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m SECOND FRONT Honors Students Attend Council Special to The Pilot Four Gardner-Webb honor students and two faculty members recently attended the Southern Regional Honors Council in Memphis, Tennessee. The conference of fered students a chance to learn from other students as well as from leaders such as Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Executive Secretary and CEO of the NAACP, who delivered the keynote address. 600 students and faculty members from the region attended the con ference which included about 50 student presentations. These presentations were chosen from a number of applications. GWC students Lynn Britt, Dawn Camp, Kathy Henson, and Dawn Jestes proposal of a slide presentation entitled Gender Sncialization in Education was accepted. Dr. Rudee Boan, director of the Honors Program, said, "Since our presentation was on the program, we were sent as repre sentatives of the school. It’s a great honor especially since we’re only in the second year of our program. I feel Gardner-Webb was well represented." Kathy Henson tells of the presentation, "It was a continuation of a Sociology from last semester’s honors class. We tried to show how children are taught to act mas culine and feminine in school by materials, books, and teachers." Lynn Britt added, "It was about the dif ference in how we expect children to do in school and how we expect them to do in the ‘real world’. We were trying to focus on how there so different, and they shouldn’t be. Our educational system is supposed to teach us how to survive in the real world and how to do it well. Instead, it teaches notions that don’t stand up to the standards we encounter later." The conference was not all work. The group soaked up some Memphis blues music on Beale Street and a little bit of history at the Lorraine Motel (where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot). Some of the students also toured Graceland (home of Elvis Presley). The students said that they would be willing to participate in the conference in the future. Britt said, "I enjoyed the chal lenge of being in front of the group. I would love to be involved with another presenta tion." Dr. Boan added, "Next year’s conference is in Atlanta. I hope we can have several representatives on the program next year and take a larger delegation." Pat Davis Plans To Marry By Christy McHan Staff Writer As spring comes to Gardner-Webb Col lege, students’ thoughts drift to sunshine, singing birds, and swaying palm trees. In the midst of all this happiness, though, stands a departure: the one and only "Hot Thang" Davis is preparing to leave our lovely cam pus. Pat Davis, as "Hot Thang" is sometimes known, has finally latched onto a keeper. In layman’s terms, she’s getting married (hitched). After six looonnnng years of dating, fiancee Ken Clark could wait no longer and he popped the magical question (at a Chevron station, no less). "We were trying to break Randy and Dana Kilby’s record [years dating before marriage], but we couldn t hold out any longer," Davis replied concerning the proposal. While at Gardner-Webb, Davis certamly has made an impact. Originally hired as an RD for Stroup Hall and administrative as sistant, she found her way to the head of student programming in the fall of 1989. Pat has had many duties as Director of Student Programming, not least of which is to serve as advisor to the S.E.A. Under Pat’s direc tion, the S.E.A. has made major strides toward serving up the best entertainment for everyone. Hot Thang Cools Down CONGRATULATIONS To The 1990-91 Student Government SGA President: Johnny McDaniel Vice-President: Michele Philemon Secretary: Jill Galloway Treasurer: Robin Freeman S.E.A. Chairman: Noel T. Manning, II "She is more of a friend than an advisor. She’s both, but she does things for us thatL don’t concern the business of the S.E.A.;! she is basically just a good friend who isl always there," said Noel T. Manning, II,| chairman of the Student Entertainment As sociation. Pat will be leaving the Gardner-Webbl family May 11, but she will always have al seat at the table. Best of luck in your upcom-l ing life as Mrs. "Hot Thang" and may you| have many little "Hot Thangettes" to pass or your lineage. [Editor’s Note: "Hot Thang", we think we /ovel you! Doo-doo-doo-doo...] Security Promotes Two Special to The Pilot Larry Thomas has been promoted to the position of Associate Director of Safety and Security. A 1974 graduate of Gardner- Webb, Thomas has been employed in the Safety and Security department since 1978. Also promoted was Wayne Greene to the position of Shift Commander. Greene, em.ployed by GWC Safety and Security since 1983, came to Gardner-Webb from the BoiUng Springs Police Department. The Director of Safety and Security, Chief David Helton, stated, "The college is fortunate to have officers the caliber of Thomas and Greene, and it is especially pleasing to see that their contributions to the department are being recognized in this marmer." College Bowl A Success By Staff Writer The GW Honors Program successfully sponsored its first annual College Bowl competition, Monday, March 26. The team of Karen Greene, Kathy Henson, Paul Kel ley, and Barry Martin won. The College Bowl was a double elimina tion tournament. Losers from the first two rounds headed to the loser’s bracket; the winners went to the winner’s bracket. The championship round featured Karen Greene’s team, the winner of the winners’ bracket, and Dawn Jestes’ team, the winner of the losers’ bracket. In the first game of the round, the Jestes team won after overcoming the Greene team’s 140- point lead. This win forced a second and deciding game. The Jestes team took an early lead in the second game, but the Greene team came roaring back to win 330 to 240. This win gave Greene’s team the right to take on a faculty team consisting of Drs. Barry Hambright, Joyce Brown, Tom Jones, and Glen Bottoms. The faculty-student com petition is set for Thursday, April 12 at 9:30 am in the DCC lounge. Dr. Rudee D. Boan, director of the Honors Program, was pleased with the results. He said, "I think the College Bowl allowed an aspect of our campus to shine. We don’t have any place that allows us to celebrate academic achievement and knowledge. I feel that’s what we did." Boan had set a goal of eight teams for the competition, and he attributes the low turn out to a lack of understanding about what exactly the College Bowl was. He hopes to see more teams compete next year. The student competitors had a lot of fun. Karen Greene said, "I’m looking forward to competing with the faculty team, and I hope people will come out and see it." Congratulations to all of the following student competitors: Team I—Robert Har- relson, Todd Duncan, Kevin McSwain, and Doug Danner; Team II—Dawn Jestes, Shawn Lewis, Karen Martin, and Joe Hough; Team III—Karen Greere, Kathy Henson, Paul Kelley, and E^rry Martin; Team IV-Arvle Dunn, John Fonvil, Mark Ackerman, and Brent Martin.
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