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The Laramie Project ten years later
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The play itself is about the mur
der of Matthew Shepard on Oct. 12,
1998. He was beaten, tied to a fence
vid Hammond and I were talking
about putting on a performance of
The Laramie Project for the Octo
ber 12th anniversary, but shortly
after we began, the 10 Years Later
near Laramie, Wyo., and left to die. epilogue was announced," said co-
The murder has long been attrib- director and president of the Revel
ers, senior Allison
Martin.
Though many fac
tors came into play
when the TTP was
debating whether
or not Guilford
was a suitable
place to present the
epilogue, the inci
dents in Bryan Hall
over the last few
years proved to be
a deciding factor.
"David Ham
mond sent in the
information about
the Bryan incident
from 2007 and
uted to homopho
bia, as Shepard
was a homosexual
and much of the
evidence in court
pointed towards
that being the mo
tivation for the
crime.
A month
the murder,
ses
other members of
the TTP traveled to
Laramie in order
to interview peo
ple of the town.
Those interviews
would later be-
"The reading does a great
job of showing just how
much and how little the
world has changed in
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Kaufmen and cegacds to homosexuals.
after
Moi-
Jack Zerbe, professor
of theatre studies
come known as The Laramie Project, they were so impressed with how
"The reading does a great job of the community responded that they
showing just how much and how lit- decided to give us the rights," said
tie the world has changed in regards
to homosexuals," said Zerbe.
Ten years later, the play has been
seen by over 50 million people and
counting. Now Guilford will get the
chance to join the ranks of the many
theatre groups that have performed
this momentous production.
"At the beginning of the year. Da-
decided to give us the rights,'
Zerbe.
"Considering the recent bias inci
dent in Bryan Hall, there is certainly
a place for this upcoming produc
tion in our Guilford community ...
Hopefully it will foster awareness in
regards to the unfortunate strength
that discrimination can carry," said
cast member Gariy Mills, a senior.
TRUSTEES
The board of trustees
approves budget
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about $210,000. Buckner said
that the remainder of the
$335,000 will be spent on
maintenance.
The rest of the funds, which
total about $200,000 will be
spent on "odds and ends—
$5,000 here and $10,000
there," said Buckner.
While the college's high en
rollment rates have increased
the income. Community Sen
ate Vice President Trevor
Corning, a junior, attended
the enrollment and finance
committee meeting and said
that the committee discussed
"the concern that some of our
goals for 2009-2010 were not
met for enrollment demo
graphics."
Among the highlights were
a presentation on Principled
Problem Solving (PPS) by
Mark Justad, the director
of the Center for Principled
Problem Solving, and a re
treat led by Dr. Thomas Lon-
gin on strategic thinking and
planning, as the college pre
pares to write the new Strate
gic Long Range Plan (SLRP).
"Principled Problem Solv
ing has been developing over
the years as part of the Stra
tegic Plan and Justad pointed
out how it can be incorpo
rated into the academic pro
gram," said Bryan. "It will
eventually involve all stu
dents."
The board also heard a pre
sentation by Dean of Students
Aaron Fetrow on Guilford's
smoking policies and the pos
sibilities of a smoke-free cam
pus.
Community Senate Presi
dent, senior Nancy Klosteri-
dis attended the Student Af
fairs committee meeting in
which the smoking policy was
discussed and she said that
the biggest issues concerning
smoking were cigarette butts,
the wellness of non-smokers
,and the wellness of smokers.
The proposal was put forth
to make the main part of cam
pus tobacco-free, which ac
cording to Klosteridis, which
mean "the road that incircles
Frank, Bryan, Milner, the ath
letic areas, and the part of
campus encircled by Friend
ly and New Garden. Thus,
smoking would be restricted
to the lake and woods area,
and from the new apartments
to the north edge of campus."
Bryan said that while the
board has endorsed the idea
of a smoke-free campus, "we
have not officially approved
anything yet because we need
to know more technicalities
which the committee doesn't
have," said Bryan.
Klosteridis stood aside on
the issue of bringing this pro
posal to the trustees, for sev
eral reasons.
"I believe it will cause
problems for our neighbors,
namely New Garden Meet
ing House and Quaker Vil
lage," said Klosteridis. "I also
believe it is not enforceable.
We have two public safety of
ficers, 300 acres and 300 plus
smokers."
Chabotar said that a vote
for approval is too early.
"First we've got to better
enforce our current smoking
policy which is pretty moder
ate," said Chabotar. "If you
can't enforce the 50 percent
then you can't enforce 100
percent."