January 24, 1992
GThe
UILFORDIAN
The Front Page
News Line
Painter Boulevard
alternatives narrow
In a Greensboro Area
Chamber of Commerce brief
ing held yesterday, Charles
Lowdermilk, a member of
the State Board of Transpor
tation, announced that the
Bell-Glazner Alternative has
been "all but eliminated" as
an option for Painter Boule
vard.
The state will decide be
tween the two remaining
routes proposed for Painter
in the next foure weeks. If
the eastern path is chosen, it
will cut through the Guilford
College Woods.
Applications increase
The number of applica
tions submitted for the fall of
1992 have increased to 626
from last year's figure 0f584,
as of Jan. 23.
The number of students in
the propspect poll are up 13
percent and SAT scores are
up by six percent.
Director of Admissions
Larry West said, "Indicators
are positive at this point, but
I think it's still going to be a
tough year because of the
economy, the cost and com
petition from other schools."
Abortion legislation pos
sible
Insiders say Congress is
prepared to pass legislation
making abortion a legal right
in the event that the
Supremem Court overturns
Roe v. Wade , the ruling which
upheld the right of abortion.
House Speaker Thomas
Foley (D-Wash.) believes the
House and Senate would pass
such a bill but feels Congress
may not gamer enough sup
port tooverride a likely presi
dential veto.
Vol. 76, No. 10
Positions to be eliminated in budget cuts
Jennifer Watts
News Editor
For the next five weeks, em
ployees of Guilford College won't
be sleeping easily. The internal
and external pressures which have
caused financial problems across
the board in higher education are
coming home to Guilford.
In the time between now and
spring break the Strategic Long
Range Planning Committee, the
Budget Committee and the Board
of Trustees will devise a plan to cut
51.3 t01.38 million from the 1992-
93 budget; this will involve elimi-
Parks to jointly administer anti-crime committee
Matthew Levy
Copy Editor
Justice and Policy Studies Pro
fessor Barton Parks will lead a
Greensboro task force committee
against crime and violence, in con
junction with Robert Davis, a soci
ology professor at N.C. A&T State
University.
The committee will be broadly
based, including roughly 24 mem
bers representing different facets
of the Greensboro community: lo
cal government, law enforcement,
church and neighborhood groups,
"Heaven did not create men above men, nor set men below men." — Fukitzana
nating positions.
"...The need for significant rear
rangement
of the way
we do
things
is...clear,"
read a
memo dis
tributed at
the Jan. 22
faculty
if there is a lack of trust, I think it is well
deserved. [There was] a lack of open
ness and correctness in making cuts
last year.
—Professor Joe Groves
meeting. The victims of this re
structuring will be those positions
that the committees deem to least
fit the educational missions of the
college. "It's not going to be easy,"
education, youth and the business
community.
"The committee will focus on
action, not just studies, and rec
ommend to the city both short and
long term strategies to reduce the
major sources of violent behav
ior," said Parks. The committee's
first major report is due to the city
council in October 1992.
City Councilman Earl Jones
suggested the action committee
after statistics showed 1991 to be
the worst year for murders in re
cent history.
Davis was chosen to run the
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
said Budget Committee member
Joe Groves. "It is going to be pain
ful."
In fi
nanc i a 1
terms, the
faster
changes are
made, the
better. How
ever, one of
Groves big
gest worries is that "...we'll make
serious mistakes while restructur
ing because of the time factor."
Later he continued, "If there is a
lack of trust, I think it is well
committee early on, and then Parks
was suggested as a resource to the
city council by friends. After speak
ing to Mayor Nussbaum, Parks
agreed to lead the committee in
conjunction with Davis.
Parks, Davis and city council
members nominated 24 possible
candidates, and invitations to join
the committee have been mailed.
The reason for the wide variety of
members is to insure community
involvement in a solution.
"The committee will recommend
actions involving a partnership of
local government and community
Life in Hell—p.
deserved. [There was] a lack of
openness and correctness in mak
ing cuts last year."
New Provost Dan Poteet real
izes that some positions which are
not needed are currently filled by
"good people." While this will
make the process of restructuring
more difficult, he feels it is time for
the college to stop implementing
short-term measures to balance the
budget.
"It's time to start acting as if the
present and future are going to
happen... [and] stop building on
hopes," he said at Wednesday's
meeting.
groups, recognizing that neither
city government nor community
resources can effectively work on
the problem [alone]," said Parks.
In order to have a long lasting
impact, Parks explained, it is im
portant to leave a mechanism in
place for city and community to
interact successfully.
"[lt is a] very difficult problem,"
he said, "but making a major im
pact is not impossible. Attitudes
are changing and more people are
recognizing the need to address
the problem at the roots."
During Martin
Luther King, Jr.,
Day, two students
stopped to watch a
videotape of the
famous civil rights
leader. Another
student takes a
moment to sign a
petition in support
of suspending
classes on the
national holiday to
make the day's
programs more
accessible to the
community.
photo by Joan Malloch