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Volume 77 Issue 3
Dean calls for safety awareness
By Joan Malloch
Editor In Chief
In the wake of an explosion of
crimes affecting Guilford's cam
pus, Dean of Students Joanna Iwata
is placing campus safety as top
priority.
At least eight car break-ins,one
alleged fight, one on-campus as
sault, and one alleged off-campus
sexual assault have occurred within
the opening weeks of the year.
Security and Safety has recently
tightened up patrol rounds and in
creased staff; but, student-involved
crime remains a problem.
While her duties as Dean of Stu
dents often come after incidents
have occurred, Iwata believes that
a change in attitude may prevent
negative events from happening.
"We need to work in trying to
assert ourselves in situations that
we don't feel comfortable in," said
Iwata. "Part of it is feeling com
fortable about saying no to situa
tions that you feel uncomfortable
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According to Iwata, the approach
to every case is different
"[ln some cases] people freeze
and don't know how to handle the
situation; therefore, it evolves into
a negative situation. In other cases
people assert themselves and say
'No, this is not right, I don't belong
here, you don'tbelong here, you're
out of here.'"
As Dean of Students her role is
Vice-President Soenksen settles in
Matthew Levy
News Editor
With the hope of improving
Guilford's economic viability,
Gordon Soenksen, hired last year
as vice-president for institutional
advancement, has begun reorga
nizing and redirecting Guilford's
fund-raising and public relations
efforts.
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to follow up with all parties in
volved in an episode, clarify the
specifics of what happened, and
help students decide what to do
based on the information.
Because information is the back
bone of each case, validity and
specifics can determine the out
come of a student's case.
"If you don't have enough evi
dence to support your claim about
what happened to you (off cam
pus) either one, because you were
really drunk, or two, you can't
recall very much... it makes it very
difficult to manage through the
judicial system fairly. Now if you
were sober and can recall, that lends
some credibility..."
The association between inci
dents processed by the judicial
board and substance abuse is a
strong one. Assistant Dean of Stu
dents Dick Dyer estimates alcohol
related judicial cases in the last
year at roughly 80%, though he
was quick to point out that cer
tainly not all cases were related to
alcohol.
Iwata agrees, "I think in most
cases [student incidents] are
prompted by alcohol abuse and/or
other substance abuse, though there
are certain cases where very clearly
the people involved are sober."
Clearly students need to be in
formed about substance abuse. Pro
vost Dan Poteet says, "We're cer
tainly going toreinvigorate the kind
There was initial resistance to
introducing the high-priced posi
tion in the midst of a restructuring
which eliminated all other vice
presidential positions. However,
the need for fund-raising out
weighed other considerations and
theposition was filled by Soenksen,
who is expected to bring in gifts
worth many times his salary.
Soenksen now leads the entire
institutional advancement effort of
the college. His responsibility is to
identify and cultivate major gift
opportunities for the college, man
age the staffs of the fund-raising
side and the public relations side of
institutional advancement and run
the alumni relations and parent
programs.
Soenksen hopes to increase the
efficiency of his office by working
the two brancnes of institutional
Advancement together.
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of education effort about alcohol
that was in place for much of last
year."
The education of students helps
prevent on or off campus inci
dents that complicate thedynam
ics of the judicial process, says
Iwata.
"Development and college re
lations had worked closely to
gether [in the past], but part of
my job is to link them even closer
with regard to the fund-raising
and communications, n he said.
"[ltis important] to understand
how we go about communicat
ing with the external world, so
that we can begin to organize a
comprehensive view of every
thing that we do with regard to
the college communicating with
off-campus markets, in terms of'
all of our printed materials, in
terms of press releases...."
Soenksen feels Guilford must
market more aggressively if it is
to survive the economic strains
which are now affecting the ma
jority of private colleges.
"Guilford has never been an
institution tliat has aggressively
marketed itself. Guilford by dint
Off-campus parties place both the
student and the college in a perplex
ing situation.
Off-campus substance abuse is
normally handled by local authori
ties; however, Director of Security
and Safety Mary Ann Weedon ex
plained that Guilford's involvement
of its history is an outstanding insti
tution that has counted on its aca
demic excellence to carry its mes
sage into the various markets.
"Part of our activity in Institu
tional Advancement is to capture all
of the marketing opportunities and
do a somewhat stronger job of mar
keting the school. That will help us
in the fund raising, in admissions, in
all of the activities in the school."
Soenksen has made some staffing
changes since his arrival. The annual
giving and parent programs have
been realigned under LillianLyndrup
and alumni affairs is now under Ken
neth Chandler.
"That was a staffing change that
we made this summer with regard to
the strengths that those individuals
bring to their particular areas of ex
pertise and the kinds of activities
that we need to develop during this
year," said Soenksen.
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does not necessarily end there.
"The college reserves the right
to file judicial charges. That could
be administrative, it could be Se
curity, itcould be whatever. You'd
have to look at the incident and see
the roles there," she said.
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There were also some retire
ments from positions that are be
ing discontinued.
Soenksen expressed the impor
tance of moving toward goals for
success in development. He praised
the involvement of the community
in setting those goals in commit
tees such as Strategic Long Range
Planning (SLRP).
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