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Senate tickets release platforms, gear up for forum
Joyce Atkinson
Production Coordinator
Elections for next year's Sen
ate Executive Council will be
held Tuesday, Feb. 27. An elec
tion forum will be held in the
Gallery two days prior to elec
tions on Sunday, Feb. 25 from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. where candi
dates will discuss their platforms
and answer questions.
The two tickets running for the
Senate position are headed by
Vance Ricks and Peter Smith.
Ricks' ticket is comprised of
Paige Mahaney and Gilbert
Bailey, both rising seniors, and
Jason Smith, arising sophomore.
Smith's ticket includes rising
seniors Leslie Burnside and Er
skine James, and rising sopho
more Suzanne Moore.
Both tickets cite their leader
ship roles in the Guilford com
munity as qualifications. Ricks
and Smith, the two presidential
candidates feature impressive
backgrounds in their three-year
experiences at Guilford.
Vance Ricks spent last semes
ter in Munich, Germany. During
his sophomore year, Ricks was
the treasurer of Community
Senate, co-chaired Judicial
Board, was a member of the
Senate Budget Committee and
co-founded the Philosophy Club.
His freshman year experience
Quaker Concerns discusses breaking stereotype barriers
Lara Ramsey
Staff Writer
Do the terms 'jock' and 'liz
ard' mean anything to you? Are
you comfortable with these clas
sifications and the connotations
they perpetrate?
The Quaker Concerns group,
co-coordinated by Joe Freeman
and Melissa Potter, focused their
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included being part of the N.C.
Student Legislature, the Resi
dence Life Committee, and Sen
ate as a Milner representative.
He received the Freshmen Lead
ership Award, among others.
Peter Smith's experience in
cludes working as a Senate rep
resentative and taking part in the
Budget and Planning Committee
and the Analytical Studies Team.
Smith co-chairs both the Tuition
and Financial Aid Task Force
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photos by Charles Almy
Above: Senate candidates Vance Ricks, Gilbert Bailey, Paige Mahaney and Jason
Smith. Below: Senate candidates Erskine James, Leslie Burnside, Peter Smith and
Suzanne Moore
last meeting on the subject of
stereotypical segregation on
campus and ways to break these
barriers. Members of the Quaker
Concerns group encouraged
newcomers to attend Tuesday
night's meeting to help diversify
the conversation. Quaker Con
cerns is looking for ways to cap
tivate the enthusiam of different
audiences, and hopefully find
numerous methods for approach
ing the issue.
and the Judicial Board.
Smith is also currently news
editor of The Guilfordian and is
the president of the Websterian
Pre-Law Society.
Both tickets will explain the
main objectives of their platforms
at the forum next Sunday.
The Smith ticket's platforms
include:
• a faculty pay increase of 3-5%
above the cost of living to keep
salaries competitive and ensure a
The problem isn't imaginary.
Maureen Keefe, who was in
volved in the interviewing proc
ess for selecting R. A.s, has heard
such comments as "I don't know
if I'd fit in there, because a lot of
lizards live there." With this in
mind, the meeting began with a
brainstorm of ideas that might
help foster an appreciation and
understanding of differences on
campus.
The cafeteria is a place where
"quality academic reputation."
• eliciting better coordination
among campus and civic groups
fighting the advent of Painter
Boulevard.
• keeping closer tabs on the way
Senate and campus organizations
spend students' money.
• avoiding double-digit tuition
increases and correcting dispro
portionate tuition fees between
CCE and main campus students
• increasing the amount of tui
the edges of social circles are
highlighted as the crowd sections
off into the same old eating ar
rangment Some of the ideas
which came up were concentrated
on the cafeteria scene, because
the option to meet and eat with
folks different from the 'usual
crowd' is always there. Elia
Mavronikolas suggested a table
be reserved for randomly chosen
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tion going back into financial
aid.
• raising the college endowment
• establishing a more diverse
curriculum and revising die ID
plan in The Underground.
The Ricks ticket's platforms
include:
• establ ishi ng better relations and
communications between student
organizations and encouraging
independent student initiatives
like Project Community and
SAPB.
• avoiding a double-digit tuition
increase and seeking alternative
sources of income to lessen tui
tion dependency.
• making the campus more at
tractive through campus groups
and events to increase admission
and retention.
• more adequately representing
student athletes in campus is
sues.
• holding Senate "open houses"
to increase Senate's visibility and
accountability.
• addressing parking, adequate
lighting, condom machines in
residence halls and 24-hour study
space.
On Ricks' ticket, Mahany is
running for vice-president,
Bailey for treasurer and Smith
for secretary.
On Smith's ticket, Burnside is
running for vice-president, James
for treasurer, and Moore for sec
retary.
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