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Tenure candidates
await Board of
Trustees approval
By Victor Lopez
Staff Writer
This weekend, the Board of Trustees meets
to approve or deny tenure for seven faculty
members.
Tenure is a lifelong commitment between
the professor and Guilford. Tenure provides
faculty with economic security while
protecting their academic freedom.
Dr. Bob Jones, chair of ,the. Board of
Trustees' academic affairs committee, said
that while final authority rests with the
Board of Trustees, the faculty has the primary
responsibility for making and implementing
the academic policies of the college, including
recommending faculty for tenure.
The academic dean's office did not
officially release tlie list of names for privacy
reasons, but candidates are free to make their
candidacy public if they wish to do so.
"Candidates' names are kept confidential
because it's a personnel matter," said
Adrienne Israel, academic dean and vice
president.
Departments with professors awaiting
tenure approval are foreign language, justice
and policy studies, psychology, sport studies,
religious studies, English and chemistry.
Israel said that the Faculty Affairs
Committee (FAC) reviews full-time
tenure-track faculty through their six-year
See "Tenure" on page 2
"The appeals
committee and
trustee academic
affairs committee
are specifically charged with
safeguarding the fairness of the
(tenure) process."
Kent Chabotar
president
Students express discontent over Serendipity band choices
By Amber Reese
Staff Writer
Student votes for Serendipity 2010 bands
came in on Feb. 19, but the Campus Activi
ties Board (CAB) is withholding the band
names until they verify that the bands can
make it.
Two polls were issued to students. One
poll, given during the first week of Feb.,
allowed students to choose Serendipity's
theme. The winning theme is the '90s.
The second poll, given during the week
of Feb. 14-20, allowed students to choose
'90s bands from a list that CAB put together.
Using The Concert Agency, CAB looked at
both their available price range ($10,000-
12,000) and whether or not the band would
be available for Serendipity.
"I contacted the same agency used last
year who serve as liaisons between artists
and host venues, and asked them to give
us available artists in our price range and
available on (Serendipity's date)," said Di
rector of Student Leadership and Engage
ment Erin Fox in an e-mail interview. "CAB
chairs listened to each band on the provid
ed list and narrowed the options to artists
who would put on an energetic, fun show
and seemed to be more widely known."
The CAB co-presidents are Morgaine
Johnson and Justin Shreve. Music and Live
Performances Chair Spencer Musick, a ju
nior, said that at a recent CAB meeting, each
of the available bands was played prior to
being selected for the poll that students re
ceived.
CAB set up a table in Founders to get
student input regarding both the theme
and bands, then posted the poll informa
tion in The Buzz so that students could vote
on their choices. CAB gave the option for
write-ins on the poll.
"CAB stands behind the bands listed on
the poll because they are what were chosen
by students, through tabling," said first-
year and Music and Live Co-Chair Karyle
Miller in an e-mail interview. "We did list
another option, and we DO take the stu
dents' interests to heart."
In response to the bands on the poll,
students banded together on Facebook
in various groups to fight for their band
preferences; "Students for a Good Music at
Serendipity" and "Get Man Man to Play for
Serendipity 2010" being two examples.
"When I heard that there was a move
ment to get another band, Man Man, to
come play, I was happy that people were
banding together trying to get what they
wanted as students because every year
See "Serendipity" on page 2