February 7, 1992
GThe
UILFORDIAN
The Front Page
News Line
Rogers takes
position on Board
The National Association of
Independent Colleges and
Universities (NAICU) has re
cently elected Guilford Col
lege President William Rog
ers to its Board of Directors.
The NAICU, which has 837
member institutions, repre
sents independent col leges and
universities, informing its
members of public policy is
sues within all branches of the
federal government.
Three professors
granted tenure
As announced at Wednes
day's faculty meeting, David
Barnhill, Linda Brown and
Marlene McCauley were
granted tenure.
Barnhill is an Assitant Pro
fessor of Intercultural Studies
and Religious Studies. He
joined the Guilford College
faculty in 1986. Brown, an
AssistantProfessorofEnglish,
came to Guilford in 1987.
McCauley serves as Assistant
Professor of Geology. She has
taught at Guilford since 1986.
Take notice:
no notices
Students will not receive
overdue notices from the li
brary this semester, announced
Circulation Librarian Karen
Behm.
The library staff is involved
with the barcoding of the book
collection in preparation for
the computerization of the card
catalog and circulation ser
vices.
Behm stressed, however,
that students will still be
charged fines for overdue
books.
Vol. 76, No. 12
Hobbs residents clash with Res. Life
Jennifer Watts
News Editor
With Residential Life's an
nouncement of hall di-
rectors for the upcom
ing year came an out
cry from many Mary
Hobbs Hall residents.
The residents were
not only angered that
Residential Life failed
to choose the current
hall council president
—who traditionally
moves into the position
of hall director —but
they also were angered
that Res. Life chose
someone who has never
lived in Hobbs for the
role.
Hobbs is a co-opera
tive hall with its own
kitchen and dining
room. Because of this
unique environment,
many feel that only a
woman who has previ
ously lived in the build-
ing can effectively serve as hall
director.
Only on one other occasion in
the history of the hall has Residen
tial Life not chosen someone who
had previously been a Hobbs resi
Committee proposes alternative to IDS 101
Matthew Levy
Copy Editor
A possible alternative for Inter
disciplinary Studies 101 was pro
posed by the Curriculum Commit
tee at the Feb. 5 faculty meeting.
The future of IDS 101, which is
currently required for all first year
students, has been in question ever
since the appearance of a memo on
April 9, 1991, recommending
"...that IDS 101 cease to be a col
lege-wide requirement," because
of a lack of faculty support.
The memo was released by an ad
"There are no true facts in history --/Dottie Borei
dent.
Associate Dean of Students Ri
chard Ford explained that the break
in tradition was due to a highly
photo by Scott Shaffer
Assistant Director of Residential Life George Segebade addresses Mary
Hobbs residents during a forum held Wednesday night.
qualified applicantpool and not an
effort by Res. Life to "disrupt the
[Mary Hobbs] community." Ten
students applied for the seven avail
able hall director positions.
The women of Hobbs, however,
hoc committee, appointed by Presi
dent Rogers to evaluate the un
popular program. Its members were
Jerry Godard (Psychology), Anne
Ilinitch (Management), Frank
Keegan (Biology), Elwood Parker
(Mathematics) and Tom Powell
(Philosophy).
Since 1968, Guilford has had a
required first year course
unconfined to a single discipline,
successively called Man in the
Twentieth Century, Being Human
in the Twentieth Century, and In
terdisciplinary Studies.
Instead of eliminating the pro
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
questioned Residential Life's mo
tives, partly because the residents
of the hall were not consulted in
the decision making process.
Hobbs resident Jodie Hargus
explained that the residents felt
cheated, because Res. Life offi
cials acknowledged that it was a
difficult decision and one that
would not be popular, yet the staff
gram altogether, the Curriculum
Committee is suggesting that IDS
101 be discontinued and replaced
with a newly designed first year
student requirement. The new
model is more flexible than the
IDS 101, only stipulating a com
mon theme and texts, and not re
quiring the faculty to take an inter
disciplinary approach.
Unlike IDS 101's "cluster"
model, which gives incoming stu
dents a choice of several subjects,
supporters believe die new model
will provide "...valuable aspects of
commonality and comunity," in
Life in Hell—p.l2 I
did not consult the women of Hobbs
about the issue.
"We were made to feel that our
opinions don't matter," said
Hargus, who also felt that
the Quaker philosophy
emphasizing consensus
was undermined. "We felt
Res. Life was being hypo
critical."
Student skepti
cism was amplified by an
investigation by Res. Life
into the cost of paying pro
fessional help to aid in
cleaning what is now a self
maintained hall.
Residents also
feared that the dining hall
was in danger of being
closed as the College an
nounced its undertaking of
a restructuring plan that
willresultin trimming $1.3
million from next year's
budget.
"Ifwehadahall
director in here who didn't
really understand how in
teractive the community is
and the importance of work jobs,
she probably wouldn't fight to keep
things the way they arc," said cur
rent Mary Hobbs Hall Director Jen
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which first year students "...share
impressions of any one text or
speaker which al 1 would encounter
as a part of their initial impression
of Guilford College," the proposal
states.
One member of the Curriculum
Committee, Bill Carroll (Political
Science) is dissenting its decision,
because he sees no need for a com
mon first year experience in addi
tion to ihc required English 150
and 151. He proposes "...that fresh
men take only disciplinary courses
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