Sept. 23, 2005 NEWS Pages www.guilfordian.com Greensboro. N.C. Woodward and Kionlo Andrew Kane xf- staff Writer In any department at a col lege dr university, every mem ber is vital to the success of the entire group. It cannot function ■with employees missing. The Campus Life staff had two spots to fill. Recently, the Campus Life department appointed two new Associate Deans for Campus Life: Alyson Kienie on Jul. 19, and Bill Woodward on Aug. 29. Both individuals have a wide range of educational and pro fessional credentials. Kienie graduated from Bucknell University in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in Biology and received a mas ter's degree in Education with a concentration in college administration and counseling in 2001. In May, she completed her Ph. D. at the University of Virginia. Her professional highlights include jobs as residence man ager at Bucknell and a summer at Johns Hopkins University as the Dean of Residential Life. At Guilford, she will command the Office of Residence Life and Judicial Affairs. She will be working closely with RAs and provide them with intensive training. "Alyson's training in judicial affairs and background with residence life made her the top candidate from the start of our search process, and we're happy she decided to come to Guil-ford," said Aaron Fetrow, Dean of Campus Life, in a press release. "We're excited to have her on board." While Kienie is look ing forward to her new job, she under stands that there are chal lenges that comewith it. "When I make a decision, I always stop and think about the needs and wants of the constituents. And when I say constituents, I mean the stu dents," Kienie said. "They want to be happy, and I want to be happy too." The other new member of campus life. Bill Woodward, will play a different role. While Kienie will be more involved with judicial affairs. Woodward will be directly involved with the student activities on cam pus. Woodward is a 1992 gradu ■ " • .'r ate of the University at Albany, State University of New York with a bachelor's degree in Geography. He went on to obtain a master's in college student personnel administra tion from Indiana University in 1994. He previously held a job at Washington University in St. Louis where he spent the last seven years as Director of New Student Orientation. "I wanted the opportunity to move up in my career and out of all my options, I felt that Guilford would be the best place to help me accomplish that goal," Woodward said. "Plus, I was sold on the beauti ful campus and the wonderful Campus Life staff." Kienie and Woodward join Guilford as Associate Deans for Campus Life in place of Fetrow, who was promoted to Dean for Campus Life on May 6. Fetrow, in turn, took Anne Lundquist's place when she took another dean position at Green Mountain College in Poultney, V.T. Considering the resignations of Leslie Moss and Shelly Crisp in January and December of last year, respectively. Campus Life has been going through major changes. But Kienie and Woodward's experience should bode well for the college. RAD. Classes empower women Continued from page 1 fied to train women in the pro gram and began teaching free classes to Guilford affiliates on campus by the spring semes ter. "One thing I don't want is for someone to be involved in a bad situation and they do not have the viable option of self defense," Bradshaw said. "It's better to know how to defend yourself and have the informa tion just in case." R.A.D. helps empower women to protect themselves. The program advocates removing the aforementioned opportunity that allows for the assault to occur triangularly. The foundation of the trian gle is the opportunity the victim gives the assaulter. The two parties involved are the sides and the point is the actual assault. If one does not pro vide that foundation there can be no triangle - no connection, no assault. . According to the R.A.D. Systems' policies, they "offer a basic education of confronta tion principles and personal defense. This includes aware ness, risk reduction and avoid ance, basic physical defense, aerosol defense options and advanced self-defense meth ods." This adds up to about 12 hours of simultaneous practice and learning before complet ing the program with a lifetime practice policy. The students learn various self-defense moves like blocks, sweep kicks, heel stomps, finger rolls, and knee strikes. Students 'are also trained in how to make a strategic plan of action, vulnerable spots to strike, what can be used as a self-defense weapon, and many more things associated with protecting oneself. Having R.A.D. taught on campus has proven to be effective, particularly for one student, Cate Cummings, who took the class last semes ter: "Over the summer, a man tried to grab me. I couldn't even tell you what self defense R.A.D. moves I used, but I know I used them; it was kind of like my instinct, and it helped me get away." Cummings admitted think ing before that: "I thought the stuff I learned in the first class probably wouldn't be useful for me in real life." After Cummings' experi ence, R.A.D. became blatantly useful. "The sense of empow erment the course provides is great. It's good for women to feel that they know what to do in a situation like that." However, few students have attended the classes this year. The classes for the rest of September are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. People can go to a single class or take the whole program. For more information on the location and time of the meet ings contact Keifer Bradshaw at kbradsha@guilford.edu. 3§ Homecoming 2005 Evems Guilford's 2005 homecoming weekend kicks otwitJi a perfonmance by the Indigo Girls and Wnona LaDuke on Friday at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. On Saturday, the football team plays Hampden-Sydney. The game starts at 1 p.m. at Armfield Athletic Center. Student Union will have a Carnival and inflatable games for current stu dents and alumni. This will be taking place from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Founders lawn. There is a formal presentation for alumni on the front lawn Saturday Sept. 24 at 11:30 a.m. Awards will be given out for Excellence, Distinguished Service, and Young Alumni Achievement. After the presentation, there is a reception from 4 - 6 p.m. in the Alumni house. Corrections In the September 16 issue of The Guitfmiian, several staff writers were no improperly credited for their articles. The following is a list of the articles, with correct attribution. Laura Blythe-Goodman, “President Bush faces criticism on his response to national emergency" Dan Etter, “Guilford volleyball rocks the house” Colin Hamish - “Senior LAX layer looks to help victims of Huericane Katrina” Curry Robinson, “Kill, Quakers. Kill!” Due to an error, pages 5-8 in the September 16 issue were duplicates of those pages from the September 9 issue.

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