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Looking at Guilford from the outside.
Editorial and invited response
Serendipity: too little involve
Spending misguided i Sad, sorry truth: Serendipity means party
by Pete Fraunholtz and
Mike Sieverts
The community spirit that
should be the essence of Seren
dipity reached an extrordinary
peak last Saturday afternoon on
English Lawn. Here it was
proven that Guilford does not
have to import expensive enter
tainment to provide the central
focus of Serendipity weekend.
All in all, the week was the
culmination of several months
planning and labor on the part
of a relatively small hand picked
group without which Serendi
pity would not have been. The
aim of this group was to bring
together many campus organ
zations with the hope of promot-
The SAC report
the quality of
By Bob Gluck
Back in February about twenty
five dialogue sessions were held
between members of the Stu
dents Affairs Committee (SAC)
and interested Guilford stu
dents. The sessions were held
in response to a request by the
Long Range Planning Commit
tee for the SAC to look into how
campus life could be improved.
Out of thesetalksthe SAC came
up with a report for the Long
Range Planning Committee de
scribing what it felt were the
four main areas of concern
among Guilford's students.
First of all, the SAC found
that there was general unhap
piness about the lack of a
common area where students
and faculty can get refresh
ing a community event.
On Saturday afternoon, stu
dents, faculty, and staff gat
hered on English Lawn despite
inclement weather to strum,
clog, sing, and generally frolick
together. The Women's Center
and the Biophile Club tailored
an innovative obstacle course;
Warren Wilson doggers danced
for and with the audience to the
sounds of down-home music;
members of Locomotion Vaude
ville's juggling, ultimate fris
bee, and Women's Lacrosse
bagels helped bring together
varying factions of the commu
nity.
Because of this serendipitous
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ments and interact socially.
More specifically a desire was
expressed to establish a pub
and many also felt that a place
be found which would have
adequate space for campus
wide parties.
The committee found that the
Continuing Education students
felt that Guilford was being
more responsive to the needs of
campus students than to their
needs. Yet at the same time
campus students expressed
concern that they were being
ignored in favor of Continuing
Education students. The sche
duling of night classes was one
of the main areas of conflict
cited by the report.
Thirdly, the committee found
that students who lived on
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410
Guilford from the outside
By Sue Hubley
No college is an island - or is
it? How well-known is Guilford
in Greensboro? The answer to
that is, not well.
Though most people are a
ware of the college's existence
they lack a more precise image
of the college.
Marion Phillips of the
Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce says that Guilford Col
lege is an old, respected, and
wellknown school. However,
when she was asked more
specific questions about Guil
ford she knew little. For
example, Ms. Phillips knows
that Guilford is a liberat arts
By Howard Holden
Co-chairperson of Serendipity
Steering committee
Dear Mike and Pete,
I believe your idea of a more
community planned Serendipity
is great, but I'm sorry to inform
you that the credit for the idea
will not go to you; we, the
Serendipity Steering Commit
tee, thought of it two months
ago.
Our original plan was to
involve campus organizations
by having them plan and spon
sor their own activities. In a
couple of cases, it worked. The
Women's Center/Biophile Ob
stacle Course was, in my opin
ion, the most successful event
campus found that the social life
in general was inadequate.
Some of the specific areas of
unhappiness concerned the pre
sent alcohol and party policy
and visitation policy.
Finally, there was found to be
a desire among students for
more study spaces which are
adequately lighted and comfort
able. There was also discontent
expressed about the lack of
study space and the limited
hours of the library.
When the SAC sent this
report to the Long Range Plan
ning Committee it requested
that it be allowed to continue to
work on resolving the areas of
concern they cited along with
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college yet she did not know of
any specific programs offered
here.
Another question asked con
cerned the types of students
who attend Guilford Phillips
said she believed that mostly
affluent, out-of-state students
attened Guilford. There, she
believes, the school does not
concentrate on local talent.
Yet all in all, Phillips though
highly of Guilford in an extrem
ely general way.
TomOsborne, the city manager
of Greensboro agreed with the
generalizations made by Phil
lips, Osborne, however, was
slightly more specific in his
of the weekend. Following close
behind was the Craft Center's
face painting. These events,
Which promote involvement are
the healthiest aspects not only
of Serendipity, but of any social
event of campus. But as we all
know, the success of Saturday
afternoon lasted one day out of
two semesters.
I realize I'm not getting to my
point, so let me say here that I
agree with your idea. I would
love for the focus of Serendipity
to be around Spike Pitcher, The
Guilford College Trio, The Bar
bership Quartet, the Warren
Wilson Cloggers (how about
some Guilco Cloggers?), Bobby
Doolittle, and the rest of the
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Among those concerns identified by the S.A.C. was an improved
meeting place for students and faculty.
April 14, 1981
comments.
Osborne states that although
he feels the grades received by
Guilford students are no differ
ent from grades given in other
schools the quality with Guil
ford students. In fact, business
is good for the store because of
Guilford.
Mr. Edmond of Edmonds
Drugs is also of this opinion In
fact, he feels Guilford is benefi
cial to the community. Edmond,
being as general as the rest of
the community says he
"couldn't say anything bad"
about Guilford College.
participants. It's great to see a
large part of our community on
the lawn clogging, playing and
wrestling. But do you really
think those people were there
because of Spike Pitcher -
guitarist/humorist, Cathy Gad
dy and the Trio, or the Clog
gers? Do you think that people
walked to English from Bry
an, Milner, Binford, and
George White to eat the wo
men's lacrosse team bagles?
I know that all of these
contributed to the great success
of that Saturday afternoon, and
I thank everyone who partici
pated from the bottom of my
heart. So does Brenda Esch and
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