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Geisler to take posi
tion at Middlebury
Associate Professor of Ger
man and Acting Coordinator
of Academic Advising
Michael Geisler announced re
cently that he will be leaving
Guilford to become chairman
of the German Department at
Middlebury College in Ver
mont.
Geisler heads north after a
three-year stint at Guilford.
Plans to fill Guilford's only
full time German professor
ship have not been disclosed
by administration.
Restructuring
nearing completion
Plans for college restructur
ing to stabilize the long-term
budgetary process will be fi
nalized by March 1.
Directly affected personnel
will be notified prior to any
public announcements.
College officials hope the
restructuring will result in
more effecient operating pro
cedures by eliminating dupli
cation of services.
Hail directors
announced
Residential Life has an
nounced hall directors for the
upcoming academic year.
•Charles Dunn—Binford
•Ameen David—Bryan
•Tracey French—English
•Toiya Hodge—Mary Hobbs
•Reggie James—Milner
•Blair Fingerhut—Shore
Residential assistant inter
views will be completed this
week.
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Vol. 76, No. 13
Security
E-phones, light bar latest improvements
Jennifer Watts
News Editor
Security at Guilford College this
year has undergone what Director
of Security Mary Anne Weedon
described as an "evolution of the
department"
There have been a number of
improvements, but the latest and
most prominent changes include
the addition of three emergency
phones around campus and the
rennovation of the security vehicle.
E-phones were installed to pro
vide immediate contact with secu
rity in case of an emergency.
"It is the quickest possible re
sponse system "said Butch Arthur,
the student superviser of the con
trol room.
To use the phone all one needs to
do is push a button, and the phone
immediately rings at the control
room on the emergency 2911 line.
(Calls on this line pre-empt all
other security activities.)
The dispatcher in the control
room will then be able to talk to the
caller on an intercom and likewise
hear anything within a 30-foot ra
dius of the phone. The dispatcher
can then send the appropriate help.
A key feature of the E-phones is
NOW leader to bring message to Guilford
Christopher M. Craig
Copy Editor
Speaking on Tuesday, March 23
at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria, will be
Rosemary Dempsey, the National
Organization for Women (NOW)
Action Vice President. Dempsey's
Guilford visit is one in a series to
key campuses in the East, South
and Midwest
NOW hopes the organizing drive
will politically empower young
Americans, giving them the vital
skills needed toorganize their peers
photo by Larry Huskey
Sergeant Roger Nebel stands beside one of the new emergency phones. In the forefront can
be seen the security car with its new light bar and stripes.
its extensive lighting system. A
blue light is always illuminated to
provide high visibility, and a strobe
light is activated when the button
is depressed to alert others that
and raise their collective voices.
"How can young people lead us
into the 21 st Century if their repro
ductive rights and civil liberties
are stripped or defined in 19th cen
tury terms?" asks Dempsey.
"Young women and men must or
ganize to counter the attack on
their rights, and we're here to
sharpen their skills and deepen their
resources."
As legal and bureaucratic attacks
on women intensify, Dempsey
draws connections between the
government's alleged attempts to
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
someone is in distress.
In addition, the E-phones can
serve as a secondary monitoring
system, because it is also possible
to call the E-phones from the con-
take away women's individual
rights to reproductive freedom and
their collective political voice.
"[Dempsey] will speak about the
current backlash against women,"
writes NOW Campus Organizer,
Mira Weinstein, "including the at
tacks on abortion rights, birth con
trol and health care and increasing
racist, sexist and homophobic vio
lence."
After Dempsey speaks, students
and Greensboro NOW representa
tives will be on hand to inform
people about the March for
trol room and listen to any activity
in the area.
Weedon said that there were
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Women's Equality in Washington
D.C. on April 5. NOW hopes, with
the Washington March, to educate
politicians and the American com
munity about this issue's urgency.
"By July, the Supreme Court
could take away women's right to
safe and legal abortions," Senior
Tracy Graham said. "Already, a
woman dies every three minutes
worldwide due to [complications
arising from] an illegal abortion.
So if Roe v. Wade is overturned,
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