V.'c:tir.:r.::-- r T Cclc2 cl C:.!l Lc!:o Cily Board of Trasiiees Selects New President by Mike Moser Westminster College was looking for a superman in its search for a new college president, according to Robert Pratt, chairman of the presidential search committee and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees. Pratt feels thesearch committee has found this in Charles Dick, who will replace James Pete" Peterson as college president this July. Dick has worked for nine years as president of Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J. Prior to 1976, he served as vice president for public affairs at Cornell University Medical Center and assistant dean of the Cornell School of Medicine where he developed and directed a $286 million capital fund raising program. He has also worked as vice president for develop- . L A Seniors Announce Class Gift by Denise W ASWC Plans Founders Activities Linda Bement . Lounge in the Shaw Center. The dean of students office is sponsoring Westminsters Ilors doeuvres will be served and piano music will be played during the reception. We want everyone to join in the fun, take a break from class and sign Westminsters guest book. attire is expected. open-hous- Its spring again and Westminster is giving two special celebrations to honor Founders Day. In the past. Founders Day has been synonymous with ceremonies and speeches; that has all changed, Bill Tatomer, ASWC vice president said. The change will be in the setting and atmosphere of Founders Day. We feel students a need to involve more and alumni in our activities. By changing our traditional setting to a setting of celebration, we hope more people will participate in Westminsters Founders Day this year. Everyone is invited to celebrate Westminsters 110 Birthday Party, Julie Brubaker, Shaw Center chairperson said. Our first celebration will be a reception on Wednesday, April 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.rrf. at the Syme al Come-as-you-a- e. re The second Founders Day celebration for 1985 will be a gala birthday party, Tatomer said. The celebration will be held on Saturday, April 13, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Jordan Queen Restaurant, 4393 River Board Road (4500 South, west of the Jordan River). Everyone is invited; board of trustees, faculty, students, staff, alumni and all family members and friends," Tatomer added. There will be live entertainment, dancing, food and beverages offered. Tickets of $5 per person may be purchased at the ASWC office or at the J ordan Queen Restaurant, reservations are not necessary.'but dress is," said Brubaker. semi-form- al Janke The class of 1985 unveiled its well kept secret, a stone sundial, at Westminsters annual awards night. The senior gift was presented to the college in the form of a poem by Trudy Rocha, the senior class president, and Alicia Dechart, a Westminster senior. The sundial, to be completed by May 15, will be placed between the Nightingale Library and Malouf Science building. Its a tradition that the senior class leave something behind as a memory," said Rocha. We not only wanted something to remember the class of 85 by, but something of value to help improve the school. The senior class was open to all suggestions for its gift. A new clock, repavi ng the plaza and a campus directory were among the possibilities considered. We couldnt decide between a gift of practical value or a gift of aesthetic value. Aesthetic value, the sundial, won, explained Rocha. The senior class received $600 from the ASWC budget. Half of this. $300, was allotted straight across the board. The other $300 will haye to be earned through matching funds. The senior class advisory committee has raised half of our matching fund monies thus far, $150 primarily through sweatshirt sales," said Rocha. ASWC Offers Housing Referral by Nanci Boyd ' Beginning in April, there will be a housing referral service for students here on the campus. In the past, all that was available was a bulletin board in Shaw Center Now there will be a person working 10 hours weekly keeping an accurate list of apartments that are available. The list will also include all of the apartments in the area, managers names, phone numbers, rent and deposit prices and related information. According to MichaelPieper, 1984 ASWC president, We wanted to set up a valuable service for students so that they will need , desk. n4 Charles Dick, Westminsters new president, will take office on July 1, 1985, by ment and public relations at California State University, Fresno. Dick feels that it i3 still too early for him to comment on any changes that he plans to make at Westminster; however, he did state that the feels the time is approaching when Westminster will both need and desire a capital fundraising campaign. According to Dick, such a campaign could help to pay for some of the colleges deferred maintenance and could also benefit some specific programs. While Dick was at Centenary College, he developed their eveningcontinuing education program. This program now has an enrollment of nearly 2,400 students. With this kind of success at Centenary, which is located in a rural area, he feels that Westminster has great potential for expanding its professional studies program and evening classes offerings. Dick states that it is important for a college president to be visual. Todays president must be out and among the various constituencies of the college rather than sitting behind a ASWC. This type of service is greatly needed by the students, particularly incoming freshmen. Besides the bulletin board, which was never kept up, theres no place on campus for students to go to get this kind of information. Several offices handled the bulletin board which was why it was never kept up, according to Doug Noertker, director of campus life. With a specific person in charge of the bulletin board it will be kept up date better, he added. This is the first year the Senior Advisory Council has been in existence. The council con sists of seven members, all senior students, appointed by the senior class president repres- enting different areas of the college. I wanted a means of gaining more student input. In the past all the decisions have been made strictly by the senior class president," said Rocha.The council has worked out really well, its been helpful and useful, she added. Ruth Henneman advises this new committee. The members, Sberi Hearing, Alicia Dechart, Mark MacDougall, Eleanor Econo-moJeanette Mitchell and Brad Smith assist class president withiall of the duties, who senior the students cant get Pieper said that any board The council has helped commencement bulletin the from information nainly enough the style ef graduashould come to the ASWC office, which is now ..with sweatshirt-designs- , located where the learning and counsehngcen-te- r tion announcements, organization of professor-of-lhe-yeelections and a senior student used to be, and see the housing referral Continued on page more . information survey, person for He plans to carry this philosophy over into the administrative decision making process. Before I make a decision I want to know what the students, faculty, staff and alumni think about it. When the decision is made I realize that not everyone will be happy about it but if people have had input then I think its easier for people to say, Well it didnt go the way I wanted it but I understand and I had my input so well go along with it I hope thats the kind of spirit of cooperation that I will be able to develop on the campus. He sees Westminsters strong points as its student government faculty and demagra-phicHe feels that Westminster is just ripe for potential. On the subject of tenure for faculty, Dick says that Westminsters abolishing tenure two years ago was probably the best decision at the time. I understand and I appreciate the tenure Continued on page 8 s. Students Elect Representatives The winners of the ASWC elections held on April 1 and 2 were: Senior Class President Denise Janke LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: Senior Class Representative None Junior Class Representative Merrilee Barton Sophomore Class Representative Tammy Hopkins School of Business Representative Barb Zulick School of Arts and Sciences Representatives u, ar t Anne LaPorte, Patricia Teal School of Nursing Representative None Representatives at Large Tom Ross, Angie Russell --