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Remember the reason
I love the holidays, llia^e is nothing betta*
than celebrating the birth of Christ with
family and friends. Sadly enough, too many people
do not realize why we celetn-ate Christmas. As we
enter into ttie holidays, let's rememba* the true rea
son for the season.
One student recently told me that, on Christ
mas morning, ho: family gets out of bed and the
first thing they do before opening any packages is
siqg “Happy Birthday” to Jesus. When I heard that,
1 almost started to cry. Christmas is Jesus' birth
day, a time when we celebrate the birth of Christ
into tiie world.
Remember when you wo^e a kid and you al
ways looked forward to your birthday? And when
the big day finally arrived, you w^eshowoedwith
gifts, money, and cards? All w^ from people who
loved you and cared enough for you to remember
you on your birthday. That is tiie exact same way
we should treat Je^ on his birthday.
You see, Jesus came into this world so that
we might have eternal life. He sacrificed his life
so that we could live. Doesn't that make you want
to thank him? It makes me want to reach out, grab
his hand and bow down before him, fw if it woent
for him, I would not be here.
Clffistmas is the time of year tiutt we should
be extra thankful for the gilt of life. If we allow
the true meaning of Christmas to get lost in the
hustle and bustle of working or buying gilts, thm
we squander our chance at thanking our Saviour.
This Christmas, before any gift is unwrapped, be
fore any cad is (^)eDed, let's thank die one who
gives us life. Join me in wishing Jesus a h^y
birthday.
Jason Fan
Student/Faculty Forum
We should ail be TRUE
Bulldog fans
I am not a real fanatic of sports. It really
bugs me when a game of some type comes
on TV and I have to miss a show that I like to
watch, but I really enjoy su{^)orting Gardna-Webb
sports, especially football and basketball. I cannot
sit still at these games. I am constantly on my feet
and I have to be constantly yelling in support for
my team. Howev^, I was voy disappointed in the
majority of the Gardner-Wd>b students and the
majority of the spectators at our final home foot
ball game against Mars Hill.
This game was voy exciting and I do not
understand how anyone could stay in their seat
There ware only about twraty people standing.
Some Gardner-Webb students actually had the
nmre to tell us to sit dowiL Hiis was the only yell
ing they did. Among these, I believe, wore some
whom I have seen walking around at times with
black jackets, name tags, and their noses in the
air; aides to the president You know who you are.
Well, let me just say that bleachers were not
made for sitting back comfortably and relaxing
while watching a game. They w^e put there so
when you get tired of standing, you can sit down
and rest a minute or two.
Bruce Wilson
A TRUE Bulldog Fan
Fans should clean up
act at basketball games
ecently, I attended a GWU home basket
1^ ball game. Fve never been one to really
gefmvolved in playing the game but I do enjoy
being a fan and cheering my team on.
After the first five minutes of the game, I
realized diere wa*e some other students who en
joyed “cheering” the team on also. Thdr method
of doing this was rathor on the vulgar side. I heard
constant remailcs about the referees. I heard play
ers getting cursed at I evoi heard insults made at
the che^leados. I realize it is one thing to get into
the game and yell and scream for your team. I also
realize it is difiScult not to tdl the referee he
is wrong or whm he has made a bad call. But,
insulting and harassing the other team, \diile they
are {laying in the game, is quite another. Do pe(^
around here not have enough self-ccHitrol to ex
hibit some sort oT sportsmanship?
Should the roles be reversed? I seriously
doubt fans would apprecxaie being called the names
they so carelessly used to refer to some of the play
ers on the o[^sing teams. I think it is time we
clean up our act at this school before our reputa
tion goes down the drain.
Anonymous
Professor compliments
outstanding students
At Gardner-Webb we save our recognition
of academic work for the begiiming and
end of the year, focusing on non-academic endeav
ors from September through April. Hoping for
chan^, I take time to recognize the intdlectual
accomplishments of three students.
Robert Blair and Brian Burgess are students
in my 8:00 am English 101 class. Both are bright,
but, more importantly, they are hard woiicers. I
walk into Craig 201 every morning knowing that
I can count on them ~ and several other students
in the class ~ to contribute knowledgeably and
ttH>ughtfuUy to class discussion. They take r^pon-
sibility for their small groups, inviting the partici
pation of all group members. Futhomore, I have
heard that they firequently hold study sessions in
ttieir dorm room, inviting other studoits in the class
to j(rin in examination of the readings. “Acactemic
leadership” is a j^ase which has fallen into dis
use. Let's begin to use it again: Robert and Brian
di^lay academic leadership, the kind that Gardner-
Wd)b faculty ought to recognize every week.
Intellectual accomplishments also assume
creative forms. Our monthly Reflections poetry
readings {sovide a forum for sharing the work of
the mind. I first heard about Vas-Shawn Scott from
his English instructor, Melissa Brown. She told
me that his poetry displays a perspective unfamil
iar to most of the Gardner-Webb community. She
was right but thare was more.
At the September Reflections poetry read
ing, twenty people heard Vas-Shawn's poetry, the
w(^ of a mind assanbling the parts of his expoi-
ence into a meaningful Mtlwle to share with an au-
dioice. It was powerful wwk which deserves rec
ognition and ji^se.
J(^n me in congratulating these students (and
others left unmemioiied) for doing weU col-
1^ students ought to do.
Dr. Kevin Binfidd
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