2 UNION VOX By Sara Hahnel UNION PRESIDENT Welcome back everyone! I hope it was a nice summer. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sara Hahnel, and I'll be your UNION presi dent this year. The purpose of UNION is to find out how the students want to be enter tained and to bring it to cam pus. We listened to sugges tions and requests about things you wanted to change and im prove, and have been working hard all summer to make sure this fall is a good one. As we all know, Guilford students have incredibly diverse personali ties and we have tried to sat isfy all those different desires. However, the best way to get involved and get your voice heard and to get what you want is to be directlv involved with Week at Guilford College MM Friday August 27th •Welcome Weekend Bryan Hall Dance 9:3opm-12am, Bryan Quad H Saturday August 28th ♦Welcome Weekend Bryan Hall Dance 12am-1 am Bryan Quad •CCE Microsoft Computer Training Bam-spra Bauman B-l 1 •Welcome Weekend Festivities 11:30am-9pm, Milner/Bryan Lawn •IVCF New Student Outreach, s:3opm-B:3opm, Dana Lounge & Founder's Patio •AACS Spades Tournament, 7:3opm-12am, Commons •Welcome Weekend Itcits Concert, 9pm-12am, Miiner/Bryan Lawn Sunday August 29th •African American BBQ, 2pm-4pm, English Lawn •CCE Computer Training, 2pnrv4pm, Bauman B-13 •WQFS Meeting, 7pm-Bpm, Commons Monday August 30th •Women's Studies Meeting, 3:45pm-s:3opm Gallery •Biohazard Ultimate Team Meeting, 7:3opm-B:3opm, Boren Lounge , •Guilfordian Meeting, 7:3opm-B:3opm, Commons Tuesday August 31 st •Yoga Classes, B:3oam-l 2:3opm, Gallery •Community Prayer and Worship, 12pm-1 pm. Moon Room •Episcopal Worship Service, s:lspm-5:45pm, Moon Room Wednesday September 1 st •Faculty Luncheon, 11am-2pm, Large Walnut Room •Volunteer Fair, 3pm-s:3opm, Sternberger •The Game of Life, 2:3opm-4:3opm, Gallery •IVCF Meeting, 7 pm- 10pm, Commons Thursday September 2nd •Yoga Classes, B:3oam-l 2:3opm, Gallery •Scrabble Club Meeting, 7pm-11 pm. Commons Friday September 3rd •Student Activities Fair, 11 am-1 pm. Founders Lawn To have your event or meeting appear on the Week at Guilford, submit it outside the publications suite in the box labeled public senuce announcements. Please turn it in before Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. and mark that it is for the Week at Guilford. UNION. If you want to help choose and plan the films, speakers, bands, coffeehouses, dances, comedians, or off-cam pus events, you should come to the meetings. Don't forget about Serendipity (our end-of-year bash). We always need a lot of help planning that! Don't worry if you don't have experience with this sort of thing. UNION is a team effort, and we would love to welcome you to the team. Our first meeting is Sun day, August 29 at 4 pm up stairs in Founders. Take a break from your homework and spend some time thinking about the fun stuff. If you have any questions or comments about UNION or our events please call the UNION office at x 2303. I look forward to seeing every one at the UNION events and wish everyone good luck this semester! News Changes cont'd from page 1 groups were based around envi ronmental concerns and improving the campus. The Fulcher garden ing groups, Forever, and the Out door Club collected litter from the Lake and posted signs informing the community on how to recycle. The Under ground Railroad group sim u - lated an escape through the For est on Saturday, while both the Guilfcrchan and Ad missions Process Students discuss the community groups have covered CHAOS and new stu dent concerns. The Guilford Col lege First-Year Mural worked to gether to design and create a last ing work of art. The Intramural group worked on integrating intramural sports into the community and on improv ing the program, and the dancing, guitar, and drumming will perform the Opening Convocation Cer emony, which officially welcomes the Guilford community. The First-Year orientation has evolved and expanded over the past few years. "What we had Photographers Wanted! Beef up your resume and hone your skill as a photographer for the Guilfordian. All those interested should contact us at ext. 2306. Corrections The Guilfordian makes every effort to be accurate and re sponsible. If you should discover an error in an article printed in the paper, please do not hesitate to contact us at x 2306. Our circulation goal is to have a paper in the campus mail box of every person on campus by noon on Friday. If you do not receive your paper, please let us know. t 1 HI THE GUILFORDIAN AUGUST 27, 1999 when I got here was a typical two day logistical orientation," said Lundquist. She believes that the best type of orientation programs are those that require students to be active within the school commu nity. "The way you're a part of the COURTESY OF THE FYC better organization, with more groups and options. Grant cont'd from page 7 made a commitment to the Board of Trustees to seek grants to supplement the million dollars which the Board approved for the implementation of the new aca demic program. "Hopefully, this grant will help to begin a pattern of using grant money instead of in side money," said Borei. The grant will also under write a course which intends to of fer challenging content and encour age students to use their under standing of the past to envision future possibilities. A description of the class ap proved by the faculty said the course also "requires and provides an opportunity to develop and en rich a range of reading, research, and writing skills." Borei hopes the Historical Perspectives program will im prove from semester to semester and will get closer to its goal of an innovative fusion of English and history. Tfeams of English and history professors will read course evalu ations and papers written in the classes to assess the program and generate new ideas. commu nity is to become involved in it." The First- Year Pro gr a m plans to continue the groups into next year. Some im prove- ments in elude