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News Editor oversight for the station," Boyette said in Harriger said the faculty committee the meeting. She then met with the com met often during the first week of Octo The WFDD censorship controversy mittee and heard its similar recommen ber. She said that although the commit could be nearing a conclusion after dation. tee did not formally meet with members Sondra Boyette, vice president for uni Katy Harriger, an associa~e professor of the WFDD staff, several committee versity advancement, and an interim fac of politics, announced the committee's members did talk with staff members. ulty advisory committee recommended recommendation that the station report "We discovered quickly during our that University President Thomas K. to the Provost's Office after Boyette's first meeting that we had fundamental HearnJr.removethestationfromBoyette remarks. agreement on the principles that needed and University Advancement's control. "The station must be removed from to be addressed," Harriger said about Boyette and the interim faculty advi the aegis of University Advancement the faculty committee. "We spent more sory committee formed by Hearn to in because of an inherent conflict between time thinking about specifics in a subse vestigate the controversy both recom the necessary goals of fundraising and quent meeting. For example, it was clear mended Oct. 11 in a meeting of the public relations and the station's need for undergraduate faculty that WFDD should independence in its coverage of news See Boyette, Page A3 Faculty demands protection By Jay Cridlin "are in the midst of a crisis of pointments, and Mary Patterson said. "Thus the reso Assistant News Editor confidence in the highest lev- DeShazer, a professor of En lution requests the help of the els ofleadership of Wake For- glish. president and the dean in get The university's under est University." The first of the resolution's ting the trustees to retract that graduate faculty passed areso- "The intent of the resolu- five points was a call for Uni statement, as it is contradic .·,' ti~n was to sl:rengthen the .v~rsity President Thomas K. tory to the trustees' own anti .·. ~~~~~!ftylf;~t~o!ri~ hands of the president and the HearnJr. and Paul Escott, the discrimination statement." mitment to academic freedom dean of the college in their dean of the college, to disre Another point in the resolu and non-discrimination in the dealings with other adminis- gard the trustee committee's tion called for Hearn and wake of recent controversies trators and, in particular, with request that same-sex cov Escott to address "in a forth about on-campus same-sex the board of trustees," said enant ceremonies not be held ri/¥lt and public manner" the unions and WFDD's journal Perry Patterson, an associate in Wait ChapeL faculty's concerns that the Dancing the night away istic freedom. professor of economics. "The recent interpretation university's academic climate The resolqtion, which was Patterson co-sponsored the of the trustees' statement left is not conducive to freedom of Junior Ben Kellogg and sophomore Julie Parrish practice their salsa moves at the presented and passed by the resolution with Ulrike behindarequestthatgayand speech inside and outside of children's art exhibit "A Child's View of Havana" Oct. 7. See story on Page A2. faculty with little opposition, Wiethaus, an associate profes- lesbian community members states that faculty members sor of interdisciplinary ap- lead less than full lives," See Resolution, Page AS Wait seeks Chaplain agrees to schedule Wait union The Rev. Ed Christman says the publications had reported his decision -that is to say, subject to two interpre one day after Hearn's address. He said presidential as a change of position on the issue, this tations. And (Hearn} removed one of that the church's independence had state of the university address was in fact untrue. He said that he had them by saying, 'The university will been upheld. "It affirms the autonomy clarified the issue for hlln. simply waited for the university's inter not pretend to make policy for the that (the church) would say they had all pretation of the tmstees' statement, church.'" along." which recommended that the univer In his address, Hearn reaffirmed the Hearn would not comment on debates By Jay Cridlin sity not allow same-sex unions in Wait university's allegiance to its religious Christman's decision, saying that the Assistant News Editor Chapel. heritage, but also said, "The board university's position on the matter was Christman felt the issue was suffi asked the Church not to perform the already clear. "I gave an exhaustive By Suzanne DuBose The Wake Forest Baptist Church ciently addressed in the State of the News Editor ceremony in Wait Chapel, because it account of this matter and the trustees' received on Oct. 5 an important show University address given by Univer did not want to involuntarily sanction policy on the matter to the university in of support from the Rev. Ed Christman, sity President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. the ceremony. The board told the A decade after George Bush and Michael the form of the State of the University the university chaplain, who said that if Oct. 4. Church that it did not intend to inter Dukakis brought national recognition to the address," Hearn said. "Ifeellike every two women ask for a covenant cer "What changed was my initial read fere with its decision, whatever it might university by holding their 1988 presidential thing that can be said has been said." emonyin Wait Chapel, he would sched ing of the trustees' statement," be. The university has no religious debates in Wait Chapel, the university has Kevin Cox, the director of media ule one. Christman said. "My initial reading of authority over the Church." returned to the political spotlight as one of 12 Christman said that although some the trustees' statementleft me in doubt Christman made his decision public potential locales vying to house one of the 2000 See Union, Page A5 presidential debates next fall. The Commission on Presidential Debates, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in charge of sponsoring and arranging presidential and vice presidential debates, released the list of all Convocation formally opens Divinity School 12 candidates under the commission's consid eration Oct. 13. The university has teamed up with the Win Speakers highlight the objectives of the ston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau to its "This new school seeks to provide not simply show local support for the upcoming event. new school and their expectations for "There is citywide support for this event," future. instruction, but provocation that stirs up students, said Stephan Dragisic of the Winston-Salem challenging them and calling forth from them ideas CVB. "Letters of endorsement have been sent and issues that help form their Christian ministry." By Brett jackson to the Commission on Presidential Debates by Bill Leonard Winston-Salem mayor Jack Cavanagh, the Contributing Reporter ~E Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Com Divinity School Dean merce and Winston-Salem Police Chief Linda Students, faculty and staff witnessed the inau Davis." gural convocation at Wait Chapel Oct. 12 that - The administration is also gearing up with formally brought together the Divinity School from divinity schools nationwide. IES anticipation. among the university's other schools. Based With his keynote address titled "Not Instruction • "At Wake Forest, we are enthusiastic about upon the theme Theology at the Threshold of the but Provocation: Doing Theology at the new Divin~ the prospect of bringing a presidential debate 21st century, the Convocation had been accom ity School," Leonard said that the school's path of to our campus and Winston-Salem," Univer panied by two days of related events, including theological study will not be an easy one. sity President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. said. "This seminars, lectures and a worship service. "If the histories of other theological schools sug would be an extraordinary opportunity for our Speakers included University President Tho gest anything for Wake Forest University, it is this: students and faculty." masK. HearnJr., Reynolds professor of Ameri Open a divinity school and duck!" Leonard said The competition consists of such cities and can studies Maya Angelou, Divinity School "Controversy will strike immediately, ifnot sooner.~ universities U3 Washington University in St. Associate Dean Phyllis Trible and Dean Bill He called for the students to attend to the compel Louis, Mo., the University of Wisconsin, in Leonard. The Convocation speeches varied in ling issues and to avoid keeping the status quo in Madison, Wise., the Charlotte Chamber of content, including biblical and other literary their journey for truth in themselves. Commerce; and the University of California at references. "This. new school see~s to provide not sim 1 The Rev.