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"Tatman, a philosophy
graduate of Guilford, died
suddenly in his home of
Westport, Massachusetts, on
Aug. 20 due to a rare viral
heart condition called acute
fulminate viral myocarditis."
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"The High Point Theater is
definitely the place to go if
you are looking for a night
of entertainment."
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"Every year Guilford expe
riences its own reincarna
tion as students return to an
institution that presents a
mixture of familiarity and
change, the latter of which
appears so consistent it is
hardly distinguishable
from the first."
Elections Cancelled, Deemed "Waste of Time"
Vera Brown
News Editor
Founders Lobby last Mon
day saw no student Senate Rep
resentative elections.
Community Senate Presi
dent Naz Urooj said, "We all
agreed that there was no need
for an election,"commenting on
the decision made by the Com
munity Senate Steering Com
mittee.
Elections had been adver
tised as being held from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday.
"We're not going to waste
our time sitting in Founders,"
said Community Senate Secre
tary Elizabeth Appenzeller. "You
don't need to have an election
if there isn't a position being
contested."
As of Sunday evening,
only 17 of the 30 positions had
people petitioning to run.
None of the candidates, ac
cording to Senate, were run
ning opposed to another can
didate for the same position.
Those 17 were appointed to
the positions for which they
wanted to run.
"There would be no
need for a pointless election,"
Floyd McKissick, Community and
Student Concerns Committee
Chair and member of Steering
Committee said.
Should two or more stu
dents contest a single represen
tative position, according to
Community Senate, there would
be student-wide elections for
those positions.
Available as of the
Wendesday evening first Senate
meeting were the 13 for which
people had not yet petitioned.
Residence halls are repre
sented by anywhere from one to
four representatives. One more
representative was needed in
Binford, two more in Bryan, two
more in Milner, two for the Apart
ments and Alternative Housing and
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Senate meeting gets underway with appointed senators.
Sarah Sherman
one each for English and Mary
Hobbs.
Each graduation class has
one representative. There are two
Day Student representatives, and
two Academic Senator appoint
ments were needed as of Wednes
day night. One of the two Athletic
Student appointments was open.
Senate had an International Stu
dent appointment and a Minority
Student appointment, but needed
a Transfer Student appointment
and a GLBTA Student appointment.
Steering Committee mem
bers, after the meeting on Sun
day evening, returned to their
dorms and tried to spread the
word that elections had been
cancelled and attempted to re
cruit people to fill the open posi
tions. Each member present at
the meeting that night took on a
different area of campus to re
cruit.
Senate Vice-President and
junior Tamara Asad, in charge of
the committee that runs fall elec
tions, was not surprised by the lack
of interest.
"Elections were never a
popular thing," she said.
"Senate's reputation has not
been that good on campus."
Historically, such a lack of
interest in Senate is not an
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anomaly. "There were a couple
of years where this happened as
well," said Vance Ricks, Community
Senate Faculty Advisor and former
Guilford Community Senate Presi
dent. "It's early in the semester,
so it's often hard to generate
enough interest."
Student reaction to the lack
of elections varied.
"I feel OK because Senate is
open to everyone, " said Senior
Emily Hatch. "You can always have
an impact on Senate; it's not like
it's an exclusive club."
Senate was anxious to see
the remaining 13 positions filled.
Those who were interested in Rep
resentative positions but had not
yet gotten petitions signed were
told during the first Senate meet
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