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Vol. LXV, No. 18
Dance for Dystrophy
Dan Carpenter
Guilford College's First An
nual Superdance was a resound
ing success as 50 dancers raised
nearly S3OOO for the Muscular
Dystrophy Association.
The dance was held on Satur
day, March 28, in the new gym.
The Don Heath Band kicked off
the action at noon while Howard
Holden and Tracey Ladson took
the group through the evening
with some fine D.J. spots. Larry
Dunlap of WBIG Radio joined
them to host the evening seg
ment.
During breaks of 15 minutes
every hour, the dancers enjoyed
a variety of entertainment, in
cluding Dr. Robert Doolittle, a
singing clown, Dr. William
Hoping the days are sunny, but
"I love the rainy nights"
Serendipity 'Bl promises to
bring a wide variety of great
music to campus. Whether
you're into hard driving rock 'n
roll, beach, rhythm and blues,
or good old folk and bluegrass,
you're bound to find the music
to your liking
The music weekend will be
gin with a show by Red Herring
at 5:00, outside on the back
porch of Founders. A frequent
performer at Huck's, Red Her
ring is known for their ability to
combine humor and great coun
try folk tunes. Red Herring
loves to keep the audience
laughing and singing along and
should start the weekend rol
ling
At 8:00 will be the Robbin
Thompson band over in Dana.
Recently receiving a national
Superdance 'Bl
Rogers, Glenn Waddill and
Tracy Welborn, Dennis Kirsch
baum, Becca Newbold and
Marie Branson, and a local
singer named Randy Douglas
The grand prize of a SIOO
shopping spree was awarded to
Debbie Farber, and David Da
venport won the first prize
television set. Many smaller
prizes were given away
throughout the dance.
Making a great hit at the
dance were Muscular Dystro
phy patients Bo Coble, Teresa
Staley, Tripp Hobgood, and
Debbie Fix.
Many thanks go out to all
those who helped out by danc
ing or by lending a hand. As
Debbie Fix said, "Maybe next
year I can dance with you."
spotlight through their success
ful release of "2 B's Please" on
Ovations Records, the band has
racked up three big hits: "Brite
Eyes," "Candy Apple Red,"
and "Sweet Virginia Breeze."
Formerly, this five mand band
is remembered for last year's
appearance at Papillon's.
Still up and about after those
two great concerts? Good.
Come on over and boogie at the
Bryan Quad DJ Dance where
you'll hear a combination of
beach, top 40, rhythm and
blues, and rock n roll to keep
everyone on their feet until the
wee hours of the morning.
Saturday, the great music will
be back with Tom Chapin. His
first album "Life is Like That"
on Fantasy Records received
critical acclaim and will be
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410
Off-campus funds cut
The budget of the Off-campus
Education Program has been
cut severely. The program,
begun by Claude Shotts, is
responsible for the Semesters
Abroad Programs in London
and Munich, the Summer
Schools Abroad, and the one
week seminars in Washington,
New York and Florida that take
place during fall and spring
breaks.
Changes in the program re
sulting from the budget cut
begin with a reduction in staff.
Over the next year and a half,
the positions of the three full-*
time persons, Claude Shotts,
Ruth Rothe and Devona Roche
will be eliminated. This will
leave Bill Schmickle to take care
of all the chores while continu
ing to teach political science.
The fall and spring break
seminars were also hit hard by
the budget alterations. The
money set aside for this pro
gram is used to pay the housing
bill for twenty students on each
trip. The funds laid out this year
totaled SBOOO. Next year's limit
will be S4OOO, leaving the
present number of seminars
and the number of students
accomodated in jeopardy.
Last week the Community
Senate and other concerned
students took up the issue with
Bruce Stewart, special advisor
to the President. Many students
were upset that such a large
portion (50%) was cut from the
program which many consider a
valuable learning experience.
followed by another album to be
released later this year. Tom
has appeared at over 250 col
leges and has played in such
music festivals as Wolftrap,
Summerfest Canada, and the
Mississippi River Festival. On
television, you might have seen
Tom on Kirshner's Rock Con
cert, the Mike Douglas or Merv
Griffin Shows. Don't miss his
show here beginning at 3:00 on
the Milner Lawn.
At 6:00 will be the hard
driving straight ahead rockn'
roll of the Todd Hobin Band.
This band has released two
albums on Aries Records: "The
Todd Hobin Band," and "The
Passion and the Pain." The
band is remembered for its
continued on page 3
Stewart, on behalf of the ad
ministration, pointed out that
Guilford's priorities during
these hard times would have to
be concentrated on the "home
base." This involved making
funds available for presssing
areas on campus, such as
faculty salaries, an increase
which is long overdue.
Another concern of the stu
dents was that information
about the situation had not
filtered down to them before the
decision had been made Ac
cording to Stewart, these is a
position on the Budget Commit
tee for a student, for the
purpose of providing input from
the student body and serving as
a communication link between
the administration and the stu
dents. However, the position
has been vacant for some time
now.
The Semesters Abroad and
Summer Schools Abroad Pro
grams which are financed by
the tuition of the participating
students were unaffected by the
recent decision. In fact, these
programs will be strengthened
in the future. The college has
received a grant from the
Merrill Foundation for the pur
pose of developing a third
semester abroad program. A
semester in the eastern half of
the world is under considera
tion, with Japan being among
the possible host countries.
The administration is also
investigating ways of insuring
that interested Guilford Stu
dents can study abroad during
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Tom Chapin will appear on the Milner-Bryan lawn at 3:00 p.m.,
Saturday.
March 31, 1981
the summer. Since many stu
dents need to work during the
summer, demand for these
programs is often hardly suf
ficient to cover the cost of
sending an instructor. Yet the
people who do want to go
cannot be ignored To remedy
this problem Guilford is at
tempting to set up a program
with area colleges and possibly
high schools whereby students
from these schools would par
ticipate with Guilford students
and make the program more
economically feasible.
In the discussion last week,
Stewart suggested that two or
three interested students get
together with him, other ad
ministration officials, and facul
ty to help deal with the pro
blems that now confront the
Off-Campus Education Pro
gram. These include annual
seminars as well as how it will
be divided among the partici
pating students. It the hope of
the adminstration that the
money that won't be spent on
salaries in the future can be put
back in to the Off-Campus
Education budget, but until
then we, as do others at this
point, will have to tighten our
belts. Poor economic conditions
are typically periods of increas
ed frugality and greater in
genuity.
Persons interested in
joining the previously "mention
ed committee, or those with
suggestions concerning the Off-
Campus seminars should con
tact Martin Jones.