THE GUILFORDIAN
AUQUST, 27, 1999
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Butts kill campus wildlife
By Anna Belle Peevey,
Stephanie Innes, and Sam Mann
STAFF WRITERS
Tumors. Beer bottles. Dead
fish.
As the class of 2003 moves
into the Guilford community so
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Just chilling at the lake
does a wide variety of environ
mental concerns. Though these
problems have been prevalent for
a number of years, students on
the campus are taking a new ap
proach to dealing with environ
mental issues at Guilford.
The class of 2003 has created
four interactive community
groups whose purpose is to fur
ther the preservation of the cam
pus.
Forever, Green, Gardening,
and Recycling were created as a
part of the CHAOS program to
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be made, all of which need the
input of current students.
Guilford's future can be shaped
by our voices.
The Institutional Commit
tee appointments are a great
way for students to get their
voices heard.
Institutional Committees
meet to decide on just about
everything that happens at
Guilford. You can contact me at
or s top by the Info I>e *k
promote community through en
vironmental awareness. These
groups are each responsible for a
variety of tasks on campus.
While Gardening makes sure the
flowers receive water during the
recent drought, members of Re
cycling are busy separating glass
and plastic to make Guilford a
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ing trash
from around campus and, in par
ticular, the Lake. In doing so they
discovered the truth about ciga
rette butts.
The number of cigarette
butts discarded across the cam
pus has a significant negative
impact on the Guilford Lake, es
pecially the wildlife.
"When the wildlife around
the Lake consume cigarette butts,
the develop tumors and eventu
ally die," said Andrea Gerlak, a
group community leader.
"The real travesty of this
work hard for Guilford, but no
matter how hard I try, nothing
happens without your help. WE
can make a difference AJI we
need are dedicated students
change. The only question that
• remains is whether or not you
; are willing to matie them change
• or simply wait for them to
change.
; The representative posi
; tions in Senate and the Institu
: tional Committee appoint-
Ssnts are very important to our
am unity. Let's work hard to
; those positions filled.
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problem is that it can be so eas
ily prevented," commented an
anonymous student.
The Recycling group has
come up with possible solutions
to the overabundance of cigarette
butts, such as more ash trays and
trash cans around the campus.
"Trash cans around the lake
might also cut down on the num
ber of beer bottles thrown in by
really drunk kids," commented
another anonymous student.
However, the easiest solu
tion stands with a greater respect
for the campus and the realiza
tion that Guilford is indeed a com
munity. A community not only of
students and faculty but of squir
rels, chipmunks, and fish alike.
It is our responsibility to pre
serve its integrity.
more eco
logically
concerned
school.
For
ever and
Green,
sub -
groups of
Guilford's
Forever
Green or
ganiza-
tion, have
dedicated
their time
to clean-
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Campus Ministries
Morning Worship Vnprogrammed meeting for worship -weekday
mornings from 8:05-8:15 a.m. in the "Hut.
gCRO (Brown (Bag Lunch, discussion "(British Friends in
(Business, Industry, and (Reform" Friday Aug 27 noon
in the Hut
Tenth AnnuaC Friends Meeting (Progressive (Dinner- Beginning
at the Hut at 5:30, Friday, Aug. 27. Main Course 6:00 p.m. at
New garden Meeting; dessert 7:30 p.m. at Friendship Friends
meeting.
CoCCege Meeting for Worship - Sunday, August 29, 9:15 am in the
Moon (Rpom. Jamie (Barnett 'OO and Jason Hedgecoc£ '99
speaking.
"Experiment with the Light" group - Ced 6y Max. Carter. Mon.,
Aug 30 at noon in the Hut.
gCRO Seeders Session - "Who are these (Peculiar peopCe caCCed
Quakers? " Monday, Aug 30. Led by Max Carter. 7:30 in the Hut
Community (Prayer — Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m. in the Moon (Rpom.
Mid-wee for worship Vnprogrammed worship, Wed.
evenings from 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the Hut.
gORP Seeders Session - Wed. Sept 1. "(Praying with the (psaCms."
Led by (Deborah Shaw. 6:00 in the Hut.
gCRQ (Brown (Bag Lunch (Discussion Friday, Sept 3at noon
in the Hut.
"Open Hut" aCcohoC-free Mixpn. 5:00 pm, Friday, Sept 3in
the Hut. Smoothies donated by the Juice Shop; snacks; speciaC
offer for Carter's new boo£ The Minutiae of the
Meeting.
gCRO fireside "Finding your path in CoCCege. Friday, Sept 3at
7:30 p.m. in the Hut. Led by current guiCfordstudents.
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