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QH* gutlforftan 8 ...a nore pwm Vope House Interested in working on student run theater productions? If so, au ditions for Reveler's production of "An American Dream" will be held on Monday Sept. 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Revelers is also looking for a stage manager for this produc tion— if you are interested, call Lauren Johnson at x 3885. Auditions are being held for a male and female a capella group -if you are interested call Laura Jones at x 3884. The theaTCR & Music House JEWELL Continued from page 1 He joined the Guilford commu nity for many reasons. The Quaker ethic, our "duly distinc tive environment," the "tremen dous student involvement," and his comfort level when visiting here were among his motivations. He adds, "I sense revitaliza tion here—a new energy. Guil ford is asking questions and is growing. Our potential is unlim ited!" While Sewanee is a more se lective college than Guilford, he observes, "The individual is more important than an SAT score. Guilford students are an interest ing lot—that's what I care about." "The quality of education at Guilford is second to none," he exclaims. "What students wear or where they come from is sec ondary." Besides his admissions work at Sewanee, Newell has ten years of experience as a teacher and prin cipal. "I know how students think and what they are looking for." he says. "We need to pay close attention to the admissions pro- cess—to visiting students it re flects what they will get at Guil ford College." Newell states, "The first impres sion is invaluable. Parents and po tential students are always asking, 'ls this worth $19,000?"' The ad missions office's move from Hendricks to New Garden was done to facilitate this good first impres sion. Visitors now enter the college from the front gate instead of the New Garden Road entrance and the Financial Aid office is conveniently downstairs. "The challenge we face is com municating the distinctive qualities of Guilford to potential students so they know what they will be choos ing," he explains. "I look forward to getting to know students and see ing amatch between them and this school." The new Dean's goals include: refining the prospect pool, expand ing the applicant pool, improving publications, highlighting the "Guil ford experience," encouraging the staff to grow professionally, mak ing the admissions process visible to the Guilford community, and continuing the focus on recruitment of Quaker students. Itersspecttbtfi Meet Guilford band So What? Paige Mcßae Staff Writer So W/wf is an up and coming band from Guilford. All three of the band members are freshmen; Josh White, 17, the guitar-player, singer and lyricist; Joe Rodden, 18, is the bassist and Dave Helms, also 18, is the drummer. The band formed last spring, right here at Guilford. Josh and Joe met at the open house. As fate would have it, Josh's roommate happened to be Dave. Soon Josh and Joe began playing together and looking for a drummer. Their search eventually ended with Dave, and a band was bom. Soon they discovered there was a frustrating lack of rehearsal space at Guilford. There is no place to plug in the amps and Dave still has not been able to set up his drums. As a result, So What has been de veloping an acoustic sound. The band likes their sound to have a certain spontaneity. No song is played the same way twice. Josh pens the lyrics, while Joe and Dave improvise the tunes. Their style might be described as a kind of alternative-jazz-folk jam. Jazz, VISION Continued from page 5 and the House the Democrats are not only bombarded with combating lies but are also the only ones still debating the is sues. Among Democrats there is a further split on whether we can cover all or only 95% (among other issues) of Americans who do not have health insurance. In a regular debate the opposition would be key in turning the tide toward favoring compromise or modification. In this case they know they can make the presi dent look bad so tLey are sink ing into "we don't need change...everything is alright". Newt and Co. are waging their own campaign to knock out all reform across the board. The Republican party has swung so right that even Rush can't keep up...He's still in con fusion over whether to call Dole a "Clintonite" or a "true Con servative leader" (I call him a "waffler"). The GOP (Good 01' Propa gandists) feel that if they can fH w ~ ■ m ji^l^H , „ 4BL, S£j®fe: "' ■; **•■ MHPr ff% iHi r V frw^ jKSbfc. jf - . I So What? Guilford band in particular, seems to have had a major impact. Joe plays an up right bass instead of the stan dard bass guitar of rock. He also cited such jazz legends as Charles Mingus, JohnColtrane, and Bob Mould as having in fluenced him. Josh also men tioned a variety of personal in fluences, ranging from Dino saur Jr. to Neil Young. Rush and Phish were acknowledged by Dave. Although this is only their stall debate until after this round of elections, then they can possi bly get control of congress and then make Clinton's life even more miserable. Finally, the pubUc...well, I think we are all dazed and confused as to who to believe. That is how we get people like Oliver North in congress or, worse yet, in the White House; we can no longer accept confusion as a reason to throw votes away. When will we leam? Two of George Bush's sons are running for governor, conserva tives are threatening to overwhelm the Senate, and Phil Gramm is starting to 100k...g00d...ACK! Where will it end? When will we, as a populous recognize poli tics for what they are-a hunt for the power hungry. When we finally get some good-intentioned people in office, we start believing the propaganda and we loose faith. Meanwhile changing the health care system takes another plunge beneath the surface. Change is definitely needed. It is projected that if cost inflation keeps rising at this pace all funds within Medicare/Medicaid will run September 16,1994 third week together, the members of So What are by no means new to music. They consider them selves very lucky to have previ ous experience, because they all brought to the band what the oth ers needed. So What will be playing at the Coffeehouse on Parents Week end, and have a singfe coming out on WQFS, called "Words Don't Come". Keep an eye out for them, because as they will tell you themselves, "So What: It's not just a band, it's a way of life." out in twenty years. It is an hon est fact that the average Ameri can can no longer afford quality care. Change is not a mere slo gan on the back of a bathroom stall... it is real and necessary. To pull my arguments over the last few weeks together-What we have before us is a history of institu tionalized fear of change. We have remained largely con fused by the political bickering. Public perception is anything but honest and fair. All I have to say is here we go again. If we allow this debate to pass us by, it will be an other blown opportunity, another failed populist movement, another failed attempt at fixing what NEEDS to be fixed I guess this is just an other sad commentary on the prob lems that face democracy. In an undecided decision the skep tics and critics have seemingly won the seventh round Clinton can now only hope for a knockout punch or a small miracle in the eighth and ninth rounds. We the people do not need this political world but this po litical world needs us ; I guess, in a sense, we are our own worst en emies. Lauren Goforth
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