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The crystal ball:
Predictions for
fall sports
Editorial by Will Cornelius
Staff Writer
In the sports world, everyone
has an opinion, whether it's
on the Super Bowl, a round of
miniature golf, or college sports.
ESPN analysts make predictions
for sports played around the
globe.
Here are my professional
predictions for fall sports at
Guilford.
Football (4-6; I -5 ODAC)
Overview: The Quaker football
team will have their work
cut out for them in 2009. For
starters, they will need to shake
the last-place prediction handed
down from the ODAC's latest
preseason poll. The biggest
question lies on the offense,
where the coaching staff
will need to fill the shoes of
Vogelbach.
Good Answer to a Tough
Question: Guilford does return
with the speedy Justin Parker,
who tallied a school-record 10
rushing touchdowns a season
ago. Parker established himself
as a premier back last season,
turning in five 100+ yard
games.
Fresh Faces: Richie Paul, Ryan
Hammond, and Chris Jessup all
return to solidify the linebacker
position, providing some
veteran stability to a defense
that will scatter new faces.
Senior Markas Brunson, the lone
returner on the defensive line,
will try to lead by example.
They said it: "We played a lot
of young players last year, so
we have a lot of guys that have
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Jim Dees, environmental sustainability
coordinator, explains the new
community garden.
PROJEQS UNDERTAKEN OVER BREAK HELP
GUILFORD'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
By Abbey Dean
Staff Writer
As the old saying goes, while
the students are away, Jim Dees
will play.
This past summer. Dees, the
environmental sustainability
coordinator, along with the
other representatives of the
Sustainability Council and
Facilities, delved into several of the
many projects designed to make
Guilford more environmentally
sustainable.
One catalyst of the green
transformations transpired in
spring 2007 when President Kent
Chabotar penned his name to the
President's Climate Commitment,
thus pledging Guilford College to
be carbon neutral in the future.
"We're not changing what we
do, but how we do what we do,"
said Dees. "It is our job to assist in
this cultural shift of living green,
and that's what we are doing."
The most detectable renovation
can be seen in the dining hall.
Along the ceiling, the array of
dispersed skylights is an energy-
efficient shift, which allows
See "Green" on page 2
Class of 2013 sets
admission records
CAMPUS HOUSING AND
DINING HALL MAKE
CHANGES TO ABSORB 460
INCOMING FIRST-YEARS
By Burke Reed and
Ben Sepsenwol
Staff Writers
Dorm rooms are triple-bunked.
Lunch lines stretch outside
Founders' doors, sometimes scaling
well past the brick gate and into the
quad. Out of the 1,475 traditional
students, 460 are first-years— the
largest admitted first-year class in
Guilford history.
Last year Guilford accepted
2,327 students after receiving 3,756
applications.
"We didn't mean for it to be this
big," says Aaron Fetrow, dean for
Campus Life. Although the college
controls admissions, it cannot
determine a class figure until all of
the students accept.
Randy Doss, vice president
of enrollment services, says that
many factors possibly affected
student admission.
"There have been major facility
improvements, the campus tour
guides do a remarkable job, and the
retention and persistence number
was fantastic," said Doss. "It
appears that student satisfaction
helps with enrollment."
Doss said that the Strategic
Long Plan (SLRP), a five-year plan
established in 2004, is what sets
student enrollment.
As a result of the student
increase, there is a need for housing.
Currently, 27 triple-bunked
students reside in either English
dorm rooms or first-year lounges,
all of whom are males.
Kris Gray, housing coordinator,
said that students who applied after
the May 31 housing application
deadline were triple-bunked. She
said that these living conditions
are temporary and that when space
becomes available she will do her
best to move students as quickly as
possible.
"It's difficult on my end to get
these students into rooms because
there's minimal space to work
with," said Gray. "We have to work
with what we have."
"I was disappointed when I
found out that I would be living
with two other people," said Darryl
See "Admission" on page 2
Fradulence and uncertainty abound in Afghanistan's latest election
By Elisa Valbuena-Pfau
Staff Writer
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,
a country marred by a history of coups,
violence, and an ever-changing slew of
government systems, held its second
democratic election on Aug. 20.
However, presidential candidates
registering their militias as private
security companies, more votes than
voters, and a media blackout imposed
two days before election day have
plagued the election's legitimacy.
Hamid Karzai, the president of
Afghanistan, and his rival, Abdullah
Abdullah, both declared victory this week in the
latest election that has also been characterized
by armed coercion by the Taliban (a Sunni-
Islamist political movement) and general
apathy among the populace.
According to The Wall Street Journal,
Abdullah offered a bleak assessment of the
consequences of a failed election.
"If the democratic process does not survive,
then Afghanistan doesn't survive," said
Abdullah to The Wall Street Journal.
The negative descriptions of the Afghan
elections circulating through the press this week
indicate the bigger challenges the country faces.
See "Election" on page 4
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah
Abdullah rally in Kabul.
Chance we can eat in
And more!
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