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what makes us uncomfortable." See page 4 for a
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THE
GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
Trustees raise tuition, approve plan
By Chris Brown
STAFF WRITER
The Board of Trustees
gathered last weekend and
approved funding a new vi
sion for Guilford College.
The new plan will cost just
over $2.3 million dollars
over five years and aims to
raise the number of first
year students by 200.
Among the Trustees'
decisions was the approval
of the proposed tuition in
crease. The increase for
next semester will be at a
rate of 3.48% or $740.
The tuition increase,
however, is not unusually
large. It is small in com
parison to other local insti
tutions such as Greensboro
College, which will increase
rates by 8.8% or S9OO.
Bruce Stewart, chair
man of the Board of Trust-
ees, exhibited concern for the mon
etary strain affecting students say
ing, "We want to hold these raises
as low as we can." Stewart also
added he had three daughters who
have gone through college and he
knows the strain that college can
have on a family.
The increase is to maintain
and improve the faculty. "We want
to keep our first-rate faculty, and
want to compensate them as well
as we can," said Stewart.
The Board also allocated fund
ing through bond issues (which do
not come out of tuition) for reno
vating academic buildings and resi
dence halls, including money to re
locate the science departments to
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Bruce btewart chairs the Board of
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the Frank Family Science Center
and improvements to King hall.
Originally, $3 million was expected
to be allocated to residence halls
and academic buildings, but the
number was reduced to $2 million
at the request of President Don
McNemar.
The reorganization of the cur
riculum was also discussed, but no
major changes were made.
Guilford's future planned
By Peter Morsheck
STJIZT WRITER
Welcome to Guilford of 2004:
a place where 1,600 students roam
rather than the current 1,266.
Where concentrations and "path
ways" in myriad new subjects give
students a competitive edge in the
marketplace. Where Binford is an
all-first-year dorm with residential
programs run by a paid staff.
Where Avanti is compulsory, an
integral part of the college experi
ence. And where the Management,
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Bruce Stewart,
chairman of the
Board of Trustees,
understands the
strain college
expenses can put on a
family. Yet he
believes the rise will
"keep our first-rate
faculty..."
Over the weekend, McNemar
received an unsigned letter se
verely criticizing the administra
tion and threatening to disrupt the
admissions drive. The letter,
which calls NcNemar "The Great
Satan" and claims the Dean of Stu
dent Life is paid for "subduing stu
dents," was shown to the Board of
Trustees.
Stewart expressed concern
over student disenchantment with
the school, but added that change
is fundamental in maintaining
Guilford. "Our values are the same,
but how we live them out has
changed over time." He also ex
pressed a willingness to sit down
and talk to students who have is-
Please see TfUStOOS, page 5
ies departments have grown under
careful nourishment and funding.
All this and more is outlined
in the new "Vision and Strategy for
Guilford College," the mammoth
26-page document which summa
rizes Guilford's strategic plan for
the next five years. Unveiled on
January 18th after months of re
search and preparation, the last
few weeks have constituted a me
dia blitz as top administrators have
presented the document to stu
dents, faculty, and the Board of
Trustees.
Please see FiltUfe, page 2