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Editorial Board
Adam Lucas
Laura Parker
Marjorie Hall
Ellen Yutzy
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THE GUILFORDIAN
"Since 1914, but never quite like this."
Editor-in-chief Adam Lucas (286-1214)
News editor Marjorie Hall (316-3171)
Features editor Will Dodson (316-3727)
World editor. Ellen Yutzy (316-3808)
Editorials editor. Laura Parker (316-3683)
Sports editor Dan Gatti (316-3843)
Photography editor Becca Lee (316-3446)
Co-photo editor Chris Carlstrom (316-3752)
Layout editor. Alicia Grogan-Brown (316-3120)
Online editor Steven Rentz (316-3278)
Business manager Amy Broach (286-1214)
Faculty advisor. Jeff Jeske (316-2216)
Staff writers: Laurah Norton, Betsy Blake, Paige Mcßae, Greg Rinaldi,
Astor Ankney, Allison Strizak, Morgan Reffell, Chris Weber, Jack Shuler, Amanda
Becom, Annie Buchanan-Clary, Jonathan Carter, Kelton Cofer, Kelly White, Zack
Hample, Matthew Zuehlke, Jacob Noble, Katy Hunter, Phoebe Jewett, John
Clinton, Dana Mendoza, Jeff Irving
Staff meetings are Mondays at 7:30 pm in the Passion Pit. All are
welcome.
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Two sides to voter turnout
♦Students turn out in surprising numbers to vote in election
STAFF EDITORIAL
At first glance, having only slightly
more than half of the student body vot
ing in an election that made national news
sounds distressing.
After all, if it's good enough for The
Washington Post to write about and Dan
Rather to talk about, then shouldn't it be
good enough to deserve the attention of
a majority of Guilford students?
Well, yes. And well, no.
It's discouraging that only 30 more
students voted this year than in 1997 and
that 29 more people voted in 1996. In an
election that received as much attention
as this one, it seems reasonable to ex
pect a large increase. Any potential voter
that might have used the "I didn't know
it was election day" excuse had that de
fense torpedoed when the Morris ticket
made use of some quite effective last
minute campaign signs.
Of course, this election is not one
that can be measured strictly by the num-
Forum
bers. Countless voters decided not to vote
because they felt that the events leading
up to the election blurred the actual is
sues.
Even without their participation,
It's also a well-deserved trib
ute to the elections committee,
which made voting quick,
easy, and relatively painless.
however, voter turnout still compares fa
vorably with that of colleges from across
the state. For example, UNC recently
held its student body election, welcom
ing 2,500 voters. That sounds like a lot
until you consider that Carolina has nearly
20,000 undergraduate students.
In that light, having one out of ev
ery two students show up is rather en
couraging. It's also a well-deserved trib-
A female for 2000
BY GREGORY RINALDI
Staff Wrter
It's odd. America is odd. Everyone
is so accepting of Bill Clinton having an
affair or two, and the public has given
him the highest approval rating since he
was elected.
First, let's get the facts straight.
Kenneth Starr is investigating whether
Clinton influenced justice, not whether he
had an affair. If Clinton told Monica
Lewinsky or anyone else to lie under oath,
then that is grounds for impeachment.
Case closed.
But it's not. Not for us and not for
this issue.
What if Hillary was President in
stead? And what if she had been having
these affairs? Even with the economy
showing the same glorious signs, people
wouldn't be as accepting of a woman
having an affair. Stereotypes and sex
ism, and another reason why our coun
try isn't brave enough to elect a woman
to the presidency.
Christine Todd Whitman is gover
nor of New Jersey. Janet Reno is the
attorney general. And we have women
in the Senate and Congress who have
The Guilfordian
February 20,1998
ute to the elections committee, which
made voting quick, easy, and relatively
painless.
Naturally, the candidates also de
serve a good bit of credit. This cam
paign was a difficult one.
First, the Morris ticket found them
selves more or less unable to campaign
because of a fear of being perceived as
insensitive to the attack on Molly Martin
last week. They bounced back with gusto
on the morning of the election, however,
placing balloons in almost every campus
building and tying ribbons around dorm
room doors.
Both tickets, in fact, handled the
tricky task of campaigning with excep
tional class, as even the slightest slip could
have been taken the wrong way.
The result was a clean and well
run campaign. While some might say that
it's a shame more voters didn't turn out,
an even-handed look at a complex situa
tion shows that it's probably better than
anyone could have hoped.
taken the same jobs and slandering as
their male counterparts.
Popular belief is that a woman
couldn't handle the headaches that go
with power, such as congressional poli
tics, foreign affairs, and war. But most
already do. We have a female secretary
of state, ambassadors, and lawyers to
name a few. Women can handle the
same political positions just as well as
men can and have proved it time and time
again.
Have these critics ever raised chil
dren? They tend to argue that women
are better at raising children. Well, then
why don't they believe that women could
handle the childishness of male-domi
nated world politics?
Most politicians—including our
President—act like children anyway.
Congress would be child's play for
a woman.
This is equality? Where a woman
is dismissed as a leader just because she
is a woman?
Elizabeth Dole was a better candi
date for president in '96 than either her
husband or Bill Clinton. And maybe in
2000 she'll get the opportunity to prove
just how much better she was.