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DRUG USAGE
A Community Problem
BY MARC WEINER
Three years ago the par
onoia level concerning illegal
drugs on campus was sufficient
enough to keep drug usage at
Guilford somewhat of an 'un
derground' process. Since that
time the attitude towards drug
usage has steadily moved to
wards on£ of open usage of
dr'"y Ai.Jy oottschell express
ed his view of the problem in
this manner," . . .Guilford Col
lege students have become very I
tolerant of drug use as the col
lege has of lots of things . . .
there is an accepting attitude
(towards drug usage) particu
larly in the student body."
Because of this liberal
attitude on campus at the pre
sent time, the 'drug problem'
at Guilford has become a ser
ious problem for the campus
community. As of this date,
students, faculty, and adminis
trators are beginning to become
quite concerned about the ob
vious display and involvement
of drugs in campus life."
Because of this increas
ing problem, Dean Gottschall
along with Ken Schwab has
been doing whatever they can
to allienate the problem via the
campus community - hopefully
avoiding an unwanted drug
'bust'." The public (campus)
attitude is that the college has
become a sanctuary for drugs,"
stated Gottschall, but this is in
deed not the case. The drug user
RING DAY
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The Gailforftcw
on campus is as responsible to
the law for his actions, while he
resides on campus, as any mem
ber of the Greensboro com
munity.
College officials cannot
and will not 'protect' you from
the law - they can only he aware
of how to work with drug usage
on campus and make the entire
community aware that the pro
blem need be combated by
everyone. In this light, Gotts
chall and Schwab have met with
Jerry Godard, Bob Johnson of
the SFC, and two members of
the Greensboro 'vice Squad',
attempting to ascertain just
where we stand in light of the
law. This policy is basically as
follows:
It must be fully under
stood that police policy has
changed - you CAN be arrested
even if you do not have pos
session of an illegal drug at the
Friends Blockade Navy
San Francisco (AFS)--ln
a "measured response" to Presi
dent Nixon's blockade of
Haiphong harbor, a small flotil
la of ships launched by the
American Friends Service Com
mittee attempted to blockade
the gigantic nuclear-powered
U.S.S. Enterprise in San Fran
cisco Bay earlier this month.
Although the Friends re
gard the voyage a success, they
were liberally tarred by the local
press, in particular the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, which dubbed
the demonstration a failure. In
brief, the Chronicle, the largest
morning paper in Northern Cal
ifornia, made it look as though
Friday October 20, 1972
time of the arrest. If you have
sold or bought illicit drugs from
an undercover agent - you can
be arrested - even if the arrest
occurs following a prolonged
period of time after the actual
offense.
There is only one way
for us to avoid legal action oc
curing on campus - as Schwab
stated "it is a community pro
blem that everyone needs to deal
with." It is OUR responsibility
to remedy this situation. It must
be further understood that Andy
Gottschall intends to take a firm
stand on the issue - "I (Guilford
College) will do everything I
(Guilford College) possibly can
to get distributors off campus."
It is up to us to act NOW
- in order to avoid a situation
that would be regretable to the
entire college community.
AFSC had seriously expected to
prevent the huge aircraft carrier
from sailing. According to AFSC
the counter-blockade had no
such goal.
A spokesman for the
group pointed out that they
had intended only to publicize
the sailing of the ship and to
communicate their solidarity
with anti-war sailors on board.
These objectives were achieved.
Asked if AFSC had any
further plans for its tiny "navy,"
one AFSC member replied, "No
comment. Not until we at least
get rid of all the life preservers
lying around the office."
Co-ed Co-op Viewed
John Margenot has some
ideas and proposals concerning
co-operative living at Guilford
College. After attending the
Friends General Conference this
summer which had a cooperative
living situation set up for a
week, John became convinced
of the effectiveness of this kind
of living situation.
This summer the Con
ference provided an alternative
for those persons who could not
afford to live in a dormitory by
giving them a place to sleep on
Church floors. Food was brought
in in bulk with the people in
volved taking turns preparing
the meals. The whole week cost
John ten dollars, plus an in
valuable communal experience.
John's question: "Why
can't a similiar set up be enacted
at Guilford?"
"There is a lack of a
sense of community here. Every
body is doing their own thing
I iving no way to share their
day to day living experiences,
finances and energies."
In general John pro
poses that we at Guilford initiate
ways to conserve peoples' "re
sources, finances, and energy"
by re-directing and refocusing
them through sharing. "There
is great potential here and a
need for the realization of it".
At present there is no vehicle
which allows for the pooling
of these energies.
John, himself, is work
* *
* As of this time, The Guilfordian is being pub- *
* lished by only nine students - a number totally in- *
j. sufficient to produce a newspaper "representative"
* of the entire student body. We are trying to re- *
* gularly print an eight page issue, but we cannot do *
* this with a staff of nine -- a staff not even adequate +
* for a good four page paper. For weeks we have plead- *
* ed for student support and have received virtually *
* none. Because of this lack of support we have been
* and (unless remedied) will continue to be unable
* to assure the regularity of the newspaper. Therefore, *
* we make public the dates and times students are
w needed to assure publication: SUNDAY - Staff meet- *
* ing - 10 P.M., Cox 233; MONDAY - Ad deadline - *
* 6 P.M.; TUESDAY - popy deadline - 6 P.M.; WED- *
* NESDAY - Typing - 9:30 P.M. - Final copy deadline- *
11 A.M. - Lay-out - noon. - Headlines - 3:30 P.M. *
* THURSDAY - Proofreading ■ 2'oo P.M. - Paste-up *
I 3:30 P.M. J
ft As is obvious, we continually need help in *
* getting the paper out each week. We need you to *
come Sunday night to help plan and organize the +
ft writing aspects of the paper - furthermore, we need *
* student reporters to investigate and write articles of *
student concern. On Wednesday, we particularly need +
ft people who wish to learn how to do lay-out and pre- *
* pare headlines. Finally, we need help on Thursdays *
with proofreading (a not too difficult task if a num-
ft ber of people do it) and with paste-up.
* WE CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH OUR UR- *
* GENT NEED FOR STUDENT SUPPORT - WE'LL J
* SEE YOU SUNDA Y AT 10!!! ft
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ing on concrete proposals which
if put into practice, would ac
tualize some of the community
potential at Guilford. He would
like to establish a co-ed dor
mitory on the lines of Mary
Hobbs. John feels that "the
small dormitory lends itself to
a communal situation. But then
it would no longer be a dormi
tory, but a house with a large
family". The 'house' would in
volve basically "living coope
ratively and simply, cutting
down on waste." The "family"
would do its own cooking. Such
things as sharing of stereos, cars,
clothes, etc. would help in the
conservation of resources and
money.
The creation of a
co-op is another of John's ideas.
People could sell clothes they
no longer could wear and these
be resold to other students. All
prices would be minimal and
once again needless waste would
be eliminated.
John feels that such mea
sures would lead to a more
communal living experience in
the future for Guilford and for
those who graduate from Guil
ford. "This type of situation
allows for personal growth and
involves living more serruusly.
It is a viable alternative to the
present dormitory situation. Its
idealistic goals are appealing and
importantly its practicality is
just as attractive."