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(gutttortrian 6 Smokers need alternatives in campus-wide smoking policy Katherine Beldner Staff Writer Discussions on whether or not smoking should be prohibited in the cafeteria and the Underground have lighted fires on both sides. It has been proposed that there should be no smoking in any build ings by administration, staff and students. Nonsmoker's reasons for desir ing no-smoking areas while they dine are respected.However, smoking has already been permit ted and to remove the privilege now without solutions would only create tension. LETTERS Cont. from page 5 ting into at the beginning of the year, and have accepted the responsibility. We enjoy our jobs working for WQFS. But we arc getting nothing for our efforts besides the satisfaction of a job well done, and some times not even that. This needs to change; some sort of recog nition, maybe not a stipend, but credits or at least a note on our transcripts. We have considered the possibility of independent studies, but the lack of an on site supervisor and academic advisor has prevented us. Be cause, though the positive as pects of our jobs outweigh the negative, there are still some times when there should be something else. Guilford College offers stu dent leaders nothing in return for their efforts. Though the budget may be tight there are other options besides payment. Something needs to be done to correct this situation before stu dent leaders become a vanish ing species. Sincerely, Becky Browning WQFS General Manager •Tour Guides •Gift Shop Sales •Deck Hands • Casino Workers •...and More! No EXPERIENCE NECESSARY CALL 602-680-4647, Ext. C 147 As of now, the only two desig nated indoor smoking areas for students are in the cafeteria and the Underground. In no other building can a cigarette be smoked. The ar eas approved for smoking are al ready limited in space and seating. The Underground is used as a study place for day students and main campus students. It is the only area where students can meet to do work and to smoke other than in residence hall rooms. To deny smoking in this area restricts day students who do not have access to the cafeteria. Dining in the cafeteria is a so cial time for smokers and non smokers. To restrict smoking CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER APATHY To the Editor, Like many Guilford students, I had a wonderful time following the political circus that was going on during the recent Senate elections. I followed this race closely as the outcome determined major changes in the years to come, and, as the political hopefuls kept point ing out, the fate of a quarter of a million dollars of our mqney. 1 think it's understandable, then, when I say that I was very sur prised at the outcome of the elec tion. I'm not referring to the out come of the election, but that only 54 percent of the students cast votes! One of the main reasons I de cided to attend Guilford is because it had the reputation of being a politically active school that didn't simply teach people to survive in the world, but to change it. When I began attending Guilford there were many students who held true to this ideal, protesting and rais ing a fuss at what some would say were trivial issues, but at least they cared. As time has passed, I've watched many of these agitators graduate and have come to feel a sense of general apathy descend on Guilford. I thought this was the exception and not the rule until I saw how pitiful the voter turnout CRUISE SHIP JOBS Students Needed! Earn s2ooo+ monthly. Summer •Holidays • full-time sergpectiteo would mean students would have to go outside in all weather condi tions to smoke. There would be no way to take dishes outside or to return to the cafeteria for more food. Thus, a certain group of stu dents would be singled out for something they do. There are some compromises that have been proposed. The first suggestion is to install ventilation devices in the smoking section of the cafeteria. It is not possible to install vents because there are other priority repairs and improve ments that need to be made on campus. The $26 million necessary See SMOKERS page was. If only a liitle more than half of the students here cared enough to vote in an election that determined their immedi ate future, what are the chances that these people care about a general election, or a worthy cause that entails more than just filling out a ballot. The student handbook states that "each student is urged to become a full participant in this [Guilford] community." I would say that more encour agement is needed, but there is a point where people must take responsibility for their own lives. There is a breed of per son that makes things happen rather than simply allowing things to happen to them. When I started college I hoped I would find people who inter acted with their environment rather than dully accepting events as they happened, and I did. But now I look around, and I see this already rare type of person rapidly disappearing from Guilford, and with them goes the real spirit of Guilford. I'm not just scolding those stu dents of Guilford to examine themselves to discover what is important to them, and instead of simply acknowledging it, act on it. Alex Millkey World Travel •Caribbean •Hazvaii •Europe •Mexico What recycling bins? Robert Vidrine Guest Writer Suppose you are visiting a friend in English Hall, and after a refresh ing Coke from the downstairs vending machine, you feel that you should do the responsible thing recycle the aluminum can. You would then have to walk, alumi num can in hand, 500 yards to get to the nearest recycling bin in Mil ner parking lot Now that the City of Greensboro has instituted city-wide recycling, the college has absolved itself of any responsibility for recycling, taking away all the convenient containers for aluminum cans. There are now only three large dumpsters for recycling, provided by the city. They are in the parking lot be hind the apartments, in the Milner gravel parking lot, and between Mary Hobbs and Binford. No easily accessible containers are provided for Bryan, Shore, or English, although they are all out fitted with drink-vending ma chines. With 2,200 aluminum drink cans delivered to campus each week more than 28,000 per semester some students are saying that the administration should do more to help students recycle them. One visiting professor said that, compared with some other cam puses, Guilford has few places to throw your can other than the trash. When I checked the trash can in the upstairs lounge of Bauman at 1:10 PM, I found seven cans among the other sparse trash. There are scores of such trash cans around campus. Recycling bins on most cam puses are placed in convenient lo Spring Break *94 Panama CKy Beach Days Inn'Ramada Inn' Holiday Inn *Casa Loma 'Barefoot "Summit Condo's 'Pier 99 'Hampton Inn Be a Campus Representa tive -Earn Top Commission & Free Trips or Book your Reservation Direct. CALL Travel Associates 1-800-558-3002 Design the 1994 Serendipity T-shirt and win 5 CD's of your choice and a T-shirt. Designs are due Thurs. March 3 at the info desk. Questions? Call Buffy Helbein at ext. 3207. Ifebruarp 25,1994 cations along major traffic areas, not behind student housing build ings, the main location for the large dumpsters used for recycling now. Alison Powell, a sophomore, and a resident of Bryan Hall, had never noticed where the recycling bin was for her dormitory, nor had anyone told her where to throw her recycling bag. The school had given her and her suite-mates a green recycling bag to hold their iecyclables, but the school had not told them where to take the recyclables. (She nevertheless assured me that they did save their iecyclables, and were rapidly filling the bag.) Another student, Mary Theus, a sophomore, said about the Greens boro recycling program, "The [re cycling program] in town is off to a good start, but the one on cam pus sucks." About the lack of localized con tainers for aluminum cans she says, "It's not really easy access. I don't think people are going to go all the way out there [to the re cycling dumpsters]." The administration has con stantly put the responsibility for re cycling on the shoulders of some one else, whether it is the city of Greensboro or the students them selves. However, according to Amy Bloom, a senior at Guilford Col lege, and a former co-chair of the Environmental Concerns Commit tee of the Student Senate, as well as a former member of Forever green, she "just got tired of deal ing with the administration and the apathetic students." It seems obvious that something must be done about this problem. It just remains for someone to ac cept the responsibility for actually doing it. EARN $5OO-$ 1,000 weekly stuffing envelopes. For details Rush $l.OO with SASE to: Group Five 57 Gree nt ree Drive, Suite 307 Dover, DE19901
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