225223 Insane crocodile hunter page 9 f GUILFORDIAN GREENSBORO, NC Alnny gets mew lab By James Fishwick STAFF WRITER "My only regret is that my office won't be as nice," quipped Charles Almy con cerning the new Frank Fam ily Science Center. True per haps, but a nearly $50,000 ; fundraising effort will see a |new geology student re j search laboratory named for the popular professor. Cyril Harvey, the now semi-retired director of in stitutional research at Guilford and long time friend and colleague of Almy, led the campaign to dedicate the new lab. He and his wife Judy started with a donation of $25,000, which moved oth ers to give their gifts and pledges. Almy arrived at Guilford in 1972 after gradu ating from the University of Houston and earning both his Master of Arts and his Ph.D. in geology from Rice University. After school, Almy worked for Chevron Oil with Harvey, who con vinced Almy to come to Guilford and build the strong Geology and Earth Sciences department that we know to day. According to Almy, hie approach to teaching is sim ply to get "all kinds of stu __ Please see Almy, page j§; Karakasidis named new treasurer By Marjorie Hall NEWS EDITOR Senate once again has a treasurer. At the Community Senate meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 29, the Senate approved the Steering Committee's nominee for treasurer, senior and chair of the Student Loan Fund Auction (SLFA) Steve Karakasidis. "We chose Steve because we knew he could do the job Is death a solution? page 12 '• V V,:. nkk Mathabane speaks to students \ yjTark Mathabane: IVlwe are all human By Alex Gingrow and Ginny Marble STAFF WRITERS Mark Mathabane is a best selling author of four novels as well as an active anti-apartheid activist. On September 29, Mathabane graced Guilford and he wanted to do the job," said Senate president Shawan Gabriel. "He's been in Senate three years and has a lot of experience." Karakasidis has been a member of Senate since his first year as a Milner repre sentative, when he was a mem ber of the Budget Committee and worked on SLFA, a stu dent-run auction that raises money for student loans, one of Senate's largest projects. He has also chaired the Spe Bush the Lesser: coke snorting prez? page 14 with his presence and insight for the second time. Mathabane, the eldest of seven siblings and the first in his family to receive a formal education, was raised in the South African ghetto of Alexan dria in Johannesburg. He es caped the apartheid around him in 1978 by escaping to the United States on a tennis schol arship. He graduated in 1984, Ultimate, apparently, is now somehow a real sport page 16 cial Projects Committee and the student residence council. This year, prior to his appoint ment as treasurer, The Guilfordian c/o Student Activities 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Greensboro, NC 27410 roc ~ SJ>- "Ns. OCTOBER 8,1999 cum laude, from Dowling Col lege in New York and has since devoted his life to his writing. Mathabane's last visit to Guilford brought about many changes within the institution. According to history professor Adrienne Israel, "The students were deeply affected by his pre sentation." So affected, in fact, Please see ApartheiO, page 4 Karakasidis was on Steering Committee as the SLFA chair. Please see Treasurer, page 3 COLIN ROACHBENT

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