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To be or not to be?
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THE
GUILFORDIAN
GREENSBORO, NC
Catalog
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By Sara Johnson
STAFF WRITER
Guilford is in the middle of
a confusing transition. Altered
curriculums, new technology,
and changeover of staff mem
bers makes it hard to keep up
with how exactly our school
functions.
Traditionally the catalog
that can answer virtually any
question about Guilford comes
out every two years. Elizabeth
Corle in the Office of Institu
tional Advancement stated that
a new, one-year catalog will be
available this week.
The catalog is a very impor
tant document for current stu
dents as well as prospectives. It
is the best official source for in
formation about classes, majors,
graduation requirements, and
more. Jeff Jeske, Curriculum
Committee head, who also re
vamped the catalog from its last
version, referred to the book as
"The Scripture According to
Guilford."
The world beyond Guilford
is in transition as well. To keep
up with the changing world's de
mand for fast information, the
catalog is available on the Web
for the first time. Rob Whitnell
installed the document on-line.
Now students and
prospectives can quickly access
the specific information they
need on-line. The web site is
done in a simple format with the
each section listed as a link. By
simply clicking on a section,
browsers can look at study
abroad, majors, departments,
etc., and the information they
need is before them in seconds.
A useful catalog section is
entitled "A Tale of Two Cur
ricula," which explains how the
old curriculum and the new cur
riculum relate and provides a
template which bridges the two
sets of requirements.
The past couple of years
have shown that Guilford has a
lot of unresolved issues.
There is a controversial, yet
honest piece in the catalog that
admits that Guilford does not
always live up to the ideal com-
Please see Catalog, page 2
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Student demand leads to new
Multicultural Resource Center
By Leanna Born
STAFF WRITER
The power of just a few people
with a goal and determination has
been demonstrated with the open
ing of the new Multicultural Re
source Center.
Located in room 203-A of
Founders hall, the center will ben
efit every member of the Guilford
community. According to the
center's statement of purpose, "the
primary mission of the Center is
to preserve and promote the eth
nic cultures of all Guilford stu
dents, faculty and staff and the
greater community."
One student who helped
make this idea a reality is sopho
more Eowyn Evans. Evans is the
president of the Native American
Club and noted that while talk of
forming such a program began two
years ago, the catalyst that set this
plan in motion was the cultural
tension and tumultuous debate of
the past year. Evans stressed the
importance of underrepresented
groups coming together and be
lieves that the Multicultural Re
source Center "provides the physi
cal space for that to happen."
Daphine Locklear Strickland
Peer mentor program
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J. J. McEachern looks forward to working with mentors.
By Mary Haldeman
STAFF WRITER
For the first time, all new stu
dents are participating in a one
credit Learning Strategies class
taught, by peer mentors. The pro
gram aims to help first-year and
My free time, my
business
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will serve as the center's first co
ordinator. Currently enrolled as a
CCE student, Strickland is finish
ing her
degree in
women's
studies
and a con
centra-
tion in Af
ric a n
American
studies.
As a Na
ti v e
Ameri
can, she
has first
ha n d
knowl
edge of
the
struggles
minori
ties face
in all as
pects of
life. Ac-
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Strickland is the director of the new center.
cording to Strickland, the center
hopes to help provide "inclusion,
visibility, and empowerment" for
"African Americans, Asian/Pacific
Islanders, disabled peoples, Ilis
panics, Native Americans, sexual
t.unity to succeed," he said.
McEachern's role is to guide men
tors and help them solve any prob
lems that they may have.
Mentors meet weekly with
small groups of four to six students
and discuss topics such as time man
agement, study skills, and different
learning styles. Like many mentors,
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minorities, and women," as well as
the community as a whole.
Despite a few delays, includ-
the first, step, but now comes the
difficult task of collecting both mon
etary and material resources. The
search now is for culturally diverse
Please see Resource, page 3
expands
Daniel Summers wants to share his
own experiences to benefit new stu
dents. "1 want to help them find the
system of organization that works
best for them," he said, acknowledg
ing that the individual needs of each
student vary.
transfer stu
dents adjust to
Guilford
College.
J.J. Mc-
Eachern, First-
Year Program
and Residential
Life Coordina
tor, is excited
about the
mentoring pro
gram. "I want
to give every
Guilford stu
dent the oppor-
Anne Lundquist, Director of
the First-Year Program, began the
Learning Strategies class a couple
of years ago with first-year students
on the football team. Upper-class
football players were chosen to be
mentors. Because the program was
a success, Lundquist decided to in
clude all first-year student athletes
the following year. Mentors were
chosen from each sport and matched
with new athletes. Again, there
were positive results. The number
of students on academic probation
decreased. Students began to uti
lize valuable campus resources like
Fearless forecast: Back
and better than ever
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Please see Mentoring, page 3
ing no phone
hookup or
keys for the
doors, the
center is pro
gressing rela
tively quickly
considering
its conception
was only last
year. Like
any new pro
gram, how
ever, the
Multicultural
Resource
Center needs
financial sup
port. Accord
ing to Mona
Olds, Dean of
Student Life,
obtaining the
space for the
center was