1988-04-15

              ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
APR 15 1988
Friday, April 15,1988
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Bloomington, Illinois 61701
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Vol. 94, No. 20
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Anderson resignation ripples Wesleyan waters
Faculty upset with president's decision
Photo by John Strosahl, Photo Editor
Illinois Wesleyan President Wayne Anderson announced his
resignation March 18. He will remain in office until July 31. Pro-vost
Wendell Hess will assume the responsibilities of Acting
President while a presidential search is conducted.
Provost Hess planning to
'wear two hats' next year
By Kris Frazier
Associate Editor
Wendell Hess said that he ex-pects
serving as Acting Presi-dent
and Provost as of August 1
to be like "wearing two hats."
He identified some am-biguities
and problems in the
administrative transition
period this year. But, Hess said
that next year, with the Pro-vost
position being basically
vacant, that some of the confu-sion
should be avoided. The in-coming
Dean of Academic Af-fairs
will have full responsibi-lity
for that position as well as
handling as many of the Pro-vost's
academic responsibili-ties
as possible.
"There will be two people do-ing
three big jobs," stated
Hess. "Some of the faculty
were not happy with the co-existence
of the Provost and
Dean of Academic Affairs posi-tions
this year."
Due to the nature of an ad-ministrative
flowchart found
in the faculty handbook, the
Dean of Academic Affairs ap-pears
not to be a full cabinet
member because he first re-ports
to the Provost. However,
Hess said the Dean definitely
holds a full cabinet position.
Full cabinet members include
the Provost, Dean of Academic
Affairs, Business Manager,
Director of Admissions, Deve-lopment
Director, and Dean of
Student Affairs.
Differentiating the Dean of
Academic Affairs' duties from
those of the Provost was not the
only problem inherent in the
positions this year, said Hess.
"The cabinet was also confus-ed
about when to take some-thing
to me and when to take it
to the President."
According to the Handbook,
"The University Provost
serves as the chief academic
officer of the university... The
Provost is responsible for the
overall administration of aca-'
demic affairs, university li-braries,
athletics, Registrar's
Office, and Career Educa-tion."
Hess stated, "The faculty
felt they should have had more
input when the organizational
change was made (last year).
Some are not happy with the in-completeness
of the reorgani-zation
and feel that it is not
completely finished."
History Professor Mike
Young said, "My objectives
were mainly political. I believe
the faculty should have a
meaningful voice in university
governance. The Provost posi-tion
was created without facul-ty
consultation and without any
search whatsoever being con-
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By Eric Gardner
Managing Editor
Though the initial shock of
IWU President Wayne Ander-son's
resignation has passed,
the waters of Wesleyan are still
rippling and may continue to
ripple for a good while. Ander-son's
March 18 resignation
sparked reaction all over the
Twin Cities, as well as upset-ting
several IWU students and
faculty. When Anderson's
resignation goes into effect Ju-ly
31, Provost Wendell Hess
will assume the duties of Act-ing
President.
The days following the an-nouncement
of Anderson's
resignation saw first anger and
confusion among students and
faculty, and then attempts to
work through some rational
ideas on the future of IWU.
Concerns raised included bet-ter
communication between
the Board of Trustees and the
faculty and students, and more
self-governance for IWU.
The IWU Student Senate, at
an "emergency" meeting on
March 23, passed a resolution
"to create a temporary com-mittee..,
to draft a document
that will be presented to the
Illinois Wesleyan Board of
Trustees in May issuing our ob-jectives
for the future of the
University and our objectives
about the Presidential Search
Committee." This committee
will be composed of the stan-ding
Strategic Planning Com-mittee
of Vice President Karis
Mineau and Senators Stephan-ie
Hull, D. Keith Pogue, and
Scot Morris, along with
Senators Eli Allen, Eric Bryn-ing,
Rhea Rosenlof, and Senate
President Andrew Porter.
A similar desire for better
communication with the Board
of Trustees was expressed by
several members of the faculty
at their informal meeting on
March 23. At this meeting,
faculty members present
voted unanimously to table
their proposed agenda until
their April 4 meeting and spend
the meeting talking with Board
President E. Hugh Henning
and "as many other members
of the Executive Board as can
attend."
Attending the April 4 meet-ing
along with Henning in non-vocal
roles were Executive
Board Members Helen Golds-worthy
and George Vinyard,
Board Vice President Robert
Reardon, and Board Treasurer
Craig Hart. Other Executive
Board members, including
University President Wayne
Anderson, were unable to at-tend
due to "other commit-ments."
Henning addressed
the large group of faculty pre-sent
with several opening
remarks and then opened the
floor for questions.
Henning's opening remarks
centered on some of the issues
discussed at the March 23
faculty meeting that were sub-mitted
to him by Dr. John
Wenum. Henning began by
complimenting Wenum and
other faculty members for
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Security officer attacked over break
By Sarah Tucker
Staff Writer
A Security Officer at Illinois
Wesleyan was attacked by two
or more assailants on March 28
between 1-2:30 a.m. after dis-covering
an attempted break-in
in progress at Presser Hall,
according to Chuck Adam, Di-rector
of Security.
The officer, who did not wish
to reveal any information
about the incident, was hospi-talized
and released from Bro-kaw
within 24 hours after being
examined for injuries.
"To the best of our knowl-edge
they did not enter the
building," said Adam. The of-ficer,
who was unaware that he
was interrupting an attempted
* burglary, was found uncon-scious
at 2:30 am. by a Wesley-an
student. This student, who is
a friend of the assailed, began
searching the campus after the
officer failed to show up for a
coffee break with the student a
half hour before. The officer
was discovered in the bushes
near Presser.
"The fact that this could hap-pen
on this campus is a shock,"
said the student. He also ex-pressed
concern for the fact
that the officer was the only
guard on duty.
According to Adam, the of-ficer
went out a little after 1
a.m. to make rounds and made
radio contact for the last time
that morning at 12:30. There
were at least two people at-tempting
the break-in, said
Adam.
The officer on duty had a con-versation
with one assailant
before he was jumped from be-
Chuck Adam
hind by the other. Adam said no
weapons were used by security
or those attempting the break-in.
One assailant did possess a
"pry bar" to assist in the
break-in, he theorized. Secur-ity
procedure is that no secur-ity
officer ever carry arms.
"We were expecting a quiet
break, said Adam. "There
were no calls or indications of
anything going on that night on
campus." Adam said that all
living units were locked 24
hours a day during the spring
recess, and the academic
buildings were locked at 5 p.m.
on weekdays and all day week-ends.
He said an extra person
was added on duty for the rest
of the break and that all build-ings
were checked quite often
for the remainder of the vaca-tion.
According to Glenn Swich-tenberg,
Dean of Student Af-fairs,
it is speculated that the
assailants knew that the cam-pus
was empty for the break
and that they might have as-sumed
that security would not
be present.
"We are a small campus,"
said Swichtenberg. "It was no
secret that we were out on
break." He said an occurrence
such as this is less likely to hap-pen
during the regular aca-demic
year and that even over
the summer, due to the several
summer conferences, the cam-pus
looks busy.
Adam said that the officer in-volved
is "back to work and do-ing
fine." He said they are see-ing
if they can come up with
any possible suspects. No other
occurrences were reported
during the spring break, and no
changes in security'are being
made at this time.
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