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Faculty
approves
quantitative
literacy
requirement
By Brian Schuh
STAFF WRITER
Guilford students
haven't been required to
complete a math course for
graduation in some time.
The new curriculum in
cludes a more specific re
quirement regarding "quan
titative literacy," but it can
be easily bypassed by enter
ing first-year students.
At the faculty meeting
on Feb. 17th, approval was
granted for the criteria for
the requirement. Students
will be expected to know
basic mathematical skills
such as calculating geomet
ric quantities, basic prob
ability and statistics, expo
nents, and graphs, among
other skills.
Bill Stevens, chair of
the management depart
ment, and Jeff Jeske, chair
of the curriculum commit
tee, presented the draft of
the requirement to the fac
ulty. In the draft, the re
quirement is listed under
the Foundations heading
two reasons. First, accord
ing to the draft, being liber
ally educated and prepared
for work in the 21st century
requires some quantitative
literacy.
Believing that quanti
tative literacy is mandatory
for life in the 21st century,
Jack Zerbe, professor of the
atre studies, suggested that
the draft read that it be
mandatory for all students
to have quantitative skills
rather than it reading that
it is necessary for a liberal
education.
The faculty agreed to
pass the draft on the condi-
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Gabriel ticket victorious
♦Hahnel's Union ticket beats write-in effort by Devra Thomas
By Marjorie Hall
STAFF WRITER
Two weeks of campaigning
ended Tuesday with the Senate
and Union elections. Close to
half of the eligible students cast
a ballot in the election.
Shawan Gabriel's ticket
won with 333 votes, followed by
the McFadden-Roan ticket with
124 votes and the Norton ticket
with 22.
Gabriel was happy with
the results. "I'm just ready to
take off," he said. "It's been
long, but it's here, and I'm glad."
Neil Taveras, who ran for
VP on the Norton ticket, which
decided not to actively cam
paign, feels that their ticket's
presence affected the elections
in a positive way. "Our main
purpose was to get a point
across," Taveras said. "I think
we did that." He does feel that
the results may have been dif-
Elections forum controversial
♦ Uncertainty about rules, confusion over time evident on Sunday
By Brian Schuh
STAFF WRITER
Miscommunication on time,
confusion over format, and sparse
attendance by students were a
few problems of the Senate presi
dential tickets forum held last
Sunday evening.
At 7:00 p.m. the
Union forum began. Since
there was only one ticket
running, the forum only
lasted for approximately
30 minutes. Many
people, including presi
dential candidates James
Norton and Colin
McFadden-Roan were
under the impression
that the Senate forum
was supposed to start at
8:00 p.m. However, Ryan
Bek, chair of Senate's
special projects commit-
tee, decided to begin the forum
right after the Hahnel ticket for
Union finished speaking. The
Gabriel and McFadden-Roan
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ferent if the ticket
had campaigned.
"I think that
the Gabriel ticket
will be great,"
said Skye Harris,
secretary on the
Norton ticket.
The elections
went smoothly on
the whole, espe
cially compared
to the controver
sies of last year.
"The campaigns
were very clean
this year," said
Ryan Bek, special
projects chair.
"At the forum
there were some
perceived com
munications prob
lems (see story,
below), but it all
The Gabriel ticket's campaign stressed community.
Please see Election, page 2
tickets were the only two tickets
present when the forum began.
Around five minutes until
eight, a surprised James Norton
and vice-presidential candidate
Neil Taveras entered the Gallery
to see the forum already in
progress. Norton sat down at the
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There was uncertainty concerning the forum's format.
conference table, turned to Bek,
and said, "What happened?"
"I was really upset, to tell the
truth," said Norton. "It threw me
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off throughout the whole forum,
and when I left I was still mad."
The campus-wide voicemail,
sent out by the student activities
office, simply stated that the
Union and Senate forums would
start at 7:00 p.m. However,
Norton did not receive that mes-
receive a phone message remind
ing us of the time, but I never got
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sage since he lives off
campus.
"Being late did
hurt my campaign to
some extent," said
Norton. "It made me
look bad, but I had no in
tention of being late. I
just didn't get a call or
anything."
McFadden-Roan
concurred, "I was under
the impression that the
Senate forum was sup
pose to start at eight...l
was told that each mem
ber of the tickets would