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College president Kent
Chabotar led a meeting to
discuss the long-range plan
Guilford
honors
students at
spring
convocation
Genevieve Holmes
Staff Writer
At 6 p.m. on April 13
students, faculty and
staff gathered together in the
Alumni gym to accept
awards and congratulate
others. Senior Ted Fetter
played jazz on a keyboard
while people entered and
helped themselves to
refreshments.
"In our moments of
silence, we acknowledge
that when we center our
selves ... we can find truth,"
said Director of Friends
Center and Campus Ministry
Coordinator Max Carter,
beginning the ceremony with
a brief moment of silence.
President Kent Chabotar
soon took the stand, "We are
here to recognize accom-
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Long-range nlan implemented
Cory Williams
Staff Writer
On April 6 Guilford
President Kent Chabotar
pushed his strategic long-range
plan forward another step as he
addressed students, faculty and
community members in a town
hall-style meeting.
"Rather than listen to anec
dotes, rumors, and myths," said
Chabotar. "we're going to listen to
facts."
Three additional documents
support the strategic plan: the
long-range financial plan, the
campus master plan, and the
campaign feasibility study.
The long-range financial plan is
already finished. It addresses the
fiscal aspects and implications of
the strategic plan, such as where
the college's money is going to
be spent. The campus master
plan focuses on how both the
Feminist media literacy workshop
Kaitlin Uqolik
Staff Writer
On April 15, Guilford hosted a media literacy
conference entitled Media: Literacy,
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land and the buildings of the
campus are used. The campaign
feasibility study analyzes who
would be willing to donate money
and how much they would be
willing to give.
According to Chabotar, the
long-range plan is already under
way Next year the college is
admitting fewer students and hir
ing more teachers.
In addition there will be a 99-
person waiting list next year. In
the past seven years, the college
has had a waiting list four times.
Of those four times, the list
topped double digits only once.
More important than the plan is
the current Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
reaffirmation of accreditation
process.
"The reaccredidation process is
the most important thing. If we're
not accredited, the long-range
plan doesn't matter," Chabotar
Education, and
Activism to serve
as a forum for
voicing opinions
and learning about
the media.
The conference
centered on an
open workshop
with Kate Holbein-
Rademacher, of
Chapel Hill's
Women's center.
This workshop
focused on how
the media affects
behavior and the
way we act in dif-
said. "We may have to slow the
plan down, but SACS takes priori
ty."
It was clear to members of the
audience that Chabotar empha
sized the importance of communi
ty and community space, which is
why he feels the campus master
plan is so important.
"The fact that (Chabotar) has a
vision and that he is moving the
college forward is something we
desperately need," said first-year
professor Eric Mortenson. "I trust
him and I'm on board. I trust his
values and his priorities."
Chabotar went on to discuss
the importance of community par
ticipation and input in the master
plan before turning the discussion
over to Mike Van Yahres of Van
Yahres Associates, an independ
ent contracting firm that special
izes in campus master planning.
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ferent situations, as well as how to teach media lit
eracy, especially as it relates to gender issues.
Organized by junior women's studies and religious
studies major Julie Sloane, the conference was
designed to cater to the many people in the Guilford
community involved in service and teaching.
"I wanted (Holbein-Rademacher) to come
because Guilford does a lot of service with teen
moms, kids, and tutoring," said Sloane. "I thought
she would be beneficial ... and would give us anoth
er perspective of what we're surrounded by."
For students like second-year Sarah Levenson,
the workshop did just that.
"After viewing films such as Tough Guise and dis
cussing media with (Holbein-Rademacher), I realize
how hurtful and narrow some content in the media
can be," she said. "Now, after (the implications of
these images) has been pointed out to me, I can
recognize the objectification, the stripping of our
power as human beings, the hurtful insecurities that
they attempt to implant within the viewer's mind."
Levenson said that examples of such insecurities
would be things like the image of a little girl smiling
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