VOLUME 95, ISSUE 20 // MARCH 2 7, 2 00 9
THE GUILFORDIAN
Guilford colleg,e // www.guilfordian.com // Greensboro. NC
SENATE EXECUTIVE TICKET DISQUAUFIED
TICKET CHARGED
WITH "DISREPECT
TOWARD AN
OPPOSING TICKET"
AT EMERGENCY
MEETING
By Jasmine Ashton
Senior Writer
On March 19, in an
emergency meeting led by
Senate Vice President Dana
Hamdan, the Elections
Committee disqualified Zak
Wear, Matt Clausen, Ian
Ferguson, Alex Knox, and
Zach Daw from running for
Community Senate president,
vice president, treasurer, and
secretary in the 2009-2010
executive election.
The disqualification
resulted from events that
the committee interpreted as
showing "disrespect toward
an opposing ticket"—a by
laws infraction.
The events began
officially three days prior
to the Elections Committee
meeting, on March 16, when
Wear, Clausen, Knox, and
Daw's petition to run for
executive council was denied
by Hamdan. The ticket was
originally deemed ineligible
because Wear did not meet
the minimum 2.5 GPA
presidential requirement.
Members attempted to re
form the ticket, but did not
meet the 2 p.m. deadline for
re-filing.
The elections guidelines
require the name and
signatures of all ticket
members on the petitions
for candidacy to be turned
into the Founders Hall
Information desk by 2 p.m.
According to Wear, the
requirements disqualifying
his ticket should also be
applied to his opponents.
Ferguson - still listed as
a member of an opposing
ticket - was out of town and
gave phone verification. His
signature was not provided
until 2:45 p.m. In his petition
brought to the March 18
Senate meeting. Wear hoped
to "find a consistent attitude
in addressing the rules," and
therefore disqualify Nancy
Klosteridis, Trevor Corning,
Ian Ferguson, and Hannah
Kennedy's ticket from
participating in the election.
Without an elections
committee formed at this
point, Hamdan allowed
Senate to act as the elections
committee. Senate chose to
accept Klosteridis's ticket
and extended the deadline
to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March
19, for Wear to form another
ticket.
Later that night, at 12:21
a.m. Wear, Daw, Knox,
and Ferguson turned in a
petition with their signatures.
Ferguson submitted his name
for the new ticket while he
was still running for treasurer
on Klosteridis's ticket.
At 1:18 a.m. a petition
was turned in with Jordan
Auleb as the treasurer for
Klosteridis's ticket. At 8:42
a.m. Wear's ticket turned
in a second petition with
See "Elections" on page 4
Junior Clay Henson pushes through to the basket in spite of attempted blocks.
Although Guilford lost to Washington in this March 20 game, Henson scored a
leading total of twenty points.
Men's basketball places
3rd in the nation
By Paulette Wyatt
Staff Writer
It was a Cinderella story of sorts:
the Quakers were in the semifinals
of the Division III Final Four. They
lost their battle with the Bears of
Washington University at St. Louis on
March 20, only to end up victorious
the following day when playing for
third place.
Fans eagerly listened to Bryan
Jones' Webcast of the qualifying
game, taking place in University
Heights, Ohio, against the Comets of
University of Texas at Dallas.
"My roommate and I sat at a
computer as it was being broadcasted,
holding hands because we were so
nervous and excited for our boys,"
said first-year Hadley Davis.
The Quakers had lost to the Comets
earlier in the season 64-48, and were
struggling in the game's first half, but
managed a second-half comeback.
The Quakers, down by 12 with just
over five minutes remaining, counted
on junior Tyler Sanborn's free throws.
See "Final Four" on page 14
"Algeria: Women at
War” presented by
English seniors
By Mary Bubar
Staff Writer
The English senior seminar class
presented the documentary film
"Algeria: Women at War" in Bryan Jr.
auditorium on March 18 as part of a
series of films concerning the lives of
Arab women.
Woman played a big part in the
1954 fight for Algeria's independence
from France as the National Liberation
Front (NLF) sought decolonization.
Some worked covertly, acting as spies
or making provisions available, while
others joined in as soldiers. The fact
that they were female did not prevent
them from suffering the atrocities of
conflict; many were tortured at the
hands of the French.
"It was a violent and cruel
engagement," said senior Christina
Clodfelter, providing historical
reference while introducing the film.
The documentary was a series of
interviews interspersed with clips from
Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo's
"The Battle of Algiers." His film
provided a cultural backdrop to the
woman who devoted their lives to
their country but were not recognized
or rewarded when Algeria became
decolonized.
"We became men," said one of the
film's white-haired subjects. She called
herself a commando as she explained
how she strapped a machine gun on
her shoulder to take part in an ambush
See "ALGERIA" ON PAGE I 3