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CmilforJian Volume LXIV, No. 19 BlS'' Jim Shields and Dale Easley will be next year's co-editors of the Guilfordian. Walker says u No" to Olympics By Paul Holcomb News Editor Dr. Leroy Walker, the 1976 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team coach, said he supports the proposed boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics Cames in Moscow due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan He also endorses U.S. spon sorship of an alternative inter national competition to be held a couple of weeks after the Olympics end in Moscow. Dr. Walker spoke in the Gallery of Founders Hall Wed nesday, February 27, for one of the Colloquium lectures. Attacking critics of tne boy cott who believe sports and politics should not be mixed, Dr. Walker said it is "a fantasy to assume there is no politics associated with the games." He traced the history of the Olym pics, pointing out previous poli tically motivated boycotts. The Hardy: "Come up and see my etchings' By Marilyn Harris Staff Writer Steve Hardy, a senior art major from Washington, D.C., opens an exhibit of serigraphy and etchings March 23 in the Boren Lounge of Founders Hall. The exhibit will run through April 1. The exhibit features water and nature scenes, land- and sea-scapes, figure prints, and multi-colored glassware. The opening reception will be held on March 23 from 3-5 p.m. Hardy describes the exhibit as a three year retrospective (from 1977 to the present) of his study at Guilford College. The art portrays the simple and the 1956 games in Melbourne, Aus tralia, were boycotted by sever al nations, due to the presence of Soviet athletes after their country had recently invaded Hungary. Dr. Walker asserted that politics are inherent in the games, saying "almost every national Olympic committee, ex cept the one in this country. . . is supported by the govern ment. How do you divorce that from the politics of that coun try?" He said he "can't argue against it (the boycott} in spite of my concern for the athletes involved" because he is "con cerned about the security of the country." He said the boycott is needed "to bring the Russians to their sensibilities." American athletes want and need an opportunity to perform internationally, Dr. Walker said. Therefore, he is promoting complex sides of the artist. Hardy's art is his personal perspective of nature, but he tries to copy not exactly what he sees, but only impressions. He translates what he sees into print. Hardy spent a semester at Presciott College, a liberal arts school located in Presciott, Az. It was there that he first became interested in nature and the wilderness. He next studied architectural drawing for a year and a half at Montgomery College. Aftef Montgomery, Hardy tried out three or four other schools before deciding to come to Guilford as an art major. He Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410 Literary editors announced New editors for the campus publications, the Cuilfordian newspaper, The Piper literary magazine, and the Quaker year book, have been selected, the Publications Board announced last week. Taking over next year will be Jim Shields and Dale Easley as co-editors of the C uilfordian, one of two co-editorships selec ted by the Board, Joost De Wit as editor of The Piper, and a U.S.-sponsored international competition to be held shortly after the Olympics end in Moscow. He said the U.S. will have trials for this competition just as we would have done for the Olympics. All nations will be invited to compete "even the Russian athletes," because the intention of the boycott is not to penalize the Russian athletes, but the Soviet government. Speaking to athletes. Dr. Walker said it is a "terrible mistake to not have progressive goals set, so that you gain a great deal of satisfaction by meeting these goals from time to time. "Applying this to our Olympic hopefuls, he said fail ure to participate in the 1980 games should not become an "absolute tragedy." Dr. Walker, a member of the United States Olympic Commit tee, is currently head track and field coach at North Carolina Central University in Durham. made this choice because of the warm family atmosphere at Guilford Hardy says that here "you know everyone and you know where to go for help, unlike at other schools I've attended." Hardy can usually be found up on the top floor of Hege-Cox, the building where he does most of his work. He has spent many long nights mixing colors, etching designs, and running off editions. After graduation, Hardy plans to continue with his career in art. He commends the Guil ford College art department for the excellent teaching and firm foundation he has acquired. Abbie Baxter and Marci Brown as co-editors of the Quaker. As co-editors of the Cuilfor dian, Shields and Easley plan to continue to inform students and the community of news of importance and significance, but plan to put particular em phasis on the "not so apparent policies and politics of the school." They feel that contri butions from the students to the newspaper should be a source of pride. Easley has worked with his high school yearbook, and Shields has received writing and editing experience from work at the Center for Creative Leadership Both have already begun extensive apprentice ships with the current staff, and are currently forming the staff for next year Joost De Wit, a junior Eng lish major from The Nether lands, has "good hopes of making The Piper a presenta tion of a more complete artistic Work (shop) Steve Sumerford, staff person for two years with the War Resisters League of North Caro lina, will speak at and lead a workshop on anti-registration/ anti-draft organizing on the Cuilford campus Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. The workshop will be held in the Dana Lounge of Founders Hall. Sumerford, who has been active in the pacifist movement for many years, was arrested in Moscow in 1978 when he helped On exhibit Art exhibits to open dur ing the month of March in Founders Hall at Guilford College are: March 17 April 6 Drawings by Yale University M.F.A. graduates. Formal opening at 9 p.m Thursday, March 20, following a public lecture at 8:15 p.m. by William Bailey, Yale art professor, Commons Room March 23 - April 1 -- Serigraphy and Etchings by Steve Hardy, senior. Open ing reception 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 23, Boren Lounge. Seven days at sea See pages 4 & 5 March 18, 1980 world at Guilford." He sees the role of the magazine as "the opportunity for creative indivi duals to be featured in a collective publication." De Wit has worked on previous Pipers. Abbie Baxter and Marci Brown hope that their combina tion of skills will be what's needed to revitalize the Quaker. Baxter has had extensive ex perience with production of yearbooks, while Brown's strengths lie in the area of photography; both are members of this year's staff Their com patibility (they are currently roommates) should help them achieve their goal of, in Brown's words, "holding the memories of our college days fast in our minds." The Publications Board is a Senate Committee at-large, and presently consists of Chairper son Jane Caris, Hugh Stohler, Jim Cutsell, Ellen O'Brien, Chip Loughlin, Donna Brown, Brian Carey, and Paul Swain for PEACE unveil a banner in Red Square which denounced the nuclear arms race. The action was coordinated with a simulta neous unveiling in Washington, D C. He has been active with the anti-draft movement in North Carolina. The workshop is open to all interested persons. It is being sponsored by a group of con cerned Guilford students opti mistically called PEACE ~ Pub lic Eradicators of Anti-Constitu tional Enlistment. Steve Hardy
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