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Bill Burris
Campus leaders honored
Jeff Johnson
Staff Writer
Outstanding tudents, faculty and
staff were recognized at the
Awards Convocation on Tuesday.
CCE student Joyce Hefferan re
ceived the Senior Excellence
Award in recognition of her aca
demic achievement, tutoring work,
and service as president of CCE
student government.
The Sidney H. Tomlinson Jr.
award for ongoing research was
presented to psychology professor
Ritchie Zweigenhaft. "I was de
lighted to receive the award," he
said. "The years of work have been
such a pleasure that I really didn't
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need to receive it. Working with
students and writing are what's
important. The award is just the
icing on the cake."
Adrienne Israel earned the 1993
Excellence in Teaching Award.
"I'm very grateful and I appreci
ate the respect students have for
me. My teaching has improved
because of their criticisms."
Reference librarian Betty Place
earned the 1993 Community Ser
vice award. "Having work-study
students has been very important
to me over the years. When stu
dents work for you, you see them
grow, change, and gain insight and
understanding."
Senior Rebecca Grunko re
ceived the first annual Judith
Weller Harvey award for service
to Campus Ministries. Harvey re
tires as director of the Friends Cen
ter this year.
Senior Tim Snyder was recog
nized for his community service,
and junior Melissa Hoopes was
honored for her environmental
work.
Junior Erika LeMay received
several academic and leadership
awards including the Clyde Milner
and Ericßeid memorial honors.
Over 200 other members of the
community were recognized with
awards or scholarships in various
academic and community leader
ship fields.
Guilford College, Greensboro. N.C
Bill Burris dies at 61
Jeff Johnson
Staff writer
The Guilford community
mourns the death Monday, April
12 of political science professor
William Howell Burris.
Burris came to Guilford in 1964.
Under him, the political science
department went from having one
faculty member to having two. "He
came to the college at a time when
Daryl Kent, then academic dean,
was looking for a way to strengthen
the study of social and political
institutions," said President Bill
Rogers.
"The development of the politi
cal science department grew
strongly under the wise guidance
of Bill Carroll and Bill Burris,"
continued Rogers.
Last week Burris experienced a
pain in his side which he thought
was in his gall bladder. It turned
out that the cancer he was carrying
had suddenly attacked his liver.
Photo courtesy Claude Mourot-Burris
Serendipity weekend geared to go
Gall Kasun
News editor
A weekend full of activities is
planned for this year's annual Ser
endipity Weekend, Apr. 15-17.
Plans have been underway since
the end of last year's Serendipity.
According to Union president
Scott Thomhill, "We started to
make intense arrangements in the
beginning of December."
Thornhill expressed enthusiasm
for the many events this weekend,
commenting, "the most exciting
part of Serendipity is the involve
ment of people outside of Guilford
with the crafts fair and different
local bands coming."
Thornhill explained, "I am also
excited that the maturity level of
Guilford students is rising and that
drinking won't be as big a part of
Serendipity as it has been in the
past."
Eddie Pike, Serendipity com
mittee chair, said he was most ex
cited about "watching the crowd
during the headline show and see
ing the plan come together and be
a success."
On Thursday night, the Guilford
band Chasm opened for Vinx. Said
Thornhill, "Chasm has performed
at several Union events this year,
and they always do a fine job.
Opening up for Bela Reck was
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at New Gar
den Friends Meeting, of which
Burris was a member.
"Burris helped to hire a number
of strong faculty members and
guided curricular development [as
academic dean for four years].
From that experience, he also de
veloped a keen sensitivity to the
important interrelationship of
teaching and academic freedom on
the one hand and of institutional
loyalty and planning on the other,"
said Rogers.
"He was an excellent role
model," said library director Herb
Poole, "and he embraced the aca
demic tradition that I, for one, ad
mired when I was a student— that
of the teacher/scholar/poet. He was
a person whose company you en
joyed. He was a good counselor.
He was the kind of guy you wanted
for a father."
"He provided strong leadership
on campus," said political science
really impressive."
Vinx, who opened for Sting on
his last tour, played African per
cussion Thursday night.
Friday night's activities include
two bands and a dance.
The first to play is Bus Stop.
"Bus Stop performed at Serendip
ity last year as Straight Ahead,"
said Thornhill. 'They have re
cently released their first CD."
Warrior Soul will play next.
"They are a fairly heavy group,"
explained Thornill. Following
Warrior Soul will be an "Early
80's" dance in front of Dana Audi
torium.
Saturday's activities are varied.
The crafts fair will be held in the
Alumni Gym from 9 a.m. until 4
p.m. "The crafts fair is the most
rewarding single event for me,"
said Thornhill. "It's going to
bring the community into the event
more and will lead us away from
the drunken stupor atmosphere
into a more community-oriented
atmosphere. Other activities be
gin at 1 p.m. with Jell-o™ wres
tling, volleyball, and Ultimate
frisbee.
Later, Flashback, who performed
at Hugo's for Guilford College
night, will play classic rock.
Redline, a rock and roll group, will
follow.
The last group to play Serendip
ity is Widespread Panic. "They
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professor Bill Schmickle."Hewas
good to have on your side and a
good opponent, too. He knew his
own mind and spoke clearly and to
the point. He was honest in that
way and was one of the stronger
personalities on campus."
"I am deeply grateful to Bill for
his support of campus ministries,"
said Max Carter. "Each and every
time I asked him to appear in a
panel, he was there. We can joke
about his being the 'token conser
vative,' but his opinions were based
on educated and thought-through
ideas. He constantly reminded us
of the other side of the issues."
"Our hearts go out in support to
Claude Mourot-Burris, to Bill's
brothers and sisters and mother,
and to his children," said Rogers.
"He had a wonderful, ornery way
of always questioning Guilford's
prevailing progressivism," said Ja
son Smith, a senior politcal sci
ence major. "Our community will
be something less without him."
just released their second CD,"
said Thornhill. The last scheduled
event is the showing of The Rocky
Horror Picture Show in Stem
berger Auditorium.
Thornhill explained some of the
difficulties that were experienced
in planning Serendipity: "The most
difficult part is dealing with criti
cism in a never-satisfied group.
You can never please everybody."
He also addressed the tension
between the administration and
students in planning the weekend.
"It's obviously an event thatcausos
the administration some sleepless
nights, but I think they sometimes
lose sight of how important it is for
the students."
Pike said, "I loved working with
Scott Thornhill this year. We've
been a team, and we both love it
when a plan comes together."
Thornhill said, "I want to com
mend Eddie publicly for doing a
great job."
Thornhill and Pike both ex
pressed concern about Seren
dipity's future. "It's up to the stu
dents how Serendipity goes—the
majority of it is how students be
have. It's got to evolve into some
thing healthy for the majority of
the community."
"If we follow the rules, Seren
dipity can be around for a long
time," said Thornhill.