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Rocky Mount, N.C. VOL. 15, NO. 5 ^^Wesleyan^s Student Voice Since 1984^^ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2000 DR. LINDA FLOWERS ENJOYS GRADUATION MOMENT. Wesleyan mourns professor’s death Snow blankets campus JUNIOR AARON PALEN WALKS ACROSS SNOWY CAMPUS. BELLEMONT HOUSE WAS THOROUGHLY WHITE. A campus memorial service for Dr. Linda Flowers was held in the Leon Russell Chapel on Feb. 4, and classes scheduled then were canceled so everyone could attend. Flowers died on Jan. 21 after a continuing illness. Her funeral was held in Faison on Jan. 23. She was an active member of the campus community for many years, continuing through the Fall of 1999. She was Professor of English, and had been Jefferson- Pilot Professor. Director of the Visiting Writers Series, Depart ment Chair, Director of the 1990 Self Study, and filled many other roles. Her last significant contri bution to the college was the writ ing and editing of the college’s new Faculty Handbook, distrib uted recently. Flowers was the author of an acclaimed book. TUrowed away: failures of progress in Eastern North Carolina. More recently she wrote an essay, "I have come home,” based on diaries of her illness, which was published in the N.C. Crossroads (the news letter of the N.C. Humanities Council). “Linda loved the College and her profession,” said Robert Trullinger, vice president for aca demic affairs. “She also greatly valued her colleagues and her in teractions with them. She contrib uted greatly to the life of the Col lege community through her vari ous roles.” A Templeton Science and Re ligion mini-conference will be held at NCWC on Saturday, Feb. 26, in the Powers Recital Hall of the Dunn Center from 9 a.in. to 4 p.m. The theme of the conference, which is free and open to the pub lic, is “Evolution, Ecology and Religion.” Different aspects of environmentalism, ecology, and evolution and their religious sig nificance will be addressed. By MEREDITH LASATER Staff Reporter This year. Rocky Mount has had its share of horrific storms. First and foremost, we experi enced Floyd. This hurricane brought havoc and destruction to all in its path. Needless to say. the storm will affect all of the people who witnessed it first hand. This winter, though, the North Carolina Wesleyan College faculty and students got a sur prise. We had a snowfall accu mulation of about 6-9 inches. This weather system took ev erybody by surprise, including the meteorologist who had not pre dicted that we would even have a storm. The snow was magical. It brought out the child in all of us. Snow fights took place almost in stantly and sledding became a fa vorite pastime. The last week of J-Term was canceled and the first day of spring classes were de layed until the next day. Students were able to relax and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. I had a great time trying to build a snowman. It is too bad that “Frosty” turned out to be a giant turtle. As usual, the positives of any situation are almost always ac companied by many negatives. The snow was horrible to drive in. If a person was not experi enced in this new driving situa tion, it could become dangerous for that person to get out in the snow. Some power lines were af fected and electricity was scarce in some areas. Throughout North Three visiting speakers will give presentations, followed by a panel discussion with speakers and some members of the NCWC science and religion faculty. Dr. Dawn Adams, founder and president of Tapestry, an institu tion promoting multidisciplinary research in religion and life sci ences, will give a PowerPoint lec ture entitled “Dancing with Di nosaurs.” This presentation will look at new evolutionary theories Carolina, the snow had left com munities helpless. Hospitals needed volunteers with four- wheel-drive trucks and it seemed as though the snow plows were not plowing fast enough. It was especially tricky driving at night. The road conditions around Wesleyan went from ice to snow and back to ice. Many even found and their religious and ecological repercussions. Dr. Jerome Creach will give a lecture entitled “The Image of God and the Ecological Crisis." Creech teaches New Testament at Barton College, and with his wife Page, received a grant from the Louisville Institute for a project entitled “God’s Creation and Humanity’s Response.” Dr. Tony Martin, assistant pro fessor of Geosciences at Emory' it hard to drive in the slush when the snow did finally melt. The snow finally did go away, and life is back to normal. Now that the snow is basically gone, classes and businesses have re sumed on a normal schedule. The snow was considered to be a head ache for some and blessing for others. University will give a slide/lec ture on "Life Traces of the Past and Present and Their Connec tions to Spiritual Traditions.” Marlin is an ichnok)gisl with an interest in the spiritual dimensions of paleontology. Further information and con tact details can be obtained from Dr. Nicola Creegan at 985-5158 or at the following web page: http://www.ncwc.edu/informa- tion/events/templeton.htm. Templeton mini-conference scheduled
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