Jello Biafra speaks at Guilford
By Will Dodson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jello Biafra, former lead
singer for the seminal punk band
The Dead Kennedys and noted so
cial and political activist, spoke in
Dana Auditorium on March 30th.
A crowd of approximately 500 at
tended, with some spectators driv
ing in from as far away as Atlanta,
GA.
Attendance for the show, pre
sented by WQFS, rivaled that of the
Colin Powell lecture held earlier
at Guilford. Biafra spoke for a
marathon four and a half hours on
topics ranging from the death pen
alty to his intense hatred of sport
utility vehicles.
After the show, Biafra
mingled with fans for another half
hour, signing autographs and urg
ing students and community mem
bers to get involved in local poli
tics, where he said individuals can
make the most impact.
Cooley's removal
sparks controversy
ByMaijorieHall
NEWS EDITOR
A major change has occurred
in the school's administration.
Academic Dean Martha
Cooley announced in a letter last
week that she was relinquishing
her position as dean. She re
signed unwillingly as a result of a
series of conversations with Presi
dent Don McNemar that started
last June.
The academic dean, one of
Guilford's four vice-presidents,
acts as an advocate for faculty in
terests within the upper school
administration.
Cooley addressed the faculty
in a called meeting on Wednesday.
Aproximately 25 students tried to
attend the meeting and were in
formed that it was closed.
"It was not that we did not
want students to know what was
going on," said Bob Williams,
Clerk of the Faculty. "We have
over the last few faculty meetings
been wrestling with some difficult
issues and, I believe, wrestling
with them in an honest and con
structive way. If we had a whole
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Biafra (center) poses with WQFS managers after the show.
lot of new people in the room it
would really disrupt the kind of
work and kind of discussion we
needed to have."
Cooley raised several issues
at the meeting, including the fu
ture of Guilford and the role of
faculty and students. She also ex
pressed a deep dissatisfaction
with administrative politics, es
pecially her difficulties in work
ing with Chief Financial Officer
Art Gillis. Cooley felt that her
lack of control of funds has hin
dered the work of the Academic
Dean's Office.
She feels the Strategic Long-
Range Plan is an enrollment plan
and fails to fully address academ
ics. She expressed a desire for
greater faculty involvement in
the plan and wishes more atten
tion would be given to student
concerns.
"It's worth the effort to pre
serve this institution," she said.
Cooley also addressed the
lack of women in the school's ad
ministration. Eighty percent of
the upper-level administrators
are male.
Please see Cooley, page 2
NOW president speaks
By Kane Johnson and Colleen
Sullivan
Staff Writers
"People Unite, Take Back the
Night." "Out of the house and into
the street. Take Back the Night."
"What do you want? Safe Streets!
When do you want them? Now!"
These chants were cried out dur
ing Take Back the Night's march
around the campus.
Take Back the Night, an orga
nization founded by women to stop
gender-related violence, had an
eventful evening on Wednesday,
March 29th. Guilford had the dis
tinction of a visit by Patricia Ire
land, president of NOW (National
Organization for Women), due to
the efforts of student Lauren
Bluestein.
Ireland spoke on the changes
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that have been made for women in
our society and those issues that
still need attention. Ireland men
tioned two advances for women
that have resulted from NOWs lob
bying efforts: women can now file
rape charges if they are married,
and their past is no longer allowed
to be brought up in a rape trial to
taint their argument.
Ireland also spoke of her own
experience as a flight attendant for
American Airlines in the seventies.
Due to the sexual connotations of
the job, many resulting from pur
poseful advertising canmpaigns,
flight attendants were one of the
first groups to come together in
attempts to change the image of
working women. With this illustra
tion Ireland demonstrated how
women could bring about changes
through involvement.
The event was organized by
Please see Night, page 3