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Bill Bradley one of many speakers in fall series
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Dining hall adopts new program
Zack Hample
STAXT WRITER
Everybody loves to com
plain. College students love
whining about food.
The long-standing tradi
tion, however, of insulting
Guilford's dining hall is quickly
dissolving.
"Everyone cracks on the
food," said first-year student
Jennifer Toth during CHAOS.
"I've only been here for a few
days, but I like the food."
The dedicated Marriott-
Sodexo staff de
serves the credit for
leading more and
more students to
feel this way.
With an im
pressive resume in
the food industry,
Marty Woodward
arrived on the scene
last April as Guilford's new
General Manager of Dining
Services.
With him came the birth of
the "carte: blanc" plan, also
known as "continuous feeding."
For the first time, the din
ing hall now stays open all day
until 9:30 p.m. from Monday to
Thursday. This flexible plan
makes things easier for all stu
dents.
"The fact that they changed
their hours schedule makes it
100 percent better for me," said
junior Jason Wynn. He explained
that his two back-to-back after-
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noon classes would have made it
impossible for him to eat lunch --
if not for continuous feeding.
Wynn, a member of the ten
nis team, believes the improved
hours will benefit athletes, who
have tight schedules between
classes and practice.
Despite the many positive
reactions, there are criticisms
floating around. Junior TV Pender
supports continuous feeding, but
feels "it would be better if there
was more selection during non
peak hours."
Sophomore Jason Hidalgo
added, "I come here, and there's
ing to their ideas, questions, and
concerns,
He already has more plans
in the works such as expanding
late-night options, implement
ing a hot dog program, and re
organizing the beverage area to
ease customer flow.
Doug Gilmer, the production
manager, maintains that con
tinuous feeding is the biggest
change he has seen in his 38
years with Guilford Dining Ser
vices and, like Woodward, feels
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only one thing to eat."
Woodward ac
knowledges this.
"We're not where we
want to be," he admits.
"We have to find
out what works -- that's
our big thing." He ex
pects to learn what stu
dents want by listen
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Katy Wurster
STAFFWRITER
It is no accident that
three of the most anticipated
guest speakers coming to
Guilford College this fall will
have one topic in common
politics. If the presidential
election in November moti
vates you to take some inter
est in the world outside the
Guilford bubble, keep this
schedule in mind.
Doris Kearns
Goodwin will introduce the
topic "The American Presi
dency" on October 12. In ad-
Guilford makes wired colleges list
Nancy Houston
STAIT WRITER
Yahoo! Internet Life maga
zine ranked Guilford College 51st
on its annual list of the nation's
100 most wired colleges.
Rob Whitnell, Director of In
formation Technology and Ser
vices, sees the recognition as a
culmination of three years' worth
of investment the college has
dedicated to network systems.
The publicity is particularly
valuable now, with the college's
focus on increased enrollment.
"Undergraduates are as inter
ested in a college's Net resources
as in its curriculum or social life,"
according to Yahoo!
Dean of Enrollment Randy
Doss added the honor to the list
of flattering college guide entries
he hands out to prospective stu
dents. "We have known Guilford's
computer capabilities for a long
time. It is good to see others rec
ognize our resources and commit
ment," he said.
Yahoo! has conducted the
"Most Wired Colleges" survey for
three years, each year increasing
the survey pool and refining the
criteria. Nearly 1,300 schools par-
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dition to winning a Pulitzer Prize
for her biography Eleanor and
Franklin , Goodwin is the author
of Wait Till Next Year, the sum
mer reading for the Class of 2004.
"I think she was intrigued
[by our use of the book]," said Vice
President for Public Affairs Bobby
Wayne Clark, who also described
Goodwin as an "extremely good"
speaker.
Author Jack Miles will be
taking a slightly different ap
proach to the subject of politics
in a lecture entitled "Politics and
the Bible" that will occur on
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ticipated in the 2000 survey, more
than triple the 1999 participation
rate. The current survey ranks
universities and research schools
separately from colleges and bac
calaureate schools to allow for
comparison between similar in
stitutions.
The survey judges over 40
criteria that fall into four catego
ries: access and infrastructure,
administrative services, general
resources, and student support.
Guilford scored 80% in the "re
cent computer buys" criterion.
This factor rates the percentage
of computers purchased for use
in student public spaces in the
past two years.
Whitnell says the high rat
ing in this category stems from
the college policy of ensuring that
students always see the newest
computers on campus.
Junior David Kaplan, a user
of the computer labs, enjoys the
benefits. "I think they're great. I
think [IT&S] keeps them up to
date," he said.
Since the magazine high
lights only the top 50 colleges in
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