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G mlforai&n Volume LXV, No. 3 Frosh Blacks few by Stan Givens A very old and very delicate issue at Guilford College is suddenly drawing increased at tention. It is the general prob lem of low minority enrollment, but specifically, low Black en rollment at this institution. The subject of Black enrollment has now been thrust to the fore as many question the reasons be hind the matriculation of only six Blacks in this year's fresh man class. Is this an anomaly or the trend? Jim Gripper, Dean of Mino rity Affairs, states "It is obvious by the numbers that the com mitment that once existed is left lacking This is equally exhibi ted by the number of Black faculty and staff." Continuing, he says the past commitment to minority enrollment appears to have been greater than the present, when this year's class of at least 14 or 15 graduating Blacks, probably the largest in the history of Guilford, is con trasted with this year's small influx of Black freshmen. Herb Poole, Special Assistant to the President for Admissions and Financial Aid and Director of the Library, is at somewhat of a loss for an explanation of the regression that occurred in Black admissions this year. His only explanation is that possibly "other institutions with more popular names and more non need money" are attracting Sullivan-PIRG head Suzanne Sullivan, a Guilford College junior, was elected to serve as the Chairperson of the state PIRC organization, at the group's first board meeting of the year which was held here on campus Sunday. "I'm excited about the opportunity to serve as the chair of the state organi zation. With the legislature con vening in January we're looking forward to a full year of re search and lobbying on what we (PIRC students) feel are impor tant issues." Ms. Sullivan, political science major from Wake Forest, North Carolina, has served as repre sentative to the PIRC state board for the past year as well as being an active member of the Guilford chapter. According to Ms. Sullivan some of the statewide issues that PIRC will address include, more Black students than Guil ford College. The College has done nothing differently this year than in recent years that could account for such a large decline in Black freshman en rollment, according to Poole. He explained the source used to locate the largest number of It is obvious . . . that the commitment that once existed is left lacking.' - Jim Gripper Blacks with grade point aver ages and SAT scores suitable for Guilford is the Student Search Service. For probably the past 5 years, Guilford has been contracting through the Student Search Ser vice for the names of certain Black students who took the SAT. The "Search," as it is called, gives the names of Black students living within a 16 state territory with a high Black population concentration who have a B or better grade point average and an SAT composite. This year the Search yielded a "target population" of about supporting the passage of the ERA, working for the repeal of the sales tax on food, working to repeal of a utility financing act, Construction Work in Progress (CWIP), and supporting the enactment of a beverage con tainer deposit law. "Just as we (PIRC students) were essenti ally responsible for the re search, the drafting and the lobbying behind the Generic Drug Substitution law, we plan to introduce some of our own legislation too." Besides electing officers for the coming year the students from college campuses across the state who attended the meeting also approved the group's statewide budget, the responsibilities for the profes sional staff as well as the statewide issues. Along with a chapter at Guilford, NC PIRC Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410 2,000 Blacks who fell within the parameters set. The target pop ulation was contacted by mail, a few by telephone and some even directly by Admissions personnel. All of these efforts netted Guilford six Black fresh men out of 2,000 contacted. Ken Schwab, Dean of Stu dents, does not feel the small number of Black freshmen in any way shows a divergance from the "commitment of the College to a diverse commu nity." He also cites Guilford's goal of at least 10% minority enrollment. Apparently, Herb Poole sees an increase in finan cial support for minority stu dents, particularly in the form of more non-need money, as being a key to solving the problem. He also believes there is a need to find "a way that is an improvement upon the tradi tional method used to identify students to come to Guilford." Gripper, Poole and Schwab all agree there is a need for a minority on the Admissions Staff, possibly as a full-time recruiter. Gripper cites Pella Stokes, a former part-time re cruiter, as an example of what a Black recruiter can accomplish. Finally, they agree on the need to better utilize the "best source of recruiters of Black students," according to Grip per, Black Guilford students themselves. \ has chapters at UNC-G, Duke University, Elon College, St. Andrews, Davidson College and Wake Forest University. "The group offers students the opportunity to expand their education from the classroom into the community where they can actively participate in work ing for positive social change," said Ms. Sullivan. Guilford Christiane Crowley The Guilford College Campus has been saddened this Fall to learn of the accidental death of our fellow student, Christiane Crowley, in Vicenza, Italy, on June 14. Christiane had only recently returned from her freshman year at Cuilford, where she lived in the French House, to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Crowley Christiane decided to take a bike ride with her parents through the picturesque Italian town not far west of Venice. Christiane was in the lead and as she crossed a street just a few blocks from home, a truck came around the corner and hit her She died a few hours later at a local hospital. Christiane's parents and other members of the family, together with friends, held a memorial service in Wallace, N.C., on June 24 The College was represented by her room mate, Lisa Morton, and Lisa's parents, Prof and Mrs. Richard Morton, who participated in the We're sorry - we really blew it! In the last issue of the Guilfordian, an article appeared about the New Garden Friends School. Since the story has been published, we have received some additional information about the school, and in our pursuit of truth, justice, and the American way, we would also like to make a correction. The school's pilot project for this year will involve only about 15 students, who will spend most of their time at their own building, not on the college campus. The massive earth moving currently underway north of the soccer field is NO T September 16, 1980 service The family has ex pressed appreciation both to the Mortons and to fellow student Dennis Kirschbaum for their presence Because of her father's work in international education, Christiane was keenly interes ted in languages. Born in Ver dun, France, on Dec. 29, 1961, she had lived in Panama, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Germany and for the second time in Vicenza, though North Carolina was the home of both her father and mother Christiane had already registered for Guilford's Fall Semester in Munich, Germany. The family is eager that accurate information reach all of Christiane's Guilford friends, not only those whom she knew in the French House, but also those in her classes during the past year. Christiane's aunt, Mrs. Cowens, has informed us that the family has established a special collection of books illus trative of the best in American and English literature as a Memorial to her in the Vincenza Library, especially for the use of high school and college stu dents. Guilford students, staff or faculty who wish to partici pate in this Memorial may do so by contributing appropriate vol umes, either new, or used ones in good condition, or cash to assist with the project, to one of the following: Damon Hickey, The Library; Virginia Odum, Duke Correspondence Center; or Dr J F Moore, Dana 209. Anyone wishing to communi cate with Chrsitiane's family may use the following address: Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Crow ley, Box 61, APO New York 09221. a part of the Friends School, but rather the construction of two new playing fields for Guilford College The prefabricated Friends School classroom build ing due to arrive about Sep tember 20 will not be visible from the road or the college. Finally the Fr.ends School pilot project w;n be evaluated for mally in the spring oy a joint, college-school committee. The college's representatives are Ken Schwab (convenor), Ceoff Miiler a nc. William Burns Comments, critical or other wise shcu.c. oe directed to one of rherr.
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