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Greensboro. N.C.
NEWS
Community Senate calls halt to elnlis
As you may know,
Community Senate is facing a
very difficult issue with club
structural organization this
semester. In other words,
Senate can sanction no more
than 50 clubs at Guilford.
We currently have 49 official
clubs on campus.
The Executives struggled
with what this meant during
our retreat, and, upon return
ing back to campus, we have
been working closely with the
Steering Committee as well as
Adrienne Craig, Director for
Student Activities and
Leadership, and Aaron Fetrow,
Dean for Campus Life. We are
not taking this issue lightly.
During our first Senate
meeting with official business
on Sept. 14, we listened to
three proposals for new club
spots. Along with those clubs
there are four other organiza
tions requesting official status.
Instead of rushing into rash
decision-making, members of
Steering Committee, the
Executives, Craig, and Fetrow
have decided to wait to hear
any more proposals for new
clubs, including the three we
heard last week, so that we
can come up with a more com
prehensive plan for the future
of student clubs and organiza
tions.
We will not be creating this
plan in isolation. An open
forum will be held during the
week of Sept. 26, time, date,
and location TBA.
We encourage all students
(whether you are part of a club,
a proposed club, or no club at
all) and advisors to attend this
forum to openly discuss this
issue and the best course of
action. Following that forum,
we will also discuss the issue
at the next ICC meeting on
Oct. 10 in the S.O.C. (2nd floor
of Founders).
Our goal is to have a real.
working plan before Fall
Break. Before the break.
Community Senate will inform
the community of the final
decision concerning student
organizations. Senate will hear
new club proposals after the
Fall Break depending on the
outcome of the forums.
We are growing alongside
the college and the Strategic
Long Range Plan; but we are
growing at a slower rate than
academics or residential life.
Until we have the staff to sup
port our Student Activities'
staff, a limited amount of clubs
will be permitted.
We are still a small school
with limited resources, and
now is the time to figure out
how best to allocate those
resources to avoid lowering
the quality of Student Activities
for this year or years to come.
We look forward to your
involvement in this process,
signed.
Alexandra Stewart
Community Senate
President
Adrienne Craig
Director of Student
Activities
Aaron Fetrow
Dean for Campus Life
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Project Manager for Student
Housing.
During the ceremony
numerous students, parents!
and staff members were test
ing out the high-tech amenities
the center offered. People
lined up behind the suede
seats of the gaming stations.
Air hockey tournaments
spawned in a matter of min
utes.
It's great! The gaming sta
tions are amazing. The TV is
huge and it has Direct TV. I'm
honestly blown away," said
senior Zach Helms.
With stocked vending
machines and lavish seating
students won't have to rely
solely on The Underground 'as
a retreat from their dorm
rooms.
The furniture is gorgeous.
Its just a first-class set-up. You
won't find this anywhere else "
said Varnell.
Students and faculty can
reserve the formal room of the
center. This area includes a
Reed’S Bryan Series lecture divides and unites student bedy
fireplace, a section of wood
flooring that can serve as a
dance floor, and a wall-sized
screen for meetings or presen
tations. The room can accom
modate up to 100 people com
fortably.
The large open space is
lined with contemporary mod
ern artwork that creates a
sophisticated atmosphere.
There are also historical prints
and photos provided by Gwen
Erickson, Librarian arid
College Archivist, which reveal
GuHford's vibrant history.
Located outside of the two
rooms is the brick patio that
looks out into the woods. This
area is equipped with WiFi for
wireless Internet access.
There are also benches and
canopy-covered tables.
Max Carter, Director of the
Friends Center and Campus
Ministry Coordinator, initiated
the ribbon cutting by reflecting
on the integral role that the
new center would serve:
"The spirit of this plac®
reflects those internal truths
and principles of Guilford."
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tent," wrote Reed. "Yet, the same
Congress that begins every session
with an organized prayer denies that
right to students in public schools. The
same Supreme
Court that issues
rulings from a
bench beneath an
inscription of the
Ten
Commandments
carved in granite
has ruled that
those command
ments can not be
placed on a bulletin
board in a public
building."
Reed finds these
facts to be both
ironic and hypocriti
cal.
In addition to the role faith plays in
government, Reed expressed adamant
concerns about marriages today.
Homosexuality, as he stated, should be
tolerated, but not encouraged by the
government, and marriage should be
strictly defined as a union between a
man and a woman.
"The totality of Scripture is clear in
treating homosexuality in the same
terms as adultery, incest, and other
forms of sexual temptation that deviate
from God's plan of heterosexual con
duct within the institution of a monoga
mous marriage,"
wrote Reed in
his book. Active
Faith, which
covers the
majority of the
topics he dis
cussed in his
lecture.
Homosex-uali-
ty, however, is
not the only
problem Reed
sees in today's
American fami
lies. He is also
alarmed at the
number of sin
gle-parent homes. Children raised by
single parents are, according to Reed's
statistics, often at a disadvantage com
pared to children who have both par
ents involved in their lives.
One of the main reasons the Guilford
community has hesitated to welcome
Reed is because of his view that homo
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sexuality is a sin and his stance against
equal marriage laws.
"I was in favor of having [Reed] here
as a speaker. I think it has been pro-
ChroJ II senior
Chris Wells in a discussion group after
Reeds speech. "However, Guilford
dernonstrates that it is unacceptable to
be threateningly hateful or discriminate
against homosexuals."
Guilford
College, continued Wells, "even in the
desire to encourage all view points
would find it acceptable to hLe a
speaker from the Ku Klux Klan or an
active white supremacist. I think as a
college community, we would riq’htfullv
find that kind of view point,
does expand the discussion, to be
unacceptable from a speaker."
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