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Poet C.K. Williams gave a reading in Boren Lounge last Thursday.
Photo by Krysta Banke
Family Weekend kicks off
Gail Kasun
News Editor
An estimated 900 family mem
bers will attend Family Weekend
'93, according to Lillian Lyndrup,
director of parent programs.
This number is "on target" with
last year's number of attending
family members. New, however, is
the number of returning family
members of sophomores, juniors,
and seniors, Lyndrup said.
"Last year's Family Weekend
was a really big success," said Di
rector of Student Activities Kristen
Waehling.
Lyndrup said there has been "a
lot of refinement" to this year's
weekend, which began the day af
ter last year's family weekend.
Family Weekend will kick off
earlier and end later with an inter
national flavor. The international
coffee hour will begin at 1:30 p.m.,
Fri., in Boren Lounge, while the
international fair will end the
weekend in Stemberger, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The international fair will fea
ture displays, music, games, danc
ing, arts and crafts, and food from
over thirty countries. Lyndrup said
that she hopes other groups will
join in sponsoring events on fam
ily weekend, as the International
Relations Club has this year by
sponsoring these two events.
Other new events include a his
torical campus walking tour hosted
by the History Club, which will de
part from the steps of Stemberger
at 12:30 p.m., Sat., and a recep
tion to honor alumni parents will
also be held at 12:30 p.m., Sat., in
Founders Hall.
Other events have remained part
of the weekend itinerary, such as
the football game and student cof
feehouse.
One event which Lyndrup said
is well-attended each year is the
annual meeting of the Parents'
Association. During the meeting,
President Rogers gives an update,
the "View from the President."
Other parts of the agenda in
clude addresses by Director of
Admissions Larry West, and Sen
ate President James Green, and the
business meeting led by the Chairs
of the Parents' Association, Tom
and Sandy Hollinger, P'94.
"It's a real plus for the Parents'
Association that Bill and Bev
Rogers are parents of an alumnus,"
said Lyndrup.
Lyndrup said it is to the benefit
of the families participating to
"take advantage of the whole
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
weekend to get the most for your
money."
The first ArtsETC event of the
year is "Chicago Blues Explo
sion," at 8 p.m. in Dana Audito
rium. Tickets will be sold at the
door for $lO.
Family members may meet fac
ulty members at the morning mixer
at liege Library, 10:15 a.m., Sat.
Lyndrup said that students should
tell their families who their profes
sors are in advance if they are in
terested in talking with faculty.
The President's brunch will be
held at 11:00 a.m., after the mixer.
Faculty and student hosts will be
seated among family members.
The keynote address, "Conserva
tion of Controversies," will be
given Professor of Biology Lynn
Mosely. Jazz entertainment will be
provided by Trio a la Freundt.
Lyndrup said Family Weekend
is strategically planned after stu
dents have been in school a month
because around this time, "stu
dents and parents are missing each
other; students can help accommo
date parents to the campus."
Family weekend is "good for
parents to hear how students are
adjusting," Lyndrup said. "I think
it turns out to be a satisfying visit
for both the parents and the stu
dents."
Senate woes:
Treasurer resigns;
Nat Gray, Staff writer
Gail Kasun, News Editor
Senate Treasurer Ben Borne re
signed effective Sept. 30, during
Wednesday's Senate meeting.
"I don't question my abilities
regarding the position, rather I
question my time and priorities,"
Borne wrote in a letter to the Guil
ford community.
President James Green said, "I
have the highest respect for Ben
and the way he handled his resig
nation.
"I will miss him as a good part
ner in crime. But we still have the
weekend for that. Seriously, we
will miss his leadership in running
Senate, and he will be hard to re
place."
Borne said, "My only regret
about such a decision is the bur
den I will lay on the rest of the
Community Senate. I blame no
one for my resignation, the job was
simply bigger than I expected and
First-year seminars
expand in quality
Ann Witt
Staff writer
The first-year seminar program,
FYS, is once again on its way; the
twenty courses currently offered to
first-year students appear to be a
favorable improvement over the
IDS or interdisciplinary courses
formerly offered to incoming Guil
ford students.
Although senior IDS courses
have not been revamped, the new
program replaces the introductory
level interdisciplinary courses
once required of first-year stu
dents. There were five IDS courses
offered two years before the
change to FYS, four IDS courses
the year before.
The FYS program was devel
oped by Dave Maclnnes, Jr., chair
to the chemistry department, last
year. This is the second year it has
been offered to incoming students.
Max Carter, campus ministry
coordinator who developed the
new FYS course known as "Plain
People," said that the program was
"developed as a response to criti
cism of IDS."
October 1,1993
I feel that the Senate will benefit
by finding a treasurer who can
dedicate more time to it.
"It is a decision that is necessary
to keep me in focus with what is
most important and necessary for
me, my classes and grades."
Senator Brian Burton who ran
for treasurer last year on the op
posing ticket, said he thought it
was unfortunate that for the third
semester in a row Senate has found
instability in its treasurer position.
He also said that he thought sta
bility in this position would have
been attained if the ticket he ran
on had won.
Green said that the Senate ex
ecutives have possibilities in mind
of who will replace Borne. "We're
going to move on those as fast as
possible." The executives will ap
point their choice for approval by
the Senate body.
Borne's resignation is one more
concern among many about
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John Stonebumer, Craven Pro
fessor of Religious Studies, is the
current FYS coordinator.
Stonebumer said that, "without
hard data there seems to be more
enthusiasm on the parts of students
and faculty" concerning the first
year seminar program. He also said
that the FYS courses better "match
students' interests with what's be
ing offered" than the former IDS
courses.
Deborah Youtzy, a senior history
major, agreed: "The FYS classes
seem more useful than the class I
took freshman year for my IDS."
One course that seems to be stir
ring up enthusiasm is Carter's
course "Plain People: Exploring
the Possibility of Simplicity." The
course, he said, attempts to look
at "alternative ways of living."
Plain people of historical interest
are integral to the course and in
clude the Amish, the Puritans, the
Mennonites, and, of course, the
Quakers.
Carter, a Quaker minister, was
interested in developing the course
due to his own interest in the
Quaker way of life: "I've always
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