THE GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
Trustees meet at Guilford
♦After a series of meetings last week, Board members show their support for the President
BY MARJORIE HALL
News Editor
The Trustees agree with the
President.
Last Thursday, November 18,
the Board of Trustees arrived on
campus. The main issue discussed
during their extensive meetings
on Friday and Saturday with Presi
dent Don McNemar and some fac
ulty and administrators was
McNemar's plan for the future of
Guilford.
The Board of Trustees sets
policy for the school. They regu
larly keep in contact with
McNemar, but they had not yet
given an official opinion on his
ideas for the school. Though
there was a good deal of discus
sion, no decisions were made this
weekend. The Board will return
on November 10 to elect a new
chair and involve themselves
more closely with the work of the
task forces.
The tone of the meetings
seemed cooperative to most
people. "I've been at meetings like
this where there is a lot of ten
sion and hostility," said Martha
Cooley, academic dean. "That was
WQFS second in Princeton Review
♦Guilford's radio station ranked behind only Tulane in a survey that includes all American college stations
BY FRED WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
Congratulations are in or
der for WQFS, Guilford college's
radio station. The Princeton Re
view rated WQFS the number
two college radio station in the
country.
This rating is based on the
level of involvement and the re
sponse of both the students and
the community.
Two years ago, WQFS was
number three, last year they fell
to number six, and now they are
second only to Tulane, in a cat
egory that includes every other
college radio station in the coun
try.
Andy Ahearn, general man-
"Bon't 6e afraid of the Boogeyman. "—Stanfey Frank, interim director of the Hoard of Trustees
not the atmo
sphere of this
meeting."
Most of
the Board is be
hind Don
McNemar and
was enthusias
tic about the
current up
heaval on the
campus. "The
Board is 100
percent behind
Don," said
Stanley Frank,
recently cho
sen as interim
chair of the
Board follow
ing former
chair Monty
Milner's deci
sion to step
down. "I see
nothing but
good things in
the decisions
being made
now."
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The Board members praised
the faculty and expressed regret
that some will have to leave the
ager of WQFS, explained that A factor that stabilizes
making
the station
what it is
today has
been a
building
process.
Over the
last three
years, he
has
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worked to solidify programming,
so that when a listener turns on
the radio at a certain time they
will know what they are going to
hear. This feat is impressive for
a station that has shows in al
most every musical genre, from
jazz to rap, blues to techno,
beach music to industrial.
Since 1914, but never quite like this
school. The trustees understand
that the loss of faculty is difficult
for the community.
these long-running shows.
Ahearn has big plans for the
year ahead for WQFS. He wants
to work towards more profes
sionalism in the DJs, and he
hopes to maintain the quality of
programming that the station
has achieved over the past few
years.
WQFS is the significant
number of community
DJ's. Some of these
people have had shows at
the same time, playing
the same kinds of music,
for close to a decade. The
station has been working
towards building a regu
lar listening base
through the presence of
September 26, 1997
Some students had compiled
Please see TRUSTEES on pg. 2
One of his major goals is for
the station to be on the air 24
hours a day. The station is re
quired to be on air 12 hours a
day. Last year it was on at least
18 hours, and this year it will
probably be on 21 hours a day.
With the strong student support
that the station has seen this
year, this goal may soon be a
reality.
Other plans for the year
ahead include more publicity,
such as a quality 'zine (both
electronic and on paper), and
improvements to the WQJS
website. Ryan Bek, WQFS publi
cations manager, described the
website as "an innovative way to
Please see WQFS on pg. 2
Courtesy College Relations