SGUILFORDIAN
GREENSBORO, NC
Board of Trustees leaves outsourcing to
McNemar, raises tuition; sets new vision
♦ Board plans Guilford's future led by new Chairman of the Board, Bruce Stewart, '6l
By Brian Schuh
STAFF WRITFR
The outsourcing of the book
store was not the only issue that
engulfed the Board of Trustees
during last
weekend. Sev
eral policies
that will affect
the lives of stu
dents were
adopted and
are ready to
take effect next
fall.
Most no
ticeably, a
Guilford education will cost
more. Tuition, room, and board
will increase by 3.78% compared
to this year. "The board felt this
was within the range of what
other colleges will be doing," said
the new chair of the Board of
Trustees, Bruce Stewart. Infla
Senate elections being planned
♦ Elections delayed as Senate takes measures to clarify rules
By Andrea Dodscm
STAFF WRITER
The elections of 1998 were
not only the top news stories at
Guilford but
made local and
even national
news. But will
the elections of
1999 be as tumul
tuous? We only
have to wait a few
more weeks be
fore we find out.
This year,
though, elections
are not going ac
cording to plan
even from the
very beginning.
"The
timeline did not
come down for
me," stated Ryan
Bek, Special Projects Chair
within Community Senate.
tion and the general increase of
the cost of services contribute to
this increase, according to
Stewart. The final budget for the
school next year will not be set
until the board meets again in
"We felt...[outsourcing]
was an issue that belongs
with the administration.
We're not hired to
manage the school."
—Bruce Stewart
greater chance of securing one
but at the expense of a signifi
cantly higher charge. According
to Dean of Student Life Mona
Olds, 60 more single rooms will
be available and will be targeted
for juniors and seniors. On the
other hand, these juniors and
The constitution of Commu
nity Senate states that the rules
for the year's elections must be
passed three weeks before the
voting takes place because elec
COURTESY OF COLIN MCFADDEN-ROAN
Tickets post banners and posters around campus.
tions have to be held two weeks
before spring break, giving
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May. How
ever, this deci
sion had to be
made now in
order to pre
pare the bud
get.
Students
wishing to
have a single
room next year
will have a
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Approximately 50 students staged a sit-in as board members arrived.
seniors will have to pay more for
this luxury. The cost of a single
room next year will be $4,500 a
enough time for candidates to
study for midterms. However,
this will be the only rule not fol
lowed this year.
In a special meeting held
January 26th, Steering Commit
tee met for three hours to discuss
the election rules and possibly
holding the election back a week.
In the regular Senate meeting
the following Wednesday, the
Special Projects Committee gath
ered during meeting time to go
over Steering Committee's sug
gestions before presenting to the
full Senate body.
After the committee com
pleted their review of the
new rules, the completed state
ment again went back to
Senate Steering Committee.
When Steering Committee con
vened with the rest of the stu
dent body, the decision had al
ready been made to move the
Please see Elections, page 5
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FEBRUARYS, 1999
year. A double room will cost
$2,960 a year.
To make sure there will be
adequate housing, the restric
tions on letting seniors live off
campus will be eased somewhat.
Currently a senior must be 23
years old or have 80 credits by
the middle of their junior year to
petition to live off campus.
Those restrictions are being
lowered to 22 and 78 respec
tively. "All of those changes are
aimed at giving juniors and se
niors more options for housing,"
said Olds.
Changes will also take effect
in the meal plan. A new seven
meal plan will be introduced
with SIOO dollars of munchie
money. This plan, which origi
nated in the Student Residence
Council, is designed for students
who wish to do more of their own
cooking. SRC also looked at the
possibility of a 14-meal plan.
However, Olds stated that
she, along with other administra
tors, were not aware of the popu
larity of that idea and did not
discuss it with the Chief Finan
cial Officer Art Gillis. Therefore,
the plan did not come up before
the trustees.
Please see Trustees, page 2