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WKRP in
Boiling Springs?
Would you believe that
right under our noses lies
the largest educational radio
station in Western Carolina?
Yes, WGWG has brought a
touch of fame to Gardner-
Webb. With broadcasting
hours seven days a week,
WGWG operates on 88.3
F.M. stereo and has a poten
tial listening audience of
500,000 persons.
WGWG is staffed by
eight enthusiastic Gardner-
Webb students who spend
their extra time manning the
station as a part of their
work study program. Allen
Setzer manages the station
in addition to his work as a
Spanish professor at Getrd-
ner-Webb. He is assisted by
Ellen Fitzgerald working as
student program director.
Other student workers in
clude John Smith, Teresa
Yingling, Kent Harrelson,
Vickey Hardin, Randy
Waters, Keith Flippin and
Greg Tillman.
As a non-commercial sta
tion WGWG stays on a busy
schedule with regular pro
grams and special interest
features. “Audio Newspaper
for the Blind”, Daily Devo
tions, news, weather, and
sports are a few of the regu
lar spots. In addition, pro
grams backed by various de
partments on campus, such
as “the Poetry of Contem
porary Music” from the
English department and
“Money Facts” from the
Business Department, pro
vide an extra education lift
to those timed in.
For the sports minded,
WGWG airs live athletic
events. Bulldog football and
basketball games, both
home and away, can actually
be heard at the same time
they are being played. In
case you never get to see
Coach Tom Moore at the
football games because of
the line of waiting football
players, tune in on Mondays
after the game for his com
ments on the victory (or
defeat!).
On Sundays, WGWG car
ries worship services from
Boiling Springs Baptist
Church. WGWG airs pro
grams of the Southern Bap
tist Convention and other
mainline denominations
such as the well known
“Protestant Hour”.
G-W Family
Donates Blood
Fall Semester 1979 was a
fairly productive event for
the Bloodmobile. This year
we at Gardner-Webb had
196 attempted donors, and
from this figure we were able
to collect 178 productive
pints, which is pretty good.
One of the nurses from the
Bloodmobile estimated that
they would be able to help
over 1000 people just from
our 178 pints. As a way of
increasing donors, a contest
was held to see which class
and dorm could produce the
most participants. The win
ners for these two categories
were: Mauney Dorm and the
Sophomore class.
Call Me Helga, Bitte!
By Randy Waters
Arriving in semi-European-style on her Motobecan each
Monday and Wednesday, Helga Schmettau changes from
her riding garb to her teaching garb to instruct G-W’s first
and second year German students. Her students do not
address her as “Professor” or “Mrs. Schmettau,” or even as
“Frau Schmettau,” but simply as “Helga.” Helga prefers a
comfortable, relaxed classroom atmosphere for her stu
dents. In addition to teaching her students grammar, she
also instructs them through German folk songs and news
papers covering recent events in Germany. Often she meets
with students on Monday evenings for a friendly game of
Scrabble—in German of course!
Born in 1936, Helga lived most her early life in
Worpswede, Germany, a small artist’s colony. As a yoimg
adult she studied various languages and worked for a while
as an interpreter. She met Hans Schmettau in 1953; they
were married and moved to the U.S. in 1955. Living initially
in Minnesota (for “nine long winters,” she said shaking her
head) and in New Mexico for a few years, Hans and Helga
then moved to Spartanburg, S.C. in 1966.
After her three children were enrolled in school, Helga at
tended Converse College in Spartanburg where her husband
taught. She majored in Philosophy and Humanities and
graduated with honors in Contemporary Humanities in
1972. Before teaching German at G-W, she also taught her
native tongue for three years at Converse.
Helga’s bike riding, from Spartanburg to BoiUng Springs
each week, is just a part of her philosophy of life. She is in
terested in the Voluntary Simplicity movement, a philoso
phy that is “simple, but not simplistic,” as she says, and
practices the movement’s basic themes of simple hving, con
cern for the environment, and a reduction of wastefulness.
She enjoys non-competitive sports such as jogging, swim
ming, and hiking—she even plays German Scrabble
cooperatively! As a result of her interests and philosophy of
hfe, Helga is very much concerned over the dangers of
nuclear energy.
Although Helga is still a German citizen, she plans to
apply for American citizenship very soon. Even though she
stills loves her homeland very much, she is appreciative of
the growing awareness, or New Consciousness, of many
Americans for the many facets of life she is also interested
in. As she says, “I would not like to go back to Europe to
live because this is where things are happening.”
Helga’s first impression of G-W was positive. “I feel right
at home!” she says, “I love teaching here. G-W is such a
wonderfiilly uncomplicated place.” The next time that you
see her, be sure to say “hello Helga,” or if you are one of her
students, “guten Tag Helga,” and you will be sure to
receive a “hello” or “guten Tag” yourself!
REVIEW: “A Little Romance”
I must admit that the only reason I went to see “A Little
Romance” was because I really wanted to see a movie, but I
could not bear to shell out money for the promised-gore of
“Halloween” or “When a Stranger Calls,” playing in the
same theatre complex. Calculated romantic fluff seemed
more promising than calculated sensationalistic gore. Well,
calculated or not, “A Little Romance” more than fulfilled
my expectations, in fact I must say it was a thorough
delight.
An intelligent adolescent girl from a wealthy family and
an equally intelligent adolescent boy from a poor family
meet, fall in “love,” run into the usual rich-meets-poor
parental disapproval, and finally run away from Paris to
Venice on a romantic pilgrimage: a kiss in a gondola as it
passes under the Bridge of Sighs. The real problem with
their running away is that they enlist the aid of an old man
(Sir Laurence Olivier) who hides his shady past from them.
If the above synopsis sounds familiar to you and your cri
tical eyebrow is beginning to rise, I would be the first to
say: “Not the most original plot for a movie I’ve ever
heard!” “A Little Romance” however, never pretends to be
anything other than a romantic story you’ve encountered
before, in fact the film’s strength is drawn partially from
this assumption.
Seven Figures
On The Horizon
By Sharon Godsmark and Wayne Simpson
Have you ever walked by the chapel late on Wednesday
evening and heard a group of well blended voices singing
contemporary Christian music? Did you wonder who they
were? What you heard was most likely a group called HORI
ZON.
Horizon had its beginning last year during a Wednesday
night prayer meeting. Teresa Yingling was singing the spe
cial music, and her style reminded Rev. Buddy (who was
then the campus minister) of a former G-W group. He decid
ed he would like to see a similar group created once again so
he contacted several students, who formed the group. After
several weeks, one of the members. Crystal Justice resigned
and was replaced by Patty Dempsey and Risa Pless. Risa re
calls, “I shouted (I was working in the library at the time
and my boss nearly killed me!), that I had always dreamed
of playing for and being a part of a group like this. ”
Under the leadership of Rev. Buddy, they sang in many
churches, including a tour to Florida at the end of the spring
semester of ’79. Although Rev. Buddy is no longer at GWC,
he is still the arranger of all of HORIZON’S performances.
At the beginning of this year another change took place.
Patty felt a need to leave the group. Auditions were held
and after a long deliberation, Dana Bucher was selected as a
replacement. Following is a list of the members of the
groups and some of their responses.
Teresa Yingling is a 20 year old junior from Miami, Fla.
Before singing in HORIZON she sang in “Bread of Life,” a
contemporary Christian group that toured military bases in
Europe during the summers of 1976 and 1977. She is pre
sently a member of Chamber Chorus and expresses that,
“Horizon has given me the chance to share that which was a
part of my past, and has allowed me to extend a bit of the
present. To publicly express the significance of the Redeem
er in ‘salvaging’ those aspects of hiunanity that reinforce
faith, hope and charity causes me to continually inspect my
own approach to life, which needs periodic tune-ups and
close surveillance. I suppose we all need a hope of an exist
ing, though sometimes unclear, horizon.”
Brad Riddle is a 20 year old junior music education major
from Etowah, N.C. Before singing in HORIZON, Brad was
a Youth EvangeHsm Soloist (1978), and he led a youth choir
at French Road Baptist Church. Brad is presently a member
of Choral Ensemble, and he enjoys spending time with other
people but the demands of studsdng makes this hard to do.
He says, “HORIZON is my means of doing what I enjoy
and what the Lord has given me the talent and the desire to
do. HORIZON is fulfilling and meaningful to me in my
college experience.”
Melinda German is a 21 year old senior music education
and performance major. Before singing in HORIZON,
Melinda was a church music director for one year. Melinda’s
committment “comes to Christ first, and being able to sing
in HORIZON is my witness to other people about Christ
and to give my utmost glory to God.”
Tim Wilkins is a 25 year old junior church music major
from Winston-Salem, N.C. This past summer, Tim served
on Youth Evangelism as soloist and music director.
“Besides the personal and spiritual growth in my own life,
HORIZON has given me the chance to share to persons who
might not hear otherwise.”
Mark McMasters is a 22 year old senior religion major
from Ashboro, N.C. Before joining HORIZON, Mark sang
in high school chorus for two years and in a high school
quartet. He is presently in his fourth year in Choral
Ensemble. Concerning HORIZON, Mark replies, “After not
having much confidence in my own ability to sing, and being
very scared to sing any sort of solo, I feel I need to dedicate
what ability I do have in a ministry to others. Therefore,
through HORIZON, I have means through which I feel I am
effectively using my talent. ’ ’
Risa Pless is a 20 year old junior Sacred music major from
Salisbury, N.C. In the past Risa has been a pianist on Youth
Evangelism, in her home church, and on FOCUS teams.
Risa expresses, “Last semester was the most difficult time I
have experienced so far in my life. If it hadn’t been for the
six other members of HORIZON always encouraging me,
praying for me, and letting me know that even though we as
Christians fail, the Lord is always there—no matter what
we do, I don’t know what I would have done.”
Dana Bucher is a 19 year old sophomore from Charlotte,
N. C. Before coming to HORIZON this year, Dana led
childrens’ choirs and sang on revival teams and in many
choirs and ensembles. Although she has not been with the
group very long, she has already grown to love being a part
of it. “Horizon is giving me new opportunities to express
the message of Christ in song. I enjoy the fellowship of the
other members of the group and I feel I am able to express
openly the feelings that I wish to share.”
The members of HORIZON invite you to come and hear
them and to worship with them at any time. HORIZON, we
are proud of you and your commitment to Jesus!