Guilford will apply values in its response
Regarding the article, "Case rocks Guilford's Quaker foundation" (Jan. 28): The story raised questions about Guilford College's commitments to Quaker values and President Kent Chabotar's intention to apply them to the college's response to the Bryan Hall courtyard incident of Jan. 20.
In fact, the application of Quaker values is at the heart of the college's response to this incident, and this is in line with Guilford having reaffirmed and strengthened its Quaker commitments in recent years. President Chabotar is leading a team of administrators who are responding to the incident with these values continually in mind.
The college's current strategic plan, developed under the president's leadership, calls for strengthening relationships with the wider Quaker community; developing training materials for orienting all in the college community to the normative Quaker principles; increasing the number of Quaker faculty, staff and students; and applying Quaker testimonies to such issues as race, stewardship of our natural resources, justice and integrity.
Meanwhile, we continue to investigate this unfortunate incident, and will try our best to act judiciously on our findings and heal our campus. Updates are available at www.guilford.edu.
Ty Buckner
Greensboro
The writer is director of college relations, Guilford College.
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Thank you for the link, Ty. It was very informative. Let us hope that guilt and innocence will be determined by those who know the facts and not by emotionalism.
One thing which puzzles me...why did the victims not call the police and let them handle it if they felt the Guilford security was not doing enough. Going to the magistrate seems strange to me.
Posted on February 3, 2007 1:01 PM
Victims are frequently referred to the Magistrate to have warrants issued when a misdemeanor, not a felony has been commited. I presume someone with that knowledge advised them to do so.
In this instance, it is usually the first step in eventually persuing a civil action in order to persue monetary compensation.
A warrant is an "ace in the hole" to force a cash settlement.
Posted on February 4, 2007 8:15 AM