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COMMUNITY
Senate
Minutes
Sept. 5,2007
Approval of Nominated Officials:
Karl Floitgraf and Laura Ehikenshire
were both nominated for Transfer Student
Representative.
• Senate decided to wait until next week
to choose the transfer representative.
Chris - Athletic Clubs Representative
• Approved
Dana Hamdan- Academic Representative
• Approved
Shep wanted to talk about the Milner Hall
representatives and whether or not to ap
prove both people who ran. One nominee
was elected and then resigned, and the
other came in second. They wanted to col
laborate, which would require changing
the Senate bylaws.
• Senate will discuss the issue in more
detail next week.
New Proposals:
All new proposals will be discussed fur
ther in Senate next week.
Rugby - The members of the men's rug
by team are concerned about the safety of
their players because of the aggressive na
ture of rugby, and would like an EMT for
their home games (Estimated total cost:
$400.00). They may come back to ask for
additional money if there are more home
games. All other schools that they play
provide EMTs for their games. They also
asked for a golf cart and a trainer from the
Athletics Department through Senate. ,
•Archery Club - Senate will wait until
next week to hear their proposal.
•Leah Begin summer work trip
Leah would like to be reimbursed for
program fees that went toward housing
supplies. She is planning a work trip for
Guilford College students over fall break
to give back to the community.
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Steering Committee Update:
•All senators are required to sit on at least
one committee.
•Mallory Malkin asked what the com
munity thinks about the Campus Activi
ties Board sponsoring a drag show. Many
people seemed interested, and senators
will bring the idea to their constituents.
Community Senate meetings take place every
Wednesday evening from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in
Boren Lounge in Founders Hall. Senate en
courages students, faculty, staff and other
members of the Guilford College community
to communicate their concerns to their rep
resentative senators and the Executive Coun-
cil.The current student-elected senate execu
tives are:
President Vital Akimana
vakimana@guilford.edu
Vice-President Irving 21avaleta-Jimenez
izavalet@guilford.edu
Treasurer Brennan Aberle
aaberle@guilford.edu
Secretary Liz Reilley
ereilley@guilford.edu
Climate Commitment
President Kent Chabotar signed the
American College & University Presidents
Climate Commitment in May. Among other
requirements, this agreement gives Guilford
College two years to develop an action plan
for adiieving climate neutrality.
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SPORTS
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Features
Faculty Art Exhibit
The art gallery in Hege Library is host
ing an exhibit of faculty art from Aug. 20
to Oct. 10, with a reception and a forum
scheduled in September. The exhibit does
not have a particular theme, and features
photographs, paintings, drawings, prints,
ceramics, mixed media, sculptures and
installations.
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Safe Leather Group
The less-than-vocal Safe Leather Group
on campus emphasizes the need for safety
when practicing BDSM. The group focuses
on comfort and education. Members of
the group feel connected as a community
and feel free to express their lifestyle at
Guilford.
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Greeusboro Drought
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Men's Soccer
Coach Jeff Bateson and the Guilford's
Men's Soccer team are ready for another
season with a team made up of a few new
faces and a solid core of experienced play
ers.
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Cross Country
Cross country runners seem to have a
love-hate relationship with the sport. In a
recent meet, top runners were first-years
Grace Normann and Jeremy Wang. This
year, the women's team is expected to
be competitive and the men's team will
improve during a season of rebuilding.
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An abnormally dry summer has caused
Greensboro and the rest of North Carolina
to deal with drought conditions. On cam
pus, some students have taken action in
attempting to inform the public about the
weather conditions, while others seem not
to care.
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Israel/Palestine Work Trip
This summer, a group of Guilford stu
dents (and others) led by Max Carter vis
ited Israel and Palestine for 10 days each.
They gave a presentation on the trip to the
community Aug. 29, including a discussion
of the turbulent political and economic
climate.
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WORLD &. NATION
Kyrgyzstan's Boy Coal Miners
After the fall of the Soviet Union,
Kyrgyzstan's economy has failed to recov
er. Driven economic despair and working
spaces too small for grown men, many
families send their sons to work in coal
mines instead of school.
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Rove & Gonzalez Resip
The end of August gave promising hope
for Democrats in the upcoming 2008 elec
tions. Karl Rove and Attorney General
Alberto Gonzalez resigned before the end
of the President's term, leaving him to finish
up and follow through with many of their
"plans of action" on liis own.
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Midwest Flooding
In the Midwest last week, two storms
destroyed a huge portion of the Midwest,
leaving tens of millions of dollars in damag
es and killing 22 people. While these storms
have been reported on, there has been a
lack of knowledge about them, particularly
on the east and west coasts.
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Sex Education in India
Many in India are promoting sex educa
tion as a way to raise awareness regard
ing the prevention of AIDS in the coimtry
with the world's largest number of AIDS
patients. Objectors in the largely conserva
tive nation fear that sex education will cor
rupt India's youth.
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