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EGUILFORDIAN
GREENSBORO, NC
B-B-Q starts
the year off
By Ben Hebner
STAFF WRITER
Over 200 people gathered
for the fourth annual African
American Barbecue Sunday, Au
gust 29th on the lawn of English
Hall. Among those attending
were many Guilford College stu
dents, staff, and alumni. Anne
Lundquist, Assistant Dean of the
first-year program, and Santes
Beatty, director of African Ameri
can affairs, organized the event.
The food was provided by the
Beatty family, as it has been since
the first time in 1995.
There was a smorgasbord of
hot dogs, fried chicken, corn on
the cob, green salad, and of
course, multiple varieties of bar
becue. Beatty acted as a master
of ceremonies for a number of
speakers, most of whom gave
very brief messages.
J.J. McEachern encouraged
first year students to "plant more
good seeds than bad." Guilford
faculty member Adrienne Israel
recognized African-American
staff and returning students. Fi
nally President McNemar gave a
message of thanks and good feel
ing to all of the people who had
made the event possible.
Many families turned out for
the occasion, and there was more
than enough food and drink to go
around. Guilford parent Judy
Hodge managed a trivia game in
closing, and Beatty's father came
out and encouraged everyone to
get a plate of food to take home.
"It's not tacky, it is tradition," he
said.
A good time was had by all,
which was, according to Santes
Beatty, pretty much the goal.
The barbecue was conceived
by Beatty four years ago. As a
Guilford student Beatty did an
internship with Guilford College
in which he studied the develop
ment and interaction of African-
American students and staff here
at Guilford. He and Lundquist
came up with the barbecue as a
way to wind up with a bang.
Beatty comments, "We
wanted to get past all the minor
petty things that separate us and
just come together in a spirit of
love through fellowship."
Trouble in Burma
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staff changing
By Peter Morscheck
STAFF WRITER
Students checked their mail
boxes Tuesday to discover an an
nouncement from President
McNemar detailing a changing
of-the-guard in Guilford's Admis
sion Office. Dean of Admissions
A 1 Newell and Associate Director
Bob Spatig will both move on to
other opportunities, and Associ
ate Director Susan Bagley, while
still working for Guilford, will
shift to a new base in Baltimore
in order to better coordinate re
cruiting efforts for the Mid-Atlan
tic region.
Newell was eager to dispel
fears that the change in person
nel is a result of this year's unex
pectedly small first-year class.
"The changes have been more co
incidental than anything else" he
said, looking as "Guilford" as
ever, shirt and tie contrasting
with the Spam clock on his desk
while his trademark bust of Elvis
looked on. "While it looks all
very sudden and unplanned, it's
u ew recruitment tactics
New long-range plan to be announced to Trustees
By Maijorie Hall
NEWS EDITOR
Many students have noticed
more empty and single dorm
rooms around the campus this
semester. The entering class has
only 242, 23% less than last year's
record-high enrollment of 315.
A 1 Newell, Dean of Admis
sions, says a drop in enrollment
can be expected after a record
year. "Admissions go through
these sorts of swings," said
Newell. "It's not uncommon af
ter having an exceptionally high
year to have a downward swing."
Newell announced his resigna
tion from Guilford in a letter to
students on Monday. He says the
resignation has nothing to do
with the low admission this year.
Newell sees other factors
playing a large part in the low
admission, most notably the cut
in financial aid. The school has
reduced its discount rate, which
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Many believe low enrollment is cause
actually happened in a very or
derly fashion and presents some
exciting opportunities for all in
volved."
Newell will go up to Wash
ington & Jefferson College in
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Al Newell, Dean of Admission
Pennsylvania, where he will as
sume a cabinet-level post dealing
with financial aid and admis
sions, directly under President
is the percentage of tuition the
average student receives in fi
nancial aid packages, from 45%
to 25% in three years.
"Obviously, when you offer
kids less money not as many are
going to come," Newell said. "If
we had known then what we
know now, we would not have
pulled back so much on financial
aid, but it's hard to predict these
things."
Bobby Wayne Clark, recently
appointed Vice-President and
Special Assistant to the Presi
dent, believes that Guilford could
be doing a better job of present-
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Brian Mitchell. While he had not
been looking for a job elsewhere,
the chance opening at Washing
ton & Jefferson offered a new
challenge worth exploring, "The
way my career has run, after
about five years I've gotten an
itch for something new. It hap
pened at the [Heathwood Hall]
Day School; it happened at
Sewanee." His visit to Pennsyl
vania confirmed his leading. "You
know what you do well and just
hope for a good match...And what
they needed happens to be what
I do well."
Bob Spatig's decision to
leave was similarly serendipi
tous. He will become the num
ber two admissions officer at
Northeastern University in Bos
ton, where he will focus on coor
dinating publications and travel
itineraries. "I know what I'm giv
ing up," he said, "I love Guilford
for its sense of community and
values...l think I've grown more
here in four years than at any
other time except for my own un
dergraduate experience." The
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ing itself to those outside the
Guilford community, most impor
tantly to alumni and prospective
students.
"There's no reason that
Guilfo#d t can't have more stu
dents, shouldn't have more stu
dents, and won't have more stu
dents," said Clark, who has been
working with the school since he
was brought in as a public rela
tions consultant after the alleged
attack on Molly Martin in
Febuary 1997. "The question we
need to ask ourselves is "How can
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