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1988-89 yearbook abandoned
Management and financial troubles prove insurmountable
Peter Smith
News Editor
After extensive deliberations
between members of the Publi
cations Board and Senate, adeci
sion was reached on October 30
nottopublish the 1988-89 Quaker
Yearbook due to financial and
management problems with the
publication.
The decision reached by the
Publication Board on Monday
marks the culmination of a se
mester long debate concerning
the plagued yearbook as students
andadministrators have grappled
over the problems and solutions
of completing the 1988-89 edi
tion.
Mountains moved by immense volunteer effort
Peter Smith
News Editor
Presented with the monumen
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VOL. 74 NO. 9 GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N.C. NOV. 6, 1989
In a letter issued by the Publi
cation Board on Nov. 1, the board
announced that the 1988-89
Quaker would not be published
due to a budget overrun of the
1987-88 Quaker, a "breakdown
in student editorial leadership"
from the 1988-89 Quaker, and
poor enrollment management
which led to further budgetary
problems for the Community
Senate.
Senate officials estimate that
Andrew Stuart, the 1987-88 edi
tor, spent $20,000 to $25,000
over his allotted Quaker budget
in the spring of 1988. This over
run, combined with the fact that
Senate was originally budgeted
to receive activity fees from 1160
students but was forced to make
budget cuts because only 1054
lege library collection into a
newly-built library complex,
Guilford College turned to its
own students, faculty, staff, and
alumni for help through a mas
sive volunteer book move.
Over 800 volunteers moved
more than 250,000 books into
actually enrolled, created a fi
nancial crisis, placing the 1988-
89 yearbook in jeopardy.
Publication Board officials
have also estimated that due to
poor editorial leadership by last
year's Quaker editor, Kim Hon
barrier, and other unspecified
members of the 1988-89 year
book, deadlines for various as
pects of the edition were not met,
leaving the yearbook less than 65
percent completed. Apathy on
the part of many of last year's
seniors was also blamed as a
cause as only 43 individual pho
tos were received from a pos
sible 268 seniors in the 1988 class.
"It was poor leadership on my
part not to have met the various
deadlines in the spring," said
Honbarrier, a senior psychology
the $5.4 million, 53,000 square
foot addition to the Hege Memo
rial Library.
The college originally planned
to hire a professional library
moving service, but after study,
President William Rogers and
Library Director Herbert Poole
major from High Point "I'm not
solely to blame, however, be
cause people started quitting the
staff and the problems with
Andrew Stuart's book got really
bad in the spring. There was just
too much to do. I was really
overcommitted last spring."
Honbarrier had originally
agreed to be a co-editor of the
1988-89 yearbook with sopho
more Lisa Williams, but Wil
liams left to study abroad during
the spring and then decided to
transfer from Guilford College,
leaving Honbarrier with the po
sition.
The dec ision not to publish the
1988-89 Quaker marks the sec
ond year that Guilford has had to
deal with problems with the
yearbook. The 1987-88 year-
instead called for volunteers
within the college community.
"The book move is a bit of
community magic based on the
spirit of Guilford College," said
Rogers.
Normally, colleges and uni
versities facing such jobs hire
professional library movers. But
Guilford contracted with Na
tional Library Relocations of
Commack, N.Y. to supervise the
move.
"The enthusiasm and hard
work of the volunteers has en
abled Guilford to pull it off. The
college unity has really been
terrific," said William Overton
of National Library Relocations.
Overton had originally esti
mated the task would take ap
proximately 15 days, but with
the monumental community
volunteerism a more ambitious
goal of two days was proposed.
Using metal carts, the volun
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book, although published, was
marred in legal controversy due
to negative remarks about the
administration and a certain nude
photograph which was originally
placed in the edition, but later
cut due to complaints from a
Guilford student.
Due to the past problems with
the Quaker, the Publications
Board and Senate are making a
more concerted effort to monitor
student publications, especially
the Quaker.
"We have included various
steps in insuring a good year
book," said Joanna Iwata, direc
tor of student activities.
Efforts to insure that this year's
Quaker does not encounter past
problems include the requirement
that future Quaker editors attend
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