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ulMxjIlcllflM- In This Issue... -■>■■: S?'"- Page 2 Community Senate .has a new Secretary... Page 3 Guilford's Board of Trustees has a new Chairman... Page 10 Dance gypsies have set up camp at guilford... State of the Union James E. Tatum Editor-in-Chief President George W. Bush's sec ond State of the Union address, deliv ered before a joint session of con gress on Tuesday night, covered many topics ranging from funding for AIDS treatment in Africa to banning par tial-birth abortions to research on hy drogen-powered pollution-free auto mobiles. However, the President's main focus remained on foreign policy, as Bush devoted roughly half his speech to issues like the war on terrorism and the administration's policy toward Iraq. "Many challenges, abroad and at home, have arrived in a single sea son," said Bush toward the close of Search Continues for New Faculty Members Casey Creel Senior Correspondent "My goal is to radically reduce the college's reliance on part-time faculty to teach traditional stu dents," said Adrienne Israel, aca demic dean and coordinator of the search process for new faculty. Eleven tenure-track positions need filling, from writing director to psychology professor to busi ness management professorto work in computer information sys tems. Guilford now employs its low est number of tenure-track faculty - about 70 - in many years, ac cording to Israel. The various searches are at different stages, with college writ ing director narrowed to three can- UMUMUM .y ilLlffTTfl dIfIMLAZ-U ML his remarks. "In two years, America has gone from a sense of invulner ability to an awareness of peril, from bitter division in small matters to calm unity in great causes." Following the President's re marks, an instant-reaction poll of people who watched the speech con ducted by the Gallup Organization showed that 67% of those surveyed felt the President had made a con vincing argument for the need of the United States to take military action against Iraq, up from 47 % prior to the speech. Gallup also noted that "Typically, presidential speech watchers disproportonately identify with the party of the President." Among sur vey participants, 40% identified them didates, who by print-time have all visited campus and interviewed for the position. Three other searches, for computing and information technology, psychology, and history, are underway on campus, sched uled through early February. Carolyn Beard Whitlow, who as clerk of faculty chairs the clerks committee, declined to comment on the search process "while it is ongoing." The clerks committee decides which positions to allocate as requested by departments. Other searches, such as that for a professor of art/sculpting, are still slimming to a final group of three from an initial pool in the range of ten. "We received 70 to 80 applications to begin with," said selves as Republicans, 31% as inde pendents, and 28% as Democrats. Although Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 12 points in the poll, this was down from last year when 50% of those surveyed identified themselves as Republicans. One unusual development sur rounding this year's speech was the Democrats' decision to issue a "prebuttal," criticizing the President before he even spoke. "The state of our union today is anxious," said Senate minority leader Tom Daschle on Monday "The triple threat of war, terrorism and reces sion are combining to make Ameri cans unsure about their future and unclear about the course of action our nation is taking." Adele Wayman, painting professor and part of that search team. Additionally, the political science department searched last semester for Andrea Gerlak's replacement. Gerlak, who with Dave Dobson began the environmental studies major, left Guilford in the fall of last year The search committee has cho sen a candidate, who by press-time has not yet signed a contract. Continued on page two ... Rec yck January 31, 2003 Volume 89, Issue 13 House minority leader Nancy Pelosi also participated in the prebuttal. The more-traditional rebuttal to the President's remarks by the opposition party immediately fol lowing the State of the Union was delivered by Democratic governor Gary Locke of Washington State. "I want every person to have the chance this country gave our family," said Locke. "But like many of you, I'm concerned about the challenqes now before us." A more in-depth analysis of the State of the Union will ap pear in next week's Guilfordian. For some community reactions to the speech, see page 4. J* Adrienne Israel, Dean. Courtesy of College Relations
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