arts & entertainment perspectives sports Blues music fest set Dorm room style: Deacons to revive downtown this goldfish, wet bars and go 7-1 during weekend tiki torches successful break Page B6 Page B8 Page B2 Press Box: Key to winning lies on Old Gold and Black perimeter Page B1 thursday, january 17, 2002 “covers the campus like the magnolias” volume 85, no. 15 QualChoice dropped as health care plan By David Irvine will be consulted about different propos- Old Gold and Black Reporter als,” Win-Chiat Lee, the chairman of the committee said. He explained that previ- A search is currently underway for ously the QualChoice Committee served a new university health care provider, to provide a channel for concerns from resulting from the December announce- faculty and staff regarding their cover- ment made by the current carrier, Qual- age. Choice, that it would end its service pro- Wake Forest Baptist School of Medi- viding insurance to private employers. cine has already found a new provider, According to director of human MedCost, as its contract with QualCho- resources Ralph Pederson, the current ice expired December 31 of last year. contract between the undergraduate uni- Although MedCost is partnered with the versity and QualChoice expires June 30, School of Medicine, the company’s pro- by which time a decision will have to have posal should not be weighted any more been made on a replacement carrier. heavily than other potential carriers for “We are using AON Consulting for pre- the Reynolda campus. “We are under no liminary analysis of third party adminis- obligation to give them preference just trative proposals,” Pederson said of the because they are connected with Baptist,” search for a new provider. “One of the Lee explained. criteria is that whatever program we “It will probably be March before we go with must include all of the physi- decide who we’re going to go with,” Ped- cians included under QualChoice.” He erson said. explained that this would prevent uni- Questions remain as to how exactly versity employees from having to switch retirees’ coverage will be affected by the Billie Zito/Old Gold and Black from their current doctors. changes. “What I have been told is that What a rush The University Senate will play a part the plan that will replace the QualCho- in choosing a new provider by means of a ice plan that we now have will be very New sorority members rush out of the Benson University Center to meet their fellow sisters on bid day Jan. 14. Bid day is the subcommittee of its Fringe Benefits Com- similar in terms of coverage and cost,” culmination of four days of formal sorrority recruitment, which attracted nearly 300 biddees this year. As soon as girls open the mittee, the Healthcare Committee (for- envelopes containing their bids they run outside to meet their new sisters on the street. merly the QualChoice Committee). “We See QualChoice, Page A3 University, Reynolda House agree to join Greeks By Susannah Rosenblatt um’s holdings, which include follows what Millhouse describes Millhouse cited other universi- News Editor works by John Singleton Copley as a 35-year “collaborative rela- ties such as Yale and Duke uni- “We are a teaching facility and Georgia O’Keeffe. Other tionship” between the museum versities that have forged success- shift President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. marrying two organizations ideas that would be explored and the university. “(Reynolda ful partnerships with museums “to the mutual benefit of both institu- announced Jan. 15 the official join- together,” Hearn said. “This is include other cultural course House) looks down the hill at ing of Reynolda House, Museum work or programs integrating the the Wake Forest property, and tions.” of American Art and its hold- an extraordinary opportunity to museum and the university as well we’ve always overlapped in a lot Although the university is as speakers and symposia. The of ways, sharing lecturers, staff, assuming governing control of the lounges ings with the university. Joined by strengthen the resources these Reynolda House President Bar- two facilities can provide.” museum also anticipates a grow- docents, constituency,” she said. Reynolda House, Inc. holdings, ing number of visitors as a result “It’s always been an easy and By Lisa Hoppenjans bara Millhouse, Hearn described Arts & Entertainment Editor the new union as “symbolic of Thomas K. Hearn of the partnership. The agreement affirming relationship,” she said. See Reynolda, Page A3 a long, strong ongoing relation- President Four student organizations will ship.” find new campus homes this fall Reynolda House, the former following a recent allocation of home of tobacco magnate R.J. center and studio space while vacant lounge space by the student Reynolds and a current museum preserving the original 20th cen- life committee. Although only a of mid-18th century art, in addi- tury home and surrounding land- single vacant lounge will be filled, tion to the 19 acres surrounding scape. Fundraising for this $12 mil- the granting of that space to an the site will now be under univer- lion project, undertaken by the organization which already had a sity jurisdiction. Reynolda House, museum, is, “self-sustaining,” he space set off a chain reaction as Inc. will still remain a “continu- said. The university is, accord- each group moved to fill a space ing corporate entity,” according to ing to Hearn, “working closely left open by another. Hearn. Reynolda House’s board with them to secure the success of The original open lounge space of directors will remain until the the campaign,” which has already in Davis House, revoked from end of their terms; the university’s raised $9.4 million. Kappa Alpha fraternity following board of trustees will then elect a The affiliation will ensure “the judicial sanctions, will be filled by new board. continuity, stability and assurance Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Pika’s This partnership, which was of the completion of the build- housing and lounge in Luter Resi- about eight months in the making, ing project,” according to Mill- dence Hall will be filled by Chi Psi was crafted to propagate “the house. fraternity, which will vacate their common educational mission of “We are a teaching facility mar- space in the Townhouse Apart- both institutions, enhancing the rying two organizations together,” ments. The townhouses will be appreciation of the arts,” accord- Hearn said. “This is an extraordi- filled by Phi Mu sorority, leav- ing to Millhouse. nary opportunity to strengthen the ing open their space below the Reynolda House is already plan- resources these two facilities can Jay Cridlin/Old Gold and Black Sundry Shop in Davis House. This ning a 29,000-square-foot educa- provide.” space will be filled by the Kappa tional facility, which will accom- Such resources could include President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. and Reynolda House President Barbara Millhouse sign the Sigma fraternity. modate the museum’s administra- the reinstatement of the summer agreement transferring the Reynolda House and its Museum of American Art to university The Student Life Committee, tive offices as well as create class- interdisciplinary American Foun- auspices on Jan. 15. The museum is planning to construct a $12 million dollar educational composed of five students, three room areas, a library, a visitors’ dations course, utilizing the muse- facility on the grounds of the house. faculty members and five admin- istrators oversees the allocation of lounge space each time a vacancy arises. “This time we were able to make a better use of the space and at the same time give a space to Academic debate increasing in wake of terror one organization that did not have a lounge,” said Helga Welsh, an This is the first in a two-part series exam- associate professor of political sci- ining the impact of Sept. 11 upon the uni- profound, recent trends have shown that Arafat, Kimball will be teaching a course ence and the current committee versity. The series will conclude next week. the attacks did not cause a significant simply titled “Islam.” change in the climate of intellectual free- As far as changes to the course are See Lounges, Page A5 By Will Wingfield dom on campus, nor in professors’ course- concerned, Kimball said “We haven’t Managing Editor work. planned anything formally.” i n d e x “In terms of general operation of the uni- However, he added, “A number of fac- No matter where one looks, from the versity, we pursued a path of life as usual,” ulty, myself included, connect relevant A&E .....................................B5-7 actions of the president to the dealings said Ken Zick, the vice president of student issues of the day. As it usually does, Briefly .....................................A2 of congress, or even a line at the airport, life and instructional resources. “It’s good religion figures very prominently in the Calendar.................................B7 they see a world changed by the events that things go on as usual, even though issues of today.” As a result, Kimball Cartoon...................................B7 of Sept. 11. they will never be quite usual again. The plans to emphasize contemporary issues Classifieds ..............................B4 Closer to home, the university has ral- university will never change in terms of its and the role of women in Islam. Deacon Notes.........................B2 lied together to raise over $11,000 for outlook and its mission.” The department’s specialist on the Editorials..............................A6-7 relief efforts, and prepared for the pos- By his own admission, Charles Kimball, Middle East, Cynthia Villagomez, an In Other News.........................A3 sibility of terrorism and anthrax. Students the chairman of the religion department, Off the Wire ............................A8 Jay Cridlin/Old Gold and Black assistant professor of history, said she also formed the Year of Unity and Hope: has given over 120 interviews with the does not plan to change her course- Perspectives ...........................B8 Banners like this one outside Reynolda Hall Pro Humanitate at Work to address terror- global media since Sept.