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Naman Hampton, Liz Nemitz, Debbie Harris, and Ryan Maher, along with several other
Guilford students, went to New York City this past weekend, Feb. 1-3, to speak out against
the World Economic Forum.
Senate resolves fiscal confusion;
clubs return unused funds
Jacob Blom
STAFF WRITER
Community Senate was
short over $5,000 in budget
spending, an issue which has
now been mostly resolved.
Just before winter break,
the business office informed
Community Senate Treasurer
Jill Burchell that there was a
shortfall in the budget. Burchell
needed to find over $5,000 to pay
for student activities.
"But, [Community Senate
is] not just rolling over and ac
cepting it," Burchell said at the
time. She petitioned the Board
of Trustees to find a way to rid
her and Senate of the entire
problem.
Since then, clubs have given
back all funds they can do with-
Greensboro, NC
out this spring. In fact, Senate
now has a surplus, which it is
setting aside as a type of special
events fund for clubs that may
need emergency financing for,
say, a coffeehouse.
But Burchell warns that the
surplus is meager, and clubs
should remain frugal spenders.
Additionally, Community
Senate, until a few days ago,
was mandated to pay for a por -
tion of the salaries of Jeff Jeske,
advisor to The Guilfordian, and
Leslie Moss, associate director
for student activities and the
first-year program. Senate must
also pay for the Binford Formal
and the budgets of each student
club. Those expenses would
have put Senate in a $15,000
hole, rather than the $5,000 they
ended up facing.
The problem was due in part
to the relatively low retention
rate of first-year students after
the fall semester. When stu
dents leave after the first semes
ter, they take back half of the
full-year student activity fee that
they paid upon enrolling. The
rate of retention was low enough
to impel Community Senate to
take previously allocated funds
back from clubs it deemed inac
tive.
Senate originally said that
See Senate, p. 2
February 8, 2002
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GIGI BURKHALTER
Senate holds
forum on early
college
program
Shortly after the faculty ap
proved the implementation of an
early college program. Senate
hosted a forum on Wednesday
evening to give students the op
portunity to ask questions and
receive feedback about the pro
posal.
Around 35 people met in
Boren Lounge to hear Kathy
Adams, Academic Dean, and
Mona Olds. Dean of Student Life,
present the plan.
Adams said the pilot program
next semester would likely enroll
100 students, with an additional
100 students in the 2003-2004
school year if the trial goes well.
The George White House on
Friendly Ave. across from Quaker
Village will serve as the program's
hub.
A plethora of questions and
concerns sprang from students
after the introduction. Several
wanted to know what services and
areas of Guilford would be avail
able to the high school students.
"We're still negotiating
what services would be available,
which ones would not, and which
ones would be for a fee," Olds said.
High school students would use
the library and computer labs and
could pay to eat in the cafeteria,
she said.
Concerns raised included the
inconvenience these students
might bring, such as parking con
straints and larger classes. Adams
did not guarantee class sizes
would remain what they are now.
Students also wondered if
certain class discussions and top
ics would be appropriate with
these younger pupils. Other stu
dents were unhappy because they
saw the only benefit for Guilford
from this as financial.
Some said that Guilford's
priorities are mixed up and that
Brian Schuh
STAFF WRITER
See Forum, p. 2
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