IL 1 F GUILFORDIAN GREENSBORO, NC Homecoming weekend By Ginny Marble STAFF WRITER The weather was perfect for Homecoming weekend, and folks all over campus emerged from their rooms, Bauman, and the library to check out the festivities, joining returning alumni. Arlo Guthrie was a big hit on Friday night, drawing a crowd of people from all over the area. "He was hilarious, both through his songs and his story-telling," said senior Rise Hunter. "'Alice's Restaurant' was really good." "The best part was his scathing remarks about outsourcing and the downfall of Guilford," added alumnus Ben Newlin. The warm and sunny tem perature on Saturday after noon brought many people to the football game, though oth ers watched the men's soccer team play their last home game. "I was surprised at how many people turned out for the football game," commented se nior Kelly White. "I also thought it was great that we had a band." Alumni athletes were in vited to participate in baseball and men's lacrosse games. Sen ate members scrambled around campus in attempts to sell Homecoming T-shirts and glow-in-the-dark-cups to Guilford fans. On Saturday night, Guilford students piled into vans or cars and drove to the Millennium Center in Win ston-Salem for the Pre-Millen nium party put on by Adam Gillis. The party had been talked about and highly antici pated for weeks beforehand. "I had a good time. The music was awesome and everyone seemed to be in good spirits that night," said senior Rob Somera. Sophomore Sara Nees added: "By the time I got there [at 2:30 a.m.], the place was re Please see Fun, page 2 | Forum [ Indents disrupt meeting t\mmk - - - ... ■ ■ ■ /r ' r 1 /fct. * sfv &!' jj MM"* '* ' ' w ' % • , 4 ' .' r V> v v . Students discuss what to do about McNemar's bookstore decision By Larissa Deckert STAFF WRITER At 9:30 a.m. on October 27, 45 students on a mission met on the steps of Founders Hall. They planned to settle them selves in silence in President Don Ed Lowe hospitalized By Peter Morsheck STAFF WRITER Some people carry them selves in an aura of love and kind ness, leaving their mark behind them wherever they go. Asked to write a story on one such person this week, I interviewed many, only to be met by a collage of smiles, tears, and stories. Almost all stories started the same way, "My words can't do him justice..." Ed Lowe, former Guilford College Choir Director and fac ulty leader of the Munich semes ter, damaged his Achilles' tendon while stepping off a train four weeks ago. On Tues., Oct. 12, he entered a hospital in Munich for surgery. [Wbrid^^H HI McNemar's lobby before his scheduled 10:15 meeting with Follett representative Jerry Sullivan and Chief Financial Of ficer Art Gillis, "a meeting we were specifically not invited to," says Amy Rouse, one of the pro testers. The meeting was a part of a series of three meetings While there, Lowe con tracted bacterial meningitis. Since Monday, October 15th, he has been in intensive care. Since October 17, he has been under sedation to prevent unnecessary movement which could put undue pressure on his swollen brain. Meningitis is a bacterial in fection or inflammation of the /jfk ■ILSUUSLSUTFRITF ". , M ■% TheGuilfordian c/o Student Activities 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Greensboro, NC 27410 NOVEMBER 12,1999 about the future operations of the bookstore. Sullivan also met with bookstore manager Betsy Johnson, textbook coordinator Pam Henry, and a concerned member of the faculty The group of students Please see BookstorG, page 2 thin membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. It is gen erally contracted by bacterial in fection in another part of the body or a head injury, such as a frac tured skull, which allows the in fection to enter. While the disease is serious Please see Lowe page 4 Aa'.t R' ■ •