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Wednesday^ March 3,1999
The Pilot
Astronomer to discuss possible
extraterrestials in lecture series
Local filmmal(er to offer course
Career workshops offered
pm. in the Craven E. Williams
Observatory. His topic will be
“Gas in Space, a Useful
Pollutant.” Tolbert will focus
on the general distribution of
hydrogen gas in our galaxy;
how we study it and what it
tells us about our galaxy.
Tolbert will also be pre
senting such issues as science
and religion, black holes and
the age of the universe, during
his visit to the Gardner-Webb
campus.
For more information con
cerning Tolbert contact Tom
English at (704) 434-4433.
tested
“This is a great opportunity
to have a service at a minimal
cost. Where else can you rent
96 movies for $10?” said
Searcy.
Residence Life hopes that
the movie channel will encour
age more students to stay on
campus over the weekends.
“People are always talking
about how there’s nothing to do
here on the weekends. We hope
that this will give people a rea
son to stay and create the posi
tive social atmosphere that we
encourage,” said Searcy.
think it will be interesting - if
people are interested,” said
Owensby.
Around
Campus
March 4
SGA Senate Meeting
March 8-12
Spring Break
Honduras Mission Trip
March 15
Shapley Astronomy Lecture
7:30 p.m • Hamrick Auditorium
March 15-16
Amadeus auditions
March 18
Bottom Shelf Coffeehouse
featuring PNX
8 p.m. • Banquet Hall
March 19
YOTS Film Festival
Sling Blade
March 20
SEA Movie Night
Mulan
March 24
Family Feud
5 p.m. • The Caf
March 24-25
Metrolina Career Fair
Charlotte
March 26
80s All-nighter
Great old 80s movies
March 27
AIDS Awareness Training
Ritch Banquet Hall • 9 am-noon
March 30
High School Symposium
Broyhill School of Business
April 2-5
Easter Holiday
April 6
SGA Speeches
April 7-8
SGA Voting
April 8
YOTS Film Festival
The Verdict
April 10
CPR Training
Bost Gymnasium • 9:30-1:30
April 13
Blood Mobile
10 am - 4 pm
Apr 22-26
Amadeus
Dover Theater
May 1
Spring Formal
Angela D. Sanders
Pilot Staff
Extraterrestials, galaxies,
stars and planets will be the
major topics during a series of
upcoming lectures on campus.
Dr. Charles R. Tolbert, an
astronomer from the University
of Virginia, will be the presen-
tor of this series March 14-16.
The highlight of Tolbert’s
visit to GWU will be the
Shapley Public Lecture on
Monday, March 15 in Hamrick
Auditorium. Tolber will speak
on “Extra-solar Planets and the
Carla Catoe
Pilot news editor
During the two week peri
od of March 22 - April 4, the
Residence Hall Association
will offer a trial movie channel
for Gardner-Webb residents.
During the trial period
movies including “Waterboy,’*>
“The Truman Show,” “Titanic,”
“Seven Years in Tibet” and
eight others will be shown.
Four movies will be shown
each night at 6, 8, 10, and 12
p.m on a Gardner-Webb televi-
Suzanna Saadi
Pilot staff
Earl Owensby, film pro
ducer and local resident, will
be joint-leading a course about
his own films with Noel
Manning, Assistant Director of
Public Relations, in the coming
fall semester.
A native of Cleveland
County, Owensby is known as
“The Millionaire Movie
Mogul” who has developed the
largest independent film enter
prise in the southeast.
“I think it’s wonderful,”
replied Owensby when asked
how he felt about the upcom
ing course.
Owensby hopes to offer
the students first-hand infor
mation about the development
of his studio and the produc
tion of his films.
In addition to learning
Potential for Other Life in the
Universe.” He will review
recent observations that show
the presence of planets around
other stars. Tolbert will also
discuss how these discoveries
affect our speculation on the
possibilities that life may exist
on other parts of the universe.
Tolbert comes to Gardner-
Webb as part of the Harlow
Shapley Visiting Lectureship
Program of the American
Astonomical Society.
He is an internationally
known astronomer currently
connected with the Leander
sion channel.
The voting in favor or not
in favor of the movie channel
will be held on April 7 and 8.
“At least 60% of the students
need to be in favor of the movie
channel for it to be installed,”
said Residence Life Director,
Doug Searcy.
With the movie channel,
students can request their
favorite movies be shown.
“Students will be able to
turn in their suggestions to an
RHA executive officer. We may
even get a mail box for movie
from and viewing many of the
38 films already released by
Owensby, students will have an
opportunity to see films cur
rently in production.
Touring the Earl Owensby
Studio will also be included in
the course activites.
Owensby said he hopes the
first-hand experiences will
offer students a new insight
into the movie industry. “I
hope they want to go into the
movie business,” he said.
Owensby’s films are noted
for their high moral standards.
A professing Christian,
Owensby says he “won’t do
anything that’s going to be
immoral.”
The films are action-
adventure in format and
Owensby explains that they are
not “Christian movies,” but
“movies made by a Christian.”
The course is scheduled
McCormick Observatory of the
University of Virginia.
Tolbert specializes in the
areas of both optical and radio
astronomy, and has been quite
active in the field of stellar
classification, especially as it
relates to variable and double
stars. He has done studies con
cerning the distribution of
hydrogen gas in our galaxy at
both intermediate and high
galactic latitudes.
Tolbert will give a presen
tation for the CCAS (Cleveland
County Astronomical Society)
on Sunday, March 14 at 7:30
requests. Then the RHA offi
cers will decide if they can
show the movie or not. We
won’t be showing movies like
‘Strip Tease’ or ‘Halloween.’
We’ll have responsible selec
tions,” said Searcy.
If the movie channel goes
into effect, $10 will be added to
the $20 residence hall activity
fee that resident students pay
when they check into their
rc'oms.
With this fee, dorm resi
dents can watch up to 96
movies per semester.
for Monday nights at 7 p.m. in
the Hamrick Hall auditorium.
“I hope it’s successful. I
Andy Bailey
Pilot staff
A Career Workshop will be
held on March 22-23 for stu
dents undecided about their
careers or who would like to
confirm their decision.
The Career Workshops will
be held in the Bost-Smith
Board Room from 3:30 - 5:00
p.m. Interested students should
contact Career Services before
March 18 at x4562 or x4563.
A Career Fair hosted by
nine universities will be held
March 24 and 25 at the Airport
Sheraton in Charlotte.
Holly Sweat said that the
schools combined for the fair
because “larger companies
don’t go to smaller schools due
to financial concerns.”
More information is ava-
iable at www.careers.gardner-
webb.edu.
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