IPGUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, N.C.
New Community Senate, Union officers elected
Taleisha Bowen
Staff Writer
For the first time in four
years, one ticket ran
uncontested for next year's
Community Senate executive
positions. Led by Ali Stewart,
the ticket also includes Leise
Gergely as vice president, John
Holt as treasurer, and Lily
Sharpless as secretary.
"While it is kind of a good
thing for (us), it shows that
there's lack of interest, which is
not such a positive thing," said
Stewart. "I wish there was com
petition, and more interest.
Competition is a good thing."
Stewart is currently serving as
secretary and Holt as business
manager for the current Senate
officers.
Community Senate has the
authority to govern the tradition
al age student body, according
to the student handbook.
"Its primary function is to
serve as the voice of the tradi-
Scholarships shrink lor off-campus students
Genevieve Holmes
Staff Writer
Starting fall semester of 2005, Guilford
College is enforcing a new rule
involving housing and scholarship money
for students deciding to live off campus.
Financial aid packages will be sent out
on March 31, and for those students who
wish to live off campus, a 25 percent
decrease in scholarship money will be
included.
The scholarship money that will be
affected is only merit-based and not need
based. If students are asked by the col
lege to live off campus, their scholarship
money will not be affected.
"We've discussed this for at least three
years," said Associate Dean of Enrollment
Anthony Gurley." I think it is sound. I hope
it's not seen as a punitive policy."
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TALEISHA BOWEN/GUILFORDIAN elected
Lto R: John Holt (Trs.), Leise Gergely (VP), Ali officers
Stewart (Pres), and Lily Sharpless (Sec) will serve as will
Community Senate executives for the 2005-'O6 year shadow
the cur-
tional student body," reads the
handbook. 'They select stu-
dents to serve on college and
board of trustees committees to
ensure student representation ...
(and are) responsible for the
disbursement of student activity
fees. Students are encouraged
to bring issues, concerns and
questions regarding campus life
to the Community Senate for
"We constantly review all financial aid
policies, both as they relate to need-based
and merit aid," said Gurley. "This change
occurred as a routine part of our annual
reviews of aid funds. This was one part of
a concerted effort to bring Guilford's finan
cial aid discount rate down by a couple of
percentage points."
"This seemed to make sense, given the
fact that the original award amounts (per
fund type) are determined based on the
total generic institutional charges for room,
board, tuition and fees."
The scholarships that the decrease
would most affect are the presidential,
achievement, incentive grants, honors, and
the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program.
Since the Bonner scholarship is merit
and need-based, it was excluded from the
list.
"I think thafs a horrible idea," said junior
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rent Senate officers. Stewart's
ticket will not officially lead
Community Senate until after
April 14, when a retreat is
planned for the current and
future Senate executives. Holt,
as incoming treasurer, will be
present during club budget
hearings Apr.. 8 and 9, helping
allocate the more than $330,000
of student activity fees to vari-
ous clubs.
Stewart's ticket received 267
of the 327 ballots cast by tradi
tional students on Mar. 22. This
number is a slight decrease
from the 349 votes cast in last
year's Senate and Union elec
tions.
While Stewart's ticket was the
only official ticket running for
Community Senate office, a
write-in ticket consisting of Noah
Collin, Tristan Winkler, Lisa
Jaeggi, and Anna Martinez
received five of the 24 votes
cast for write-in ballots. Other
names on write-in ballots includ
ed Dick Cheney, Superman,
James Brown, and George Guo.
Though Stewart, Gurgle, Holt,
and Sharpless ran officially
uncontested for Community
Senate, there were two official
tickets vying for office of Student
Union.
Mati Stern, Grace Boyle, and
Tim McLaughlin ran on sopho
more Lauren Demarest's ticket,
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Parks Marion. "I think if this school is going
to try and be competitive by offering stu
dents merit scholarships they should not
penalize them for their choice in housing.
When the housing options on this campus
are so limited by the current size of enroll
ment, how is it a good idea to make it hard
on people for exploring other options?"
The decision was made by Campus Life,
the Office of Enrollment, and other admin
istrators.
...The group included Dean for Campus
Life Anne Lundquist, Vice President for
Enrollment and Campus Life Randy Doss,
and Associate Dean for Residence Life
Aaron Fetrow.
"I think it's a good idea because I under
stand the community they're trying to facili
tate, but I think some people need those
scholarships," said sophomore Nathaniel
Sebens.Bß
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