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Tuesday^ February 8^ 2000
The Pilot
Around
Campus
Feb. 9
Women’s basketball
5:45 p.m.
Men’s basketball
7:45 p.m.
Feb. 12
SEA Valentine’s Dance
8-12 midnight
Feb. 13
Baseball
F«b.16
Women’s basketball
5:45 p.m
Men’s basketball
7;45 p.m
Feb. 17
Ski day
Hawksne.st ski resort
free transportation anil Itli
Mill Coffeehouse
Miltennium Playhouse
7-10 p.m.
Feb. 19
Women’s basketball.
5:45 p.m.
Men’s basketball.
7:45 p.m.
Baseballs
F^b.23
Mill cotTeehouse open mic
Millonnium I’lavhiujso.
Feb. 24-29
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Feb. 28-29
Oaduation fair
11:30 cim.-6 p.m..
Feb. 29
SEA make your own video
Students rate race relations at GWU
From page one
can see the distinctions
between the different groups,
but I don’t think there are any
tensions.”
“I don’t know about the
whole student body,” Naomi
Shingles said, “but the groups I
hang out with seem to be ok.”
Susan Bell, professor of
art, challenged her students to
“look around the cafeteria. You
will never have as much in
common as you do your four
years at college. If we won’t
change, who will?”
Jermaine Downing and
Brian Brooks, senior football
players, commented that sports
help to blend racial lines.
“As an athlete, you have to
get along regardless of race,
color or creed,” Downing said.
“It can’t get in the way if you
want to be successful.”
Brooks said, “Athletes, we
got our own race. When we hit
the field we become one race.
We got to look at everyone as
equal.”
However, both athletes
commented that relations are
not as smooth off the field.
“Overall, the culture and
atmosphere is set up for a white
person,” Brooks said. “But we
live in a society predominately
white, so as a black person you
learn to adjust.”
Downing added, “I don’t
see [the tension], but it’s here.
It’s a feeling.”
Brooks pointed out that
there are no “black” functions
on campus.
“We need black people to
participate [in student coun
cil],” he said. “It starts with
power.”
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photo by Brittany Jarvis
Steven Lambert talks with Dr. K. Ray Hill after his speech during Dimensions,
January 18.
The potent odor from DCC is improving
but stiii causes concern for students
Jessica Webb
Pilot staff
The occasional repugnant
smell coming from behind the
Dover Campus Center (DCC)
at Gardner-Webb University is
not from sewage, but instead
from a device known as a
grease trap.
According to the City of
Kennewick, Wash., greasetraps
are a storage place for used
grease from cafeterias. Built
into the wastewater piping,
they allow warm grease to cool,
rise to the top, and then left
over water is filtered through.
Sophomore Beth Knox
said, "... some friends and I
“some friends and I
tried to sit in the swing
behind the DCC, but the
smell was so bad that
we had to leave.”
tried to sit in the swing behind
the DCC, but the smell was so
bad that we had to leave.”
Even though this trap pro
duces a raunchy odor, it is nec
essary for the disposal of
grease. Dr. Tom Jones, Natural
Science chairperson for GWU
and an ecologist, said, “It is
much better than the alterna
tive.”
The alternative is to drain
the grease straight into the
sewer line. Draining grease into
a sewer line could cause a dis
aster in the local waste treat
ment plant.
Ron Mode, a worker at the
Shelby Water treatment plant,
stated that the grease would,
“float on top of the water and
simply cause a mess.”
Mode also stated that traps
only smell bad when they are
incorrectly pumped out or need
a deodorizer. When first asked
about the problem, Mike
McCreight, former Physical
Plant director, replied that he
did not know about it.
He did state, “A contracted
company pumps out the trap.”
At a later date McCreight
added, “Maintenance does add
an enzyme to the trap to keep
the smell down. That should
help...”
Hopefully, the air will soon
be clear around campus.
The road to graduation has lots of
stops before walking i\/lay 13
Elizabeth Allen
Pilot Assistant Editor
With graduation just
around the corner, many
seniors may be wondering
about caps and gowns,
announcements, and all the
other forms and fashions that
come with graduating.
The Campus Shop will be
having a Graduation Fair on
February 28 and 29 from
11:30-6:00. At this time.
seniors will be able to try on
their caps and gowns, order
announcements, and, if they
choose to, order the official
Gardner-Webb class ring.
Lou Ann Scates, from the
registrar’s office, recommended
mailing announcements about
six weeks prior to graduation.
This year, seniors will graduate
on May 13. The ceremony will
be held in the Lutz Yelton
Convocation Center.
Seniors are allowed to
invite an unlimited number of
friends and relatives to attend
the ceremony. After four years
or more of sweating over stud
ies, seniors deserve the recogni
tion, but are responsible for the
preparation for graduation.
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