September 3,1993
Room of our own
in Worth House II
Ann Witt
Staff writer
"A Room of Our Own" will be
dedicated as the Women's Resource
Center in Worth House n on Sept.
20 with a special Women's Tea and
Talk meeting.
The Women's Tea and Talk meet
ing on Mon., Sept. 20, will be held
at 3:30 p.m. An hour-long video
tape, "A Room of One's Own," will
be shown. The videotape will fea
ture actress Eileen Atkins, who will
act out the lectures from Woolf's
book.
The change in name of the
Women's Resource Center is a co
operative effort on the part of sev
eral students and faculty members,
overseen by Carol Stoneburner,
head of the women's studies con
centration on campus.
The new name comes
fromWoolfs of One's Own,
published in 1929. Written from two
papers Woolf once delivered as lec
tures, the book is primarily con
cerned with women's need for a
room of their own. In this way,
women may have space in which to
write and think.
Likewise, the resource cento - is
intended as "a space for people,"
Stoneburner said. The center was
selected as a site for the new name
Guilford relative featured
on weekly network drama
Josh Palmer
Staff writer
Shannon Cochran, daughter of
Guilford English professor Janet
Cochran, will be appearing in the
new ABC television show NYPD
Blue.
Shannon plays a prostitute on the
weekly drama. Although she is not
a regular, her character will recur
throughout the season.
The show is already raising con
troversy, because it will test the cen
sors with scenes of a more explicit
nature than past television shows.
Executive producer Steven
Bochko, who was also the execu
tive producer tor LA. Law and Hill
Street Blues "wants to break new
ground in a network series, and go
further with nudity and language,"
Professor Cochran said.
"Shannon had to ask questions to
herself about being a prostitute,"
Professor Cochran said. "Now she
is at peace with [her role], because
she has found integrity in her char
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A "Room of Our Own " will be in Worth House II
after the office adjacent to the po
etry center in Hege library was re
jected. The building also houses
the Office of Study Abroad Pro
grams, Internships and Service
Learning, and the Literacy Pro
gram.
The materials in "A Room of Our
Own" are not just from Greensboro;
they come from all over the coun
try and the world, and will "keep
Guilford connected to larger
women's studies networks"
Stoneburner said. A listing of em
ployment positions for women is
also available.
"I think it's very important for
there to be a space available to all
students to learn about [women's
acter."
When she moved to Los Angeles
to audition for television shows and
commercials, it took her three
months to land the pan of the pros
titute.
Shannon graduated from the Cin
cinnati Conservatory of Music with
a degree in musical theater.
After graduation she moved to
Los Angeles to pursue an acting
career.
She has appeared in episodes of
Seinfeld, Empty Nest and LA. Law.
The people from Empty Nest are still
in contact with Cochran.
Shannon is also in four national
commercials which advertise Basic
4 cereal, a Jenny Craig aerobics
video, and IBM products.
"The commercials are great for
financial stability," Cochran said.
As of now Shannon is in Los
Angeles taping the show and also
auditioning for other shows and
commercials.
NYPD Blue will premier in Oc
tober on ABC.
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studies]," junior Brigid Cox said.
Cox has taken courses on women's
studies under the Humanistic Stud
ies major. Amy Lytle, a junior in
volved in women's studies, said the
name of the room, "invokes the kind
of meaning we want"
According to Stonebumcr, the
major focus for "A Room of Our
Own" is "on women." The center is
open to anyone interested in
women's issues. The resource cen
ter provides books, files, journals,
newsletters, and videos on women's
and gender issues. "Other people
can donate or lend to it"
Tea and Talk meetings are held
regularly on Mondays at 3:30 pjn.
Off-campus living policy
continued from p. I
pus," Poteet said. He gave alter
native housing, on-campus apart
ments, and Bryan suites as ex
amples,
Segabade said that there are
three more students on-campus
this fall than last There were 931
students 00-campus last fall in
comparison to 934 this fall.
'rtos 'spjdjlem of students
not being able to live off-campus
could be because "there may have
been more spec ial cases/
Segabade said..
Special cases include dire fi
nancial situations, medical and
psychological situations. This
year, reasons for living off-cam*
pus were scrutinized more closely
by health* care professionals and
financial advisers.
There are clear guidelines in*
volved in deciding who is al
lowed to live off*caropus. Stu
dents who commute from their
parents- homes and main campus
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Fresh fa
perspective
Nat Gray
Staff writer
Guilford's newly acquired educa
tion professor has not only met
Bishop Desmond Ttotu and taught
in Ethiopia during a civil war, but
also taught in Denver and inner-city
Los Angeles. Dr. Ronald Byrnes is
Guilford's latest addition to the edu
cation department
Byrnes applied for jobs at the
University of Zimbabwe, Virginia
Commonwealth University, and
Guilford. He said the deciding fac
tor in choosing Guilford was in "the
sense of community." He said he
wanted to work with education stud
ies majors at Guilford.
Eagerness and self-confidence, "a
willingness to participate in class
room life," are attributes Byrnes
looks for in his students. He said he
wants to be accessible and get to
know all his students, and he is more
than willing to take "time outs" to
reflect on class readings.
Byrnes went to UCLA, where he
received a B A in history, and an MA
in teaching. Learning history and
social studies sparked an interest in
African-American history, which
led to his interest in Africa.
He was invited with his wife,
Lynn, to teach in Addis Ababa in
Ethiopia from 1989-90. Ethiopia
was in the last stretch of a civil war
that would end in '9l when its dic
tator fled.
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always granted permissionto live
off-campus.
Beyond these guidelines, the
decision-making process follows
the Student Residence Council
(SRC) policy. Hrst under consid
eration are credit hours and then
age. Special cases are also consid
ered in thisproccss-
Segabade said he hopes the de
cision-making process will he
come more subjective according to
t weighting in terms ofpOsitivtcon
%ht guHtortrian
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Byrnes
He taught the International Bac
calaureate Program's World History
and World Geography, equivalent to
the United States' Advanced Place
ment program. His wife, while
there, was an elementary teacher,
but has taken time off from teach
ing since the birth of their daughter
Alison, a year ago in Denver.
After returning from Addis
Ababa, the Bymeses went to the
University of Denver, where Ronald
received his Ph.D. in Curriculum
Leadership.
Byrnes hopes to publish his dis
sertation, "Classroom Life and the
Practitioner's Plight: A Qualitative-
Inquiry into a Global Education
Magnet School." His first book.
Exploring the Developing World,
Life in Africa and Latin America,
has recently been published.
Byrnes said one of the most at
tractive aspects of teaching at Guil
ford is the faculty with whom he
works in the education studies de
partment
tributions to the campus.
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