The SaJemite
Vol. LXVin No. 4
Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
March 11,1988
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Candidates Promise
Continued Momentum
Players in "Fashion" ready themselves for their opening tonight
by Amy Washburn
Change presented itself as the
major theme of the SGA meeting
March 7. This meeting provided
candidates for 1988-89 SGA offices
to speak of their qualifications and
goals, and for students to choose
their leaders for next year.
Primary voting was waived
this year as a result of the small
number of candidates running. Only
23 people were candidates for the
15 available offices—a President
for the Salem Recreational
Association still has not been
found. Because of the limited
numbers, final voting .occurred
directly after the speeches, and
the results were announced the
morning of Wednesday, March 8.
In the wake of administration
approval of five major changes
proposed by SGA this year, several
candidates used progress as the
theme for their campaign
speeches. SGA Secretary Ginger
Saunders, who will serve as SGA
President in the upcoming year.
pointed out that"... we still have
a long way to go to make Salem
even better . . ." 1988-89 SGA
Vice-President Johanna Metzgar
challenged Salem to "keep the
momentum going!"
Other speeches included such
innovations as a rap song, a poetry
reading, and a fashion show from
the most recent Fall Fest.
Elected officers for the 1988-89
academic year are as follows:
SGA President: Ginger Saunders
SGA Vice-Pres.: Johanna Metzgar
SGA Secretary: Heather Glasscock
SGA Treasurer: Ashley Neill
Interdorm Chair: Sheila Elliott
Interdorm Sec.: Diane Davis
Honor Council Chair: Mary Poole
Honor Council Sec.: Page Laughon
Chief Marshal: Ashley Pruitt
Big 3+3 Chair: Mary Bryan Pierce
Big 3+3 Vice-C.: Kay Costenbader
CAC Chair: Tammy Taylor
Fall Fest Chair: Cathy Bowers
April Arts Chair: Parker Hubband
Farris Appointed Associate Dean
by Susan Webb
On March 3, Millie Eubanks
announced Dr. Cindy Farris'
appointment as Associate Dean in
the office of the Dean of the
College. Dr. Dorothy Russell will
be returning to the Education
Department as Associate
Professor of Education, Director of
Teacher Education, and Director
of Graduate Studies. Dr. Harris
will continue to serve as Assistant
Professor of Sociology and Acting
Chair of the Department. She
will teach two classes each
semester.
Dr. Farris has long been
recognized as a valued teacher
and friend to students in the
Salem community. The applause
that followed the announcement
made at Sophomore/Senior
Banquet clearly expressed the
students’ pride in a teacher that
just a little over a year ago they
voted as Most Outstanding
Teacher, an award sponsored by
the Omicron Delta Kappa honor
society.
In her years at Salem, Dr.
Farris has worked with students
on many different levels: as
teacher, as friend, as advisor to
the class of 1989, and faculty
advisor for Sights and Insights,
and advisor for the Catholic
Student Association. She has
served on several student/ faculty
committees as well. Dr. Farris
brings with her into her new
position a wealth of experience
with students.
Dr. Farris feels that Dean
Russell’s footsteps will indeed be
hard to follow. She discussed
how Dean Russell had really
done an excellant job getting the
Peer Advising Program off the
ground and further developing
the January Program. Dr. Farris
feels privleged to move into a
position that has been upheld so
well. In a letter to the Salem
faculty and staff. Dean Thompson
expressed a "warm and sincere
word of thanks and appreciation
to Dorothy for her fine years of
service in the Dean’s office."
Dr. Farris is looking
forward to her new position as
Associate Dean and sees the
position as an opportunity to
have even more contact with
students. "I saw the position as
being strongly student oriented,"
she said, ’’. . . the advising aspect
appeals to me a great deal." She
hopes students will continue to
feel comfortable coming to see
her.
In a Salemite interview
last year. Dr. Farris expressed
the hope that down the road she
would still be perceived in the
same light as when she was
chosen Most Outstanding
Teacher. She accepted her
teaching award as a challenge
for the future, and her new
appointment will undoubtedly
present her with even more new
challenges, challenges she greets
with great enthusiasm. Dr. Cindy
Farris will begin her new
responsibilities in the summer of
1988.