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The December 1 article on the SACS Reaffirmation team visit needs
three clarifications:
• Southern Association action on reaffirmation of the college's
accredidation occurs in several months, in resonse to the visiting team's
report and the college's response to the report. Thus, reaccredidation has
not yet occurred.
• The visiting team did not express "concern for the Board of Trustees."
Rather, the team asked that the Board review one particular by-law provi
sion and also affirm explicitly its establishing of one specific aspect of
college policy. These are essentially technical suggestions. Neither sug
gests doubts about college actions related to either matter.
• The "significant change" in the Admissions Office operations called
for in the self-study, which was based on information collected through
1993-94, has been accomplished.
The Guilfordian _ news _ December 8, 1995
Holder resigns as C.F.O.
KARI ALBERTSON
news editor
Carlos Holder has resigned from
the position of Chief Financial Of
ficer after one and a half years of
service to students and college.
According to Dan Poteet, "Carlos
offered his resignation, which was
not requested or forced. Several
days later after consulting with some
of the community members, Presi
dent Bill Rogers accepted the res
ignation."
He went on to say that Rogers'
"memo to the community made
clear that several considerations led
to the acceptance of the resigna
tion."
Holder had no comment concern
ing the circumstances involving his
resignation. However, he did attest
that there were negative reasons and
no forewarning.
Holder went on to say, "I was
saddened by the situation, but there
was nothing I could do about it."
Bill Rogers, President of the col
lege, stated, "I was initially
puzzled that Carlos wanted to
leave. I thought we could work
things out."
In his memo to the community,
Rogers stated that although Carlos
did a lot of positive work for the
college, "there were points at
which Carlos did not feel comfort
able with his status at the college
and; the 'fit' of our expectations
Maintenance problems
force phase-out of Fraziers
KARI ALBERTSON
news editor
Alternative housing will be lessened in
the coming years as the Frazier apartment
houses are phased out due to maintenance
and upkeep problems.
George Segebede of Residential Life
stated, "We're concerned that the mainte
nance support structure will give out," leav
ing many students suddenly without hous
ing.
Built in the 19505, the Fraziers were origi
nally intended to have an expected life of
twenty years. After approximately forty
years of use, the plumbing and electrical
systems are getting old and worn out.
John Lindstrom, Maintenance Director,
commented, "The cost of bringing the apart
ments up to current codes and standards
would cost more than what the buildings are
actually worth."
Linda Golden, a single parent of three
children who lives in a Frazier, expressed,
"I think it's a terrible idea. There's a great
sense of community. We have other respon
sibilities besides school, like work and fam-
and our decision making, gover
nance, and communication empha
ses, did not seem sufficiendy com
patible."
Rogers also said, "the working
relationship in the college will be
done even better now. People are
working together now."
Poteet said "Carlos' resignation
was absolutely not a dismissal, and
important initiatives for which he
had major resonsibilities will con
tinue."
These things include, among
others, budget control and devel
opment, food service improvement
and planning for renovation of the
Underground. Among his plans to
improve student services on cam
pus were a new student center and
card access for residence halls.
"I'll try to keep working on
some of the projects that had been
started with him that would affect
and improve student life," said
Mona Olds, Dean of Student Life.
Tanya Haggerty, who worked
with Holder last year as chairper
son of the Senate Student Services
Committee, considered him "the
backbone of administration that
supported students. All the stuff he
does, he does for the students."
Holder affirmed, "I did a lot of
things for the students at their re
quest. The students and faculty at
Guilford are wonderful. I was do
ing my best to emphasize that
specialness. I am sorry I did not
get the chance to continue."
"Carlos was not the only one
who was listening to students. We
are all very committed to doing
that, and will continue to respond
to their needs," said Rogers.
Lauren Stein, a Milner represen
tative who also worked with
Holder on student services im
provements, commented, "I find it
especially disturbing and distress
ing that the administration didn't
talk about the situation or explain
it to the students—even though it
has a major impact on us."
Holder stated, "I'm better off for
having been there, and Guilford is
better off for me having been there
both financially and student-wise "
He went on to say, "I have a
vested interest to see that Guilford
does well, the best it could possi
bly be. I'll miss it. We were doing
some wonderful things that I
wanted to finish."
Senate Treasurer David Fleig
added, "I think there is still a lot of
information that needs to come out
about it. I was sad to see him go and
I look forward to a time when there
will be a better understanding be
tween him and the school."
Holder emphasized that he was
"walking away with dignity and
grace." He affirmed that it had been
a great experience by far, but that
he is sorry it didn't work out in some
areas. "I will land on both feet. I am
good at what I do."
ily, so we can get support from each other."
Residential Life would like to keep the
buildings up as long as possible, but they
are taking precautions to avoid a complete
breakdown of the support structures which
would create a crisis of trying to relocate
people.
Segebade added, "We're trying to de
crease the strain on the system and allow as
many others as we can to live there longer."
He went on to say that Residential Life is
"very aware that the main thing people want
is single rooms, and our office has lobbied
for that for years. It's not that we're not pay
ing attention to student needs. We're just
concerned for the safety of students that live
in the buildings." Golden affirmed that if
the Fraziers are taken out, then more alter
native housing needs to be built.
"I wouldn't be at this school if it weren't
for the housing," she stated.
Segebede assured that any other housing
built would involve a lot of singles and small
group living arrangements like those in the
Dana Houses and Hildebrandt.
According to Segabede and Lindstrom,
the Dana Houses and Fraziers on the north
side will not be phased out.