GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE
Thursday, February 14,1991 No. 7
Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Deaf Awareness Week; Filling the Gap
By Donna Ham
Stan Writer
The week of Feb 11-15 is an exciting one
for all deaf students here at Gardner-
Webb. The Deaf Club will participate in
Deaf Awareness Week which has been set
aside to give recognition to all Gardner-
Webb deaf students. Many activities are
planned for the week.
The main event will be the basketball
game, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, between the
North Carolina and South Carolina Schools
for the Deaf. The girls’ game will begin at
3:00 and the boys’ game at 4:30. During
half-time of the boys game. Joyful Hands
will perform. Some of the deaf students will
be selling "I Love You" pins, t-shirts, sweat
shirts, etc. A list of further activities will be
posted around campus.
The week is planned to build a better un
derstanding of deaf culture for both hear
ing students and faculty. This is an impor
tant time for all the deaf in the conmiunity
to come together. Yet, something is still
Building Bridges Instead of WaUs
By Donna Ham
Staff Writer
A lot of times
people have
preconceived ideas
about people who
are a different
color, speak
another language
or come from another country. That’s the
reason walls are built instead of bridges.
This article is about a special individual
from Cameroon, Africa. That individual is
Clovis Ngha, and he is one of several Inter
national Students here at Gardner-Webb.
Cameroon is a biUngual country, and the
spoken languages are French and English.
Because of its central location, Cameroon
is known as the "Heart of Africa". It has a
population of twelve million.
Clovis comes from a family of 56 children
including 30 princes and 26 princesses. His
father is the king of 200,000 subjects, that
would be one-third of the population of
North Carolina.
Clovis attended three schools. During his
high school years, he was involved in
various school activities including Student
Goverrmient Position, President of the Stu
dent Body, and Social Affairs Committee.
He loves tennis and table tennis. He
received the best player award for his soc
cer ability.
Some missionaries visited Cameroon and
recommended Gardner-Webb college as
the place for Clovis to continue his educa
tion. One of Clovis’ brothers and several
other students have come from his
homeland to GWC. Having this kind of
support, Clovis knew GWC was the right
place for him.
Here at Gardner-Webb, CLovis is pursu
ing his dream of becoming an engineer. He
plans to return home after he graduates
with a double major in math and history.
Clovis is an RA in Myers/Spangler. He is a
junior class senator, a member of the Cam
pus Life Community, a Presidential As
sociate, and a member of the Lafayette
Methodist Church in Shelby.
Clovis enjoys being here at GWC because
he is accepted by the administration and his
fellow students. Clovis sends special
thanks to his professors who have taken the
time to emich his learning experiences.
missing. The one thing that would make
this time so very special is the involvement
of hearing students here at Gardner-Webb.
There is often a "communication gap" be
tween the deaf and the hearing. Hopefully,
this week’s events will help fill part of that
gap. Once the gap is filled, both hearing
and deaf can benefit from each other. It
doesn’t matter if you know sign language or
not, because where there is a will to achieve
a goal—it can be done...if all work together.
Recyclers At Work
By Barry W. Martin
Special to Ttie Pilot
On January 31 in the Withrow Science
Building, GWC students met vwth Dr. Les
Brown and Professor Tom English to dis
cuss several issues. The small, yet en
thusiastic group talked about current and
future recycling projects. Since that time,
another meeting has been held, and the
projects should be underway by Feb. 15.
Many of the residence halls are currently
collecting newspapers and aluminum cans.
The problem is that some halls don’t have
the means to transport the materials to the
recycling centers.
New projects include expansion of the
current collection efforts to include all
residence halls, all of the classroom build
ings, and, eventually, the Webb building
and the DCC. Providing transportation will
also be a major upcoming step.
Students are encouraged to become ac
tively involved in recycling—both on cam
pus and at home. English asked, "How can
you say ’no’ to something that’s good for the
earth?"
For further details on the recycling effort
on campus, see either Brown or English.
Spring Revival ’91
By Kathy Henson
Staff Writer
Spring Revival ’91 opened February 4 and
lasted through the 7th with six messages on
the theme "My Way, Your Way, God’s
Way." Speakers included: Ron Smith,
Tony Halford, Michael Jordon, John Fon-
ville, Nelson Searcy, and Gary Rogers. The
services attracted large crowds and en
thusiasm was (and still is) high.
"It was incredible - it was unexplainable,"
says Kim Hooker. Mike Germino adds, "It
was very uplifting for the whole campus."
Senior communications major James Rowe
encourages, "God is not limited to the cam
pus of GWC. What is happening in the lives
of students here can happen in the lives of
anyone."
Cabaniss Excitedly Returns to Webb
By Kevin Walter
Staff Writer
There is a new position here at Gardner-
Webb that started January 1. The position
is foreign student advisor and director of ac
tivities for the Dohto University transfer
students. The woman behind the title is
Mrs. Jean McSwain Cabaniss. She has
three main duties. First, she plans all ac
tivities for the Dohto students. Secondly,
she will teach the intensive English
program and advise these students. Third,
she is available to counseling for all stu
dents.
Cabaniss graduated from GWC in 1953.
She also taught English here from 1956 to
1959. She is very excited to be working here
again. She said, "Gardner-Webb has come
a long way since 1953."
She also taught English and worked as a
missionary in the Middle East (Jordan,
Gaza) and in Japan. Her work with the
Dohto University program will be to bring
10-12 Japanese students to the Webb this
May for summer school and fall semester.
Later on this spring, Cabaniss will hold a
seminar on Japan. The exact day and time
will be announced at a later time.
Students are encouraged to drop by
Cabaniss’ office and welcome her back to
the Gardner-Webb family.