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GUILFORDIAN
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GREENSBORO, NC
Founders
gets new
furniture
By Laura Parker
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
This fall students were
greeted by freshly painted
walls and newly laid carpet
ing in Founders hall. Follow
ing this, work on Founders
seemed to cease, but last
week students, faculty, and
staff were once again faced
with altered surroundings.
New furniture appeared in
highly trafficked areas such
as the Founders lobby, Boren
lounge, the Commons, and
the Gallery.
Director of Student Ac
tivities and Events Planning
Dawn Watkins played a
large part in bringing about
these changes to Founders.
"Last winter...Mona [Olds,
Dean of Student Life] men
tioned to me that it might be
a good time, as different com
mittees were thinking about
their work for the next year,
to send a memo to the Facili
ties Committee mentioning
Founders could use a face-*
lift," she said.
After consulting the dif-j
ferent departments in the
building, Watkins made a
list of needed improvements]
Worn-out furniture, old car
peting, and the conditions of
the walls were among those
noted. This list of recom
mended upgrades for the
building was then submitted
to the Facilities Committee
The Facilities Commit-j
tee agreed that Founders
needed a face-lift, and it was
decided that problems with
furniture, carpeting, and
walls would be addressed.
Furniture had always been a
part of this cosmetic remod
eling, and some of it was ac
tually received during sum
mer. "I thought it was all
going to be here by October
and it ended up being No-
Please see Furniture, page 2
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Significant scheduling
changes proposed
♦Some classes would meet four days a week, some at 8:00 a.m.
Paul Binford
STAFF WRITER
The schedule at
Guilford may be drastically
different next year if
changes currently under
consideration are imple
mented. These changes
would impact both the daily
schedule and the semester
calendar as a whole.
One proposed change
would be the creation of
Mon./Thurs. and Tues./Fri.
classes. Friday would be
come a real class day, unlike
now, when it is largely ne
glected.
The longer breaks be
tween classes would allow
students to have more time to work classes would begin at 8:00 a.m., an include five hours of unscheduled
on projects and papers between idea that draws many negative re- "community time." This time, ac
class meetings. sponses from students.
Also in this new schedule Wednesday afternoons would Please see Schedule, page 4
Greensboro continues to
experience water shortage
♦City imposes stricter regulations as reservoirs continue to shrink
By Ellen Yutzy
STAFF WRITER
Sure, it rained Tuesday night,
but Greensboro's water shortage is
far from over. With some making
predictions
that the water -
will run out in
less than three
months, city of
ficials imposed
stricter regula
tions this past
week. To re
plenish the res
ervo i r s ,
Greensboro
need to receive at least 13 inches
of rain
The regulations doubtless
leave some business people upset,
but many others ask why it has
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Community time would mean all students could attend Senate meetings.
taken so long for the restrictions
to be imposed. "Environmental
policy is reactionary," said Guilford
student and environmental stud
ies major Jon Fero.
"People aren't going to
realize [the severity] until
they turn on the tap and
nothing comes out... What
are you going to do then?"
on the tap and
nothing comes
out," he said. "What are you going
to do then?'
Geology professor Charles
Almy agrees that a lack of educa
tion is one of the main problems.
Fero is not optimistic about
the city's abil
——— itv to impress
upon residents
the serious
ness of the
situation.
"People aren't
going to realize
[the severity]
until they turn
—Jon Fero
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DECEMBER 11, 1998
In conjunction with teaching the
hydrology classes at Guilford,
Almy and geology students have
conducted studies of the ground
water on campus over the last five
years. "We've discovered, this fall,
that the groundwater table has
dropped nine and a half feet on
campus over the last year," he said.
Although they are useful for
study, the wells the hydrology
class uses for study of groundwa
ter cannot legally be used for pro
duction.
While some think that well
water would present a solution to
the problem, Almy discourages use
of wells in Greensboro's situation,
believing that it's better to rely on
lakes. Because there is a limited
amount of water in any given geo-
Please see Water, page 3