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April 8, 2008
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Vol. 80 Issue #25
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RIC Presidential Search Enters New Stage By Kameron Spaulding Anchor Editor The search committee to find the next president of Rhode Island College has named the four finalists. The finalists are: •Nancy Carriuolo, RIC’s interim vice president for academic affairs and deputy commissioner and chief academic officer at the Rhode Island Office of Higher Education. •John William Folkins, chief executive officer at the Bowling Green State University Research Institute in Bowling Green, Ohio. •Alfred J. Guillaume Jr., vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of French at Indiana University South Bend. •Nancy Kleniewski, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Mass. A total of 48 people applied to replace President Nazarian, and the search committee interviewed eight candidates before selecting the four finalists. The 14-member committee was made up of members from the Board of Governors, several RIC faculty and staff members, a RIC student, a representative of the RIC alumnus, a member of the RIC
Foundation board and community representatives. To begin the search, a job description was first written that stated that all candidates must have a doctorate, 10 years of senior administrative leadership in higher education, and strong interpersonal skills. They also needed to have experience networking with other colleges and k-12 institutions. Even in a tough budget year the new president will most likely get a raise over what President Nazarian currently makes. The president makes in the range of $185,000 a year. This is far below the national average of $212,800 for presidents of colleges that house master’s degree programs. It is expected that the final decision will be made at the May 12 meeting of the Board of Governors for Higher Education. The entire four finalists will be on campus for all students and faculty to meet later in the month. During the middle two weeks of April, each candidate will come for a full day of interviews, meetings and forums. The Anchor will provide more information on how to meet the possible leaders of our college as it becomes available.
RIC Frat Gives Back By Kameron Spaulding Anchor Editor This past winter, the Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. gave back to the Providence community. The initiative they took upon was the sponsorship of the boys 11-13 year old basketball team at the Olneyville Boys and Girls Club. Nicholas Lafreniere, co-founder of the fraternity’s chapter and boys basketball c o a c h , called upon his fraternity brothers to sponsor t h e t e a m when it w a s t h re a t e n e d with not having a basketball season due to lack of sponsorship. The fraternity, who holds the ideal of citizenship to be one of its highest ideals, not only gave monetary support but occasionally assisted in the team’s practices. The Olneyille 11-14 year old
boys basketball team wore the name of the fraternity on their tshirts and traveled throughout Rhode Island to compete with other Boys and Girls Clubs. Regardless of whether the team achieved a championship trophy, the fraternity and the Olneyville community feel honored for these young men representing their community. The Epsilon Ups i l o n c h a p t e r, which w a s founded on April 28, 2002 at Rhode Island College, is a part of the much larger Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. T h i s historic a l l y black fraternity was founded in 1963 at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. It is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization whose mission is the “development and perpetuation of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, fidelity, and brotherhood.”
A Silenced Community RIC Rainbow Alliance’s Advertising Campaign Vandalized for Third Time This Year By Barry Nickerson Anchor Editor On Thursday morning, Rhode Island College Rainbow Alliance President Jenn Vieira was woken up early by a phone call from her club’s treasurer, telling her to go to Donovan Dining Center and check on the club’s banner.
The banner, which was ordered by Rainbow Alliance to advertise the events of Queer Month, was vandalized for the second time. The first time, the banner was stolen from Donovan. This time, the graphic of two men kissing was neatly clipped out of the bottom-left corner. On the new banner, across
the two men’s figures was a Band-Aid, bearing the message: “Ouch! Being disrespectful hurts everyone!” Vieira, a transfer student to RIC, had to order a third copy of the banner from the Graphics department.
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RIC Rainbow Alliance member Aaron Buckley holds one of the vandalized banners. Photo courtesy of Barry Nickerson