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page two Fools in Residence Unable to muster the full concentration on in-depth, fully coherent editorial deserves, I decided this week to write a little about a lot. Coming "home" after the very brief hiatus, I was stunned to find the campus dotted with white posts. Were long-forgot ten Confederate graves finally being historically marked? No, these are the solutions to our eroding paths: obnoxious posts strung with metallic chains bearing messages that randomly call Guilford students (tuition-paying) "village idiots," "city urchins," and "fools." My favorite is the lonely Please what? . . . Please make these signs go away "Please," Please what? Please don't steal the pigeons? Please don't walk on the squirrels? Please, faculty thinking? Please make the signs go away! Another disappointment is the continuing, missing-in-ac tion status of our local pool hall, the recreation room. One finds it difficult to believe that the minor face-lift the room re quires can be stretched over weeks. I had felt sure our return from fall break would see "le grand reopening," but "c'est la querre." But.the week picked up with The Women's Center is conducting an opinion poll on sex related attitudes on campus. Please return the completed questionnaire to the box at the information desk in Founders or to the box in the library. Respond to the questions by writing the appropriate letters in the blanks provided. Answer key: A = Agree SA = Strongly Agree U = Undecided D = Disagree SD = Strongly Disagree 1 Marriage is more important to women than to men. 2. | encounter much sexism on the Guilford College campus. " 3. There are no inherent differences in personality and intellect between women and men. 4. Funding for abortions should be availa ble for pregnant women who can't afford them. 5. Affordable child care should be made Guilforcli&n Editor Brian Carey Layout Editor Beth Eakes Features Editor Cordon Palmer Sports Editor Cintonva Allison Photography Editors Steve Lowe, Corky Williams Art Editor Austin Burns Business Managers Frank and Mary Merritt The Guilfordian reserves the right to edit all articles, letters, and artwork for taste, veracity, and length. The deadline for alt copy is midnight on the Friday preceeding the Tuesday of publication. Articles may be left on the office door in upstairs Founders, or mailed to Box 17717. The opinions expressed by the staff are their own and not those of the paper or- of Guilford College. The Guilfordian is published weekly by the students of Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. the frenzied selling of carna tions and Oktoberfest tickets outside the cafeteria. With their infamous "Buy or die" slogans, both groups made entry into the cafeteria comparable to landing on Iwo Jima. The die-hard efforts paid off for both groups, as Saturday proved to be a day that will go down in Homecoming history as fun and more fun. Carnations adorned collars, hair-do's, but ton-holes, teeth, lapels, and ears of a lucky majority on campus and an even luckier, minority had the time of their lives at Oktoberfest, sponsored by the German House. The beer never stopped flow- ing, the food kept coming; feisty fall decoration, beautiful cos tumed waitresses, and whole some German music from the live oom-pa-pah band lent an autumnal air to the rousing cheers and folksy dancing. As the day wore on, the party got better. The same can be said for our Homecoming week in general, but the distasteful thought of that first day of sign-seeing still taints my memories of Homecoming. Hang this sign on your ridicu lous fence posts "I chose the path not taken" (Robert Frost). Women's Center Poll Guilfordian ■ M Ig m mm W gggj^EgX^ The Guilford College Board of Trustees visited the campus on Friday Oct. 26th as of Sf6V? L ° We Homecoming. Many of the board members sit on the various sub-committees formed under the newly Senate organized Quality of Student Life Committee. Quality for office Dear Editor: In response to Mr. Keith Milner's letter to the editor which appeared in the October 9th issue of the Cuilfordian, I would like to reply to some of his rather ridiculous assertions. available by both the government and private industry for all working parents. 6. I would be interested in taking a women's studies class. Yes No 7. If ERA is passed, it will substantially change the lives of people in this country. ® Women should be allowed and encour aged to participate in religious pro cedures as actively as men. 9. My parents are following the traditional roles for men and women. qualified for a job, the man should be hired because he will probably remain with the company longer. 11. \ think ERA should be ratified. enough to justify a little inconvenience or awkwardness. for my sex. people because they are biologically unable to withstand the pressures of the business world. liberation). primary responsibility of the mother. professions than men because they are innately better nurturers. measures in education and employment. movement to examine how sex roles affect or confine men. Women's Center? yes no Sex: M F Class: F S J S Letters to the Editor Keep those letters coming; it's better to debate an issue without settling it than to settle an issue without debating it. All letters must be submitted by Friday, and should be no longer 200 words in length. Letters can be left on the office door in upstairs Founders, or mailed to Box 17717. First of all in making the statement that "as long as there are black students at Guilford there will be a need for black oriented groups" is segrega tional in its own right. How can we possibly attain progress in race-relations with such a nar row-minded view? October 30, 1979 Secondly, questioning the number of black professors, administrators at Guilford Col lege is equally ridiculous. I certainly hope that this school never resorts to selection of personnel based on factor laess than greatest qualification. The idea of racial-quotas, as Mr. Milner seems to imply is need ed here, is detrimental to any hiring practice - especially in education. It's interesing that Mr. Mil ner would be so critical of a paper that has given more coverage than most students. In response to Mr. Milner's criticism of this paper, its interesting that Mr. Milner would be so critical of a paper that has given him more cover age than most students. The publication stands on its own merit. This differs from a philo sophy some people hold of attaining position and promi nence under a quota system. Beth Eakes Thank you Dear Editor: We would like to thank all of the people that helped make our 1979 Homecoming a success. It could never have generated the support needed without the combined efforts of all the different factions on campus. It goes to show that a variety of events can be staged at Cuilford that can attract the interest of the diversified groups on and off campus. There needs to be a continual input from all areas of the community if we are going to remain an active, unified group. Let's keep up the interest and enthusiasm and make the rest of this year one to be remem bered. Thanks again, Homecoming Committee, College Union
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