THE GUILFORDIAN
OCTOBER 2, 1 998
Kevin Lyons to speak
about the environment
By Forever Green
In a time of reevaluation of
Guilford's purpose as an institution
of higher learning, it is necessary
that we begin to formulate strate
gies for an environmentally sustain
able future.
With this in mind For
ever Green has invited Kevin Lyons,
Director of the Institutional/Envi
ronmental Contract Management
Division at Rutgers University, to
come, speak, and share his ideas on
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other jobs such as housekeeping
and Marriot staff."
Santes Beatty, Director of
African American Affairs, stated
that he initially had "mixed feel
ings" about the recruitment. "Of
ten in this situation its hard to tell
if the motivation behind the deci
sion is to just increase numbers or
to really change the dynamics of
how the institution deals with di
versity in its effort to become an
anti-rascist institution," said
Beatty. "So I am having faith that
it is the latter of the two."
Many support the adminis
trations efforts. "I think it is long
overdue," said Hodge. "The voices
of African Americans have been
ignored on this issue and others."
Hodge cites other important
issues as being a lack of diverse
entertainment and a lack of train
ing for those who are not aware of
other cultures.
"Guilford has a tendency not
to be as proactive as it would like
to believe it is," said Beatty.
Recruitment is not the only
measure being taken by the ad
ministration to engage in the race
issue. The Foundation for Commu
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how to make Guilford a more envi
ronmentally conscious institution.
Lyons has been instrumental in
transforming Rutgers to become
a more environmentally aware
institution.
Lyons's visit is exciting because
it will provide ideas about how
Guilford, as a community, can be
more environmentally responsible.
Lyons will be a guest
speaker at a community forum on
Tuesday, October 6th, at 8 p.m.
(location TBA).
nity Encouragement has been
hired to hold workshops for the
faculty which will discuss a wide
range of issues including how to
communicate with authenticity,
deal with difficult issues, welcome
and affirm diversity, bridge differ
ences with integrity, and relate
with compassion and respect. A
statement from FCE states, "Our
approach encourages tolerance of
ambiguity, the experience of dis
covery, and the tension between
holding on and letting go."
Five of these workshops will
be held throughout this month in
which a majority of the faculty will
attend. A different group of 50
people from the faculty and staff
will spend two days together in the
workshops during each of these
sessions. Each faculty and staff
member will have an opportunity
to attend the workshops.
A coordinating committee
has been formed with a purpose
to notice, track, and present issues
that arise from the workshops.
Committee members include
Santes Beatty, Pat Callair, Martha
Cooley, Frank Dietch, Anne
Lundquist, Don McNemar,
Marian Spruill, Adele Wayman,
and Bob Williams.
News
Senate discusses weekend
life and communication
By Colin McFadden-Roan
SENATE REPORTER
This week, as with last
week, the general announce
ments portion of the agenda was
the meeting's highlight. With
"Celebrate Guilford Day" appro
priately moved, this
week's topic: the age-old
problem of "nothing to do
around here but drink."
The point was made
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that otten there are things to do
on campus, but that by the week
end people, want to leave cam
pus. That, of course, is an issue
to be taken up with the ever-val
iant Greensboro Transportation
Authority. The concept of
Guilford-sponsored transporta
tion was not suggested as it has
been in the past; however, coor
dination with area schools and
organizations was.
The Student Life Advisory
Committee is examining exit in
terviews and a 1995 survey to
formulate its own survey on this
matter as it relates to retention.
This is far from a new prob
lem. Guilford rebounded quite
nicely in 1995-98 from 1993-94
when a substantial number of
first-years left.
Of late, the community has
tackled this matter by commu
nicating present events more vo
ciferously. First it was Senate's
rolling-red-sign theory which
mutated into Student Events
Planning's soon-to-be-unveiled
Vrcsfoetxf s Comer
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By Gary Young P ast weekend;
the Board of
Trustees were here for the first
of their three annual meetings.
Many topics were discussed. The
clarified alcohol policy, retention
issues, and athletics were only
some of issues raised.
The trustees were invited by
Senate to eat lunch with main
campus students and talk about
anything under the sun. I would
like to personally thank all
who participated; the accolades
have not stopped rolling in from
the trustees.
Which brings me to my
weekly opportunity to launch into
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a long, drawn-out monologue
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about our student body. There
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For those of
you who are won
dering, there was
not a convention
for BMW owners
on campus this
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scrolling-cable-channel.
This is augmented by the
"Week At Guilford" (on page 2
of The Guilfordian), Founders'
Weekly Events Board, plus the
monthly bathroom stall flyers
Senate will continue this year.
All of which go very nicely with
the innumerable flyers
posted by our 60 campus
organizations.
Finally, notice the
lovely billboards that
have sprung-up across campus
this month, ever so slowly inch
ing toward the sky, like sun
starved spring flowers. Is there
any poem so lovely as a tree cut
down, processed, and then stuck
back in the ground?
In related news, Shawan
Gabriel was appointed to the fi
nal Steering Committee spot,
Student Services Chair. Jamie
Risser, also considered for that
position, will stay on as a day
student rep. Along with Gabriel
and Risser, 11 other people were
appointed to Senate. Five more
people were appointed to Judi
cial Board.
Also, a convoluted corollary
to the two-reps-per-institu
tional-committee proposal was
put on hold another week.
Payment for the yearbook
is now in the hands of the Pur
chasing Department. Yearbooks
can be expected relatively soon.
"Soon" in the sense of the word
that recalls how late the 1994
Quaker was (two years).
were 25 trustees and 25 differ
ent students representing all of
us on campus. Both groups were
incredibly dynamic and there
was excitement from the board
about being able to talk directly
to the students about things
that concern them. They are try
ing to help.
Several had commented to
me that it was easy for them to
lose sight of where their munifi
cence is going, that is, they don't
usually get to see the benefits of
their work. One trustee com
mented to me that "it was so
nice to see the beneficiaries of
our time."
All of you make my job a lot
more worthwhile when you im
press people as often and as
quickly as all of you have done
during internships, work trips,
HOME projects, and various
other projects that we perform in
the community.
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