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Bobby Clark is the new vice president of public affairs.
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most from it, and help bring the
recognition and resources that
will sustain the faculty in teach
ing what and the way they do
best," said Clark.
Clark does not believe that
anything drastic will be changed
about the way Guilford runs busi-
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McNemar said of Clark in the press
release announcing the appoint
ment, "Bobby Wayne Clark is na
tionally known for his ability to ar
ticulate the values and importance
of liberal arts education and issues
in higher education. I am delighted
that he will be joining the Guilford
community."
News
ness; however,
he would like to
see Guilford's
public profile
change for the
better.
"I expect
to help
Guilford do at
least a better
job at three
things it has not
done well, at
least in recent
years and to
some degree
historically
sustain an ex
ternal relations
program, sus
tain a
fundraising
program, and
engage increas
ing numbers of
alumni and
friends in ac
tivities that ben
efit both them
and Guilford,"
said Clark.
Don
By Jacob Noble
STAFF WRITER
On March 29th, Dr. Richard
Kania, the chair of the Justice
and Policy Studies department
who has worked at Guilford for
16 years and was granted tenure
in 1987, formally resigned from
his position
and informed
the school that
he has ac
cepted a posi
tion with the
University of
North Carolina
at Pembroke.
A couple
of his reasons for leaving were
the college's failure to propose a
counter-offer and what he de
scribed as lack of appreciation
shown towards the JPS depart
ment, one of the most popular de
partments judging by the num
bers of majors.
Last year, Kania held the
prestigious position of Fulbright
Professor at the Central Euro
pean University, well-known
university in Poland.
Kania leaves the depart
ment with concerns about the at
titudes that some departments
have towards JPS. Critics of the
JPS department and supporters
of a strict liberal arts curriculum
often accuse the JPS department
Kania to leave Guilford
Last Year, Kania held the
prestigious position of
was a Fulbright Professor
at the Central European
University.
THE GUILFORDIAN
APRIL 23, 1 999
of not serving a relevant purpose.
Throughout the years, however,
Kania has tried to point out that
according to Quaker George Fox,
the mission of a Quaker educa
tion is to provide schooling that
is both "civil and useful." Kania
firmly believes that the depart
ment provides both.
down for their success." This is
in reference to the numbers of As
and Bs that the department has
been accused of giving out. Kania
was quick to point out that if one
carefully researches the average
grades for the school, that they
would see that the JPS depart
ment falls slightly under the av
erage grade distribution chart.
Throughout his years at
Guilford, Kania has often fought
off verbal accusations racism.
This is because of his conserva
tive views which often times he
feels people at the college equate
with racism. Kania is quick to
point out that out of the seven
Please see Kania, page 5
Another
accusation that
bothers Kania
deals is allega
tions of grade
inflation. "It
bothers me
when the suc
cess of our pro
gram are put