The Guilford Beacon
Volume 6, Number 19
Friday, May 9, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
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| Approximately 500 to Receive Degrees During 171st Commencement May 10 |
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| Hollyce Giles has Book Chapter Published |
| Approximately 500 to Receive Degrees During 171st Commencement May 10 Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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 Guilford will confer degrees upon approximately 500 graduates during its 171st commencement exercises Saturday, May 10. The program will be at Founders Hall quadrangle beginning at 9:30 a.m. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be in Ragan-Brown Field House. A baccalaureate service for graduates, their families and friends today at 6 p.m. in Dana Auditorium.President KENT CHABOTAR will preside over his sixth commencement and give the charge to the graduates. Invited speaker BRUCE B. STEWART '61 and student speakers GARRETT FITZGERALD '08 and CYNTHIA BOWEN '08 will each deliver remarks. Stewart, a trustee emeritus, has a life-long career in the education field. He has been dean of students at N.C. School of the Arts and head of school at Abington Friends School (Pa.) and Sidwell Friends School (D.C.), from which he will retire in 2009. From 1970-1984, he served in several roles at Guilford including director of admission, academic dean and acting president. Stewart was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1986-2003 and chair from 1999-03. FitzGerald, from Louisville, Ky., is a religious studies and peace and conflict studies major. He has been an active member of the campus music scene with his band, The Clay Pigeons, performing at Serendipity and fundraisers for Hurricane Katrina relief, HIV/AIDS Summit and Bonner spring break trips. Fitzgerald will be pursuing a master of theological studies degree at Harvard Divinity School beginning this fall. Bowen, of Greensboro, is a psychology major with a concentration in interpersonal communication. She has been a volunteer for the CCE Student Government Association as well as Agents of Grace, Friends Home West, Urban Ministries and Red Cross. Bowen is employed by Greensboro Day School and is a member of First Lutheran Church. She plans to pursue a graduate degree. Also participating in the program are MAX CARTER, director of Friends Center and campus ministry coordinator; STEVE SHAPIRO, associate academic dean and associate professor of physics; and STEVE TAYLOR '75, president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The ceremony will also include music by the Guilford Jazz Quartet, the college choir, directed by WENDY LOOKER, and bagpipers RUFFIN HOBBS '75 and Dave Thomas. |
| Community Invited to Join in First Year Summer Reading of "Saints at the River" Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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 First year students entering Guilford in the fall will read and discuss Saints at the River, by North Carolina author Ron Rash. College faculty, staff, alumni and friends are invited to join in the common reading. Discussions will take place during the fall semester, and the author will visit campus Thursday, Oct. 23, for a series of events. Saints at the River is a novel about a small southern town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident. Its author is a poet, short story writer and novelist who is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. In Saints at the River, a 12-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy. The girl's parents want to attempt a rescue of the body while environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation will cause permanent damage to the river and set a dangerous precedent. Torn between the two sides is a 28-year-old newspaper photographer who grew up in the town and has been sent to document the incident. Saints at the River explores some of the deepest human themes: love of the land, the hold of the dead on the living and the need to dive beneath the surface to arrive at a deeper truth. Rash was born in Chester Springs, S.C., in 1953 and grew up in Boiling Springs, N.C. In 1994, he published his first book, a collection of short stories titled The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth. Since then, he has published three collections of poetry, three short story collections and three novels. Rash's poems and stories have appeared in more than 100 magazines and journals, and with each new book, he has confirmed his position as a central and significant Appalachian writer. Rash's novels include One Foot in Eden (2002), Saints at the River (2004) and The World Made Straight (2006). He received the Novello Literary Award and Appalachian Book of the Year Award for One Foot in Eden and the Weatherford Award and Fiction Book of the Year from the Southern Book Critics Circle and Southeastern Booksellers Association for Saints at the River. His next novel, Serena, is scheduled to be released in October 2008. Last fall first year students read Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. |
| Date Changed for Khaled Hosseini's Bryan Series Visit Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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"We are pleased to have been able to reschedule this program for the week after fall break," said Ty Buckner, senior director of communications and marketing. "Originally, Hosseini offered only one option, but we were approached this week about making a change and we readily accepted." |
Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, will visit Friday, Oct. 24, for the opening program in next year's Bryan Series. The visit had been originally scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 14.| President Chabotar's "Choosing a College" Interview Scheduled May 13 on FOX8 Morning News Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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 President KENT CHABOTAR's last "Choosing a College" interview on FOX8 Morning News this academic year is scheduled Tuesday, May 13. He will talk about how incoming students can make best use of their summer at approximately 7:45 a.m. and take calls from viewers at 8:15 a.m.The president has appeared on the popular morning news program for six years. |
| Dennis Shores Named ODAC Softball Coach of the Year, Three Students Honored Submitted By: Dave Walters |
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First baseman KELLY HALE '09 became the college's second First Team All-ODAC selection ever, shortstop AMBER STAPLER '09 was a second-team all-league pick and outfielder KELLY GUARNIERI '09 earned honorable mention laurels for the third straight season. Guarnieri and Hale both received Second Team All-Atlantic Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. |
DENNIS SHORES won the 2008 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Softball Coach of the Year Award and three students were honored within the conference and regionally. 
Hale, a three-year starter, captured her first All-ODAC award after hitting a team-high .431 with a school-record nine homers and 43 RBIs. She ranks second in the league in batting average and on-base percentage (.529) and third in homers and slugging percentage (.741) through games of April 28. The left-handed hitting Hale had 13 multiple-hit games this year and led the club with 12 contests with at least two RBIs. She ended the season on a 13-game hitting streak. One of her best games came in Guilford's April 8 win at Mary Baldwin College when she went four-for-four with a double, home run and three RBIs.
Stapler, Guilford's first All-ODAC Tournament selection, finished her first Guilford softball season ranked third among the team's batting leaders with a .348 average. She set school records with 42 starts, 155 at bats, 41 runs scored and three triples. Stapler also led Guilford with 54 hits, the second-highest total in the team's seven-year history. She led the Quakers with 16 multiple-hit games, including three three-hit efforts. Stapler ended the year on a seven-game hitting streak, three shy of her longest streak of the season. One of her best games was a three-for-five performance with three runs scored and an RBI in the Quakers' April 13 upset of sixth-ranked Lynchburg College.
Guarnieri, Guilford's first three-time honorable mention All-ODAC softball pick, finished second on team with a career-high .400 batting average that stands third in school history and seventh in the ODAC. Her 34 runs scored and 13 doubles both rank second in school history. She had 13 multiple-hit games, including two four-hit performances. She was four-for-four, with three RBIs, three runs, and a double versus Mary Baldwin April 8. Guarnieri also went four-for-four with a homer in the Quakers' ODAC Tournament loss to Bridgewater College April 26. She enters her senior season with school records for career runs (82), walks (45) and doubles (32).| Drew and Starbuck Land League Baseball Honors Submitted By: Dave Walters |
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Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball coaches recognized PHIL DREW '08 and ALEX STARBUCK '10 on the league's annual all-star and sportsmanship teams. Drew earned honorable mention All-ODAC laurels for the second straight season while Starbuck represented Guilford on the league's Sportsmanship Team. Drew, a 6-1, 195-pound senior, won Guilford's McBane Hitting Award and led the team with a .340 batting average, 52 hits, four triples and 83 total bases. He started all 39 Quakers' contests, 34 at first base, and usually hit fourth in Guilford's batting order. Drew, who hit a team-best .384 in ODAC games, ranked second on the team with seven multiple-RBI games and 15 games with two or more hits. His team-high 323 putouts rank fourth in school history. Drew also stood among the Quakers' leaders with 28 runs, 14 doubles, three homers and 25 RBIs, all career highs. He went four-for-four in a March 22 league game with Hampden-Sydney College and enjoyed a three-for-five outing with three RBIs versus Averett University Feb. 20. Drew captured his second career ODAC Baseball Hitter of the Week Award and Guilford's Student-Athlete Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 18-24. He batted .467 with seven hits, including three doubles, and eight RBIs in a 4-0 week for the Quakers. After four seasons, Drew stands second among the Quakers' career leaders with 42 doubles and eighth with 177 hits. He compiled a .322 career batting percentage with 90 RBIs and 11 triples. Guilford's starting first baseman, catcher and outfielder throughout his career, he had 706 all-time putouts and a .967 fielding percentage. He started all but 12 of his 148 games.  Starbuck, a 5-10, 165-pound outfielder, finished second to Drew among the team's hitting leaders with a personal-best .329 average. One of the team's most positive members, he also set career standards with 29 runs scored, 15 doubles and seven sacrifice hits, all team highs. His 15 doubles stand fourth among ODAC leaders through games of April 28 and fourth in the college's history. The Quakers' starting left fielder and leadoff hitter, Starbuck had a club-best 16 multiple-hit games, including a four-for-four outing versus Eastern Mennonite University April 6. He had a career-high three doubles and two RBIs in the same contest. He takes a .289 career batting average with 23 doubles and 27 RBIs into his junior season.Drew and Starbuck helped third-year coach Nick Black's '02 team to a 17-22 record, 6-12 in the ODAC. The Quakers expect 36 letter winners back in 2009, including Starbuck. |
| Three Men's Lacrosse Students Earn All-Conference Honors Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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| GATES BENSON '09 and TYLER HARRISON '08 earned Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's lacrosse honors. The Quakers' two All-ODAC selections are their most since 1996. ANDREW VIGNE '08 also received honorable mention all-conference recognition. A 6-3, 210-pound defender, Benson started 13 of 14 games and led the Quakers in both ground balls (44) and caused turnovers (10). He had five games with four or more ground balls. One of his best performances came against Roanoke College April 16 when he scored once and scooped up a season-high five ground balls. Benson also had an assist and five ground balls against the University of the South March 21. Through three seasons, he has 121 ground balls and caused 46 turnovers in 41 games (40 starts). Harrison, a 6-0, 180-pound defender, started all 13 games as the Quakers' top defender. He stood third on the team with 38 ground balls and led the defense with a career-high seven points on four goals and three assists. One of his best outings came in a win over Neumann College March 8 when he scored a goal and had a career-high eight ground balls. Harrison also had seven pickups in a win over Emerson College March 10. In his four seasons, he compiled 146 ground balls and 56 caused turnovers. He also scored 10 goals and had four assists. An Inside Lacrosse honorable mention preseason All-American in 2008, Harrison started all 53 career games and earned honorable mention All-ODAC in 2007. Vigne, a 5-8, 190-pound goalie, started 13 of Guilford's 14 games. Through games of May 4, he stands second in the ODAC in saves per game (13.14) and fourth in saves percentage (.546). Vigne had a season-high 24 stops against Roanoke College April 16 and posted a season-high .615 saves percentage with 20 saves against Washington & Jefferson University March 12. In his four seasons, he set the Guilford record for minutes played by a goalie (2656:49) and ranks second in school history with a 12.56 goals against average. Vigne's 674 career saves ranks third all-time at Guilford. Fourth-year head coach ANDY ROWE's Quakers finished with a 2-12 overall record, 0-6 in the ODAC. Rowe expects 21 letter winners, including Benson, back for the 2009 season. |
| Six Students Garner All-ODAC Women's Lacrosse Honors Submitted By: Dave Walters |
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MARY HUTCHINS '08 earned First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference recognition and teammates JORDAN CLODFELTER '08 and JENN ABELIN '09 garnered Second Team All-ODAC honors. CARRIE ERNST '10, SHELLY NOGUEIRA '10 and ERIN BAKER '09 took home honorable mention all-league recognition. Hutchins, a 5-8 midfielder, joins JULIE SULLIVAN '93 as the college's lone two-time First Team All-ODAC selections. Hutchins led Guilford's scorers for the fourth straight season with 58 points on 35 goals and 23 assists, also team highs. She ranks third among ODAC assists per game leaders (1.44) and is sixth in points per game (3.62) through games of April 28. Hutchins missed her school record for assists in a season by two and posted the fifth-highest season points total in school history. Her team-leading 45 draw controls stand sixth all-time. Hutchins tallied a season-high eight points on four goals and four assists in Guilford's April 9 win over Sweet Briar College, the fourth-highest point total in school history. She matched her career high with five assists, the Quakers' second-best single-game total, versus Goucher College March 1.Hutchins concluded her stellar career as the Quakers' career scoring leader with 226 points in 63 matches. She ranks second all-time with 140 goals and holds Guilford standards for career assists (86) and draw controls (147). Hutchins was named the school's Best Female Athlete for the 2007-08 school year. She earned second-team all-region honors in 2005 and 2006 and was a First Team All-ODAC pick in 2007. Hutchins leaves with five school records.  Clodfelter, a 5-4 attacker, joined ERIN MCNAUGHT '97 as the college's three-time Second Team All-ODAC selections. Clodfelter finished second to Hutchins on the team's scoring chart for the fourth straight season. She netted 47 points on 32 goals and 15 assists, all career bests. Her 15 assists stand ninth all-time at Guilford. Clodfelter scored five points on three separate occasions, including four-goal, one-assist efforts in victories over Methodist University March 26 and Randolph-Macon College April 5. She scored goals in all but two contests, with 12 multiple-goal games. Clodfelter stands second to Hutchins with 43 career assists and graduates ranked fourth among the college's all-time scoring leaders (162) and fifth in goals (119). Abelin, a 5-5 defender, earned Second Team All-ODAC honors after making the first-team unit in 2007. She led Guilford with 60 ground balls, the sixth-best total in Guilford history and one shy of her career high. Abelin's 3.75 pickups per game stand second among ODAC leaders. She also paced the Quakers with 23 caused turnovers, the third-best total in school history, and contributed 19 points on 16 goals and three assists. Abelin scored a career-high five goals versus Goucher and picked up a personal-best eight ground balls versus Marymount University March 6. She climbed into second place among Guilford's career caused turnovers leaders (59) and needs three takeaways to set the school record. Abelin also assumed fifth place on the Quakers' all-time ground balls list (164). Ernst, a 5-7 midfielder, scored a career-high 43 points on 31 goals and 12 assists. She placed third among Guilford leaders in each of the aforementioned categories and also contributed 38 ground balls and 27 draw controls. Ernst tallied goals in all but two contests and had career-high four-goal outings versus the University of the South March 30 and Bridgewater College April 13. She also had a career-best eight ground balls and caused four turnovers versus the University of the South. Through 32 career games, Ernst already ranks among the Quakers' all-time leaders in points (79, 13th), assists (23, 7th) and caused turnovers (25, 10th). Nogueira, a 5-4 midfielder, also enjoyed a career season with 31 points, which ranked fourth on the team. Her career-best 45 ground balls and 27 draw controls stood second on the club. She scored in 13 of 16 contests and twice netted a personal-best four goals. She had four tallies in the Quakers' first win over Lynchburg College since 1992 and also scored four times in the Quakers' ODAC Tournament quarterfinal loss to Randolph-Macon College. Nogueira also picked up a career-best six ground balls in the Randolph-Macon game. Baker, a 5-9 defender in her first Guilford season, started all 16 games and contributed 32 ground balls and six caused turnovers. She also scored two goals and an assist and had 20 draw controls, which ranked fourth on the team. Baker scooped up career-high six ground balls versus Marymount and scored in victories over Methodist University March 26 and Hollins University April 19.The six students helped fourth-year head coach MATTHEW GROSSO's team to a 9-7 overall record, which matched the school standard for wins in a season. The Quakers went 5-3 in conference play and earned their highest seed (4th) for the ODAC Tournament. Guilford's season ended with a 15-14 loss to Randolph-Macon in the league quarterfinals April 23. The Quakers could return as many as 13 letter winners in 2009, including Abelin, Baker, Ernst and Nogueira. |
| Women's Tennis Students Lauded Submitted By: Dave Walters |
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Four members of the women's tennis team garnered honorable mention All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference recognition. MEGAN FAIR '10 and KRYSTAL PARRISH '08 were honored for their singles play, while junior sisters JAMI '09 and LIA WILLIAMS '09 were recognized for their doubles performance. Fair paced the Quakers with 14 singles wins and ranked third on the team with 18 overall victories. She logged a 14-3 overall record, including a 12-2 mark in dual matches. She went 9-2 at sixth singles, 2-0 at fourth singles and 1-0 at fifth singles. Fair ended the season with eight consecutive triumphs, including four in the ODAC Tournament, which helped the Quakers place seventh among 11 teams. She reached the finals of the eighth-singles flight at the fall ODAC Individual Tournament and ranked fourth among the league's sixth-singles players with a .778 winning percentage through matches of April 21. Fair saw limited doubles action and compiled a 4-6 overall mark with competition in all three doubles flights. Her 18 overall (singles and doubles) victories ranked second on the team. Parrish occupied the second-singles slot for most of the season, with three appearances at first-singles. She posted an 8-12 overall singles record with a 6-9 mark at second singles. Parrish started the season with four consecutive wins, including two straight-set triumphs at first singles. She compiled an 8-14 doubles record with competition at both first and second doubles. Her eight doubles victories ranked second on the team. A four-year letter winner and team captain in 2008, Parrish concludes her career with a 35-43 singles standard and a 28-50 doubles record. The Williams sisters logged an 8-5 third-doubles record, including four victories versus ODAC rivals. Jami, in her first Guilford season since joining her sister from Salisbury University, logged a team-best 12 overall doubles wins. She spent the first portion of the year teamed with her sister before going 4-2 at third doubles with Fair in the Quakers' final six matches. Jami had a 7-6 overall singles record and led the team with 19 overall victories. Lia had a 7-2 record at fourth singles and a 9-4 overall singles record. She compiled 17 overall wins, Guilford's fourth-best total. The quartet helped coach JENNIFER ANDERSON's '96 Quakers to their third straight winning record with an 11-9 overall record. Guilford went 3-7 in ODAC play during the regular-season and placed seventh at the 11-team postseason tournament. Anderson expects six students back for the 2008-09 campaign, including Fair and the Williams sisters. |
| Hollyce Giles has Book Chapter Published Submitted By: Sherry Giles |
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 HOLLYCE (SHERRY) GILES, associate professor of community and justice studies, published a book chapter in April, in Teach Freedom: Education for Liberation in the African American Tradition, edited by Charles M. Payne and Carol Sills Strickland, and published by Teachers College Press. Giles's chapter,"'Freedom is a Constant Struggle: The Story of the Bushwick School for Social Justice and Make the Road by Walking," considers to what extent a new small public high school, which she was involved in starting, in New York City falls within the tradition of African-American citizenship and freedom schools. |