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Editorial Board
Will Dodson
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Laura Parker
Marjorie Hall
Sarah Fleming
Statement of Pur
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pose
The Forum exists to facili
tate dialogue and expression
on matters of importance to
Guilford College and its
mission. Toward this end,
active community participa
tion in these pages is vital.
Editorial Policy
Every effort will be made to
print appropriate submis
sions of editorials, cartoons,
and letters to the editor.
They must be signed, with
the phone number of the
author or artist included and
turned in to the box outside
the publications suite by
3:00 on Monday before that
Friday's publication date.
Editorials must be no longer
than 400 words and letters to
the editor must be no more
than 250 words. The
Guilfordian reserves the
right to edit submissions for
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grammatical correctness and
brevity.
|E'G UILFORDIAN
Editor-in-chief.... Will Dodson 323-0548
Associate edtior Laura Parker 545-0552
News editor Marjorie Hall 316-3969
Features/Arts editor...Melissa Osborne 316-3578
Forum editor Sarah Fleming 274-5893
World editor .Lara Handler 316-3239
Sports editor.. Tim McFarlin 294-6931
Layout editor Gigi Burkhalter 316-3254
Photography editor....Amanda Spencer 316-3192
Faculty adviser .......Jeff Jeske 316-2216
Staff writers: Jared Axelrod, Jon Cecil, James Fishwick, Zack
Hample, Mike Hunt, Stephanie Innes, Jeff Irving, Kalindi LaTorre,
Anthony Lowe, Sam Mann, Peter Morscheck, Jacob Noble, Katy
Pannoni, Anna Belle Peevey, Amanda Roop, Melissa Stan-
Staff photographers: Amanda Spencer
Layout staff: Audrey Ross
Staff meetings are Mondays at 7:30 pm in
the Passion Pit.
All are we
How to reach us:
By mail: c/o Student Activities,
5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410
By phone: (336)316-2306
By fax: (336)316-2949
By e-mail: Guilfordian@rascal.guilford.edu
On the internet: www.guilford.edu/Guilfordian
Don welcomes community
By Don McNemar
PRESIDENT
I am delighted to greet you
on this day, the start of Guilford
College's 162 nd year, and I ap
preciate the opportunity given
to me by The Guilfordian to wel
come the entire
Guilford College com
munity as we begin the
1999-2000 academic
year. I hope you are as
eager as I am
Summer is a won
derful break, of course,
but the campus gets to
feel a bit empty in Au
gust. I miss the energy
of this vital and engag
ing community. We
have so much to do this
year!
It promises to be a
year in which we can
take on new chal
lenges and seize new
opportunities, a time
for us to devote our
selves to learning,
teaching, and working
for ourselves and for others here
at Guilford.
As we head into a year
leading up to the new millen
nium, we can look forward to
outstanding speakers and per-
Forum
formers, such as retired General
Colin Powell, who is heading up
a very ambitious community ser
vice initiative, and Arlo
Guthrie, the celebrated folk
singer. We will have the once
in-a-generation chance to kick
off a major capital campaign in
support of Guilford. And most
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Don and Britta welcome all
of all we will have the daily ex
citement of teaching and learn
ing within a new curriculum
that has been shaped and nur
tured by our faculty over sev
eral years of extremely hard
work.
I want to close with some
special word of welcome to new
student and faculty members of
The Guilfordian is your voice.
If you are interested in contributing as a writer,
artist, photographer, or graphic designer, please
attend the first Guilfordian meeting on Monday, August
30 at 7:30 p.m in the Passion Pit. That's the second floor
Do >(ou have an opinion >fou are too
laz.-| to write down?
Call The Guilfordian at 316-2306 and speak your
mind.
Each week we'll print a sampling of your messages.
No explicit language please! We will print messages
verbatim, so if you look stupid, it's all you.
THIS WEEK TOPI cb:
£loudhand £\enched Fist: Did anyone read this?
or
The first -fear students: Hot or not?
THE GUILFORDIAN
AUGUST 27, 1999
this remarkable college commu
nity.
Speaking to the Class of
2003, Welcome! You are 278
members strong, including tra
ditional first-year, transfer, and
visiting students.
Your Class of 2003 is, by the
usual academic measures, the
STAFF PHOTO
your marks in teach
ing. I have met each of you and
I know how fortunate we all are
to have you here.
On behalf of Guilford, I
welcome all of you-your talents,
your ideas, and your energy.
And I pledge to make every ef-
fort to help you make your own
individual and unique contribu
tions to our college in 1999-2000.
of Founders
most outstanding
class in Guilford's his
tory, and my faculty
colleagues are eager
to join you in their
classrooms.
You come from 30
states and 6 coun
tries, demonstrating
the geographic facet
of our prized diver
sity.
To the faculty
members of the Class
of 2003: You, my new
est colleagues, come
from some of the best
graduate programs in
the world, and are dis
tinctive as young
scholars who are ea
gerly seeking to make