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Only One Ticket For Senate? Come On Guilford!
From the Editor: T.O. Russ
Every year, around the
middle of March, Guilford
College elects officers for
its Senate and Union.
While the competition has
traditionally been low-key,
there was at least the lux
uary of choosing between
tickets for the Guilford
voter.
This year's selection,
however, is going to be a
sad imitation of a real
election unless more
studentsput together
Senate and Union tickets.
As of yet, only one ticket
has been registered for
Senate offices, and shock
ingly, none for Union.
One of Guilfords most
attractive attributes is its
openness to student in
itiative and leadership.
Almost literally, there is
nothing that students here
cannot accomplish.
Students waste their
potential for power by
Bring Your Own Bulbs to the Library
By Holly Fairbairn
Mom is happy...but she
could be happier. She's the
one who told me not to
read in the dark.
I am referring to an arti
cle that I wrote back in Oc
tober about the lack of
adequate lighting in the
library. Since October,
through the efforts of the
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refusing to take full advan
tage of their right to run
for student-elected offices.
At a period in Guilford's
history in which major
long-term decisions are
being made, students can
not afford to have
anything less than widely
backed, enthusiastic, and
innovative input into the
process. The only way to
get that kind of input is to
select Senate and Union of
ficers from a qualified
group.
The Senate ticket now
headed on by Senate Vice-
President Seth Hassett is a
good one, but certainly
there are other qualified
members of the Guilford
community. The Union
also needs qualified people
to plan events for next
year. Come on students,
lets see more tickets for
these offices!
Library Director, Herb
Poole and the
maintenance staff, the
lighting in the library has
been improved.
The Carnegie Reading
Room (the one with the
leather chairs) has been
improved by two-fold
candle-power (the
measure that I used in the
previous article). But it
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Petitions to Run
For Senate and
Union Due on
March 4th
could be better.
According to recent
measurements, the
lighting barely meets
minimum lighting stan
dards, unless you are fur
ther benefited by the
sunlight which occasional
ly beams through the win
dows.
Meanwhile, the stacks
remain dim.
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Poole does not want to
increase the wattage in the
stacks because of what he
calls the heat/sleep factor.
"It would be so hot that
we'd just have people fall
ing asleep back there."
Unfortunately, no im
provements will happen
until the addition to the
library is complete. Then,
there will be sconces
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(candle-like fixtures) on
the wall, lamps along the
floor, and a central
chandelier.
"We will have more
light than we need when
the addition is complete,"
according to Poole, referr
ing to the stacks also
which will be moved into
the addition. The Quiet
Reading Room will be
remodeled too.
Until the remodeling is
complete, if you (or your
mother) feels that the
stacks are too dark, Dr.
Poole suggests that you br
ing your own bulbs.
I suppose that you could
bring your own lamps too,
but if this seems a little
outrageous, perhaps the
school could buy some
lamps for the tables in the
Carnegie Room now.
Three years is an inor
dinate amount of time to
wait for lamps that will
minimize eye strain in, of
all places, a library.
Eric Bradertscher finds the glow
of a good book provides enough
enlightment.
Photo: Eric Buck