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f GUILFORDI AN
GREENSBORO, NC
First-year doroi
By Chris Brown
STAFT WRITER
Just as returning students
had one less option this year af
ter the demolishing of the Dana
houses, there is possibility that
j returning students will have one
less option in the coming fall.
Student Senate and Residential
Life are considering making ei
ther Binford or Milner an all
first-year dorm.
The change comes after last
year's first-year student reten
tion increase of 5% over the pre
vious year.
The college is looking to
continue that positive trend and
increase overall student satis
faction by instituting an all
freshman dorm.
The plan would involve ex
panding the responsibilities of
the first-year center to include
the potential freshman dorm.
This would mean a more exten
sive first-year program for the
students living there. Residen
tial Life hopes to see closer-knit
mentor groups. There would
also be a higher ratio of residen
tial advisors.
Binford, which tradition
ally has housed the largest per
centage of first-years, is the
most likely to become the all
freshman dorm if the proposal
is approved. Binford has a maxi
mum capacity of 158 and would
only be able to house some of the
freshman population.
First-year students account
for approximately 59 % of the
population of Binford. 54 upper
classmen live in Binford this
'year. None of the 131 residents
jof Binford would have the op
| tion of staying unless it was as
j an RA or mentor.
Claire Adams, a second
jyear Binford resident, ex
j pressed concern about displace-
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Students present at Wednesday's meeting continued to express strong
opinions against outsourcing.
Bookstore outsourced
Negotiations with Follet to turn proposal into a contract
By Melissa Starr
CIRCULATION DIRECTOR
After two years of emotional
discussion, it has been decided
that the Guilford College book
store will be outsourced to
Follett. President Don McNemar
announced the news in a letter
which was delivered to campus
boxes on October 15.
Renovations planned for YMCA
By James E. Tatum
Statt Writer
Barring any unforeseen de
lays, the renovations to the
Guilford athletic complex should
be completed by the spring of
2001.
The project has three main
components: improvements to
Alumni Gym and the Ragan-
Brown fieldhouse, construction of
a third facility connecting Ragan-
Brown with the Alumni gym, and
a new roadway providing access
for the surrounding community.
Construction is scheduled to be
The letter stated that "the
ability of Follett to provide a pro
gram that reflects personal ser
vice and sensitivity to individu
als which this community has ex
pressed as important hallmarks
of Guilford" was "critical to the
successful conclusion of a con
tract."
The school opened negotia
tions this week to turn Follett's
proposal into a contract.
However, many questions
still remain in the minds of some
gin by mid-2000.
In accordance with
Guilford's Quaker values, the
plan will have to meet the ap
proval of the college community.
"We are at a point in time
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students and faculty members.
A meeting was held on Octo
ber 6 at 7 p.m. in Founders Hall
to discuss student opinions of this
issue. "I have come tonight in the
spirit of seeking. I'm trying to find
the right thing to do in this situa
tion. I was asked by the board of
trustees to make this decision...l
chose not to do it over the sum
mer because I wanted to incorpo
rate the Guilford community,"
Please see Outsourced page 3
where a preliminary plan has
been drawn, 1 said Guilford CFO
and Vice-President Art Giilis. "As
soon as the plan has formed a
Please see YMCA, page 5