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Abu-Nimer: a living commitment to peace AMY NEWSOME Staff Writer As a Palestinian, Mohammed Abu- Nimer, Guilford professor of sociol ogy, has always been in the middle of conflict. As a re sult, he earned his PhD in conflict analysis and resolu tion and at that time he was one of only six people in the world to hold this degree. Today Abu- Nimer is an active participant in con flict studies and or- ■ ganizations around the world. One particular organization is the approximately 200-member Consortium on Peace Re search, Education, and Devel opment otherwise known as COPRED. Abu-Nimer has been a part of COPRED, "a non-profit organization that deals with peace in the U.S. as well as on an international level," for many years and now serves on the board. COPRED holds an annual conference to discuss issues both within the group and around the world in addition to continuous research and net working. They keep abreast of the issues by publishing a newsletter 34 times a year. When asked if he thought there would soon be peace in the Middle East, he responded that both sides are ready for an Picture of a memory BEN THORNE features editor Naked streakers bulleting through campus. The last touchdown of the season. Mo ments of intense personal re flection. Moments soaked in Serendipity Jell-O. The Quaker gives us these moments, keeps them for us. Guilford's yearbook, the Quaker, faces a new year under the leadership of two new edi tors, Mariah Sawyer and Susan Allen, to distill the essence of what it means to spend a year at Guilford College. "I would September 20,1996 Mohammed Abu-Nimer agreement —it is only a matter of time. In the meantime, Abu- Nimer has been teaching at Guilford College, first as a vis iting professor in August 1993, and has since decided to stay. He teaches introductory soci ology as well as courses which are specialized to his field. Shelly Oldfield, who is cur rently in his Middle East peace/ conflict class, said that she was drawn to the course because " it is an area I know little about and it's a good way to get to know more about it since (Abu-Nimer) is an expert." Robyn Parsons, director of human resources at Guilford, also feels respect for this very special professor, "It's been a pleasure working with him. Students have benefited in so many ways." like the Quaker to be representa tive of as much of Guilford Col lege as possible, so that years from now students may look back and see what that year was like," ex pressed Sawyer, who will be edit ing the yearbook for the fall se mester while Allen is studying abroad in Prague. Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to the sleepless nights, the pitched battles with mutinous computers, the head aches of deadlines and the frustra tion of under-appreciation? What kind of student would do that? "I'm a masochist who enjoys sleepless nights" Sawyer re features - The Guilfordian Senate would like to thank Dawn Watkins for helping us with a successful retreat. We attended Camp Raven Knob last weekend and had a great time eating well, hiking and relaxing around a camp fire. Oh yeah, we also discussed consensus and brainstormed ideas for this year. The major committees of Sen ate have taken shape and some began meeting this week. They are Academic Affairs, Budget, Com munications, Community Con cerns, Judicial, Student Loan Fund Auction, Special Projects, Student Sara Johnson Service shows students' "G.U.T.S" KRIS BELMONTE guest writer After attending a Bonner re gional conference last winter, Taj Greenlee, Erin Selzter, and I ex pressed the strong need to inte grate community service into all facets of the Guilford College community. Although Guilford proves to be an exceptionally socially aware academic institution, we felt that more participation on the part of students, faculty, and staff would be foster a deeper sense of cohesiveness and connection on campus. In addition to Taj, Erin, and I, Kiley Holder and Amanda Phillips, who both shared many of the same concerns and hopes as us, joined the team. Together, we created apian of action that would ultimately in troduce volunteerism to the greater Guilford population. As a result of our sincere dedication sponded. But that's not the whole truth, either. "Seriously," she con tinued, "the experience of having the responsibility of tying together all the different aspects of this (the Quaker's) complex entity. I'd like to own a business some day, and this is good practice, especially if I were to work for a magazine or newspaper. I really think it would be a good experience for anyone." Allen and Sawyer are co-edi tors this year, each in charge of a semester. Normally the yearbook has only one editor-in-chief, but Allen knew she was going to be abroad this semester and enlisted Sawyer to help her. "Other than The President's corner Residence Council, and Student Services. They can use your help. You DO NOT have to be on Sen ate to join one of these commit tees. If you are interested call the Senate office at x 2310 or Steve at x 3967. ROCK THE VOTE starts Mon day in the lobby of Founders dur ing lunch hours and will continue through Friday the 27th. Take the time to register with us...after that you are on your own. We had our first official meet ing Wednesday. We were fortunate enough to have Max Carter come in and discuss consensus with us. Thank you Max! We also intro duced the Senator appointment by Steve Marasco and tireless efforts to implement our campus-wide service scheme, the student-initiated organization G.U.T.S (Guilford Uniting Through Service) emerged. Since the beginning of the se mester, the G.U.T.S team has been arduously working on what we hope to be the first of many Guilford community projects. Therefore, as a means of welcom ing Don and Britta McNemar into campus life, and bringing to gether main camopus and CCE students, faculty, staff, and administration, G.U.T.S brings Service Day '96 to Guilford. We cordially invite all to come together on Saturday, October 5, in a celebration of community. Service Day '96 offers a plethora of service opportunities for everyone involved in Guilford life. The various projects will in clude a campus-wide clean-up, a kids mini-fair (children from Path ways Family Shelter and West View Valley will be coming to that, we're keeping the staff con stant. We wanted to have a smaller staff this year who could pick their own assistants and delegate re sponsibility," Sawyer stated. We still need a lot of photogra phers," Dana Clark, the photogra phy editor, added. The book will be primarily vi sual with more artistic photos. Our goal is to get somewhere between the '95 and '96 yearbooks. We don't want to be as expensive and fancy as the former or as simple as the latter, Clark said. Sawyer commented further by saying they wanted quality while maintaining simplicity. The theme of the yearbook, Letters to a Friend, invented by Allen, will try to make the Quaker 5 nominees, went over several organization's budgets for this year, talked about having better lighting in certain areas around campus, and discussed possible changes for Dana Lounge. Senate meets every Wednesday in Boren Lounge from 3:35 p.m --5:00 p.m. Please feel free to stop by and check out what we are up to so far. Items on the agenda for this week include the approval of appointed student nominees and several budgets. As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, ideas or if you would like to help with ROCK THE VOTE or other Senate activities, please call the Senate office at x 2310. 'l"hank you. campus), an opportunity to help paint the Welcome House at Lutheran Family Services, a chance to restore a house with the HOME organization, a visit to Summit House, and an opportu nity to cook and serve food at GRAIN. There are diverse community service projects available...so don't hesitate to join us in our cel ebration. Remember any amount of time that you can volunteer on October 5 will be greatly appreci ated. Starting on Monday, Septem ber 23, G.U.T.S. representatives will be holding volunteer sign-up sessions in Founders Lobby dur ing meal times. Furthermore, if you cannot make it on Service Day, but you are still interested in helping out (there is still a lot of planning to do!) please call one of the numbers below. Remember this event is for ev eryone. Hope to see you there! even more personal this year. "We decided to include letters written by certain leaders and representatives of the students. They'll be about a certain in stance and be addressed to the school at large and dispersed throughout and tied into the pic tures" Sawyer said. Guilford College is not sim ply a place of learning, but of living-creating memories that will shape the rest of our lives. Every moment we spend here serves as a caption defining who we are. These moments, some quiet, often unnoticed and appar ently timeless, are remembered forever in the Quaker, so that we may keep them in our hearts to gether.
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