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A TROUPE OF TALENTED
PERFORMERS DAZZLE
AUDIENCE IN DANA
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 10 // NOVEMBER 14, 2008
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BUDGET CHANGES OUTLINED. CONCERNS SURFACE
FACILITIES, ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS HIT
HARDEST BY CUTS
By Kevin Smith
Senior Writer
As the economy jeopardizes the
financial security of colleges across
the nation, Guilford must find $2.7
million to fit a worse-case- scenario
budget.
On Nov. 5, the Budget Committee
hosted a panel outlining proposed
budget cuts due to the financial
crisis. Chair Heather Hayton
outlined the measures taken to
gather funds to make up for the
college's deficit, measures that
include deferring salary increases
and Strategic Long Range Plan
(SLRP) initiative implementation
and reducing expenditures and the
size of the faculty and staff.
Cuts in the different parts of the
budget average five percent, but
some programs will be reduced
more than others. While athletics
and the president's and finance
offices take a two percent cut,
facilities will lose 16 percent of its
funding, and academic affairs 18
percent.
So far, the equivalent of 20 full
time positions have been cut from
staff and faculty. Some areas will
cut back hours of their staff.
"Due to the tightened budget, the
Student Health Center cut the part-
time nurse to four hours a week and
the PA to six hours a week, starting
Dec. 1," said Helen Rice, director of
student health. "I will remain here
full-time. We anticipate being able
to take care of everyone, just not as
quickly as we would like."
Meanwhile, Guilford is going
forward with seven tenure-track
searches while alumnus Dave--
Odom ('65) has been hired as a
part-time assistant to the president.
Some faculty members do not favor
the decisions to move forward with
hiring.
"We're doing seven faculty
searches right now," said Vice
President for Enrollment Services
Randy Doss. "That's very big
news to people in the room (at the
forum). They didn't know that. I
think that (drew) some questions.
It was new to me."
"It is clear that there is some
sensitivity when some people oh
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Guilfordian wins
Best in Show
By Meredith Jones
Staff Writer
On the plane home from Kansas
City, Mo, Guilfordian editor-in-chief
Ben Dedman clutched a trophy in
both hands, garnering odd looks
from nearby passengers.
Dedman was returning from
the Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 87^^ Annual
National College Media Convention,
a competition for college newspapers
nationwide. The Guilfordian won
Best in Show for a weekly tabloid,
topping hundreds of contenders.
According to the judges, the
criteria for success included coverage
and content, quality of writing
and reporting, leadership on the
opinion page, evidence of in-depth
reporting, design, photography, art
and graphics.
Judges evaluated ^ach newspaper
in a certain category, distinguishing
smaller newspapers, called
"tabloids," from larger newspapers,
called "broadsheets." Issue frequency
was taken into account as well.
Despite the seemingly narrow
category — four-year weekly tabloid
— many others vied for the spot.
It's truly amazing that we beat
much larger schools, schools that
have fully developed journalism
programs and majors, which we do
not," Guilfordian faculty adviser Jeff
Jeske said. "The other four schools
that placed were all universities. The
smallest of them is twice our size."
The number of college media
See "Best in Show" on page 3
Julia Easterlin, a transfer student to Guilford from
Berklee College of Music, opened for alt-folk band Over The
Rhine on Friday, Nov. 7 in Dana Auditorium as part of the
Eastern Music Festival's Fringe Series.
Sex, drugs and GPA
NEW STUDY FINDS
THAT STUDENT HABITS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT
GRADES
By Tristan Deivar
Staff Writer
For some people, there's nothing
better than a cigarette to relieve
tension after a stressful day of
classes. Others enjoy kicking back
for a few of hours to vegetate in
front of the TV on Tuesdays or catch
up on the day's celebrity gossip
on their favorite blog. And when
things get really rough, it's always
nice to share an intimate evening
with that special someone.
However, you might want to
forgo the bunk-bed bump-and-
grind and settle for a good night's
sleep, according to new research
out of the University of Minnesota.
The study, published by the
university's Boynton Health
Service, confirms that bad habits
affect academic performance.
Conducted at the University of
Minnesota and 13 other colleges
and universities in Minnesota, the
research links behaviors such as
inadequate sleep and excessive
television and computer time to
lower CPAs.
"Our study shows that there
is a direct link between college
students' health and their academic
achievement," said Dr. Ed Ehlinger,
director and chief health officer of
the Boynton Health Service. "This
is the first time that anything like
this has been published where GPA
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