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Che §utlf orbtan Volume 77 Issue lfl. Trees to be cut... Melissa Hoopes Guest Writer The new addition to the trees and shrubbery on campus, or color coding by spray-paint, has been implemented as a measure to de termine which trees and shrubbery will be removed or relocated. Many students have raised con cerns about the "spray-painting" of numerous trees and shrubs on our campus as well as questions about the progress of the new brick walkway, conditions of the lawns around campus, and other mainte nance issues. According to Art Kopcsak, "Visiting experts of landscaping, security, and maintenance disci plines have identified certain trees and shrubs as detriments to the overall appearance and safety of the campus." These overgrown shrubs and trees are also prohibiting the proper Education Studies Department conducts faculty search Gall Kisun News editor The Education Studies depart ment is conducting a search for a new faculty member this year. "The search has gone fine. We're in the middle of the process," said Education Studies faculty member Claire Helgeson. Deirdre Murphy, a junior in the Education Studies department, explained why a new faculty mem ber was needed. "Last year, at the end of the spring semester, ooe of our staff members moved to Cali- —V FNhm. 10 Sports II Ncws...m....mJ SENATE ELECTIONS growth and surviveability of the plant life at Guilford. This overgrowth has occurred as a result of a long-term reluc tance to properly and actively prune and "limb up" these trees and shrub bery. "Experts...have identi fied certain trees and shrubs as detriments to the overall appearance and safety of the cam pus." -Art Kopcsak Many of the plants that need pruning were purchased ten to thirty years ago because they were inexpensive and fast-growing. These trees and plants have grown to sizes that create safety and security hazards. Although MFPES has installed fornia because his wife a took a job there. That left us with only three faculty members in the department Because of the number of courses we offer, we need four professors." Helgeson explained that an ad was run last semester in The "It's truly an exciting experience as one gets to shape one's own edu cation by participating in the faculty search." --Tbcker Page Chronicle of Higher Education for the position. "People applied at the end of last semester, we're reviewing them now." Helgeson said that around 90 people applied. "We are now interviewing," Helgeson added. "All interview processes involve a public lecture and teaching a class, and inter views with a Faculty Affairs sub committee." "It's truly an exciting experi ence as one gets to shape one's own education by participating in the faculty search," said Tucker Page, a junior secondary educa tion major. "We are tending toward candi- Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. twenty-five light fixtures from Founders and Bryan Halls to wards Dana Auditorium in past years, the trees and bushes block passage of light. When the light is not allowed to penetrate to the ground, this creates a security problem. Students, parents and presi dents of other institutions have voiced alarm about the dark shad ows caused by the overgrowth as well as inability to see whether or not there is anyone hiding behind these large plants. The administration decided that it was necessary to investi gate the visibility problem cre ated by the overgrowth. To eliminate possible security hazards, Guilford College asked Dick Bell, a consultant from the Bell and Glazner Design Group, to prune and trim some plantings Continued on page 16 dates in social studies with a strong background not only in college teaching but in public high school teaching as well, " Helgeson commented. Murphy said, "I think that pub lic school experience is impor tant We [the students of the education studies department] have a lot of interaction in public schools." "Our classes involve a lot of field work in the public schools so it's helpful to have a faculty member who has some sort of connection with the public schools," explained Murphy. The new faculty member will be hired as a secondary educa tion specialist "In considering candidates it important to find someone who is compatible with the department; you also want someone bold who will challenge the existing ideology in a posi tive manner," said Page. "As a secondary education major, I must also consider the candidates' experience in public schools." continued Page. "We are interviewing people from various parts of the coun try. We will probably have three or four [candidates] on campus," said Helgeson. 'j, EHdiPF *** " ~*~* Sj£^ Some of the trees and shrubbery to be removed from campus. QUNO Directo Susan C Roberts News layout editor Despite his modest assertion, "There's nothing distinguished about me," Stephen Collett appeared for Religious Emphasis Week as Guilford's Distinguished Quaker Visitor. The director of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) addressed the Guilford community several times last week. Collett is a development geogra pher and a graduate of Haverford College and the University of Colo rado. He has been Director of the QUNO at UN headquarters in New York since 1986. He specializes in issues of regional security, disarma ment and sustainable development QUNO provides UN members with a "neutral space" for discus sions and encourages representatives of different countries to work to gether. These meetings are arranged at the Quaker House. This, accord ing to Collett provides "second hand mediation," between people who would not otherwise meet. In one of his various speeches, Collet commented on Quakers' po sition on international issues such as disarmament, children's and women's rights, sanctions and world February 5, 1993 peace."We want a peaceful soci ety... We don't believe in war," said Collett, but he nevertheless acknowledged the difficulty in re solving some issues such as the intervention in Somalia or the war in Bosnia. During his main talk, entitled "Implications of the Earth Sum mit: Building a Sustainable Soci ety," held last Thursday Jan. 27 at 8:00 pm in the Gallery, Collett spoke enthusiastically about the Earth Summit, which he attended last summer in Riode Janeiro. "We have been poorly served by our media [on this topic] in this coun try," he said However, he ex pressed that the vast amount of information retailed to this topic couldn't be covered in such a short speech. Collett was very optimistic about the implications this international convention will have for the envi ronment, an issue which has just recently gained status among the priorities being discussed by the UN. He said however that "people need to be reattuned" for the agree ments to be carried through. A wide range of problems was addressed at the conference such as the ozone layer, the global cli mate change, the depletion of fresh Continued on page 16
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