THE GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
Many honored at Awards Convocation
♦Students and faculty honored for academic excellence, contribution to the community
BY KELLY A WHITE
Staff VWter
On Tuesday April 7, Guilford College
held its annual Spring Awards Convocation
in Dana auditorium.
Although the turnout was somewhat
sparse, there were accolades aplenty as
Guilford honored students for their leader
ship, service, and academic abilities as well
as the faculty for their ability to educate
others and leam themselves.
Many of the award recipients had
already been announced, but these students
did stand to be recognized as the various
honors were acknowledged.
In addition to the winners of the vari
ous academic awards, names were called
of the Dorothy and Stanley Frank Fellows,
winners of the Nereus C. English Athletic
Leadership Awards, those chosen for the
AWARds CONVOCATION
Dawn Watkins
EugeneS. HlreMemoriai Award
LibbyHinstey
Ezra We Memorial Awardfor Leaderships Choir
Marshall Lam mors
E. Gamess Purdom SchdamhipAward
Jason Gunter
ChariesC. HertdiktoSchoiarahip
CfycteANin A^ Fen, &?
Lori Fernaki
George! Alden scholarship
Hvo months later, John
Robichaux's "anonymous"
letter is still sparking debate
News pg. 5
Jt is a general popular error to suppose the loudest amplainers for thepublic to be the most anxious for its welfare. —
Who's Who Among Students 1997-1998,
the College Marshals, members of the Guil
ford College Scholarship Society, the
Bonner Scholars, and the Charles A. Dana
Scholars.
After the recognition of honors, pro
fessor of psychology and chair of the Fac
ulty Affairs Committee Richie Z weigenhaft
presented the Sidney H. Tomlinson, Jr. Re
search Grant to Spanish professor Maritza
Almeida.
* Following this presentation, Shirley T.
Frye, chairperson of the Board of Visitors,
stood to present two awards.
The 1998 Excellence in Teaching
award was given to English professor
Carolyn Beard Whitlow and the 1998 Com
munity Service Award to director of stu
dent activities Dawn Watkins.
Following Frye's presentations, the
focus of the program again returned to stu-
dent achievements as the
following awards were an
nounced.
Some of the awards
carried with them interest
ing bonuses. For example,
recipients of the Judith
Weller Harvey Award in
Campus Ministries were
Martin attack case closed
♦The investigation is ended due to lack of evidence
BY EMILY DINGS
Staff Writer
Due to a lack of new
leads, investigation in the
Molly Martin case has
reached a dead end. The
Greensboro Police De
partment closed the case
just before the Easter holi
day.
Martin learned that
the case was closed when
a reporter called her seek
ing comment. She stated
that she had not been noti-
Jacob Noble shows the way
that a game can create a bond
between family members
Features pg. 8
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Bill Schmickle and Kathy Adams read out a list of the honors already awarded.
PHOTO BY AMY ROUSE
each given a piece of art. According to
presenter Max Carter, the artwork was "a
way we felt we could personalize the
award."
Carter was pleased to present win
ners Lamont Williams and Greer Nuttall
with Quaker artist Edward Hicks' paint
ings "Noah's Ark" and "The Residence of
David Twining, 1787" respectively.
fied personally, and that any possible no
tification to her attorney was not passed
on to her. "I was not thrilled," she con
tinued, "because, like everyone else, I
would like someone to be caught."
This is not the first time Martin has
received second-hand information con
cerning her own case. News sources
The Senate treasurer responds
to last week's editorial about
vax notes
Forum pg. 13
"I was not thrilled. J, like
everyone else, would like to
see someone caught. "
Molly Martin
Cartel also presented the Algie I. and
Eva M. Newlin Social Concerns Award,
which is sponsored by the New Garden
Friends Meeting. Recipient Christopher
Weber received an honorarium to divide
between himself and the charity of his
choice.
In all, the Awards Convocation was a
delightful evening for those who did attend.
contend that she refused to take a sec
ond polygraph test, but she stated that she
was never personally asked.
She expressed dissatisfaction with
the course the investigation has taken,
stating that it has become a matter of her
word against that of the police depart
ment and ensuing media accounts. News
stations, including ABC, Channel 2 and
WQTR, and other media sources such
as the News and Record and NPR have
covered the case, generally insinuating
that Martin's accounts of the assault do
not match up.
Martin claimed that the chaotic na
p/ease see MARTIN on pg. 2
Youthful women's lacrosse
team has surpassed expecta
tions
Sports pg. 16
April 17, 1998