October 7,1994
NEWS
LINE
Guilford Football's
victory over
Davidson will be
broadcast on WEJC (Chan
nel 20; channel 2 on most
cable systems) on Saturday,
Oct. 8 from 4-6 p.m.
Word has it that
the Student Ser
vices Commit
tee is discussing plans to in
stall change machines and
ice machines in the resident
halls, as well as an ATM
machine on a central cam
pus location. The Student
Residence Council is also
deliberating about whether
to make the student apart
ments co-ed.
Upon conceptual ap
proval by the
Board of Trustees,
the new full-ride merit
scholarship program has
been redrafted by the Hon
ors Council and submitted
to the Strategic and Long
Range Planning Committee
for final approval. The new
proposal for "Guilford
Scholars" does not include
the original minimum
S. A.T requirement of 1450,
but emphasizes outstanding
academic merit, leadership
and service. Active in
volvement in campus ac
tivities is required.
GAY PRIDE WEEK OCTOBER 24-30
Monday 24—12:00 a.m., express your pride and or support for the GLB community by
chalking Guilford walkways.
Tuesday 25— Wear blue jeans to show your support for the GLB community.
8:00 p.m. Forum on Sexuality and Coming Out in the Gallery. Listen to Guilford
student's experiences coming out and answer questions from the Guilford College com
munity.
Wednesday 26-8:00 p.m., Susan Goldberg from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund
speaks on gay rights in the Passion Pit. 9:00 p.m., Movie Night in the Passion Pit.
Thursday 27-8:30 p.m., Poetry Reading in Boren Lounge. 9:00 p.m., Judy Williams
from FLGC will speak in the Hut. This event is sponsored by Quaker concerns.
Friday 28-8:00 p.m., Drag Show and Pageant in Dana Auditorium. Come see Guilford
guys and gals as gals and guys.
Saturday 29—5:30 p.m., GLB A pot luck in Mary Hobbs. Time to be announced, GLB A
night at Babylon.
Sunday 30—8:00 p.m., Movie night, (time and place TBA.)
iletog -
OUR GLOBAL
COMMUNITY
Themes of the Week:
Mass Destruction and Restruction
More than 900 perish in capsizing of the ferry Estonia off
the coast of Finland. Most of the victims were Swedish or Estonian
travelers asleep in their cabins at the time of impact. To the countries of
their origin, this is a national trauma unlike anything experienced in
modern times. Swedish authorities hypothesize that the bow door could
have been faulty, causing water to flood the decks and destablize the
vessel.
Plague spreads to India's largest cities. We visualize mass
medieval camarge when we think of plagues, but highly contagious
bacteria infections remain a disaster in our own day. Official-and
suspectedly understated-accounts report 1,375 cases of bubonic and
pneumonic plague centered in the port city of Surat, India. Upon flee
ing this stricken city, citizens have spread the diseases to Bombay,
Calcutta and New Delhi. If treated promptly with antibiotics, often an
impossible "if' in the rural India, victims will survive. However, if left
untreated, half of victims will die from the flea-carried bubonic form,
and almost all will die from the air-bome pneumonic form.
Congressional self-interest destroys campaign finance re
form. If Congress were to debate a bill calling for the creation of a
National Quaker Appreciation Day, but an error made the title of the
bill "Establishment of Quaker-campaign finance reform-Appreciation
Day", the bill would be killed. Thus it follows that a bill which has the
sole purpose of reforming campaign finance is doomed. This has been
true for the past ten years, and was demonstrated again last week when
a Republican filibuster destroyed the latest campaign finance reform
bill. It would have allowed partial public financing of Congressional
campaigns, mandated that all candidates who accept public funds abide
by overall spending limits and lowered the maximum amount political
action committees can contribute. Directly, the Republican filibuster
slayed the bill. Its demise was, however, almost certain, given the fun
damental differences between Democrats and Republicans concerning
campaign finance.
Florida's Everglades will be restored by the most massive
effort of ecosystem management. Federal agencies announced
plans last week to reform much of the area's 11,000 square miles to
their original wetland state. Massive changes in water consumption
and farming are necessary for the sucess of the plan, expected to save
five dozen endangered and threatened species.
-by Cory Birdwhistell with much grateful
ness to the New York Times
Jefferson Pilot gives SIOOK
for Dana Auditorium
GREENSBORO—Jefferson-Pi
lot Corporation, a major holding
company based in Greensboro,
NC, recently gave SIOO,OOO to
Guilford College to support sev
eral renovation projects in Dana
Auditorium.
The 33-year-old building, best
known in the community as the
home of the Eastern Music Festi
val, has not had any major reno
vations since its initial construc
tion. The Jefferson-Pilot grant will
partially support several improve
ment projects, including the re
placement of existing lighting and
audio systems, painting the exte
rior of the building, roofing, and
providing access to the stage and
lobby for persons with disabilities.
"Dana Auditorium serves the
college well as the major center for
convocations, arts events, and dis
tinguished educational programs,
and it serves the broader Triad
community equally well," said
President William Rogers. "We
are very grateful for the strong as
sistance of the Jefferrson-Poilot
Corporation in keeping this
impoprant resource in first-class
condiditon."
CCE
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renting an apartment. I was told
that to live in Frazier apartments
you had to have a family CM - be
married.'*
Helen Mulhern, director of
Residential Life, said Residen
tial Life and SRC have been dis
cussing the possibility of hous
ing interested CCE students in
the residence halls. Questions
and concerns remain as to which
buildings would be open for
CCE students, if there would be
...a MOT pwcn
What to do Children's Theater, but
missed the Reveler's meeting about it?
Watch out for the next meeting of call
Lauren at x 3885 for more info.
Watch for info about an upcoming pot
luck super and a movie night a Pope
House!!
Tope H
Cfte
The 986-seat Dana Auditorium
opened in 1961 thanks in large part
to the support of Toledo, OH phi
lanthropist Charles A. Dana. Over
the years, the facility has been used
for a variety of purposes, includ
ing artistic performances, concerts,
lectures, and chapel services—
which, up until 1969, were re
quired of all Guilford students.
Each summer, Dana Auditorium is
the home of the Eastern Mustc Fes
tival (EMF), which was estab
lished in 1961 by former Gulford
College faculty member Sheldon
Morgenstern. Each summer, EMP
brings 80 world-class musicians
from major orchestras across the
country to the Guilford campus. In
addition to staging a six-week con
cert program, the visiting artists
teach 200 exceptional music stu
dents from around the world. The
festival brings more than 50,000
people to campus each year. Dana
Auditorium also provides the com
munity with an acoustically re
fined setting for concerts, Greens
boro Symphony Orchestra perfor
mances, Metropolitan Opera audi
tions, and musical comedy presen
tations.
any restrictions based on age or
marital status and how tradi
tional students feel about the it.
Muhlern also said that if the
proposal is approved by the Ad
ministrative Council, main
campus students will have pri
ority over CCE students to de
cide were they want to live. The
proposal states, "Housing for
CCE students in Residential
Housing will be on space avail
able basis."
The proposal was deferred
until a later date in Wednesday's
Administrative Council meet
ing.
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