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Broncos "Voice February 1993 Campus News ABOUT THAT NEW 94-95 CAMPUS DIRECTORY... Editor From Page 2 By Roger A. Harris It was pointed out by a few up set FSU dormitoty residents that the new campus directory reflected their home, not dormitory, tele phone numbers in its Fall ’94 list ing of on-campus students. This mistake was made in spite of the fact that in some cases, student’s re quests to keep their home telephone numbers unpublished had been made and duly noted. University Relations and the Registrar’s offices were quickly notified and were caught a little off guard by the rev elation. However, within two days they responded to our inquiry with circumstances surrounding the in cident at hand (quick, huh!): during the directory’s final stages of prepa ration, it was decided to add the dormitory resident telephone listing in the hopes of making the direc tory a more useful product. This cut the usual review process. Conse quently, some home telephone numbers were inadvertently printed. Many lessons were learned from this incident. One of the most im portant was that all students should make sure that the personal infor mation they provide to FSU is cur- Spangler rent and kept up to date. Also, make sure it’s clearly noted what infor mation is and is not to be released. From the review that followed our notification, the Registrar’s of fice was able to correct this anomaly and establish procedures that will prevent its recurrence. Specifically, all students will be asked during the Fall ’95 registration process to in dicate whether they want their tele phone number listed in the ‘95-’96 campus directory (not responding to the inquiry will be taken as a “yes” response). Both offices expressed their deep regrets for any inconvenience that this incident may have caused any students. I’d like to thank Lauren Burgess (University Relations) and Michael Hearon (Registrar’s Of fice) for their open, receptive, and speedy responses to our inquiries concerning this incident. One last note: do students want their telephone numbers listed in future campus directories? Direct your responses to the Registrar’s office at 486-1185. (3) Non-traditional (or is that Non-committal?) students. Non- traditional students represent three- fourths of our student population, yet how much do they actively con tribute to FSU functions, programs, and activities? In my two years at this university, on campus students easily represent the majority of pro gram and activity volunteers. If non- traditional students got more in volved with what’s happening at FSU, they could well take over the university. Until they do get more involved, they need to stop whin ing (am I sounding like administra tion?) about lack of day care, park ing, activities for off-campus stu dents, weekend classes, etc. (4) Student Leadership. Student leadership, at all levels, must take more aggressive steps to communi cate, coordinate, and organize itself into a stronger and more unified voice. It’s a sad reality that at this point in the ‘94-’95 academic year, FSU students have no other option than to assume that nothing is be ing accomplished on their behalf by its elected student leadership. They can’t even find out what has been accomplished because student lead ers aren’t getting the word out. At tention Zacques Gray, Student Gov ernment Association President: it’s time for a State of the University Address—NOW. FSU’s current transitional period should be the single most important item on ev ery organization’s agenda as its out come will affect our future rise or descent into the next century (Fresh men students, take heed). Are we organized enough to meet this chal lenge? I hope so, because we have no choice or voice in its acceptance as the situation is already upon us. Students should let the Search Com mittee know what kind of chancel lor they want and need to lead this university to its deserved academic place in the UNC system. (5) Student elections. Our present student election process is abso lutely juvenile, reducing its rel evance to nothing more than a glo rified popularity contest. A few weeks to put up posters and carry ply-signs around campus is no way to inform a very broad and diverse constituency of relevant issues and, more importantly, of the candidate’s positions concerning those issues. We’re fortunate we’ve elected the outstanding (albeit quiet) leaders currently in office. My suggestion? Let perspective candidates declare their candidacy before the fall se mester closes so that they can start campaigning in the spring semes ter (February registration for those candidates that make their minds up late). This procedure will give the candidates enough time to state their positions, use the various forms of media to communicate those posi tions, and allow a more involved and informed constituency to make a better choice. You only get out of a process what you structure it to produce. We’ve been lucky so far, dare we continue? (6) Fraternities/Sororities. People have argued that beyond the step shows and occasional food drive, what are you doing to affect the his torical continuum of FSU’s vaulted legacy? Frats and sorts at other His torically Black Colleges and Uni versities (HBCU’s) set the pace and tone of Afrocentric awareness on their campuses. Do your actions at FSU, especially considering our 35% (and rising) minority enroll ment, amount to nothing more than a hollow posturing of sorts? (7) Broncos’ Voice Staff Pay. Ad ministrative red tape is complicat ing the circumstance that threatens the present and future existence of this publication. Precedent for newspaper staff pay has already been established by other UNC sys tem universities and HBCU’s na tionwide. It’s time this publication got the single most important tool it needs to attract and keep quality staff. You can’t ask students to con tinually work until 11:30 P.M. to put out a newspaper and not com pensate them. They will find (and are now in the process of finding) jobs that will compensate them for their time. It’s called democracy (it’s also called being able to eat.) The situation is being addressed by Student Affairs at this very moment. However, staff pay is such a cru cial issue in our immediate future, and we’re at such a critical point in this publication’s new history that it bears mentioning right now: dur ing, not after, whatever the final fact works itself out to be. Are any of these observations on form and structure valid, or are they just my smoked-and-mirrored per ceptions gone awry yet again? Am I on point or way off the mark? Write in and let me know what you think. From Page 1 sibilities: he has participated in this exhaustive and intensive process some eighteen times previously during his ten year presidency. He is very fa miliar with the varied interest groups (students, faculty, staff, commu nity), their general concerns, and how to most effectively conduct the search process inclusive of those concerns. In short, he’s been there, and offered some constructive suggestions to ensure that the search commit tee does the best job for all concerned. The search committee is headed by Mr. Hector McEachern, Chairman of the FSU Board of Trustees. Mr. McEachern is an outstanding selection to head the search committee as he has an extensive background in Hu man Resources. He currently serves as Senior Vice-President of Wachovia Bank in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His selection to lead the search committee represents a traditional and time-honored appointment for the sitting chairman of a university’s board of trustees. MEETING HIGHLIGHTS (1) It’s estimated that over two hundred applicants will be reviewed. (2) As a matter of protocol, only the final prospective nominees of the selection process will be made public. (3) The search committee is allocated a $53,000 budget. They are ex pected to adhere to the traditional four month to one year time frame to complete the search process. However, more time and money can be re quested and dedicated to the search process, if needed. (4) Mr. Spangler will interview the final three nominees selected by the search committee, and from those interviews, chose one to forward to the Board of Governors for final approval and appointment. (The Board of Governors traditionally approves Mr. Spangler’s recommendation). (5) Applicants or nominees should have an earned doctorate from an ac credited institution and sufficient administrative experience in higher education to effectively manage a comprehensive state university. Evi dence must also be shown of effective leadership and a strong commit ment to the values embodied in teaching, scholarship, and service in a public university. (6) Applications should be addressed to: Dr. LaDelle Oiion Executive Assistant Chancellor Search Committee P. O. Box 110 Fayetteville, N. C. 28302-0110 (910)486-1569/1578
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