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GUILFORDIAN
Vol. 73 No. 17
Former Professor Settles
by Jay Underwood
Guilford College and Dr. Lawrence
McLean, a former Professor of
Management, reached an out-of-court
settlement last month after months of
dispute over McLean's claim that he
was wrongly denied tenure. The
Students Voice
at Tuition Forum
by Jacob Stabler
The proposal by Guilford Col
lege to raise its tuition, and its sub
sequent approval on January 27,
sparked outcry from die student
body. The latest appeal to the ad
ministration from students was at a
tuition increase forum sponsored
by the Community Senate Thurs
day Feb. 16.
The forum, held in the Gallery in
Founders hall, attracted approxi
Nancy Cable-Wells speaks at Tuition Forum photo by Skip Davenport
mately 40 people who listened to
and asked questions of a panel
consisting of President Bill Rogers,
Dean of Students Nancy Cable-
Wells, Business Manager DickCoe,
and faculty member Martha Cooiey.
Also on hand was Academic Dean
Sam Schuman, and Community
Senate Secretary Leigh Pate who
moderated the forum.
Students who attended received
multiple handouts which outlined
much of the Guilford College's
budget for past, present, and com
ing years. The Senate gave out
copies of the results of its survey on
the tuition increase as well as a copy
of the letter sent to the administra
tion, faculty committee chairs and
others in the "Guilford College
Community."
The results of the survey, which
were returned completed by 225
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
settlement called for "legal consid
erations" which were not explained
publicly.
The college and McLean agreed in
a legal contract to keep the terms of
the settlement under a strict rule of
confidentiality.
students, show that 85% did not re
alize that they would have to pay an
additional 10% per year in tuition.
However, only 38% of the respon
dents said they would not have con
sidered applying to Guilford if die
cost had placed a financial strain on
diem or their families.
Also included with the survey
were many of the written responses
offered by students. The responses
revealed a broad range of reactions
ranging from condemnation to
support of the proposed increase.
"I can't believe people put a
price on education," wrote one re
spondent However, another saw
Guilford as "run like a Mom and
Pop grocery store. The misman
agement., cannot be tolerated" Still
otters worried about the type of
students the college is recruiting: "I
don't want Guilford to be limited
only to high income people and rich
snobs... this is against everything that
Guilford stands for."
The forum echoed many of the
concerns raised by the students in
die surveys. After statements by the
members of the panel, all of whom
are on the budget-making Analytic
Studies Team (AST), the floor was
opened to questions and sugges
tions.
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p. 6
with College After Tenure Dispute
Neither the college nor McLean
could comment on what the "legal
considerations" entail, though
sources say they may include a large
but unconfirmed amount of money
granted to McLean from the college,
among other provisions.
"Larry McLean is very pleased with
the agreement," said Professor of
Management Dr. Bill Stevens.
Stevens, who was up for tenure at
the same time as McLean last June,
was also denied, but appealed to the
Board of Trustees and was eventu
ally granted tenure.
"I don't think it was a fair process,"
said McLean. "I don't feel any ani
mosity toward [the administration].
I feel the same no w as almost the time
I arrived on campus they're basi
cally incompetent."
Painter Boulevard: A Community Update
by David Simpson
The city's recent decision to con
tract with firms for a cost analysis of
possible routes for Painter Boule
vard has brought the threat of a cut
across college land closer to reality.
Concerned campus and community
figures are encouraging people to get
involved in ways that might help stop
or at least alter the path of the road.
Even though the road will not be
started for at least four or five years
because of problems with funding,
Tom Lalley, organizer of Students
Against Painter Boulevard (SAPB),
says that it is important for people to
voice their concerns now.
Tom Clark, faculty member and
resident of a neighborhood that will
be altered by the proposed road, says
that in order to have any chance of
stopping the road, people must get
involved now before permanent plans
are arranged and funding has been
obtained.
Clark said that he questions how
much Greensboro needs the new road.
With all the energy problems we
already have, said Clark, another road
just encourages more people to drive
and thus wast more energy. He said
that he hopes people will take this
concern seriously.
Clark encourages people to attend
community meetings on the issue
whether they want to stop the road or
try to change its route.
Tim Saunders, Transportation
Planning Coordinator for the City of
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Dr. Ed Caudill, who was Chairper
son of the Management Department
when McLean was up for tenure,
staunchly defended McLean.
"He got from this institution a raw
deal and if he'd have been greedy, he
would have taken more," he said.
"He thought that he had been wrong
fully, professionally damaged."
Dr. Louis Fike, Professor of Politi
cal Science and friend of McLean,
said that McLean was planning to
sue the college for breech of contract,
fraud, and discrimination before the
settlement was proposed.
"I would think those would have
been the issues," said McLean on
Friday.
In a memorandum dated March 18,
1985, shortly after McLean's con
tract was signed. Academic Dean
Greensboro, said that there is a lot of
confusion about what is really hap
pening with Painter Boulevard.
"A lot of people are confused about
the fact that the road has just been
proposed,"said Saunders. "Proposed
only identifies a need."
He said the road is not a possibility
until funds are obtained.
Saunders said Greensboro will
need some state funding and to ob
tain this funding the city will have to
hire someone to do an Environmental
Impact Study (EIS) which will take
at least two years. He said that an EIS
examines several different proposed
rouites including a "do nothing alter
native" and estimates the cost and
environmental damage of each.
In a proposed city map, two differ
ent routes are shown as possibilities
for crossing Guilford's land. One
crosses north to south about a quar
ter-mile from the lake and right
through the heart of the Guilford
woods. The other crosses the same
direction but more to the east side of
the college property.
Both Lalley and Clark say that
there are many reasons why the road
should follow a different route. Dr.
William Rogers, president of
Guilford College, said he agrees.
"The logic of this plan is some
what flawed," Rogers said, because
the perimeter of the city limits has
enlarged. He noted when the road
was proposed (about thirty years ago
according to the Greensboro News &
February 20,1989
Sam Schuman addressed "various
involved individuals" and stated his
opposition to the hiring of "another
white, protestant, middle-aged, male
applicant in the Management De
partment."
Schuman retracted the statement
shortly afterwards, saying that it did
notreflecthis actual intent, and could
be taken out of context. He further
referred to it as "hot-tempered and
ill-appropriate."
Schuman continued in the memo
randum, "I fear we are losing all
three of our female teachers in this
area, and so I am particularly em
phatic about the need to seek, aggres
sively and energetically, a woman to
fill this post."
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Record) the city was much smaller
and would thus call for the road to be
nearer to the downtown area.
Rogers also said that this route
calls for two new interchanges, one
on 1-40 and one near Horse pen Creek
Road, which would be too close to
existing Wendover Avenue and
Bryan Expressway interchanges.
The issue of the Guilford woods is
important, too, said Rogers, because
it is the largest open space in the city.
"In a sense it is the lung of Greens
boro."
Lalley and Clark agree. Clark said
that not only does the city need the
woods to provide oxygen to an area
that was over the federal maximum
for air pollution last year, but that the
woods have great historical, educa
tional. and cultural values as well.
The college woods once housed
stations for the underground railway
around the Civil War era and they
contain what is thought to be the
oldest tree in North Carolina.
The woods are the site of rainfall,
botany, and wildlife studies for the
biology department at Guilford, Clark
said. He also said that the ropes
course, a series of physically and
mentally challenging exercises lo
cated in the woods, is a valuable
educational tool.
Lalley and Clark both said that a
more sensible route involves cutting
across near the airport and out Stage
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