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Senate impeaches Davis
By Melissa Starr
CIRCULATION DIRECTOR
On September 7, before the
first official meeting of the new
Senate, the Steering Committee,
the smaller governing body of
Senate, impeached Senate Trea
surer Kelly Davis and removed
her from her position. The Steer
ing Committee met with Kelly
Davis present to attempt to re
solve the issue of $4,049 of stu
dent funds that disappeared
from the Senate office this sum
mer and the resulting concerns
over her position as treasurer.
Mixed feelings and conflict
ing opinions over the impeach
ment prompted a special meet
ing of Senators, students, and
faculty members on Monday.
Supporters of Davis, who left a
money box containing the money
in the office for a week during
the summer, prepared a petition
asking that all activities of Sen
ate be suspended until a full re
view of Davis' removal process
was conducted.
The chief objections raised
by supporters of Davis at
Monday's meeting regarded the
process used to dismiss Davis.
They cited the Senate Constitu-
Ouilford scores well with Fiske
By Chris Brown
STAFF WRITER
The 2000 Fiske Guide is so full
of the bright and flowery language
normally reserved for Guilford col
lege recruitment pamphlets that it
would be easy to assume the au
thor was a Guilford employee. Of
course, the Fiske was actually writ
ten by an independent authority.
The image of Guilford College
received a boost in this year's Fiske
Guide which both categorized
Guilford as a best buy and defined
the college as, "A friend for anyone
who needs it." The review of the
college is positive in almost every
regard. Security, student housing,
social life, and cultural diversity
are all given high marks.
Bobby Wayne Clark, vice
president of Guilford College was
enthusiastic about the review. "It's
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tion Article 111, Section C which
states that "The party bringing
forth charges shall address the
Senate." According to advocates
of Davis, the Steering Committee,
which consists of the four Senate
Executives, the business man
ager, and the nine smaller com
mittee heads, did not constitute
the entire Senate.
Steering Committee members
claim that since the elected and
appointed senators were not yet
active, Steering Committee at that
time constituted all of Senate.
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very good for us. It is an outside
confirmation of what we believe. "
Clark went on to praise the review
as "very helpful in Guilford
College's effort to get the word out
that it is a place where academic
quality is high and getting higher."
U.S. News and World Report
ranks Guilford College as a third
tier school. Though the U.S. News
& World Repoi't is the most popu
lar guide, the Fiske Guide is con
sidered more respectable.
Guilford College is in good
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her feelings about the use of
Steering Committee as opposed
to the entire Senate, Davis
stated, "I have ethical concerns
with it...if you can involve the
entire 1 group in the decision
making process, you should. In
this instance, although the
elected and appointed Senators
had not officially taken office, I
believe that an action of this
gravity should have involved
those people, and it did not.
Also, I do not feel that my ac
tions are worthy of impeach-
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company in the Best Buys of 2000.
Well-known institutions like Rice,
Baylor, and Brigham Young join
Guilford in the group.
The primary thrust of the re
view is the close-knit relationship
between faculty and students. The
Fiske guide even quotes a student
claiming that "one gets sucked in
to this happy microcosm of atten
tion and friendship." Clark did
agree that Guilford atmosphere
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