Presidential Search Committee Chooses Swartzendruber

In s i d e . The 2 P atty Helton Lea v in g 4 Cr o s s -C u ltu ra ls Leave 5 NFL m e e t s X-F iles WeatherVane 6 En t e r th e N a r r o w Gate Ea s t e r n M e n n o n i t i: Un i v e r s i t y Th u r sd a y , Ja n u a r y 16, 2 0 0 3 Harrisonburg , V ir g in ia 2 2 8 0 2 weathervane.emu.edu Vo l . 49, No. 13 Presidential Search Committee Chooses Swartzendruber By Jeremy Yoder ment with EMU goes back to cy of them." Editor-in-chief his own college days when he As examples, he cited the attended what was then EMC, "inevitable tension between The 11-member search majoring in liberal arts. After creativity and limited committee has announced its graduating in 1976 he served as resources" and the difficulty of choice for EMU’s next presi an associate director of admis- maintaining the same sort of dent: Dr. Loren "open door" policy he has Swartzendruber, president of enjoyed at Hesston with EMU’s Hesston College. larger student body: "I doubt I "I am honored to have been can be quite as accessible on a larger campus as I might wish invited into the search process Josiah Garber and humbled by the trust repre to be." Mevlude Demas, Andile Dube, and Blanche Van Dyke lounge in Roselawn. sented in the decisions to this As for his relationship with New INS enforcement standards are putting these and all EMU interna point," wrote Swartzendruber students: "I would hope to find tional students under increasing pressure. in an e-mail to the Weather ways to regularly meet with Vane. groups of students, and I enjoy Toughened INS Enforcement The Presidential Search having students stop by my Committee, which announced office for a conversation when Affects EMU Students its choice of Swartzendruber at my door is open...I'd like to the end of last semester, includ find ways to break down any By Michael J. Sharp from the prospective university, ed representatives from EMU perceived barriers." Managing Editor present it to the U.S. embassy in faculty, staff and students as "Becoming acquainted their country and prove that they well as the board of trustees, with new people, both on and Since Sept. 11 the were capable of paying for their the Mennonite Educational off campus, will be energiz Immigration and Naturalization American education and living Agency and Mennonite Church ing," wrote Swartzendruber. "I Service (INS) has started crack arrangements. Now the I-20s are USA. look forward to watching cur ing down on foreigners living in done online, as are notifications In considering candidates, rent and future students grow in the United States, with the major of changing majors, going to the committee looked for some their understanding of faith and ity of the changes affecting inter part-time enrollment, dropping out, graduating early, or changing one with "a strong Mennonite Courtesy Jim Bishop service." national students. Anabaptist faith commitment” Loren Swartzendruber Comparing himself and The INS was a part of the addresses. and “strong Mennonite Church outgoing President Joe Lapp, Justice Department and recently In addition to new regula connections,” who is “an effec sions and associate campus whose term of service at EMU became a division of the new tions, old laws are taking on new tive communicator, a dynamic, pastor. Since then three of ends June 30, 2003, Department of Homeland meaning. For example, it has decisive decision-maker, an Swartzendruber’s four children Swartzendruber wrote, "I have Security. It is currently run by long been the case that any inter effective fund raiser, and a rec attended and graduated from known President Lapp for at Commissioner Michael Garcia national student changing their onciling team-builder." EMU. least 25 years, going back to and is overseen by Attorney postal address is required to "Selecting a presidential Swartzendruber has contin my days as a pastor in General John Ashcroft. report that change to the INS. candidate has been a demand ued his education to receive a Pennsylvania when he provided Before Sept. 11, it was clear This was so rarely enforced, ing job, but the committee's master of divinity degree from legal counsel to me, and have that INS regulations needed over however, that the law was working together was marked Eastern Mennonite Seminary in great respect for him as a per hauling, especially in the ways ignored by many international by a strong sense of 1979 and a doctor of ministry son and as a colleague. Our visas were tracked. An online students and by the schools they Commitment and importance of degree in church leadership commitment to be followers of system for keeping track of stu attended. During the roundup of the task," said Committee Chair from Northern Baptist Jesus and to the church are sim dent visas was one of the pro suspicious foreigners after Sept. Dr. James Rosenberger. "We Theological Seminary in 2000. ilar." But, he added, "He hasn't posed improvements. After Sept. 11, however, some international were looking for leadership that Regarding the switch from enjoyed as many gorgeous 11, significant pressure was put students were detained for break could take EMU to a new level Hesston’s two-year to EMU’s Kansas sunsets as I've been on the INS to do something ing this seemingly unimportant of service to the church and the four-year program, privileged to see! And, I don't quickly, so the online system was law. These violations have world, and believe we have Swartzendruber wrote, "I'm not have a collection of hats!" pushed into use. become reason enough to detain a found that person in Loren so sure the nature of the chal Originally a student from student. Swartzendruber." lenges will be so different as another country wanting admit Swartzendruber’s involve perhaps the number or frequen tance had to receive an 1-20 form See INS pg. 4 N ews B riefs EMU President Joe Lapp will EMU students elected jun •^ “Nominations for the Betty Calabria’s dis join Mennonite Mutual Aid ior Andrew Jenner and sopho "Cords of Distinction" play of wall and free after his presidential term ends more Chris Fretz to the SGA can be submitted until standing paper and steel, on June 30, 2003. Lapp will be Senate in Wednesday’s mid Jan. 18 at 5:00 p.m. See is currently on display in an MMA trust/investment advi year elections. EMU website for detials. the Hartlzer Library. sor and a Mennonite The display closes on Foundation representative. Jan. 31. Ja n u a r16, y 2 0 0 3 Style Th e We a t h eVa r n e Listening for Academic Integrity By Kristine Sensenig "The incidence of academic dis Rachel Weaver. It took several had enough experiences in the voiced concern that if EMU’s Contributing Writer honesty appears to be on the rise. weeks for the class to determine four years I’ve been here to academic integrity policy is too Students do not seem to know what information they needed know that it is a problem." lenient, it may end up being a A class of 10 students may what constitutes academic dis and how they could gather it Despite a near consensus liability to students. He is espe have a direct influence on EMU honesty. Faculty members act most effectively. that EMU is struggling over the cially concerned about plagia policy. At least, they have been like they are not comfortable They decided to individual issue of academic integrity, the rism and said, "It’s dangerous, given the opportunity. with carrying the full burden of ly interview 24 randomly select faculty interviews the class con and I think that danger is one of In a mid-August faculty responding to incidences of dis ed students, one professor from ducted made it evident that there the most valuable things you can meeting, Undergraduate Dean honesty." each of the 17 undergraduate is a range of opinion about how learn in college. You just don’t Marie Morris distributed a hand Also this fall, Assistant departments and six members of the problem should be do it. If you don’t learn that out to all faculty and staff. It Professor of Justice, Peace and the administration. They also addressed. here, you’re going to be hit much contained a chart listing the Conflict Studies Gloria Rhodes distributed a paper survey to 172 Ted Grimsrud, associate harder somewhere else. Once number of academic dishonesty was searching for a "conflict" on students. Then, in small groups, professor of theology and peace you’re out there [in the real cases reported to the dean’s campus, or a topic surrounded by they facilitated four discussions studies, commented on the cur world] there is little tolerance for office each year since 1997. The diverse opinion. It could provide between members of the EMU rent policy, saying, "Basically, I it. The courts are waiting for chart showed that, beginning a case-study for her think it is adequate. But if pro you." with the five cases recorded dur Transformative Approaches for fessors are expected to file a After Rhodes’ class finished "Once we began ing the 1997-98 school year, the Justice and Peacebuilding class. report for each incident of dis gathering and analyzing the total of recorded instances has After the dean’s presenta interviewing, it honesty, this needs to be more information from the surveys, been gradually increasing.

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