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Show Westminsters mascot was the Parson until 1999. The mascot represented the schools Presbyterian heritage. i Tuesday September 18, 2001 Westminster College of Salt Lake City Volume XXXIV Issue 1 Campus Bids Farewell to Student Director Jason McDonald Contributing Writer Brittan Bates, Director of Student Life, resigned last week and will be relinquishing her duties on September 21. Bates has been in charge of student life on Westminster campus for two great years. When Bates arrived at Westminster back in July 1999 she saw a much different and smaller student community. There were about 80 residents on the entire campus and a minimal student life community. Now there are about 500 residents on campus and they, with help from Bates, enjoy a livelier student life. Her many valuable ideas helped establish more commu nity events among the student residents. Bates also helped establish recycling in the dorms and has always been a tremendous help to individual students I enjoyed seeing the development of these young people, Bates said, Watching them go from sophomores to graduates. Bates cites returning home and living with family as her reasons for leaving, I think there will be more options for me there. She was bom in Providence, R.I. and lived in Boston, Mass, for eight years while working on her bachelors and masters degree. She came to Salt Lake because of the beautiful mountains, skiing, and raft- - Ideally, Bates would like to be a Dean of Students at a larger college in the Boston area. Although Bates said that she would be happy being an Assistant Dean or Associate Dean somewhere, stating that she is going to want for the right thing to come Photo by Ian Bailey along. Bates said that if Brittan Bates spent two years at Westminster College. she wasnt in a comfortable situation by January that ing . Bates said that she had she will go into business with an planned to leave this past old friend. She has experience in summer but that just didnt event planning and would like to happen. plan weddings, birthdays, and Bates earned her masters other big events. degree, from Northeastern .Bates brother will be accomUniversity, in College panying her on her drive back to Student Life and the east coast. She plans to stop Development Counseling. at the worlds largest hot air bal Let the Search Begin: Cecily Ellis Copy Editor u i i i As most of the campus community is already aware, Westminster President, Peggy Stock is indeed resigning after the 2001-0- 2 school year. Upon news of her departure the Presidential Search Committee is embarking on the task of finding that special someone who can fill her shoes. On Tuesday Sept. 1 1, students, faculty and staff gathered twice throughout the day in Gore Auditorium to voice their concerns and suggestions to those responsible for choosing the new president. expressed the need to involve the staff in the Westminster Community. I would like to see all of us as being part of Westminsters mission, said of the English Department, said that the new president should understand that we are poised to become a premier and diverse institution. She told the committee that we have spent the last few years constructing a great infrastructure and now its time to place our focus on the programs that carry on inside of the buildings. Wenegren. Students and faculty alike voted that the new president should support the arts, physi- Other speakers urged the committee to look for someone who will focus on the students. Photography Professor David Badley wants someone interested in putting the students and their needs first, English Professor Jeff because that is where the McCarthy told the committee that he would like to see more energy of the campus lies. Jason Sturgis, a sophmore energy put behind academic who works in the Office of excellence. We have the best students and faculty and need to Admissions would like to see a president who is not only continue to find ways of working for the students but attracting and keeping them. is found. Scouting for a New Leader Dr. Susan Gunter, another member loon festival, in New Mexico, and wants to see Memphis before steeling in back home. Carolyn Perkins will be handling Bates duties as Director of Student Life until a replacement President Stock steps down afterfive years at Westminster College. with the students. A focus on staff members was a popular standpoint at the evening meeting. English Professor, Elree Harris, Registrar Mindy Wennergren, and Information Technology Specialist Michael Miller all cally and financially, as Speech and Theatre Instructor Brian Pilling said. Furthermore, according to Badley, the President should realize that creating a whole human being goes beyond simply learning a skill. We need to educate not only technically but expressively. Above all, Dean of the School of Education, Janet Dynaks words characterized the evening. We need a president eager to continue and build upon present initiatives with fresh ideas to push the changes already under way. Tuesdays attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook the foundation on which America stands. Students, faculty and staff were schocked at the days events. See their reactions on pages 4-- 5. |