Smartcards to go into effect in fall '97
JOE BAGBY
STAFF WRITER
Imagine one card that could be an ID,a
library card, a phone card, a meal card, a
key to the residence halls and other build
ings, and an ATM card. Sounds like some
thing at UNCG, right? Well, next year, the
"smart card" is headed for Guilford.
The card, which has magnetic strips
and/or a chip embedded in it, would pro
vide all these services, and would defi
nitely change life at Guilford. Dorms
would probably be under 24-hour
lockdown.
Visiting hours, which would most likely
be determined for each hall by its respec
tive hall council, would determine when
students from other dorms could and could
not have unlimited access to their dorm.
This new system will only be in effect
in the "traditional" dorms, including
Binford, Milner, Shore, English and Mary
Hobbs.
Bryan Hall, alternative housing and the
Apartments will not have to have a card to
gain entrance to the building, but all Guil
ford College students will be issued a card.
Says Senate president Steve Morasco, of
the system, "You don't have to hassle with
dorm keys."
Coded for access to facilities, the card
would provide access to the library, com
puter labs, science labs and Ragan-Brown
fieldhouse.
It will also work with the meal plan in
the cafeteria and the Underground. Also,
Adam Lucas
appointed to
head newspaper
COURTNEY CHRISTIAN
news edttor
Adam Lucas, a junior from Cary, NC,
has been named to the editor-in-chief posi
tion of The Guilfordian for the 1997-98
school year. Lucas has big plans for the
campus newspaper, includ
ing greater length, more is
sues, and a return to the
"traditional" newspaper
style front page.
Guilfordian advisor Jeff
Jeske commented, "The
Guilfordian has been evolv
ing in a positive direction
ever since 1987, when it was
reborn. Every year has been
an incremental step forward.
Because of his unique orga
nizational skills and vision, I
think Adam is going to
crystalize this momentum
into the finest version of the
Guilfordian that Guilford has yet seen," com
mented Guilfordian advisor Jeff Jeske.
Adam served as the sports editor of the
Guilfordian this year and was the perspectives
editor in the 1995-96 year. In addition to his
duties with the newspaper, Adam also writes
April 18,1997
the card will probably contain "electronic
purses," which would be available for use
at the bookstore, copying and vending ma
chines, and washers and dryers.
It will also access an ATM machine
which will be located in Founders. "The
idea is that every student enrolling would
get a free bank account," says Art Gillis,
Chief Financial Officer. Payroll checks
from work-study jobs would be credited
to the students' accounts.
Of course, some problems are to be ex
pected. Vandalism of the card readers is
the main concern for administrators. Gillis
says that power outages may also present
a problem.
Morasco asserted, "Obviously for the
first year, there will be some bugs you have
to work out." Gillis predicts that the sys
tem should be running smoothly in three
years.
Gillis predicts that life on campus will
be more convenient under the new system
and says of the reasons for implementing
the system, "We're very much concerned
about the security on campus, and it allows
students to have an almost cashless cam
pus."
The system is estimated to cost around
$200,000, and will be installed over the
summer. Marriott will help pay for the
costs, as will whichever bank decides to
put an ATM machine on campus. Cards
will last each student all four years at Guil
ford.
This new system is common in colleges
and universities across the campus, such
for Inside Carolina and The Cary News,
serves on Judicial Board, is a member
of the Honors Program, and coaches a
Little League baseball team in Cary.
"I want the Guilfordian, as a
whole, to be more in touch with the stu-
Adam Lucas steps up
to editor-in-chief
Guilford student."
Lucas will be joined by news editor
Marjorie Hall, features editor Will
Dodson, sports editor Courtney Chris
tian, world/nation editor Olivia Riordan,
and opinions editor Lindsay Oldenski.
news - The Guilfordian
dents. The Guilford
community expects us
to inform them and we
need to take that seri
ously," Lucas com
mented about assuming
the role of editor-in
chief. "I understand that
some people at Guilford
College—both profes
sors and students—may
be worried about what
m be bringing to the pa
per, but we all know that
Guilford is about diver
sity and I'm fairly certain
that I am not the 'typical'
as Wake Forest and The College of Will
iam and Mary. The change appears to be a
dramatic improvement.
Says first-year student Todd Rainville,
"It sounds pretty crazy. It should make life
here at Guilford a little more convenient."
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First-year James Higgins is also excited.
"It's a spiffy idea, as long as there's no ser
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