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Formal Provides a Night of Bus-Riding Wristband-
Wearing Fun For Over 200 Participating Students
Mary L.ayton Atkinson
Staff Writer
Guilford's formal was re
vamped and restructured this
year, adding both extra perks
and extra restrictions for the stu
dent body.
Students may have first no-
ticed the reduction
in ticket price that
this year. Last year,
tickets sold for
$10; this year, tick
ets went for just $7.
This reduction in
price was due to a
change in the or
ganization that
sponsored the
event.
"The Student
Residence Council
(SRC) financed the
Binford Formal in
years past," said
Union President
Kate Doom. "The
Binford Formal re
quired a large
chunk of the SRC's
budget and so ad
ministrators de
cided to make the
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Jamara Knight
Formal Union's responsibility.
This year's Formal was spon
sored by Student Union because
Union has a larger budget."
Union's larger budget not
only allowed for less expensive
tickets, it allowed the dance to
be held at a larger venue as well.
"Since Union was hoping to
top last year's attendance, we
decided to pay a bit more for the
larger location, the Radisson,"
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said Doom.
Union succeeded in its at
tempt to raise attendance at this
year's formal. Over 200 tickets
were sold in comparison with last
year's 175.
The larger space easily ac
commodated the additional stu
dents while leaving enough room
for buffet lines of catered hors
d'oeuvres and a backdrop for
posed pictures. An archway of
blue, white and silver balloons
lined with stands of white lights
led into the elegantly, yet sparsely
decorated ball room.
"I could have done a better
job decorating with that amount
of money. It was just balloons,"
said junior Natasha Knight. "But
the centerpieces with floating
candles were nice."
One change to the formal
more controversial than the
choice of decor was the manda
tory shuttle ride to and from the
Radisson. The administration
made this decision.
"When we de
cided to have the
cash bar, adminis
trators decided that
we need to have re
quired transporta
tion in order to pro
tect the school le
gally," said Doom.
"Without the shuttle
system, if there was
an accident, the
school could have
been sued."
Although some
students noted that
they could see why
some of their peers
may have objected
to the mandatory
shuttle, most gave a
positive response to
their shuttle experi
ence.
"I thought the
benefits [of the shuttle] out
weighed any of the romantic at
mosphere that was lost," said
sophomore Grant Murphy.
Knight had a similar re
sponse.
"I thought [the shuttle] was
a good idea because a lot of
people don't have cars and a lot
of people were drinking," said
Knight.
The bus stop also provided
an opportunity for staff members
of Campus Life to check the ID's
of those students of age wishing
to make use of the cash bar.
"Two of our Assistant Deans
for Campus Life (Jodi Gill and Joe
Vereen) managed the ID checks
and wristband distribution on
campus as students boarded the
bus," said Leslie Moss, Associate
Director for Student Activities and
the First Year Program. "Stu
dents showed their ticket to the
formal to get on the bus, and, if
they were 21 years old, they
Corrections
The Guilfordian strives to maintain accuracy and balance in our
reporting. If you should discover any factual error printed in this
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subject line.
In the Nov. 8 edition ofThe Guilfordian, the review of A lesson
Before Dying ["A Lesson of Justice and, Racism, "page 6]
incorrectly stated that Jefferson, a black man standing trial as the
sole survivor of a liquor store shoot-out for which he was not
responsible, was "treated like an animal and dehumanized for the
color of his skin by the prosecuting attorney." The attorney in
question was Jefferson's defense attorney.
In the same edition of the paper, Matt Geiger's column ["Van
Schman: Why The Formal Might Suck," page 14], while discussing
the administration's decision to implement mandatory public
transportation to the formal, incorrectly identified the mode of
transporation as a van. Transportation to the formal was by
chartered bus, as reported in the Nov. 1 edition ofT he Guilfordian
["Woo! Formal Time," page 6]. Mr. Ceiger submitted a personal
apology that appears on page 14.
In the Nov. 1 edition, the front-page article on Jennifer Pue-
Cilchrist misspelled the name of her mother, Brenda Pue-Cilchrist.
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could provide legal ID to receive
an 'of age' wristband rather than
the standard participant wrist
band."
Many students didn't seem
to mind the added transporta
tion regulations that made the
cash bar possible.
"I didn't mind the shuttle ride
at all. It kept us safe," said se
nior Emma Juncadello. "And I re
ally liked the cash bar. It made
the event classier. Plus, since I
am 21 but don't like beer, it was
a nice option."