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Guilfordian — page 8 8 Senate "Committed" To Improvement Problems with the food, rec room, office space, bookstore, grill room, senior IDS? Wonder about co-ed housing, want to see Founders develop into more of a student center, want to help raise money for the Senate Loan Fund? If these or any other concerns in terest you, and if you are in terested in working toward solu tions, the Community Senate is the organization you should work with. You probably know the Senate best for its involvement with budgeting organizations, but it also has committees designed to tackle college problems and provide solutions. These commit tees succeed only with student support. The following is a list of the Senate committees, their chairs, and their main issues. If you want to see any of these com mittees succeed in their efforts, contact the chair of the commit tee and give him or her a hand - we need your help. If you have any concerns that are not on this list, please contact Jim Freeman (17172), Nathan Bohn (17048), Cliff Tatum (17597), or Renee Godard (17188). Also, please note the Senate bulletin board in the Founders stairwell which displays Senate minutes and in formation. Senate meetings are held every Wednesday at 1:30 in the Gallery: all are welcome. FOOD COMMITTEE: CHAIRS: Edith Caggiano 17088 Peter Rogers 17532 CONCERNS: 1. The Food Committee meets every other Tuesday in the cafeteria (usually in the Walnut Room) to discuss solutions to Tattletale Rule Needed? BY CHRISTOPHER SCHELIN Milner Hall, 4:30 a.m. Suddenly a peaceful (or as peaceful as it ever gets in Milner) night's sleep is shattered by the clanging of the fire alarm. The Phantom strikes again. Half-naked men pull on bathrobes and stumble outside cursing the Phantom. Fifteen minutes later, the alarm stops ringing and everybody heads back inside and goes to sleep. Chalk up another one for the Phantom Unfortunately, the above scene occurs quite often. To the best of our knowledge, the Phantom has never been caught. For the time being though, let's suppose other wise, using the above example, at 4:29, John Doe wakes up and goes for a drink of water. On his way back to the room, he sees Tom Student pull the fire alarm. John knows Tom and he knows that Tom is basically an all-right kind of guy, but that he gets a little crazy after a few beers. John also knows that payday is still a week away and he's just about wiped out in the cash department. So, John waits 24 hours (a suitable time decreed by the Milner House Council for perpetrators to come r-ortl; did admit their offences) everyday problems with the food service. Among other things, this committee attained microwaves last year. It can accomplish a great deal with creative input. 2. This committee also looks in to improvements for the grill room. 3. The committee plans to in vestigate possible improvements or alterations for the Walnut Room. PRESIDENTIAL LIFE COM MITTEE: CHAIRS: Chris Aiello 17008 Sam Moore 17407 CONCERNS: 1. The Residential Life Com mittee plans to look into Founders Hall as a student center, suggestioning ways to create a more useful to students. Only students can guarantee that Founders becomes the stu dent center that it was intended to be. 2. The Trustees passed the committee's co-ed housing pro posal last year (hence the co-ed alternative house this year) but the committee must continue to work on this issue. 3. Every dorm is allotted $5.00 per resident a year and the com mittee plans to assist and en courage the dorm presidents in spending this money (it often goes unused). 4. Alternative Housing is in a sad state and the committee in tends to work with the ad ministration to rectify the pro blem to make the houses more livable. and then goes to report Tom to Jim Donathan. Tom gets written up and John pockets $15.00 for his efforts. NJjtk" Hg£ ) Now hold on a minute. You're saying that John is getting paid for doing something that the Honor Code says he must do. Essentially, yes. The Guilford College Student Handbook spells it out very clearly. Part two, sec tion B states, "in addition to adherence to the social, and academic codes, students are responsible for confronting other students about violations of regulations and reporting viola tions of the social- and academic codes." Nowhere does it say anything about betting paid for doing so, yet the Milner House Council is doing just that. Last year, the Council adopted this tat- SUBSTANCE ABUSE TASK FORCE: CHAIRS: Tom Ashby 17021 Dave Johnson 17305 CONCERNS: This committee is working on informing students about substance abuse. It is also con cerned with encouraging alteratives to events closely tied to alcohol. This is crucial as the drinking age will go up in a year, which by law eliminates 40% of the campus from drinking and may put the college in an awkward position regarding alcohol on campus in general. OMBUDSMAN COMMITTEE: CHAIRS: Adam Robinson 17529 Rick Wicklin 17656 CONCERNS: 1. This committee is working on altering the current arrangement of student office space in order to provide all organizations access to desks, phones and Vax com puters. 2. The bookstore is a priority, particularly used books, student employment, and stocking toiletries. 3. If time or interest exists, this committee may also begin work on self-scheduled exams. DEVELOPMENT COMMIT TEE: CHAIR: Dan Hunt 17268 CONCERNS: This committee is planning the Community Senate Auction which will take place March Ist. This event raises money for the Senate Loan Fund which helps a number of students pay for tui tion. This committee can use anyone who is interested. tletale policy. The basic idea is that a person committing an act of vandalism has 24 hours to turn himself in. Should he do so, he will have only to pay for the damages. Should he not decide to turn himself in however, then he can also be expected to pay a $20.00 fine plus restitution should someone else turn him in. Out of that $20.00, $5.00 goes to the house council and $15.00 is given as a reward to the informer (who re mains anonymous) once the ac cused has been proven guilty. In all fairness to the Milner House Council (to the best of our knowledge, Milner is the only dorm on campus with this policy) it must be remembered that they are only tring to spiff up the dorm a little. While this policy does seem to make a mockery out of the honor and social codes, this is a case where the ends do justify the means. The questions being asked should not be, "is this a violation of the honor code?"' Rather, it should be. "why has the honor code deteriorated to such a point that it's necessary to pav students to report viola tions?" CURRICULUM COMMITTEE: CHAIR: Jane McCallum 17397 CONCERNS: 1. The Curriculum Committe plans to evaluate the IDS 401 course to see if it can be improv ed or altered to better suit stu- CONT. FROM PG. 1 all interested in the same thing" he said. "The biggest problem in the past is that there hasn't been a targeted audience" Blanchard said. As a result fewer students tuned into the station. Just recently students were given the chance to evaluate WQFS by fill ing out a survey. This informa tion is very valuable to the staff. "You have to look at what your audience wants for success" commented WQFS will adjust the station to the liking of its listeners. Improvement and expansion for WQFS are always in the future. This year about $3,000 worth of new equipment was in stalled. This has increased the sound quality. The station still has a doggerel sound distribution (90 mile North and only 2 mils South), resulting with problems in Greensboro. "Thanks to the work of non-student volunteer DJs WQFS operates year round," Blanchard said. "They really know their music and are our most consistent DJs" he add ed. WQFS, "The Voice of Guilford," believes in coopera tion. "We would like to work with Oxfam Fast I (Boston, MA) This year, in the wake of graphic media reports on the famine in Africa, an estimated one million sup porters of Oxfam American will give up one or more meals the Thursday before Thanksgiving, and donate the money they save to Oxfam America. Guilford students will be participating tomorrow, in the event sponsored by Quaker Concerns. Buoyed by increasing national awareness of hunger, thousands of schools, churches, community groups and individuals in all fifty states have pledged their support for Oxfam America's twelfth an nual Fast for a World Harvest; while at least fifteen states have officially declared Nov. 21 "Fast for a World Harvest" Day. The U.S. Congress introduced a similar resolution, designating Nov. 24 as the "National Day of Fasting to Raise Funds to Com bat Hunger.' Oxfam America's Betsy Ringel has coordinated the Fast, begun in i&74, for the past three years. "Last year 's Fast was the biggest ever, raising more than $1.5 million. Because of Ethiopia, thousands oi concerned people ha ve called ua a wa) dent needs and interests. Seniors and Juniors, in particular, are needed for this issue. 2. Also on the list is com munication with transfer students prior to their arrival on campus so they know which credits will transfer. other Guilford student organiza tions to bring in better bands and keep cost down" Blanchard said. "We offer all student organiza tions free advertisement" he reminded me, "and would like for Guilford to take advantage of this by using it for general campus publication." Coming up soon will be a sports beat, of brief com mentary, concentrating primari ly on Guilford College sports, "we also hope to give out more free tickets and albums" said Blan chard. Phone in contest give listeners a chance to win albums, discount tickets, and free passes to area night clubs. "Anyone who has an interest in WQFS can stop by and start training" offered Blanchard. Presently there are about 20 trainees. Asked what makes a good DJ Blanchard responded "personality and practice". DJs will be given the chance to be creative with their shows. "We are always open to suggestions. My goal as manager is to build a professional station and to play what the students want to hear," concluded Blanchard. As gradua tion slowly comes closer Blan chard begins to evaluate the op portunity WQFS has provided for him. After a long trip out West he plans on working in communica tions, probably radio manage ment. to respond to the crisis, other than just to write out a check. Our Fast gives them a concrete way to get personally involved." Since it was founded in 1970, Oxfam America has earned a reputation on both fronts of its work fighting hunger. Overseas, Oxfam America works in partnership with local groups to design innovative, small-scale projects based on the idea of people helping themselves. Most Oxfam America-supported projects are run by local people, not by American or European staff. In the U.S. the Fast for a WorW Harvest is one of many creative educational and fundraising ef forts coordinated out of their Boston, MA, headquarters. Ox fam America provides speakers, films, books and games for both children and adults, to educate Americans about the root causes of hunger. Both the overseas projects ami the Fast, proven successful, hav set important examples which others have followed. This year, Oxfam America's Fast will focus support on recovery projects ir Africa. m mi ni nil—iii"
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