, * THE GUILFORDIAN GREENSBORO, NC Jazz Trio performs Aaron DeMoss Staff Writer Members of the Steve Haines Jazz Trio joined students from Assistant Professor of Psychology Karen Tinsley's Psychology of African Americans class 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in Dana Auditorium in celebration of Black History Month. The Trio - Steve Haines, the director of the Miles Davis Jazz Program at UNC-G, Ira Wiggins, the director of the Jazz Studies program at North Carolina Central University, and Thomas Taylor, an adjunct faculty member at UNC-Chapel Hill - provided a musical back Board of Trustees visits Gu Meredith Veto & Taleisha Bowen Staff Writer & Associate Editor The Board of Trustees, which comes to Guilford three times per year, visited campus Feb. 20-21. The Board is the executive council that has the final say in most of the college's activi ties, including managing the goals, policies, and affairs of the college. "They basically hear the state of the college, ... see (what) progress has been made since the last meeting, and then ... make plans for things to take place until the Bama I Wish 9 and Pixar Socialist I diaries Review s P |i4 \P Movement ground for Tinsley's students, who read poetry, presented a biography of Miles Davis, and reenacted famous moments of black history. "It was great to see the cel ebration of a part of history that is often neglected," senior Rushdee Omar said. Haines handled his instru ment, the bass, with the skill of a tender lover. During the performance he was draped over his instrument like a wil low tree, so deep in a jazz trance only a clinched smile appeared on his face, jam ming to the wails from the saxophone or flute of Wiggins. Continued on Page 2 next time," senior Floyd McKissick, president of the Community Senate and a member of the Board, said. jjjjjj^ WWW.GUILFORD.EDU Board of Trustees Chair H. Curt Hege Sr. VOLUME 90, ISSUE 18 WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM 't 1 I , , L MM JP^gg^M ,J|J 9n I Jf 1 MAGGIE BAMBERG/GUILFORDIAN The Steve Haines Jazz Trio joins Assistant Professor of Psychology Karen Tinsley's Psychology of African Americans class on Feb. 17 in Dana Auditorium One of the Board's functions is to approve requests for tenure by faculty members. These decisions have been made and will be made public in coming weeks. The Board decided to renew the college's one-year con tract with Sodexho, the com pany that provides the col lege's dining services. They also heard a proposal from New Garden Friends School (NGFS) regarding construc tion of a new academic build ing on college property. The two institutions would share the building, with NGFS rais- Continued on Page 2 Senator Mitchell preaches peace Aaron DeMoss Staff Writer Getting around Senator Ted Kennedy in Congress is tough, but former senator George Mitchell climbed over him on his first day in the Senate only to lie down next to a sleeping John Warner, former husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, during a filibuster. This was among the con gressional tidbits Senator Mitchell shared in his speech at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in Dana Auditorium. Mitchell was this year's last Bryan Series speaker, which has already brought acclaimed documen- FEBRUARY 27, 2004 tary filmmaker Ken Burns, actor Sidney Poitier, play wright Edward Albee, and author Sherwin Nuland to campus. "It's great to have public political figures [on campus]," freshman David Unger said. Mitchell graduated from Bowdoin College in 1954, and served with the U.S. Army in Berlin until 1956, working as part of the Army's counter intelligence corps. He gradu ated from Georgetown University's school of law and began working in Washington, D.C. In 1979 he was appoint ed U.S. District Judge for Continued on Page 3