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Guilford Life
Fewer Pets on Campus in the Future at Guilford
By Jonathan Lawson and
Anne Jonas
A new policy regarding
on-campus pets will take
effect pending final ap
proval, according to
Director of Housing, Bob
White.
The new policy both
redefines and clarifies the
administration's inter
pretation of the City of
Greensboro's health
codes.
Under the new rules,
campus students living in
a dormitory, a Dana
House or in alternative
housing will not be allowed
to keep furred animals in
their rooms. This includes
cats, dogs, rabbits and
rodents.
Students living in
Frazier apartments will
be less restricted, but
must inoculate and confine
dogs and cats kept as pets.
The Greensboro code,
which in itself does not
prohibit students from
keeping any specific pets,
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states that "effective
measures" must be taken
to keep "vermin" such as
fleas, ticks, flies and other
disease-causing agents out
of dormitory housing.
Small, caged animals
such as hamsters, gerbils
and small rabbits have
heretofore not been con
sidered health problems
under campus policy.
Earlier this year,
however, the Health
Department received
specific complaints about
such animals at Guilford,
and sent White the
message that he needed to
tighten up Guilford's
policy on paper and in
practice.
As a result, the College's
Housing department
notified some owners of
rabbits on campus that
their pets would have to
leave. One student af
fected by this was
Kathleen Johnston who
had to leave her rabbit, No
Bunny, with her mother in
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Winston-Salem. Others
have resolved this pro
blem by giving their pets a
home away from home
with an off-campus stu
dent. Bryan resident Lin
da Kreem frequently visits
her cat, Fletch, who is liv
ing with a friend in Deer
wood Meadows apart
ments.
Some campus pet
owners will be forced to
find alternative homes for
their furred pets once the
new policy goes into effect.
"This is one of the parts of
my job I'm not really
crazy about," White ad
mitted. But, he said, "If an
animal is capable of hav
ing fleas," said White, "we
certainly don't want that
animal to be on campus."
Since this standard ap
plies only to dormitory and
alternative housing,
Frazier apartment
residents will still be
allowed to keep their pets,
under certain restrictions.
Cats and dogs must be
covered by a SSO deposit to
the college, and all
animals must be confined
to an apartment's lawn
area.
A misunderstanding
Honor Code...
(Con't. from p. 1)
"a formal and official op
tion for the faculty
member and the student to
work out, together, a
resolution of an alleged
violation", which is given
strict guidelines.
The goal of his proposal
is to allow the offender and
his or her instructor a pro
cess whereby they can
work out a resolution
without the consultation of
a third party.
The most important part
of the proposed changes, if
adopted, would be the in
itiation of community
oriented activities such as
workshops and convoca
tions for new students that
would educate people
about the Honor Code.
"If students find
themselves experiencing
an emotional connection
with Guilford as a place at
which they are learning
and growing, abiding by
about the current policy
has risen from the attitude
that if Frazier residents
can keep animals, Dana
house residents should be
allowed as well.
There is a clear distinc
tion between the two, in
sists Bob White. Since the
Dana houses are
technically dormitory
housing, they are govern
ed by the same restric
tions which apply to cam
pus dormitories and other
alternative housing.
According to the up
dated policy, pets may still
be brought on campus, but
they must be tagged (with
inoculation date and
owner's name and ad
dress) and leashed, and
they will not be allowed in
side dorms or other cam
pus buildings.
Many students already
make use of this privilege,
and some of the most
familiar figures on cam
pus should continue to be
dogs.
Allen Fetter, a day stu
dent, can be seen on cam
pus occasionally trailed by
three black labs: London,
Whiffy, and Lil. Allen
says, "they love to come to
the Honor Code could
become a coveted prac
tice," said Barton Parks.
In summary, McCauley
added, "an Honor Code
isn't just another set of
rules and regulations; it is
the standard we hold as an
academic community.
"(Academic integrity)
is what we deal in; ideas
are our currency. Stealing
an idea is one of the most
heinous crimes you can
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Marlene McCauley
campus to chase squirrels
and be petted by students.
But we leave Lil home
usually because she barks
at people with beards."
Beth Mariner, another
day student, owns
Chelsea, a familiar dog to
many students at Guilford.
Chelsea has been a part of
college life for about a
year now, and Beth says
she has been exposed to
many cultural ex
periences. "Chelsea will
be the first dog to graduate
in my family," says Beth.
Friendly Hills apart
ments resident Ruth
Taylor likes to bring her
year-old shepherd, Calyp
so, to campus and walk in
the Guilford woods. Calyp
so also likes to chase squir
rels, one type of rodent the
administration will have a
difficult time getting rid
of.
Because of the upcom
ing policy change, abiding
campus students will have
to give up their own pets,
excluding vermin-safe
animals such as goldfish,
and enjoy London, Whiffy,
Chelsea, and other pets
brought on campus by day
students.
commit in an academic
community...and this em
pasis is a central part of
it."
Since these revisions are
a community effort, SAC
welcomes and strongly en
courages the introduction
of new ideas. If interested
in taking part, contact
SAC, Marlene McCauley,
or Barton Parks as soon as
possible. i
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