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Binford Now Holds 165
Women AND Men!!
A first Hand welcome!
From President Rogers
Welcome to Guilford Col
lege and lo the academic
year 1987-88!
A special welcome to the
new freshmen who are
part of the impressive
Class of 1991, and also to
the talented students who
have transferred to
Guilford (showing an
abundance of good judg
ment about their future).
While Bev and I had a
chance to greet you and
your families during orien
tation week, I want to say
in writing how important it
is that each of you is here.
We hope that your per
sonal development and
your enjoyment of the
campus community will
be deeply satisfying and
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Photo Credit Eric
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
full of new kinds of growth
for you.
The serious academic
life of the college is
something to which I know
you will give top priority.
Class attendance, careful
note-taking, regular
reading of assignments
and work on lab projects,
consultation with other
students and with faculty
about the subject matter
of your courses, and pro
mpt attention to organiz
ing and writing the papers
that are required all of
this will lead to significant
success here. The Class of
1991 is one of the most
talented and highly
achieving groups of
students ever to enter
Guilford. We have great
hopes for you!
I also urge you to take
full advantage of the
broader opportunities
within the life of the Col
lege. Explore and par
ticipate in the variety of
student activities and
organizations. Come to the
art exhibitions, visiting
lecturers, concerts and
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GUILFORD SEES CHANGES AS
FALL SEMESTER STARTS
By Lisa K. Arlington
Returning students to
Guilford College noticed
that many structural,
regulatory, and pro
cedural changes awaited
them upon their arrival.
Binford Dormitory has
been changed to a co-ed
dormitory. The switch
from all female to co-ed
has created a few pro
blems. Residents Michael
Hamlin and David Zubl ex
pressed concern about the
locking of stairwell doors,
since men will not be able
to enter the basement area
to wash clothes after seven
in the evening, and people
who wish to visit residents
on the second and third
floor will have a difficult
time getting someone's at
tention so that the door
will be opened to gain ad
mittance.
Bob White, Director of
Housing, asks that the se
cond and third floor
residents act responsibly
and "if someone is coming
to see them, they need to
go meet them." White also
said that the reason for
locking the doors in the
stairwell, as opposed to
locking hallway doors, is
to protect the residents
from the threat of people
hiding in the stairwell.
White asks that second
and third floor residents
please lock the stairwell
doors after they unlock
them to go upstairs. Until
new locks or keys are
made, the doors will not
automatically relock.
Questions have been
raised as to why women's
dormitories are locked
and men's dormitories are
not. To this Bob White
replies. "Men are not at
the same risk sexually as
women, it may be sexist,
but it's practical."
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White also said that if
men's dormitories showed
historically the same pro
blems with intruders that
women's dormitories have
had, they would lock
men's dormitories, too.
According to White,
"Milner would end up
replacing doors every two
weeks if it were locked. It
just wouldn't be practical
to lock it."
Other security policies
that White wants students
to be aware of are the lock
ing of doors before 1 a.m.
in the women's dor
mitories and the not prop
ping open of doors. Also,
Security will no longer be
able to let people into
storage. "Security does
not know who lives
where," says White.
Hopefully this will
"prevent theft, etc. in
storage areas."
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"Women's room doors
are checked for the same
reason a their dormitories
are locked." White says.
"Guilford College is part
of the real world and we
have the same problems
as other colleges," cau
tions White against being
lulled into a false sense of
security.
As to the propping open
of doors. White says "You
may let in your friend or
boyfriend, but you don't
know who else will enter."
The Housing and Securi
ty offices have been re-
September 4,1987
located to Frazier Apart
ments 15 and 16. Housing
is in 16 and Security/David
Hooks' office is in 15. Part
of Frazier 15 will be used
as a student all-night area
and should be open around
September fith or 7th.
Campus security now
has i new pager. This
pager can only be used if
one is dailing from a
touch-tone phone. The
number is 370-7676. When a
beep is heard, one types in
the number at which the
Guard may reach him/her
and the guard will return
the call as soon as possi
ble. A listing of special
codes will soon be publish
ed.
New fire regulations
have also been im
plemented bv the Guilford
County Fire Marshall,
during the summer mon
ths following a rigid in
spection. David Hooks,
Cam p us Fire/S a f e t y
Director, says he wants to
"thank them I students,
faculty, and staff I for their
cooperation and ask them
to please continue to adapt
to the necessary changes
in their lifestyles, and help
us be more effective in
protecting their lives.'"
Extension cords have
been outlawed, fire ex
tinguishers re-charged
and the punishments for
misuse of fire equipment
have been increased.
Power bars are allowed
if they have been bought
from the book store, where
they have been pre
approved. or if they have
been approved bv a Resi
dent Assistant.
When asked why only
power bars may be used,
David Hooks replied that
"the buildings were built
in a non-electric age when
only two to four plugs were
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