February 28, 1992
GThe
UILFORDIAN
The Front Page
News Line
Senate election re
suits led by Smith
Theofficial results of the Sen
ate primaries last Sunday are as
follows:
Jason Smith's ticket finished
in first place, garnering 43 per
cent of the vote.
Jennifer Hill's ticket came in
second place capturing 37 per
cent of the votes.
Third place was occupied by
Raymond Jones' ticket, which
received 14 percent of the vote.
Finishing last was Joe
Wallace's ticket, which picked
up six percent of the vote.
The run-off election between
Hill's ticket and Smith's ticket
is slated for Monday, March 2.
The Village People to
headline Serendipity
Contracts were signed today
making it official that The Vil
lage People will be on campus
for Serendipity.
Scott Thornhill, c hairman of
the Serendipity Committee
announced that the popular 70s
group will perform Saturday,
April 11 at 8 p.m. Armfield
Athletic Center is the tentative
site for the concert.
Judicial Board appli
cations available
Applications for the 1992-
93 Judicial Board are available
now at the Founders Hall In
formation Desk.
All applications must be
turned in by Wednesday, March
4 at 5 pjn.
Vol. 76, No. 14
Provost announces restructuring results
32 administrative,staff positions and an undetermined number of part
time faculty positions eliminated in lo
Jennifer Watts
News Editor
After weeks of escalating ten
sions and closed door meetings,
the Strategic Long Range Plan
ning Committee announced this
week the long awaited details of its
massive restructuring plan for the
college.
The restructuring process began
with the creation of the SLRP in
1990 and has culminated in the
elimination of approximately 32
mostly full-time administrative and
staff positions. These personnel
were notified earlier this week.
Also to be eliminated are the
equivalent of nine full-time fac
ulty positions in part-time person
nel. It has yet to be decided which
part-time faculty members will be
cut.
In addition, all vice presidents,
with the exception of the new V ice
President for Institutional Ad
vancement, were reduced to dean
or director positions, and Presi
dent William Rogers voluntarily
accepted a nine percent cut in his
salary.
THE REASONS BEHIND THE CUTS
This reduction in the work force
is the result of a need recognized
Geisler to chair Middlebury German Department
Justin Cohen
Editor-in-Chief
Claiming it was an offer he
couldn't refuse, Guilford's only
full-time German professor an
nounced last week he will leave
Greensboro to take a position in
what is widely recognized as one
of the premier foreign language
departments in the country.
Associate Professor of German
and Acting Coordinator of Aca
demic Advising Michael Geisler
said he will assume the chairman
ship of the German Department at
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Provost Dan Poteet is interviewed by a reporter from WFMY-TV 2 after making the first public
announcements about the reduction of positions resulting from the restructuring.
by the college to take into consid
eration long-term measures to bal
ance the budget.
In an address to the community
Wednesday, Provost Dan Poteet,
who also serves as chair of the
Middlebury College next year. Of
ficials from the liberal arts institu
tion in Vermont offered Geisler
the job after an extensive national
search that began last September.
Geisler will chair a German de
partment that houses six full-time
faculty positions. The deal includes
a significant pay hike and auto
matic tenure. Geisler has not been
awarded tenure at Guilford.
Comparable in size to Guilford,
Middlebury's student body is un
der two thousand. However, each
semester 100 more students enroll
in German classes at Middlebury
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
SLRP, said, "The initiation of this
process followed upon my discov
ery that my early optimism about
phasing the solution to the
College's financial constraints over
several years was simply impos-
than at Guilford. Moreover,
Middlebury's tally of about 60
German majors is five times as
many as at Guilford.
"Looking at it on paper, it was an
easy decision [to accept the posi
tion]," said Geisler. "But it really
wasn't. I love Guilford—the stu
dents and my colleagues. I ago
nized over it... I have always felt
happy here. It's been a good work
ing experience."
Geisler's decision to leave came
in spite of a concerted effort by the
administration to entice him into
staying at Guilford.
Life in Hell—p.ll
sible, that the dilemma posed in
particular by enormous pressures
for financial aid —the means by
which we continue to make Guil
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"When the offer was first floated
[from Middlebury] the adminis
tration made a good attempt to
makeacounter- offer... They made
efforts to keep me here," said
Geisler.
Acting Academic Dean Kathy
Adams acknowledged the
administration's efforts, but re
fused to discuss specifics of the
counter-offer.
Geisler's departure comes as the
college's massive restructuring
process unfolds. He indicated that
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