Art Gillis to retire
♦ CFO's retirement announced amidst controversy stirred by
the removal of Academic Dean Martha Cooley
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Art Gillis arrived on campus four years ago.
Serendipity rained out and canceled
Tom Gallagher
STAZT WRITER
Blame it on the rain
It was falling last Saturday
as Serendipity organizers
scrambled to secure concert
equipment against the rising
storm with tarps and electrical
tape. "We began set-up that
morning at nine and we were still
working on the set when the rain
began at 2 p.m.," said Dawn
Watkins, Director of Student Ac
tivities and Events Planning.
"After an hour of running out
in the rain and taping down tarps
that were flying loose because of
the wind, the electrical equip
ment became so wet that we knew
the evening's events couldn't hap
pen. You can't plug in wet equip
ment —same reason you can't use
a blow dryer in the bath tub, but
multiply the voltage by 10,000,"
said Watkins, explaining why the
concert was not moved into Dana
auditorium. "So, around three, in
the pouring, cold rain, we began
Gu ILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
McNemar
says
Gillis'
retirement
is not a
reaction
to
current
community
anger.
"We
have
been
discussing
it for
some
time," he
i -said.
UUILFORDIAN ARCHIVES
to disassemble everything we'd
worked all morning to set up."
Watkins wanted to thank
student volunteers Brad Fisher,
Cassie Morgan, Megan Page,
Abby McCrillis, Joe Sarmento,
Cynthia Mckay, Brad Waters,
Drew Baird, Nick Lamotta, Luke
Davis and Michael Simpson for
staying to strike the equipment.
"These folks went above and be
yond the call of duty and aren't
getting enough thanks for all they
did."
Cowboy Mouth, Two Dollar
Pistols, The Nobodies, and The
Patrick Rock Band were sched
uled to play on the south end of
the football field beginning at 6
p.m. Because the bands were un
der contract, they had to be paid
regardless of whether or not they
performed, although there is a
chance that Cowboy Mouth may
return in late April. "I really be
lieve it's time for us to re-think
how we structure this day. Hav
ing concerts indoors is better
than not having them at all," said
Watkins.
Marjorie Hall
NEWS EDITOR
Two vice-presidents have
announced their resignations in
the past two weeks.
On Wednesday, April 12th,
President Don McNemar sent a
campus-wide announcement
stating that Chief Financial Of
ficer and Vice-President Art
Gillis was retiring from his po
sition.
The announcement, which
surprised most of the college,
came as the community was still
discussing the forced resigna
tion of Academic Dean Martha
Cooley, also a vice-president.
Faculty and students have
rallied behind Cooley in the last
week, following an address she
delivered at a closed faculty
meeting, in which she ex
pressed both a deep respect for
Guilford and concerns about the
diversion of funds from aca
demic programs and the erosion
of faculty and student voice in
the governance of the college.
Please see Gillis, page 2
Many students enjoyed them
selves despite the weather.
Guilford's women's rugby and
men's lacrosse teams still held
games, the former of which fea
tured the ladies in their formal
wear. Some braved the cold and
got jiggly in the Jell-o pits, keep
ing the Serendipity tradition
alive.
Other students just sat in
their rooms and drank. "Serendip
ity sucked. I still got drunk
though," said junior Steven
Brinkworth. Many simply walked
across the street to Just One More,
Please see Serendipity, page 3
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April 14, 2000
Plans for
King revealed
By Karie Johnson
STAFF WRITER
"Although we enjoyed the
elaborate, and creative, proposal
calling for King hall to be turned
into a brothel, we decided after
extensive discussions not to in
clude this among our recommen
dations," writes Richie
Zweigenhaft in the Facilities
Committee Working Draft Pro
posal for King Hall.
The old science building
will be initially left vacant after
the new Frank Family Science
Center opens this year. Several
different groups requested
space in the building. After
renovation, the building will
still have classrooms, but will
also include spaces for various
campus organizations, pro
grams, and departments, and be
used for everything from storage
to lounges.
The Facilities Committee
found space for virtually every
request. Brian Dumas, the stu
dent representative on the com
mittee, commented, "No one's
[upset], so I guess student voices
were heard."
The proposal suggests that
the basement of King be used as
storage space for IT&S, which
need new storage to make up for
the space in Bauman now used
for noncredit programs. The com
mittee has also allocated space
for SAFE (Sexual Assault Task
Force), a classroom, and studio
space for advanced art students,
and a Community Writing Cen
ter (not the same as the ASC, but
will be used by Earthbound, the
new writer's collective, and for
COW's tutorials).
The allocated space for art
should accommodate approxi
mately ten students. Due to
noise concerns, it is recom
mended for a one-year trial. No
one expects art students to work
Please see King, page 3