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Going home:
When Home Sweet Home isn't as sweet as you remember
SUSAN ALLEN
features editor
For me, the trip home when I
was a freshman was the most edu
cational experience of my entire
first year. Perhaps my mind had
laid a sugar coating across my
memories, but nothing was the
way I remembered it.
Upon entering the house, I felt
differently than I had moments
before. Had the house always
smelled this way, I wondered.
When did we get new linoleum in
the kitchen?
Even more traumatic was the
realization that I had no place to
sleep, no place to call my own. My
head had known that my younger
sister had taken over my upstairs
suite, but my heart had not yet
come to that truth. Of course there
was a guest room for me to occupy,
but it just wasn't the same.
My parents and my sister had
different patterns of living that no
longer included me. They seemed
a bit ill at ease to have me around
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The Guilfordian
Thanksgiving, Susan realized her room in Milner was home
and scarcely knew what to say
when I feebly attempted to engage
them in our conversations of old.
In retrospect, perhaps it was ex
actly as it should have been. I was
meant to spend my nights in the
guest room because I was, in fact,
a guest. No matter how much I
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wanted to believe the contrary, I
did not live there anymore.
Returning to school Sunday
night was an incredible relief. To
be back in my. room with the
friends I had made felt far more
comfortable than the place of my
childhood memories. Guilford had
become my home.
November 17, 1995
Link with the world
Profiling Guilford's Interlink program
Guilford's already rich commu
nity is strengthened by the pres
ence of the Interlink language cen
ter located on our campus. Unlike
Guilford's typical students who
hope to gain a broad liberal arts
education, Interlink students study
on campus with a solitary purpose,
to learn the English language.
More than thirty students repre
senting twenty different countries
live and learn in our community.
The countries from which these
students hail include Jordan, Ar
gentina, Kenya, and Korea.
The students range in age as well
as in experience. Some may be in
AACS and UNION provide
a new showcase for talent
Saturday, December 2, Guilford
College will be host to a new tal
ent showcase for students of all of
Greensboro's colleges and univer
sities. The free event is an attempt
to bolster relations among students
their late teens, while others are
significantly older than most main
campus students.
Unfortunately, the number of
Interlink students is below normal
this year because of decreased re
cruiting. The new admissions staff
as well as the coordinators of the
Interlink program aim to return
those figures to previous levels in
the near future.
Interlink students add yet an
other dimension to the Guilford
mosaic. Be sure to take advantage
of this cultural resource by getting
to know as many of these students
as possible.
at these varied institutions.
Coordinated primarily by
AACS, the evening's entertain
ment held in Sternberger Audito
rium will be followed by a recep
tion.