. Unfortunately, the
recount was not scheduled until very late,
and it is impossible for us to hold on for
the recount. We would, however, like to
comment on the general execution of the
recent election, which resulted in the
request for a recount.
For the first time in several years, a
number of candidates were running, and
interest in the election was at a fairly high
level. With the level of activity and interest
shown, it is a pity that the election was run
in such a haphazard manner.
The first foul-up was the system of
determining who voted. A copy of the
student directory was used to check off
students as they voted, but since the
directory is several months old, that could
not be entirely accurate. Students who
Several months ago we found reason to
praise the Campus Judicial Board for their
handling of a case of alleged assault by one
student upon other students. We regret to
say that their handling of another assault
case, earlier this week, falls far short of the
standards which the board is designed to
uphold.
The board heard an assault case,a plea of
not guilty was entered, a verdict of guilty
was rendered, and the student was placed
on disciplinary probation for one semester.
A mere slap on the wrist. The board
apparently was influenced by statements
that "some degree" of provocation was
involved, yet the fact remains that a verdict
of "guilty of assault 1 ' was rendered, and an
effective punishment of no punishment was
handed out.
If there is one principle on which society
in general, and this college very specifically,
operates, it is that physical violence upon
another person will not be tolerated. Has
A letter to the editor in the opposite
column questions the nature of the
GUILFOjIu 'AN editorial policy. A brief
explanation.
The article referred to concerning l\K.
was a product of a member of the
newspaper staff, and was edited (censored
if you will) by myself before publication.
All articles, whether contributed by tin
staff or by other students, are subject to
editing for length and clarity of expression.
Violence Again?
Editorial Policy
THE GUILFORDIAN
were not in the directory, but who held
valid ID's were allowed to vote. It would
have been much easier to have all student
vote by showing their valid II), and
recording the number of votes cast, and
who had voted, by checking off numbers
on a master sheet of II) numbers. This was
not a serious mistake, just a procedural
mess which could have been avoided.
The counting of the ballots was carried
out in a highly questionable manner. The
chairman of the elections committee was
not present during the counting of ballots.
As a matter of fact, only one member of
the committee actually counted ballots.
Others who counted were not members of
the committee. We do not question the
accuracy of those who counted, but we
find it highly irregular that the chairman of
the elections committee, responsible for an
accurate vole count, was not even present
at the counting.
the board lost sight of this very basic
principle? It is one which is so basic, and
self-evident, that it seems very strange that
the hoard would treat it so lightly. Perhaps
it is so self-evident that it is not even
thought of, and consequently ignored.
The penalty system of the Campus
Judicial Board is so structured that no
penalty exists between disciplinary proba
tion and suspension, and that when in
doubt, the board goes for probation rather
than the harsher suspension penalty. At the
same time as we condemn this specific
action of the board, we were pleased to
note that a combined group of SAC and
Judicial Board members are investigating
other penalties which can be imposed.
Until such time as a better penalty
system can be derived, we suggest that the
board members examine deeply the stand
ards they feel that they are enforcing, and
hope they realize that physical violence,
under no circumstances, has any place at
Guilford College.
Mr. Davis's article was edited lor both. In
editing, I attempt as much as liumanK
possible to leave the opinions expressed in
the article intact, while maintaining the
writing standards and space requirements
of the (iI'ILKOKDI AN. When running
articles concerning school policv which the
CUII,rO!tI)IAN has not taken an official
stance on. I find it helpful to indicate that
the opinion is of the author, and not of the
newspaper. KDB
The Quilfor&cm
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Editor, Kyd D. Brenner, Business Manager, Terry L. Romine,
Managing Editor, Jeanette Ebel, Photography, Jerry Clawges,
Advertising, Marc Weiner, Cartoon, Steve McCraw, John Meyler, Sports,
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Clare Glore, Sue Scheider, Doug Scott, Karen Reehling, David Rhees,
Dede Jones, Susan Pujdak, Thorn Rednour, Mollie McNair, Randy
Hopkins, Tori Potts.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I find that the Guilfordian
editorial policy needs some
explanation. In the February 11
edition of the Guilfordian the
article on the P. E. requirement
was quite liberal in its content.
By this I mean the article plus its
accompanying comic strip
seemed to have little or no
censorship. Yet my article on
the History Comp (Feb. 18) was
censored to a certain degree and
then the article was claimed to
be of my opinion and not the
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editorial staff. If that's the case,
why not print the article in its
entirety. This journalistic
ambiguity is quite puzzling due
to the fact on one hand an
article on the P. E. department
was written with a certain degree
of frankness and sarcasm yet my
relatively mild article was
somewhat doctored by certain
authorities.
James T. Davis
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