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Volume LXVIII, No. i
Trustees Approve
Coed Housing
By Kenneth Goldwasser
The Board of Trustees approv
ed a Student Life Committee pro
posal on Friday which called for
the creation of at least two more
co-ed housing units on the
Guilford College campus.
The proposal called for the
adaption of one of the traditional
dorms (i.e. Milner, English, Bin
ford) and another alternative
housing unit. Each would house a
pair of resident hall staff
members.
Dean of Students, Ken Schwab
said, "This is another viable liv
ing option that can enhance cam
pus life." He said the Student Life
Committee was not responding to
a particular proposal from
students, but merely creating a
statement to "give us more flex
ibility." The proposal came
through the Community Senate a
year ago. "It's been a process of
back and forth," Schwab said.
The Board of Trustees, in the
past, has been wary of accepting
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Binford Farlow, Director of Development Services, greets alumni Saturday morning.
Photo by Andrew Stuart
the proposal. They did not want to
create a living environment that
might be considered unaccep
table or too liberal by the com
munity at large.
Senate President Tom Jarrell
and Vice President, John Good
win worked with Student Life
Committee head, Marietta
Forlaw, to create a proposal that
they felt the Board would accept.
The proposal included arguments
stating the need for students to
develop interpersonal relation
ships with members of the op
posite sex, the need for flexibility
in housing space to accomodate
the shifts in the male to female
ratio and to make the most effec
tive use of dorm space.
Jarrell said that the proposal
included a reference to the
repeated security problems in
Binford, a women's dorm, as a
reason for co-ed housing
facilities. He said that having
men in the dorm would improve
security by discouraging in
truders.
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The new amendment is "just
and extension of the existing co
ed housing policy," Goodwin
said, "we can go co-ed if there is
a demand." He said in the past,
proposals were "mediocre" and
not fully backed by the Student
Life Committee which increased
the Trustee's skepticism.
The approval of the proposal
pleased both Jarrell and Good
win. "If students want co-ed
housing, I'm glad it's available,"
Jarrell said. Goodwin felt the pro
posal would "definitely improve
campus life."
"There will not be additional
co-ed housing in the fall,"
Schwab said, "but if there is suf
ficient student interest we are
prepared to consider it."
Schwab said that the commit
tee doesn't want to appear to be
pushing the issue. The changes
will only take place "if students
truly desire to create this living
environment," Schwab said.
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The accordian player helped create a festive mood at the Oktoberfe*
lunch Saturday.
Photo by Andrew Stuart
Quad Dance
Termed Success
By Kenneth Goldwasser
The Homecoming Dance held
Friday night in the Quad of Bryan
Dorm is considered a success by
Housing Director, Bob White and
Bryan president, Tom Kelly.
The dance was scheduled as a
trial to judge whether the Bryan
Quad should remain available to
student organizations as an ac
tivity sight. White had set restric
tions on its use on the basis of dif
ficulties with litter and damages
resulting from previous Quad
dances.
White said he considered the
dance "very definitely a suc
cess" and he doesn't anticipate
refusing the use of Bryan for
dances in the future. "I think it
went very well," he said.
White noted, however, that
there were students drinking
beer on the balconies surroun-
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ding the quad, "we purposely
said that beer could be consumed
in the suites to avoid this pro
blem," he said.
Student sheriffs were assigned
to enforce Guilford dance and
alcohol policies on Friday, but
White said that he didn't see any
at the dance. "That doesn't mean
they weren't there," he said, "it
means we have to work on that
problem for future dances."
Bryan Dorm President, Tom
Kelly, saw "No problems" in con
nection with the dance and
thought it was kept "well under
control." Kelly said that the
results were extremely pleasing,
considering the increased turn
out due to visiting Alumni.
Despite the large crowd, Kelly
said that there were no reports of
damage and that "everyone
cooperated" with dance regula
tions.