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              ■ fc|l J| ■ mm ■ ■ m* mm mk mm M • mm i •s 1 ' AMI ' ■ ■: J'l y: ■:'. '': H: ' : m I aH*i" "■■» ' ■■■ JBHv «■■& ■■■ Wk ■■■ ' «■ I | ij hjfhf : November 13,1992 Adams appointed to nil new assistant AVP post Managing Editor The search for the new assistant academic vice president has ended as Dr. David Danahar, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of Faculties, has appointed Dr. Katherine Adams, associate professor of English and director of Writing Across the Curriculum, to the post The position was created to alleviate some of Danahar's work load and to coordinate planning in all academic areas, such as the upcoming reaccreditation of Loyola by the Southern Association of Colleges next year, as well as budget and outcomes assessmeal.assessmeal.Adams said the applied for the position out of her "interest in serving die university." Adams said she will start her new job at the beginning of next semester. Danahar said he is very much looking forward to working with Dr. Adams and proud of the choice. Adams returned the favor. "I think Dr. Danahar is doing a real good job," she said. "I think he is going to be a real good influence on this university." Danahar said he was looking for someone with deep knowledge of the institution, experience in all the university's major components, success in working between departments. good interpersonal and communication skills, willingness to take on difficult projects with independence and bring diem to a conclusion, and forthrightness in opinion and decision making. "It is my judgment that she appears to fit the needs of the office and the institution," he said. Danahar said he plans to work with Adams rather than over her. "I'm not good at the hierarchical method of leadership," he said. Adams said she will not be in charge of Academic Computing at her new post, as some faculty and staff had speculated. She said she thinks Academic Affairs will soon conduct an internal search for an intcrimintcrim director of Academic Computing to replace outgoing director Herb Nickles. Adams said she is fairly comfortable with the switch because Danahar has given her a clear idea of what her job entails. Her first goal, she said, is to ensure a successful reaccreditation. Danahar said several people have come up to him and complemented him on choosing Adams. Several members of the University Senate, however, did launch broadsides at Danahar at their October meeting for setting up the position.Danahar said he was puzzled by the complaints because setting up the position of assistant AVP was a recommendationrecommendation made by the AVP search committee that picked him, and ha* been suggested by many other people to diminish his workload and increase his accessibility to faculty. Adams said she will work fulltime and relinquish her teaching duties for the spring semester, though she might want to return to teaching at a later time. "I come to this position as a primarily a teacher, though I did have some administrative duties as director of Writing Across the Curriculum," she said. Danahar himself expressed a yen to teach. "I myself," Danahar said, "am looking at a shot to get into the classroom before I ossify myself." SGA gives boot to absent members Staff writer OnTuesday, the Student Government Association voted unanimously to dismiss five members for excessive absence—at least one of whom will be reinstated by the next meeting— and appointed three new members in their places. But, according to SGA vice president Erika Schwarz, communications senior, the SGA congress acted "a little too hasty," and the issue will be reconsidered atnextTuesday's meeting due to unaddressed discrepancies.According to parliamentary procedure and the rules and responsibilities for SGA membership, students cannot have more than three unexcused absences. At Tuesday's meeting Jerry Collins, SGA Arts and Science president and communications senior, proposed that the SGA "call the house," that is, clear the roles of members who have three unexcused absences. Collins said, "You get great recognition on your transcript or resume for being in this (SGA), but on the flip side you have a responsibility to fulfill that title and to do the things that are expected of you." Secretary Suzanne Bennett, psychology senior, named Aits and Science representatives Lori Angel, philosophy junior, and Lorraine Gould, history junior, and Daniel Strobel, communications junior, as members who currently have three unexcused absences. Also named were business president, Jennifer Gurak, business junior, and business representative Nathan Bangs, business junior. However, Bangs does not belong on the list. According to Schwarz, Bangs has only two unexcused absences and his dismissal is nullified. Usually, when excessive absences occur, Schwarz writes a letter to the members telling them that, if they do not respond, they are assumed indifferent and will be taken off the role. But, when a member calls the house, as Collins did, anybody who currently has three unexcused absences can be dismissed. According to parliamentary procedure, the members who were dismissed can still submit excuses and, if the excuses are accepted by the SGA congress, the dismissed members can be reinstated. Angel and Gurak both said that they would make appeals. Angel said that the "system (for recording absences) is very inefficient and very unfair." She claims that she has been unable to submit her excuses because SGA executives were not available. Schwarz said, "it's notour responsibility to check up on anybody." Gurak said that she was absent on Nov.3andNov. 11 because she had to go home to vote and because she was in an automobile accident. If she can convince the SGA congress that these are excused absences, then she may be reinstated. Collins proposed that the SGA appoint three new members: Jason Murphy, political science sophomore, Christopher Lee, political science and economics junior, and Brad Webb, Tqiptij tlmig i*iii Uptown mother enjoys the brisk November weather its she and her child stroll past Cabra Hall on Tuesday ./Photo by Alan Chorte See SGA/page 3 Inside this week— j i Gender, Gender