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Vol. 72, No. 9
"Third Wave of
By Debbie Highsmith
Mel Bringle flew from
Switzerland; Laura
Donaldson from Califor
nia. They both arrived
Wednesday February Bth
to contribute to the ongo
ing Sequicentent ial
Distinguished Alumni Lec
tures.
Admission Standards
By Jason Under WHK!
An increasing number of
prospective students will
find themselves being
turned away from the
doors of Guilford in the
future, as admissions stan
dards become increasing
ly stringent.
"The quality of applica
tions overall is up; there
has been a big jump at the
upper end of the pool."
The "upper end" that
Larry West, Director of
Admissions, is talking
about is keeping out many
well-qualified applicants.
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Larry West-Director of Admissions 1 . h , 1 „, : Ahma(l
Guilford College. Greensboro. N C
These two alumni, who
once sat in class together,
now received the oppor
tunity to lecture to their
professors and a myriad of
other interested Guilfor
dians on feminism and
religious meaning.
Mel Bringle. currently
assistant Professor of
The comparatively
lower acceptance rate
clearly displays Guilfird's
selectivity: in 1986 80%
were accepted; in 1987
65% were accepted.
There has also been an
increase in the sheer
number of applications;
the quantity received has
jumped 23% since 1986.
This means that there are
more applications for a
limited number of spaces.
SAT scores have
likewise increased accor
dingly, in terms of the
freshmen who have been
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Feminisms" at Guilford
Religion and Honors
Director at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College,
graduated from Guilford
with Departmental and
High Honors in ma
joring in French and
religion.
After studying in France
for one year, Bringle mov-
Escalate
admitted so far this year.
The SAT "catscan" shows
the average score for this
years incoming Freshmen
to be 1080, which is about
30 points higher than the
average score of admitted
students last year.
West emphasies that "it
(the SAT average) will
probably go below 1080... it
will not be where we end
up." Still the change is
significant. West says that
one of the goals of
Guilford's long-range
planning committee is to
raise the SAT average to
1100 within 5 years.
Another reason for
Guilford's increase in ap
plication is the national
recognition that the school
is receiving. In the past,
Guilford has been men
tioned in popular publica
tions such as Petersen's
Guide to Competitive Col
leges and Fiske's Best
Buys in College Educa
tion, and will appear in the
revised 1988 version of the
latter.
U.S. News and World
Report cited Guilford as
one of the "nation's best
colleges" in October 1987.
Christian Science Monitor
recently visited the school
researching for a
forthcoming article about
minority students at
Guilford. These recent
recognitions, along with
many others, have spread
the word about Guilford,
and the news continues to
grow.
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Ed to Emory University,
receiving her Ph.D. in
1984.
Bringle's previous
presentations include such
titles as "What Becomes
of the Name of Jesus When
Women Re-Name the
World?" "Wo/Men's Mat
ters: Feminist Theology
and the Care of the
Earth," and "Images of
Self, Images of God."
Laura Donaldson, also a
religion major, graduated
from Guilford in 1976 with
High Honors, and then
began a Ph.D. program in
Historical Theology at
Vanderbilt University.
In 1979, at the Interna
tional Graduate Summer
School of Oxford Universi
ty, Donaldson achieved
the highest rating among
her peers. Finishing up
her formal education at
Emory University, she
then received her Ph.D. in
1983.
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Laura Donaldson i>n„n. i ■ nutk
February 19, 1988
Presently, she is a lec -
turer in the women's
studies program at
California State Universi
ty, Fresno.
Donaldson's articles
have been published in
Women's Studies: An In
terdisciplinary Journal,
Journal of the American
Academy of Religion, and
the Guilford Review; her
first book is soon to be
published.
After arriving from
afar, Bringle and
Donaldson began a series
of seven lectures, a
workshop, and many infor
mal discussions that con
tinued for three days.
In her lecture, "Is There
a Unified Feminist
Voice?" Mel Bringle em
phasized the neglect of les
bian experience within the
feminist movement, ques
tioning gender roles and
definitions of sexuality.
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