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m SECOND FRONT Carolyn McKinney: Profile of a Woman on the Go By Kathy Henson Co-Editor "I love Gardner-Webb and the people I work with. It’s just wonderful," says Ad ministrative Assistant, full-time student, and mother Carolyn McKinney. More stu dents like Carolyn would solve GW’s school spirit problem fast. Carolyn always wanted to go to col lege, but married young and lacked finan ces. She promised herself that she would go to school when her children grew up, and she started taking classes at Cleveland Community College in 1986. (She hardly looks old enough to have college aged children). She wanted to learn about com puters, and she also took some other clas ses. "And I got a couple of A’s, and I said OOOOOOHHHHHHH!" She had once been told that she wasn’t college material. "I got some A’s, and I kept getting A’s and I graduated with high honors and I said...I’m going now! And that’s what motivated me to start back at Gardner-Webb." Carolyn hopes to graduate in December. She says, "I’m going to make it. I’m just determined and I’ve got the Lord on my side ,.there’s nothing impossible with Him." She also gives her husband a lot of credit. "When I talked about going back to college, he said, ’Well, if you want to go. I’ll do everything I can to help you.’ He does everything--cooks, cleans washes clothes...he even helps me with my homework." Carolyn is also involved with the Inter national Student Program. There isn’t an official foreign student advisor, but Carolyn enjoys serving in that capacity, along with Susan Bell. She plans to take the students to an International Student Conference in Fort Caswell April 6-8, and she’s trying to get an International Student Club at GWC off the ground. She emphasizes that both are open to American students. Carolyn also arranges for speakers in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. One year she arranged for Mayor Gant of Charlotte to come. "I’m already working on next year’s program," she says. She also ar-. ranges the Gospel Song Fest, where GWC hosts a gospel group from another school. "I’ve done that for five years and each year I say I’m not going to do it again, but I do. I can’t wait until this year’s finished and I start working on another year," she says. A member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Carolyn loves gospel music. "I’ll drive from here to there to hear it," she says. One of her favorite groups is the Mississippi Mass Choir. She also serves as an advisor for GWC’s own gospel choir. Her other interests include macrame and sewing. She admires educator and teacher Marva Col lins, as well as Cicely Tyson and Oprah Winfrey. "I love people," Carolyn says. And this is obvious in all she does for Gardner-Webb and its students. Broyhill Travelers special to The Pilot The Broyhill School of Gardner- Webb College had a very busy spring break, taking group excursions to New York and London. Dr. Carpenter led the New York trip and Dr. Kemerait the London. The New York group, comprised of 39 students, faculty, and staff, departed from Charlotte International Airport at 8:00 a.m. Sunday March 11th and arrived in New York’s La Guardia International ap proximately 3 hours later. While in the Big Apple, the Gardner-Webb entourage toured several spots in upper Manhattan, including visits to Trump Towers, Rock efeller Center, and CentralPark. Although the trip did include stops at several tourist attractions, the group also saw several places of importance to the world of business. The Commodity Ex change, New York Stock Exchange, and the Federal Reserve Bank were just a few of these. Of course, any trip to New York would not be complete v/ithout taking in a Enjoy Spring Break play or seeing a television show taped. The Gardner-Webb group accompUshed both of these, attending 'The Sound of Music" at the Lincoln Center and sitting in on the "Geraldo" TV show. Harvey Hamrick and a student were even interviewed by Geraldo Rivera! Once the group was finished painting New York, it was off to Atlantic City, NJ for a night at Trump’s Castle. While in Atlantic City, the entourage had dinner and took in a Night Life Show. The next day, the Gardner-Webb travelers came home, tired but extremely satisfied. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Dr. Kemerait and his European explorers were discovering jolly ol’ England. Kemerait’s group enjoyed springtime on the Thames, visiting all the tourist hot spots, such as the Tower of London, Changing of the Guard, Hard Rock Cafe, and many others. The London tour also included several stops at important places of business including Lloyds of London. "Night of One-Acts" If you like comedy, drama, or a com bination of the two, then Gardner-Webb College Theatre’s "A Night of One-Acts" is the place for you. The night will showcase the award-winning one-act of Dr. Rudee Devon Boan, "No Man Knoweth His Sepulchre." The play is set in a downtown Atlanta train station and deals with a 35- year-old businessman who, after a series of personal tragedies, goes into the station to commit suicide. "A Night of One-Acts" will also feature the comedy "The Proposal" by Anton Chekov. "The Proposal" will be guest directed by Becky Reger. The play is the story of a young man’s attempt to court the love of his life. Completing the evening will be "No Problem," a one-act play written by R. Shawn Lewis. "No Problem" is a short, hard hitting lesson on the effects of drunk driv ing. Regardless of your theatrical tastes, "A Night of One-Acts" has something for you. The one-acts open April 5th and run through April 7th. The April 5th and 6th performances will begin at 8:00 p.m. and the April 7th performance is a rare Satur day matinee, with curtain time at 2:30 p.m. All performances vnll be held in the Kath leen N. Dover Theatre and GWC students are admitted free with I.D. Convocation credit will be given. Gardner-Webb College Theatre would like to express its appreciation to all those who attended "Little Shop of Hor rors." The total attendance for the 5-perfor mance run was close to 2300 people, making "Little Shop" the most successful play ever in the Cleveland County area. Thanks again for helping put Gardner- Webb Theatre on the top!
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