SAC offers a trip to town
By Isa Cheron
| And yet another Golden Opportunity is up for grabs. This one, \
| however, is offered by the Student Affairs Committee (SAC), not |
i the College Union.
I One of the numerous concerns raised during the dialogue :
• sessions conducted earlier in the semester was to have a means •
i of transportation into town on the weekends,
i After a preliminary discustion in this regard, it became:
: apparent that there was no instanteous solution. SAC feels that:
i the project needs some concerted efforts expended in order for a i
I feasable proposal to be established. So, all enterpreneurs take j
| heed. SAC would like for someone (or possibly a small group of:
I people) to devise and operate a system for the students. Some |
5 ideas are perhaps an organized carpool or van service. SAC's •
: objective is to find a way to provide cheap and efficient means of i
\ transporation to desired areas of town.
: If you are interested or have any ideas to share, please get in 5
: touch with Bob Keeney (in the old gym) or any member of SAC. !
: It is late in the semester, but, SAC would like to try to get j
: some type of ground work prepared in order to provide the :
: transportation as early next semester as possible.
Faculty promotions considered
By Stephen Harvey
5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15
minutes? According to the old
adage, some of us will be
waiting just a little longer next
year for certain professors after
nominations for advancement in
rank are considered and ap
proved.
Included among those people
nominated are William Fulcher,
Cyrus Johnson, Elizabeth Kei
ser, Melvin Keiser, Richard
Morton, Elwood Parker, Alex
ander Stoesen, and John Stone
burner for promotion to full
professor; Carter Delafield,
Frank Keegan, Jonathan Ma
lino, Sheridan Simon, and Ken
neth Walker for promotion to
associate professor.
The consideration of recom
endations for promotion to full
professor will be made by an ad
hoc committee of the Faculty
Affiars Committee. As Elwood
Parker, chairman of the com
mittee, and Melvin Keiser are
both being considered for pro
motion, they are to be replaced
on the ad hoc committee by Ann
Letters
Amen selah!
Dear Editor
Malevolent, malicious, as
sinine, infantile, foolish. . .?
Come now, friends, 'twas Sa
tire; and everyone knows that
"eris" plus satire yields
"eros". Still, I suppose we
must beware, lest the eros of
some undermine the civilization
of others. Amen selah!
Jonathan
Improve
Serendipity
Dear Editor,
In response to your article,
"Serendipity: Too Little In
volvement for the Cost? Sad,
Sorry Truth: Serendipity Means
Party," I personally feel that
your letter had a lot to say but
that you take too much for
granted that campus people are
only out to party and that
without beer, there would be no
Serendipity. I enjoyed the band
outside, the doggers, the ob-
Deagon and Cyril Harvey. The
other members of the Faculty
Affairs Committee, Maritz Al
meida, William Carroll, Sybille
Colby and Paul Zoph will also
serve on the ad hoc committee.
Guidelines for the review of
nominations to full professor
were outlined in a February 6,
1981 Memorandum from the
Faculty Affairs Committee.
They include the requirement
that the associate professor
being considered has served in
that rank for several years,
either here at Guilford or at
some other school. Also, the
candidate must have shown
excellence in teaching, growth,
creativity and contribution in
his or her field, quality in
academic advising, and service
to the college and community.
The criteria for teaching ex
cellence include improvement
or continuation of distinguished
teaching and skill and innovat
ion in teaching methods. These
qualities are evidenced through
student evaluations, teaching
stacle race, etc. It was a nice
day and many people wanted to
be outside. As far as the Tom
Chapin concert is concerned,
many people did go over to
Dana to take a look at the
concert. It may just be that
some people could not get into
watching Tom Chapin, espe
cially inside. If he wanted to use
Todd Hobin's sound system,
that's fine. People were pretty
disgusted when they found out
but the concert went on as
planned and those who wanted
to see Tom Chapin did. I really
feel that most, who were out
side, had a personal preference
not to see the concert. It may be
that all that some wanted to do
was drink beer, but I cannot say
that for the majority.
Nevertheless, I do agree that
money could be used more
constructively on improving
Serendipity events than on kegs
of beer. I hope that others who
agree with me will give their
support so that something can
be done about it in the future.
Sincerely yours,
Suzanne Sprinkle
Another one bytes the dust
by Joel Richon
Have you ever tried to log off
the computer, only to be in
formed that the disk quota was
exceeded by 2 blocks? Have you
ever typed in 'run' only to wait
ten minutes while the computer
slowly grinds through? If the
answer to either of the above
questions was 'yes' then you
have felt the problems of the
computing growing pains here
on Guilford College. But have
no fear, for starting next year
such problems will be reduced.
Last month a new computer was
delivered to the computer cen
ter and during the summer all
administrative computer users
will be moved to the new
awards from Guilford, external
recognition, and evaluation
from fellow teachers.
The associate professor must
also have contributed to his or
her field through significant
scholarly activity and involve
ment through such methods as
publication, favorable reviews
of published works, participa
tion in professional organiza
tions, public presentations and
/or public exhibits of creative
work.
Considered professors must
demonstrate excellence in the
advising of students by provid
ing academic challenges, en
couraging intellectual growth,
and working with their advisees
on scholarly and personal pro
blems. Evidence of this partici
pation comes from evaluations
by advisees and fellow advisors.
Candidates are also expected
to have contributed to the
college and community intellec
tually and must demonstrate
commitment to the school.
Goodbye Tendai
Dear Editor,
School closes in two weeks.
In most respects that is a joyous
thought. In one light, however,
May sth will not be happy. As
has been well publicized, at the
end of this semester the Guil
ford College Community will
lose the presence of Dr. Tendai
Mutunhu.
Dr. Mutunhu has, over the
four brief years he has been
here, contributed signicantly to
the highest ideas Guilford Col
lege stribes to achieve and
maintain. Dr. Mutunhu's intel
lectualism can only be reflected
in his eminent recognition as a
leading scholar in his field.
Leadership in the community,
particularly among blacks, was
a responsibility Dr. Mutunhu
assumed without reservation
and a role he performed with
great success. Also Dr. Mutun
hu's very different perspective
lent credibility to Guilford's
commitment to diversity of view
point.
system, leaving the academic
users with their own system.
What impact will this have on
the students and teachers that
use the computer? The system
of setting disk quotas will be
reduced so that there will be
moredisk space provided for the
academic community. Also, ac
ademic use will increase,as the
lower level math and science
courses will require some com
puter work. There will also be
less waiting in line for a
terminal in the future. It is
projected that within two years
there will be twenty terminals
available for student use, most
of which will be CRT's Video
Terminals). The exact location
of these extra terminals has not
yet been determined.
Hardware is not the only area
in which the academic commun
ity will benefit. Once the admi
nistration is on the new system
there will be more software
available for the academic user.
This will include such things as
an expanded System Analysis
program, the support of two
extra languages, Fortran and
Pascal. Also, the Help program
will be placed back on the
system.
Some might wonder if the
expenditures for the new sys
tem are justified. Considering
the expanded use that people
will have because of the new
system, it is a wise investment.
But there is another reason why
the new system was purchased:
to protect the academic user
from the administrative users.
As more and more departments
Correction
The final paragraph of An
thony Gurley's letter which
appeared in last week's Cuilfor
dian should read as follows:
I would encourage students
and faculty to write and call
their Senators and Representa
tives to express their concern
over cuts in financial aid pro
continued from paae 2
As Dr. Mutunhu goes home
to Zimbabwe, he leaves a large
vacuum that will prove difficult
to fill. However, we must
realize life forever changes and
that most importantly we must
continue to expand the level of
awareness Dr Mutunhu gave
us.
It is in that positive view that
we bid you farewell, Tendai. Go
secure in the feeling that you
are loved and will be misssed
sorely. Good luck to you in your
future endeavors. Finally, and
with much appreciation Con
gratulations on a job well done.
Much Love,
David Davenport
Concerned Students
A little diversity
Dear Editor,
I would like to respond to
"McDowell's Response." In
particular, I would like to com
ment on McDowell's charge
that Guilford does not fulfill its
responsibilities as a educational
institution.
Guilfordian, April 22, 1981,
of the administration move to
wards using the computer, and
current users expanded their
use, the academic community
was slowly being squeezed out
of the system. With the new
system we shall see an abrupt
turnaround of this policy. Just
as important as this is the
additional safety of having two
computers. If one system was to
suddenly break down it would
be only a few hours before all
the users could be switched to
the other computer, rather than
days while repairmen try to fix
the system.
With all this sudden expan
sion of the computer capabili
ties, it possible that some
people are expecting a Compu
ter Science degree to be offered
here. This is something that
will not happen in the foresee
able future. While it is ex
pected that the use of the
computer will increase drama
ticly as students discover the
versitility of the system, there is
no plan to offer a major in
computer science. As Carlie
White, the system manager put
it: "The goal here at Guilford is
computer literacy as opposed to
computer science." Which, as
the role of the computer in
society grows, is vitally impor
tant to anyone moving into the
job market.
So for all you people out there
that are currently cursing the
computer here for being so
slow, take heart. Things are
improving and by August you
will be swearing by our compu
ter rather than at it.
grams. While we all must take
our fair share of the medicine in
these economic times, today's
students who are tomorrow's
policy makers must not be
asked to take on a disporpor
tionate burden. Your lobbying
efforts and your understanding
and cooperation will make the
journey through these troubled
waters less turbulent for all of
us.
McDowell states that a pro
fessor's responsibility is to
teach them (students) the an
swers. He goes on to argue that
many teachers at Guilford seem
to hold the same ideology and
this ideology, in turn, is forced
upon the students. In my three
years at Guilford, I have found
these arguments to be true to a
certain extent. There are some
departments on campus which
are blatently on one side of the
political fence. Professor Mc-
Dowell is correct to say that
departments should have pro
fessors with opposing view
points. Departments should
have different viewpoints be
cause this way, students get a
broader education. There is not
a teacher alive who is able to
teach a completely objective
course in a social science.
Teachers will inevitably let their
biases slip into class lectures. If
a department has more than one
perspective (ie liberal, conser
vative) represented, a student is
able to receive a more complete
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