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The Pilot ! September 26, 1994 3 AROUND CAMPUS iK»igS AKUUJNJ i—'. n— Faculty Spotlight Faculty Spotlight introduces you to a faculty member at Gardner-Webb each issue. Elaine Groskopf: Nursing by Brandy Faught staff writer Nursing Professor, Elaine Groskopf re cently received a large mail order package at the post office. It contained 54 chickens. “I warned them that the livestock was coming,” said Groskopf smiling at the thought. “They called me at 5:30 am the morning the chickens arrived.” The rural, small town farming atmosphere attracted Groskopf to Boiling Springs and Gardner-Webb. The location reminds her of her home in Long Island and is close enough to New York to facilitate trips home. “I grew up farming before Long Island grew up as a city,” she said. “We grew potatoes, broccoli and com.” “Until 1984 you could live with the development,” she admitted. “But over the last ten years, most of the farmers have sold out.” Groskopf obviously has a love for the tradition of farming she grew up with. Eveiy night she travels home and performs at least four hours of physical work on her farm. “It's hard to balance both the farm and school,” she said. “I couldn't do it alone. A lady takes care of the farm during the day.” Although Groskopf does not have a full working farm yet, she definitely will some day. At the present time, she has four horses, seven dogs, three cats, four geese, five ducks and, of course, all her chickens. “I want rabbits and goats,” she said. “I might also get some peacocks in the future.” To Groskopf, who moved off her childhood farm when she was eighteen, this farm is a dream come true. “This,” she said, “is heaven for me.” Friday, October 14 10 am - 2 pm Businesses Coming: * Shelby City Schools ^Christian Counseling *Gov't Internships *Southem Bell ♦Rutherford Co. Schools ♦Architecture ♦Liberty Data Systems ♦Journalism ♦Belks ♦and many more... All Majors Welcome! Students to share good news of Christ in Bolivia by Brandy Faught staff writer Christmas is to many a time of sharing, and the New Year a time of new beginnings. A team of Gardner-Webb students is taking the traditional meaning of sharing and new begin nings to a higher, deeper level as it travels to Bolivia on a mission trip sponsored by the Southern Baptist Foreign Missions Board. A team of twenty students will travel to South America over the holidays with the goal of sharing the news of Christ with as many people as possible in Bolivia. “The whole focus of the trip is evange lism,” says Burdette Robinson, Campus Min ister. “We're trying to share Jesus with the people there.” That may sound easy enough, but often barriers such as language can pose a problem. ‘The hardest thing is overcoming the language barrier and having to initiate conver sations with people,” admits John Perrin, who has been on a past team of G-W students in Bolivia. The students traveling to Bolivia will be accompanied by a translator and will have to brush up on some basic Spanish phrases and questions before beginning their journey. An obstacle many would worry about is the attitude of the Bolivians toward the work of GWU students and other missionaries in their country. The country of Bolivia is 95% Catholic; however, for most of the people there, Catholicism is only a feature of the culture. Those who describe the reactions of the Bolivians seemed to be very positive about the responses they have had on past trips. Members of former Gardner-Webb teams helped the young people of Bolivia establish a relationship with Christ and with each other. On the first trip, 400 people made deci sions to become Christians. “It's a very exciting atmosphere to see people hungry for Christ,” says Robinson, “especially compared to here, where people don't care. You can walk up to anyone on the street there, and they'll listen to you.” While in Bolivia, the group will lead worship services, use sports evangelism, per form clowning in the streets, play music and perform with puppets to spread their message. They will use each of these methods to attract the attention of the people so that they can then present the gospel. “The trip also has an impact on those who go,” Robinson says. “We were blessed just as much by having the opportunity to go and minister.” Perrin also claims one of the most re warding experiences of the mission was “just knowing that the team's presence down there helped to plant the seeds for the further work of the missionaries in Bolivia.” Trading Places continued from page 1 Lecture Series speaker as well as preparing for Celebration Night that evening. This idea was introduced by BSU vice- president, Jeff Dean. He received the idea from his mother, who is a professor at Furman University. “It's been a while since most faculty mem bers have been in a classroom,” said Jeff. “ It also builds more respect for faculty members.” So far, participants include Dr. Blackburn, Dr. Bonner, Audrey Sloan, Buddy Freeman Don Durham, Wayne Johnson and Burdette Robinson. The money raised from this activity will go towards the BSU ministries. The day will be exciting, adventurous and, for some, a dream come true. New Nutty Stuff by James Julian The Pilot correspondent Top Ten Achievements By Former Gardner-Webb Students ♦ A.B. Ceedee actually graduated in 4 years ♦ LM. Ahlerghic never, not once, walked on the grass in the quad. ♦ I.R. Inzane actually offered to be the RA for 3rd Floor Mauney six straight semesters ♦ John Smith never participated in hall visitation during his six year college career ♦ I. Rhead Daly actually scored a 4.0 during a semester in which he took 3 science and 3 religion classes ♦ Ima Jok was a five sport athlete in foot ball, basketball, baseball, wrestling, and underwater firefighting each of his 7 years here. ♦ Kathy Jonesby finally graduated after changing her major five times during her five years here. ♦ Carlos Normandy was the only student to graduate without learning the breast, back, or butterfly strokes. ♦ Idont Stoddy attempted CCXP four straight years and failed miserably all four times. ♦James Julian tried twice to come up with a good New Nutty Stuff for The Pilot and failed both times.
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