The Davidsonian Volume-bXVII,Number 16 Davidson College, Davidson, NorthCarolina 28036 Friday, April 1,1983 Search For New President Continues ** By ERIC LONG Student, m^Jr x "^niiini mi ... The Faculty, and Trustee S f *J^ y - '^S^ X Jr il|<11111^. I Presidential Search Committees held their first joint meeting to review and dis- cuss presidential candidates March 28. Chairman of the Trustee Committee Ben T. Craig hopes to "reduce the group to a core of solid candidates" by April IX The committees reviewed 200 candi dates Monday. Thethreecommittees ex- changedquestionsand recommendations then narrowed the number of candidates. All committee members questioned de- I B^ 3B^_ ....'. 3 l< lcined to release information concerning Architect's model of the new sports complex the candidates. The committees agreed to conduct the search in confidentiality, with only Craig answeringquestions. For Complex Craig described the search process. Plans Athletic "We have set up an office to receive nominations (mail to 1200 Commerce Near Completion Center, Cahrlotte, N.C. 28202), which we distill intoone-page forms and distri- By DAVIDRESNIK AthleticDepartment's Requirements natatorium would contain intercollegiate bute to each committee member, who All segmentsof theCollege— Trus- The Athletic Department's require- swimming and diving facilitiesas wellas grades the applications. The members tees, administrators, faculty, and stu- ments for a new sport center include an spectator seating. The multipurpose have several weeks to look them over, dents — are discussing plans for a new arena for intercollegiate basketball; a room couldbeusedfor intramural s,P.E. and to ask for more info. OnMonday, we athletic complex. core area for locker facilities, office courses, orpossibly varsity tennis. reviewed the candidates in the order that Athletic Director and Head Football space, and training rooms; a natatorium; The lower level of Johnston Gym their nominations had been received. Coach Ed Farrell presented a report on new handball and racquetball courts;and would be converted into art classrooms Every onehas anopportunity tospeak,to the Athletic Department'sneeds andsug- a multipurpose area. and studios. The upper level would re- ask questions.Thenext step in thesearch gestions for the new sports center at a The department has recommended main open for intramurals,physicaledu- is to reduce the number of candidates meeting with the Trustee Building and that theCollege build thecomplex inph- cation courses,and free play. If theCol- further and to develop additional infor- Grounds and Athletic Committees on ases in case it cannotimmediately obtain lege raises enoughmoney to build a new mation about them. Often, nominations March 24. funds. Thebasketball courtand corearea multi-purpose center, then the Johnston don't include a comprehensive biog- Farrell said that "nothing official would be built first, the natatorium sec- Gym would be converted into a theater. raphy,and the committees need to round came out at the meeting," but the plans ond;and the multi-purposearea wouldbe Theold footballpractice fields would out the resumes." are "close to official." built last. be relocated near the joggingtrails and a (continued onpage 4) The two Trustee committees will The Sports Center would cover parkinglot wouldbe constructedinback evaluate Farrell's report and present their 120,000 square feet, according to the on the sports complex, according to recommendations at the Trustee's next Athletic Department's recommenda- Physical Plant Director Grover Meetze. Inside This Week meeting in May. According to Farrell, tions. Davidson's largest building is the Meetze said that naming the con- "TheTrustees have accepted theneed for E.H. Little Library, which covers struction cost of the new complex would a new facility"; they have not approved 100,000 square feet. be only a guess.Threeyears ago the Col- the final plans. They have also decided The basketball arena would seat lege predictedanew sports center would $3-4 that the sports center should be built on 5000-7000, with many moveable seats, cost million, according to Meetze. Wade Barber: Davidson grad the football practice fields. according to the requirements. The (continuedonpage6) runs for N.C. AttorneyGeneral. See p. A long and grueling process 3 Chaucer! Donaldson visits and lec- Faculty Salary AdjustmentsBegin tures. Read about it onp. 7 ByBOBLOPER decide how much each faculty member creases. In accordance with the decision BB dry travel with a dry Vice-president for Academic Affairs deserves, although Spencerhas finalap- of the Trustees, thereare no "cost-of-liv- goes on 10 and Deanof theFaculty T.C. Price Zim- proval. ing" salary adjustments. To clarify this group p. mermannhas beencloistered inhisoffice Zimmermann hopes to present the subjective concept of merit, however, determiningfacul- salary proposals to Spencer the Zimmermann Faculty for the last two weeks within uses the Code of Ruggers romp: see the p I1 story ty salaries for the 1983-84school year. next week. He intends to notify faculty Evaluation Procedures, a document ap- Of the money that Davidson willpay members of their new salaries "by the provedby the faculty andtheadministra- to its faculty in the coming year, eight second week in April." tionin 1979. Self-Selection, a better definition percent will be available for salary in- Determining faculty salariesisalong According to the Code, Zimmer- on p. 15 creases. Zimmermann andCollegePres- and gruelling process since merit alone mannmust consider how neartheprofes- ident Samuel Spencer work together to determines the criterion for salary in- (continuedonpage4) 2 Friday,April 1,1983/TheDavidsonian News Summary WritingCompetitionsUnderway healthissues. During that time he directed and promoted comedianDick Greg- The VereenBellMemorial Award andtheR. Windley Hall Writing Award ory's cross-countryHungerRun. for Freshmen are accepting submissions for the 1983 competitionuntil 5 p.m. Healey'sappearance willbe thekeynoteevent forHumanRights Awareness April 14. Month, a five-week series of events focussingon globalhuman rights issues, Open to any regularly enrolled Davidson College student above the sponsored bythe DavidsonCollege chapter of AmnestyInternational. freshmanclass,the VereenBellcompetitioncarries a$60.00 firstprize, $40.00 Admission to Healey'stalk isfree to thepublic. secondprize, and $20.00 thirdprize. TheR.Windley Hall Award,openonly to members of the freshmanclass, awards $40.00for first placeand $20.00for second. PhiBeta KappaElects NewMembers Thejudgefor this year's Vereen Bellcompetition is RichardDillard,poet, The Gamma ChapterofNorthCarolinaPhiBeta Kappa electednew mem- novelist,anddirector of thecreative writingprogramat Hoi1insCollege.Dillard bers March 22. Seniors are elected onbasis of grade point average and other willpresent theBell award April 28 at 8p.m. inthe 900Room. criteria which the local chapter takes into account. New members are: Lyn Davidson College EnglishDepartmentmembers will judge the R. Windley Bolen;DavidBoone; Jim Crowe;Jeff Dempsey;CarlElliott,Jr.;EricFichtner; Hallcompetition, andthe award willbepresented at the April 28 ceremony. AlanFields;DavidFleming;DebraFreeman;Ivy Goodman;JamaGreene;Gene For moreinformation andcompleterules,contactmembers oftheDavidson Griggs; Gray Hampton; Ed Harlan;Florence Olivia Hart; Buncie Hay;James College EnglishDepartment. Hooten. Jeff Jordan;GregKaufmann;Michael Kelley; Robin Kidd;ElizabethKiss; Ken Krieg;KenLewis;CatherineMcMillan;ArabellaMalone;Lucy Marshall; Hal Martin;GeorgeMurrell. SAE Calendar SaleExpandsBookEndowment Sarah Nock;Joyce Robinson;DanielSappenfield; Caroline Scott;Bill Seel; Thispast weekend theSigma AlphaEpsilon fraternitypresented the Library Laura Singleton;DavidStosur;KathrynStokes;TeresaStrawser;DavidTaylor; with acheck for $2,500 tobe added tothe Sigma AlphaEpsilonEndowed Book Cliff Tribus;GordonTurnbull;Danny Waddill;Eric Weiss;MargaretElizabeth Fund which wasestablished twoyears ago. West; Ed Whitesides. Thecheck, which marks theprofitsfrom the fraternity's ActivitiesCalendar sale this fall,brings the total amountin the book fund to $4,500. AccordingtoLibrary Director LelandPark,endowedbook funds suchas the fraternity fund help undergirdthe acquisitions budget. Currently the $375,000 College Employee Earns Advanced Law Enforcement endowment underwrites fivepercent of annual acquisitions, withonebook pur- Certificate $500 chased eachyearfor each of endowment. Park hopes that someday theen- Director of public safety Jackie G. Hughes has been awarded the General tireacquisitions budget will be endowed. AdvancedLaw Enforcement Certificate by theCriminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission of theN.C.Department of Justice. Therequirements for earningthecertificate include anassociate degree,480 ReligionProfessor MahonyElected ToRegionalOffice hours of advancedlaw enforcement training, and ten yearsofcertified service in MacArthur assistant professor of religion William K. Mahony has been law enforcement. elected president of the history of religions andreligionsof Asia sections of the Hughesjoined theCollege in 1978.Heformerly servedasacaptainof police annual conventionof the American Academy ofReligion, Southeast Region. for the townof Davidson, where he worked from 1972 to 1978. He isa veteran Duringhis five-year term, Mahony willplan and evaluate scholarly propo- of 24 yearsin theU.S. Army, and holds theassociate degree incriminal justice sals,coordinate academic discussions,andbe