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UILFORDIAN
Rich Montgomery
Workers still busy at the library
Laura Seel
Assistant Copy Editor
Dust won't begin to settle on the relo
cated Hege Memorial Library stacks just
yet. As Library Director Herb Poole stated,
"a lot remains to be done."
Poole hopes to see several finishing
touches added to the new building before
Christmas time, touches that will round out
the decor and make the library fully func
tional again.
First on his shopping list are tie braces to
stabilize the book shelves. These braces
run along the top of the shelves and yoke
them together, hopefully preventing top
pling. They were not delivered last week
as expected.
By November 15, Poole hopes, the
Serendipity and the Easter Bunny vie for weekend
Joyce Atkinson
Production Coordinator
One hundred and fifty-one
days. The countdown has begun.
Not for the beginning of a new
decade, but for the ultimate in
college spring flings, Guilford's
Serendipity.
This announcement may seem
VOL. 74 NO. 10 GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N.C. NOV. 13, 1989
1990 Quaker thrives despite it all
Peter Smith
News Editor
Despite financial and legal problems
which have plagued the past two Quaker
yearbooks, the 1989-90 Quaker is pro
ceeding on schedule and is promising to
be one of Guilford's finest publications.
Hyperbole? Not at all. Rich Montgom
ery, the current Editor, and his support
staff of twenty students have been work
ing extra hard throughout this year gather-
remainder of the lighting fixtures should
arrive, to be installed shortly thereafter.
"Some areas are still too dark, such as
the reference desk and some seating areas
in the stacks," said Poole. "But by the
time Thanksgiving is over, we can proba
bly expect the lighting problem to be
taken care of."
Designs for clocks and signs have yet to
be chosen. The signs will be profession
ally made and will cost SIO,OOO. They
should be in place three to four weeks
after designs are selected.
Additional furniture, including new
carrels, has been ordered and should ar
rive before Christmas time. By then,
needed trash cans, towel holders and plants
should also be in place.
"You may notice that workers are still
putting down baseboards and such," said
Poole. "Everything is in process that has
premature to many students, but
for those students who make
Serendipity possible, time is
short The great weekend draws
near.
Serendipity will take place
during Easter weekend, April 12-
15, which will cause conflicts for
students who wish to go home
for the religious holiday. Stu
dent Union had to choose an
earlier date toavoid conflict with
ing photos, designing layout, and analyz
ing progress. Combine with a new faculty
advisor (resident computer wizard Thorn
Espinola), a new line of five Apple Macin
tosh Computers, two radius full page dis
plays, two laser printers and you have the
ingredients for a successful yearbook
indeed.
"Our equipment definitely puts us on
the leading edge of college publications,"
said Montgomery, a 21 year-old English/
Economics major from Spartanburg, S.C.
"A great majority of our staff is also very
familiarized with this equipment."
not been done."
Everything, that is, except for Book
Move revisited, a sequel to the smash hit.
That's pencilled in for mid-February.
February is the anticipated date for the
Friends Historical Collection move. The
Collection is being housed temporarily in
the lower level of the new building, but its
future home is its original one, with a few
expansions, on the first floor of the old
library.
"We'd love to have students come out
and help us [move]," said Gertrude Beal,
library research assistant. "Westillhavels
of those shelf carts left over from the big
move."
Once the building is finished, three
major tasks need attention, Poole says.
The first is a five-year undertaking: fully
finals week.
With the exception of that con
flict, all else within the realm of
preparation is running smoothly.
The Union Serendipity Commit
tee spends much of their energy
searching for bands that will
represent a wide variety of sounds
in hopes of pleasing all students.
Charlie Beery, the head com
mittee chairperson of Serendip
ity said, 'This year the commit
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tee is focusing on quality, not
quantity of bands. But we still
want to retain diversification of
bands. We're in the process of
listening to an assortment of jazz,
blues, reggae, progressive, go
go/dance, and the conventional
rock and roll bands."
Carrie Moore, co-chairperson
of the committee added, "We're
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Although Montgomery has had little
experience in the past with yearbooks, he
is confident about this year's production.
This confidence is based on an excellent
Quaker support staff which has proven to
be both energetic and creative.
"I think one of the best things we have
going for us is the people on the staff,"
said Montgomery. "These are some of the
most excellent people that I've known at
Guilford."
Some of the key students involved in
the Quaker cause include Assistant Editor
Kathy Corcoran, Photo Editor Eric
Tomberlin, Production Coordinator Jen
S tebbing, and Financial Director Eric Reid.
The Quaker refuses to let past problems
dampen this year's efforts to produce the
best possible yearbook.
"Principally, our purpose is not to deal
with anything from the past," said
Montgomery. "Our goal is to turn out the
most ground-breaking yearbook Guilford
has ever seen."
Montgomery understands that due to
pastproblems with the yearbook, students
may have a negative conception of the
Quaker but he feels confident in this year's
book based on the new equipment, staff
enthusiasm, and administrative backing.
"If anyone has any fear about how our
yearbook is progressing, all they have to
do is show up at one of our four or five
weekly Quaker meetings," said Montgom
ery. "I'm really confident and the support
from the Senate Executive Council, Joanna
Iwata, and Nancy Cable-Wells has been
great."
UNSIDE
Mad scientists
unleashed 6
Life in Hell 9
Women's soccer
triumphs 11