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Gardner'Webb University
THE PILOT
November 14, 1996
The Official Campus Newspaper
Boiling Springs, NC
A Look Inside...
Pages 2 & 3
Editorial pages:
Students speak out
Pages 4 & 5
GWU Sports
Page 6
For Your Information
Communications Dept,
receives money
Page 7
Biology students get dirty
GWU Departments
experience growth
Page 8
On Thursday, Oct. 31, Gardner-Webb's
Student Government Association, in
conjunction with the Red Cross, sponsored
a blood drive on campus. The goal, which
was to receive 125 pints, was beaten by one
pint, making the final count 126 pints. Last
year's blood drive goal was 100 pints.
Pictured above is The Pilot's own
Karen Brower giving blood.
GWU students aim for change
Information contributed by Karen
Brower, staff writer, and Michael
Mustian, SGA president.
If GWU students had their way, Dole
would be president, the meal plan would be
a matter of choice, visitation would be every
day, and the residence halls would be
substance-free.
On Oct. 29, the Student Government
Association held a mock election in which
over 360 students voted for the President of
the United States. Along with the
presidential vote, three important issues
involving students at Gardner-Webb were
on the ballot. These issues included
increasing visitation in dorms, giving
students choices in meal plans, and making
dorms substance-free. Students voted in
favor of all three of the proposed changes.
As a result of this outcome, students
have asked, "Now that the students have
spoken, what is SGA going to do about it?"
Currently, Student Government is
considering a resolution presented by the
executive officers dealing with each of these
areas. If the resolution is passed by the
Student Senate, then it is considered by the
Shackleford an all-round scholar
picture himself as a
professor or a dean.
His college career
started in 1969 when
he received a
basketball
scholarship to
Bluefield College
in Virginia.
Gardner-Webb
students and faculty
urn out to make
heir choices in the
residential election
nd to vote on
ampus
eferendums.
(Photo by Karen
Brower)
administration of GWU. Should the
administration agree, then the resolution
would be presented to the Board of Trustees
for final approval during their next meeting
in February.
Below are the results of the students'
votes on the three referendums.
The current meal plan requires all
students to purchase 21 meals a week. I
would prefer a plan that offers choice in the
number of meals per week.
Yes, I agree 90.1 %
No, I do not agree 9.9%
(Total respondents 364)
* I would like to see the current visitation
policy extended to include weekday
visitation.
Yes, I agree 83%
No, I do not agree 17%
(Total respondents 365)
* The Residence Halls on the campus of
GWU shall be deemed substance-free. Thus,
any use of tobacco products within the
buildings, including student rooms, will be
strictly prohibited.
Yes, I agree 64.9%
No, I do not agree 35.1 %
(Total respondents 365)
by Julie Gibson
staff writer
What professor at Gardner-Webb is an
Air Force chaplain, has been a full-time
pastor and a consulting editor for a journal,
and has received a scholarship in home
economics and basketball?
The professor in question is Dr. Bob
Shackleford, the new dean of the GOAL
(Greater Opportunities for Adult Learners)
program and a sociologist.
Reflecting back on his life, Dean
Shackleford remembers he did not always
(Photo courtesy of yearbook)
"I was center on the basketball team in
high school, and then a guard in college,"
said Shackleford.
See Shackleford, Page 7