The splendors of Ween page 7 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 page 9 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 Jacob Noble: teaching our kids page 11 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 jENNIffk ■ 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- The Guilfordian c/o Student Activities 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Greensboro, NC 27410 Athlete hazing widespread page 12 SEPTEMBER 3,1999 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 Please see 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 Please see Money, page 4

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