GFLFE GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC January 28, 2000
M.L.King Day
at Guilford
By Tom Gallagher
STATFWRITER
Guilford College honored
what would have been the 71st
birthday of slain civil rights
leader Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. last Monday evening with a
candlelight vigil at Dana audito
rium.
The event capped Guilford's
celebration of Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day, which featured
panel discussions, a community
service project, and a video pre
sentation of Dr. King's speeches.
The evening vigil, organized
by the Guilford College African-
American Cultural Society, fea
tured a series of performances
and speeches in remembrance of
Dr. King.
After a welcome by juniors
Natalie Hodge and Keisha
Scales, a short scripture reading
and prayer were offered and a
moment of silence was observed.
The Guilford College Danc-
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Hege Library
under stress
By Ben Hebner
STAFF WRITER
The walls of Hege library
are still standing. Indeed, put in
perspective of the long history of
these walls, the present turmoil
within may seem relatively small.
To those who are working
there now, however, work has
been less than simple. Herb
Poole's retirement last spring
meant that the the library was
already running on a reduced
staff when they lost the new di
rector, the late Betty Place, last
month. Since then, the library
staff and college community have
been pulling together to make
sure things continue to run
smoothly, even in the face of such
losses.
"Many of us have been work
ing together for a long time and
we've developed a good coopera
tive spirit," said Carol Treadway,
director of the Friends Histori
cal Collection. "That's one of the
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reasons we can get through these
hard times."
The most conspicuous prob
lem were the tasks that needed
to be done pending additional
hiring. In addition to serving as
library director, Betty Place was
the head reference librarian.
Evelyn Blunt, who was hired this
fall as an assistant in reference,
is now reference head.
Place's other responsibilities
have been divided among the
present staff until another library
director is found. Carol Treadway
has agreed to act as a coordina
tor for this search, even though
she is due to retire soon herself.
Treadway does not foresee
any crisis that would be espe
cially problematic because of the
reduced staff. "If we have a fire,
that would be a disaster that
would test us under any circum
stances, but actually we do have
some preparation for that kind of
problem," Treadway said. "It
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Guilford takes Greensboro's dean
By Maijorie Hall
NEWS EDITOR
Normally, the search process
for a new dean can take at least a
semester, sometimes longer.
This time, however, Guilford
found a replacement in less than
two months after previous dean
A 1 Newell left. The new dean was
only a few miles down Friendly.
Randy Doss, who started in
his new position on Jan. 10th,
graduated from Guilford in 'B2
with a degree in business man
agement and has been the dean
of admissions at Greensboro Col
lege since 1985.
Doss' first contact with
Guilford occurred when he was
eight years old. A lifelong
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Greensboro resident, he attended
football camp at the school, dur
ing which he slept in English hall.
Later on, his father drove the bus
for the baseball team.
Doss began attending
Guilford in '7B, playing baseball
and majoring first in physical edu
cation and then history until fi
nally settling on business man
agement. He graduated in 'B2
and went into an MBA program
at UNCG.
In August, when he was en
tering the program, he found that
Greensboro College was looking
for a part-time sports information
director. He took the job, which
slowly evolved into more as he
began coaching and recruiting for
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