February 9, 2007
Volume 93, Issue 16
UILFORDIAN
The Independent Student Voice of Guilford College
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Committee presents 2007-2008 budget
Brice Tarleton | Production Assistant
On Jan. 31, the Budget Committee
held an open forum to present and
discuss Guilford's proposed fiscal year
2007-2008 budget. Representatives
from faculty, staff and students worked
together to determine budget alloca
tions of $64.8 million.
"It makes me proud that everybody
on the Budget Committee, students, fac
ulty and staff all participate," said Jerry
Boothby, vice president for Finance and
Administration. "Nobody dominates the
process."
After months of appraisal and revi
sion, the committee submitted their final
proposal to President Kent Chabotar on
Feb. 1. Chabotar, in turn, will submit
the proposal on Feb. 23 to the Board of
Trustees, who make the final decision
whether to accept or reject the financial
plan.
Each year, the Budget Committee
analyzes the amount of money that
Guilford receives from revenue, state
and federal grants, and donations. With
these figures, they determine the distri
bution of funds throughout the entire
college, allowing for possible unfore
seen contingencies.
"Every year we have an outside
audit," said Heather Hayton, chair of
the Budget Committee. "They review
every single line of every single budget.
This year and last year, we have had
zero negative findings, zero problems."
Major goals of the plan include keep
ing all expenses in check, being con
servative in revenue projections from
enrollment, and staying focused on the
long-term financial health of the col
lege.
Tuition and fees for traditional stu
dents will increase by an average of
5.5 percent from this year,, while the
cost for CCE students will increase
4 percent per credit hour. With this
increase in tuition and fees comes a rise
in total institutional financial assistance
by approximately $1 million.
"If the increased tuition is going to be
going towards addressing and solving
the problems that Guilford has encoun
tered this year, then I think it's a good
thing," said junior Andy Freedman. "If
Dan Miller/Guilfordian
Raymond Johnson, Kent Chabotar,Thomas Coaxum and others listen to the presentation.
it's just more outward growth, I can't
really support it."
Major recommendations for the fiscal
year 2007-2008 budget include increas
ing wages and salaries by a base of
3.5 percent. Additionally, the Budget
Committee has proposed cutting the
capital budget, the money used for
campus improvements and major main
tenance projects, in half.
"Over the past several years, we have
devoted a larger-than-usual amount to
capital projects to try to make up for
some previous years of campus neglect,"
Hayton said. "This year's and the 2007-
08 capital budgets will be more in line
with what other campuses do — fund
a limited number of projects out of the
operating budget and solicit donations
to embark on other large-scale or long
term building projects."
As of Jan. 1, the student minimum
wage was raised from $5.15 to $6.15 per
hour, reflecting North Carolina's state
wide wage increase.
"This is definitely a much-needed
change," said sophomore Menemsha
Milnor, a student worker. "Especially
with our tuition and room and board
getting more expensive, our wages
should be increasing, too,"
According to the proposed fiscal
plan, approximately $26.6 million will
go to salaries, wages and fringe ben
efits, while about $13.5 million is allo
cated for institutional financial assis
tance. The rest of the budget, approxi
mately $24.7 million, is to be used for
the year's operating expenses, such as
utilities and the budgets for academic
departments. Any unused funds will
be deposited in the campus endowment
fund to contribute to Guilford's long
term financial health.
Student athletes
speak out on
Bryan incident
John Jenkins | Staff Writer
As children we were taught that there
are always two sides to every story. Recent
events at Guilford College have silenced one
of those sides.
Thanks to a Jan. 22 athlete-directed forum
open to students only, the student-athlete
community had a chance to share their feel
ings about the Bryan incident.
According to Community Senate student-
athlete representative and one of the coordi
nators of the forum Jeremy Bante, the forum
was closed to press and adults because the
press elevates the intensity. Bante didn't want
the press or faculty to influence what was
intended to be an open-minded forum.
The hour-and-a-half forum brought in
around 50 students and focused on what the
student athletes in attendance could do to
help the community heal.
According to a post-forum Q & A with
Bante, the forum also discussed rumors of
special athlete treatment. The rumors that
were addressed involved fall athletes having
separate AVANTI programs and recruited
atWetes getting different tours than other
prospective students.
Audrew McClannon is one of the student
athletes who attended the forum, and he
did not believe there was any truth to the
rumors spreading. "The forum helped dispel
the word-of-mouth rumors going on around
campus about student athletes and non-ath
letes," McClannon said.
First-year athletes who take part in the
pre-Guilford activities in the AVANTI pro
gram have to do theirs a little earlier than
regular students because of practice and
because they have games a few weeks after
the AVANTI program.
As for tours, coaches can give recruited
student athletes their own separate tour.
Coaches are now encouraging dieir recruits
to take the normal tour. Bante suggested
giving tours for all students, both student
athletes and traditional students, to bridge
the gap between the two parties.
Uniting the divide was another major
issue discussed at the forum.
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Sodexho Forum Witch Killings WSF Protested Anti-Cancer Eggs The Collective
Last week, students and staff at
tended a forum with representa
tives from Sodexho, Guilford's
food service provider, to discuss
issues of prison conditions and
discrimination against staff.
News Page 3
Recently, a small village in Papua
New Guinea accused four women
of witchcraft and murdered them.
The killing of alleged witches
is becoming more prevalent
throughout the country.
World & Nation Page 4
At this year's World Social Fo
rum, held in Kenya's capital city,
a group of hungry homeless chil
dren raided a food tent, raising
questions of the effectiveness of
progressive activism.
World & Nation Page 5
U.K. scientists have genetically
engineered chickens that produce
anti-cancer proteins in their egg
whites, which could lead to fur
ther developments in cheap mass-
produced pharmaceuticals.
World & Nation Page 6
Last week, four programs were
held to celebrate diversity for this
year's "Journey into Blackness."
The musical performances of "The
Collective" brought enthusiastic
applause.
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