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For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • • Search begins for vice presidents for academic, student affairs . from the university on June 30. bffices and also provide student and from various organizations, college ~ ' munity Health and Family Practice At the meeting, Paul' Black, a By Antracia MJrrill Candidates fpr both positions are istaff imput. and individuals to get names at in the College of Medicine. senior philosophy major, expressed Hill1op Slaff Reporter expected to be identified, selected and ' From the list of all recommended potential candidates. the need for a vice president who confirmed by the university's board Persons, no Jess than five and no ''I think it (the selection process) ''Someone chosen for this position whould be receptive to students . To assist President-elect Dr. of trustees in time for the appointed more than I 0 candidates can be ide11- is very good,'' said Dr. Lawrence N. should have a whole university Franklyn G. Jenifer select new vice individuals to take office no later tified for personal interviews for both perspective. I believe what I'd like to ''We're the purpose 1·or tne Jones, ·marketing professor and academic vice president. I think Rr'~sidents for the Offices of Student than July I . positons. chairman of the review and advisory see is someone that is truly commit­ AJfairs and Academic Affairs, two AccOrding to a statement released Once all candidates have been in­ ted to the mission that Howard has '' students should have some decision,'' committee for the selectiOn of vice he said. reView and advisory committees have by Howard's university relations of­ terviewed, a list of five individuals president for Academic Affairs. Secundy added. ' been established. fice, the revie\v and advisory commit­ \Viii be submitted to Jenifer to be The review and advisory comm­ The review and advisory )mmit­ Dr. Carl E. Anderson, vice tees are required to complete a reviewed for consideration. Many tacutty members have cer· mittee on the selection of the vice tee on the selection of the vi. erCsi­ presidet for Student Affairs and Dr. number of tasks for the selection pro­ Currently, the committees are urg­ tain attributes that they would like to president for Academic Affairs held dent for Academic Affairs 111 be Michael R. \Vinston, vice president cess b¥ May 31 . ing members, faculty and ad­ see the next vice presidents possess. an open hearing on March 14 and I 5 holding a meeting on April 3 ~ b the ' for Academic Affairs, announced First, the committees must define, ministrators to submit.., names of pro­ ''We want someone here who loves to receive ideas and advice from student leaders to get more students during Charter Day services on in precise and specific terms, the spective candidates. black people,'' said Dr. Marian Gray involved and to incorporate theif March 9 that Jhey will be retiring sl1ort and long term goals of the two Plans are being madC to seek help Secundy, who is a professor of Com· members of the Howard community. concerns into the selection prOC!!SS. • PARTY ON, DUDES!!! Officials say HU will retain deed to upper N. W. property By Melonie McCall . Hilltop Staff Reporter Howard University now has a permanent home for its presidents. The university pur­ cl1ased a $1.1 ' million Northwest \Vashington home for that purpose in ear­ ly February. Incoming president Franklyn G. Jenifer • • will be the first university president to - reside there . t. The home is a four bedroom, two-story photo by Krilh lndbelltr brick dwelling with a finished basement, three fireplaces and a two-car garage. It is in the Kent-Spring Valley neighborhood located on 3119 Arizona Ave. N. W., near American University. According to University Treasurer Melvin Jones, Howard took out a bank loan for the purchase which is being paie!I. o ut or the university's general operating budget. University administrators said that the proper~_y wi ll j lways remain in Howard's possession. , ''The property is univer.sity property. photo by Keith Lndbetter The board of trustees decided that the Jenifer will be the Hrst Howard president to occupy the new $1 .1 million-house. university would acquire a home that would remain university property," said Education that Cheek bought his home on employed. We [th'_e present board! agreed John Jacob, chairman of the university 16th Street, N.W ., valued at SS00,000 for that we [the university] would own the pro­ board of trustees. $115,000. Sources also reported that the perty," Jacob said. ''It is not my home, it's Howard's home university lent Cheek the money to buy the Jenifer will be the first president that will and it will still be Howard's when I leave,'' house. occupy the home constructed by Schattner­ •• Jenifer said. - ''The board was adamantly against los­ Rosen Company in 1988 and described by ''There are no provisions in my contract ing another house and people are happy Jones as ''presidential." . for me to be able to purchase the house, that we've made an investment for the ''We tried to find a home lhat could pro­ • plus I wouldn't be able to afford it," he university,'' said Darrin P. Gayles, vide the president an opportunity to carry • added. undergraduate student member of the out his responsibility as university president board of trustees. pholo' by Frank Byrd This occurs after former university presi­ as well as his coporate duties,'' Jones said. dent James E. Cheek boi.Jght the home he Board chairman Jacob said that the ar­ According to Jacob, the decision to pur­ Shorts, skirts,' smiles and sounds of music set resided in as president from the university rangement Cheek had for his retirement chase the house was made by the board of the scenes on the Yard this week following as a provision of his retirement package. was contracted with another group. trustees which ''charged the administratirin Spring Chill seVeral unusually-warm weather days. Top university officials confirmed ''Dr. Cheek had an arrangement with ' repons in the March 7 Chronicle of Higher ti1e board of trustees that sat when he was see House, page 12 • Howard tuition increase Student affairs' Saunders follows U.S. college trend to leave for U .-Mich. post • By Shanera Sloan Saunders said his new position will By Rochelle Tiller)' universities because most of Hilltop Staff Repor1er allow him to take part in the Minori­ Hilltop Staff Reporter Howard's funding comes from the ty Initiatives program planned by the government. Howard University staff and university in order to monitor the College tuition next year will in­ ''Students must realize that as in­ students gathered in the Armour J . progress of minorities and make sure crease between five and 11 percent on flation goes up, so must the cost to Blackburn Center Thursday to say they have a fair opponunity to pro­ . a national basis, according to the run Howard. These increases help to goodbye to Kenneth Saunders fit from certain asptects of student Feb. 21 issue of the Wall Street make· Howard a unique place to associate dean of student li fe and life. Journal. stud}'," he said. · activities. Saunders will aJso be working with Howard is among that group with Despite st udent complaints Saunders, 33, is leaving Howard to the Student Development Center, • a 9.2 percent increase in tuition and Howard (which costs approximate!~ • pb11to by Keith Leadbetter take the position of associate de"an of which has programs to help students a 1.0 percent surcharge on incoming $9,000 per year) wh~n compared to / .. _student services at the University of international students which, even­ other universities, is aS' much as five Kenneth Saunders is leoving Howard after six Years of serYice. Michigan. , see Saunders, page 9 tually will increase to 50 percent in times cheaper. the next three years. For example, Princeton Universi­ Howard University officials have ty is issuing a 6. 7 percent hike in tui­ Publisher Regardie apologizes for magazine's racist portrayals stated that the tuition increase has tion, raising it to $20,490, according been instituted to help raise to university officials. 1 imately 50 students at the university knee, singing, ' 0 h Howclrd How I employees' salaries, to improve ' ' Howard students should relax By Kassandra Fleming articles which api>e3.red in the May March 7, Renardie admitted to mak­ 1989 issue, including ''Jerk in the Love Thee.'' academic facilities and to do more considering the prices to other area and Kelvin Dikerson research in various fields. Hilltop S1aff Reporters ing several mistakes in previous Box'' which depicts Mayor Marion Regardie said he feels these articles universities. Their tuition will still be editions. · were taken the wrong way by the ''Howard's increase 1s not tv.:ice as much as Howard's," Duvall Barry as a clown coming out of a unusual,'' said Henry Duvall, George Washington University was ''Sometimes we can be pretty dome and an article referring to Del.