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Volume 77 Issue 11
College sues
ex-professor
Justin Cohen
Special to the Gullfbrdlan
Guilford College has filed a civil
suit against former sociology/an
thropology professor Vaneeta
marie D' Andrea, who did not re
turn after her sabbatical to En
gland last year.
D'Andrea is being sued for
$33,116.67 for allegedly violating
the provisions of a paid leave dur
ing the 1991-92 academic year,
according toGuilford County court
papers. That sum represents two
thirds of her 91-92 salary ($24,678)
as well as $8438.67 in benefits and
allowances.
In a letter to D'Andrea dated
Oct. 17, 1990, then-Academic
Dean Sam Schuman reminded the
former associate professor that the
college expected her to return to
"full duties for at least one full year
after the leave, or else repayment
Senate Treasurer
Valbuena resigns
Matthew Levy
News Editor
Senate Treasurer Keith Valbuena
resigned at the Nov. 18 Senate
meeting, after it became clear that
the senators would be unlikely to
constitutionalize a two-treasurer
system.
Laura Greene, who had been
assisting Valbuena on an equal
footing all along, was nominated
to succeed him at the same meet
ing, and was approved Dec. 2.
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of the salary for the leave period is
required" as outlined in section
6.330 of the Faculty Handbook.
The college claims that D'Andrea
opted not to return to Greensboro
and has not reimbursed any of the
money.
D'Andrea, who joined the fac
ulty in 1985 and was awarded ten
ure in 1991, requested and was
granted the paid leave primarily to
coauthor a book on multicultural
change in Britain and the U.S.
D'Andrea petitioned for an un
paid extension to the leave at the
end of the year because she in
tended to help organize an interna
tional conference related to her
research. The conference was to be
sponsored by the U.S. embassy in
London.
"My participation as conference
coordinator for the U.S. embassy
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R. J. Nickels expressed his con
cern that having two treasurers
would "cut down on efficiency and
increase confusion despite the best
intentions and qualifications of the
candidates."
Valbuena explained why he
stepped down:
"I play rugby, and it's my senior
year, so I'm finishing my manage
ment classes, so time has been
somewhat limited. There were dis
cussions both ways of why I should
be it or why Laura should be it, and
we finally decided it would serve
the community best if Laura was."
Valbuena stressed that his resig
nation was not the result of an
incident
"Everything's fine. There were
no problems. It's a little slower this
year because of cutbacks in the
business office. Mostly it has just
been The Guilfordian and Union
and the Quaker making requisi
tions."
Greene has enjoyed the job so
far and maintains an upbeat air.
"I'm very happy about it. I'm
looking forward to working with
Senate and the rest of the Guilford
community next semester."
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
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The 1992 Senior Thesis Show opened Dec. 4 in Founders Hall Gallery. Jennifer
Fuller showed mixed media collage prints; Elizabeth Ihrig, linoleum cuts; Nancy
McCuriy, oil on wood; and Roya Tsuchiya, oil on canvas and wood.
International Studies
major approved by faculty
Joe Cables
Staff Writer
The college faculty has ap
proved International Studies as
a new double or joint major,
with a second major in an
academis department required.
It is "now available to any stu
dent."
This advancement comes after
much planning and preparation
dating back to 1983.
The planning culminated when
the International Studies Major
Committee (1.5.M.C.), a com
mittee formed in 1990 specifi
cally to "design the major using
existing resources" established
the proposal and submitted it to
the faculty.
The purpose stated in the pro
posal was to "create a program
which builds upon Guilford's
existing strengths without elimi
nating the possibility of change
and growth in the future."
Among its relevant existing
resources, Guilford has study
abroad programs in seven coun-
tries, the Intercultural Studies Pro
gram, the foreign language depart
ment, and a varied international cur
riculum.
The requirements for the new
major rely on those resources. World
History since 1500 (History 150)
and Cultural Anthropology (SOAN
103) are the two required classes
along with five core geography
classes, three foreign language
classes (two semesters of a 200 level
course and one 300-or-above level
class) and a major-relevant study
abroad experience at least six weeks
long.
The area involves an "interdisci
plinary study of a single geographi
cal region." Europe, East Asia, Latin
America, Africa and the Middle East
are the regions offered for that single
region.
The committee decided on these
aspects to be explored in the student's
chosen region: "world history and
geography in the modem period,
methodologies in studying other cul
tures, specific knowledge about the
history, and a focus on the contem
porary culture (language and litera-
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ture, political system, social sys
tem, economic system, religious
and artistic tradition, etc).".
"The language and background
provide skills others [students]
won't have," said Martha Cooley
who is also a member of the com
mittee.
Coupled with these studies, a
student must also take another
major; thus International Studies
is called a double or joint major. It
is allowed for a student to graduate
with two joint majors, such as In
ternational Studies and Education.
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