The Pilot/May 2
Gardner-Webb students put the 'special*
in Special Olympics for local athletes
by Karen Brower
co-editor
Students in Dr. Mavis Ziegler's Adapted
Physical Education (HLED 402) class helped
make this year's Special Olympics truly
special for disabled students at North Shelby.
Ziegler's Adapted Physical Education class
requires its members to work with North
Shelby students over a 10-week period,
training them for events in the Special
Olympic?. Gardner-Webb students planned
fitness activities for strength, flexibility and
endurance and played games with the North
Shelby students in preparation for the "big
day." They also trained specifically for the
events in which each student would compete.
Events in the Special Olympics are kept
"as closely aligned to Olympic events as
possible," Ziegler said. Most events are track
and field, including wheelchair races,
footraces, a softball throw and a long jump.
The April 18 event began with a parade
arid the track and field competition followed.
In the afternoon, students were provided with
lunch and entertainment. Visits from the
Carolina Panthers' Sir Purr as well as clowns
and other entertainers added to the day's
events.
Ziegler said some North Shelby students
could barely restrain their excitement. "I wish
I'd had a camera. There are images in my
mind I'd like to be able to share forever. It
was so precious," she said.
"What you hope for is life experiences that
are memorable, and that is what the Special
Olympics are all about....I think our students
benefitted (from the experience) as much as
the athletes did," Ziegler said.
Students in Ziegler's Adapted Physical
Education class include Donald Bell, Angela
Blair, Michelle Davidson, Penny Dunker,
Santiago Espinosa, Scott Grubb, Quincy
Hamm, Jason Morris, Walt Moser, Jennifer
Mull, Eric Putnam and Jody Raduly.
Broyhill School welcomes new faculty
by Amy Parker
contributing writer
The Broyhill School of Management has
hired two faculty members. Dr. Charles B.
Tichenor and Amy E. Cox, said Arlen Honts,
director of Broyhill's day program.
Dr. Tichenor will join the management
faculty at Gardner-Webb at the beginning of
the first session of summer school. He
received his bachelor of science in
mathematics and naval science and tactics
from Duke University in 1950. In 1996, he
received his DBA in marketing from Berne
University.
Tichenor is presently at the Indiana
University of Pennsylvania as chief executive-
in-residence. He is former president and
chairman of Champale, Incorporated
Sparkling Beverages, and vice president of
Sealtest division of Kraft, Inc.
Cox will begin in August as a marketing
professor. She graduated cum laude from
Duke University in 1988 with a bachelor of
arts in political science. She received her
master of business administration from the
University of Michigan in 1992.
Cox expects to receive her doctor of
philosophy in marketing from Curtis L.
Carlson School of Management at the
University of Minnesota in the fall of 1997.
Cox has a G.P.A. of 4.0 and received the
AgriBank Management Research Fellow-ship
for the University of Minnesota, 1996-97.
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Ashley Wilson, Katie Joseph, Katie Jordan and Stephanie Vester pose in front of the Capstone Development
Apartment model. These girls were the first group of students in line to sign up for the University Commons
Apartments. They showed up at 7:30 a.m. on April 7 outside the Board Room to be sure they got one.
President Chris White presents Fields and Maggie
Young with a brick they later placed in the Walk of
Honor. The Walk of Honor and the new Verdin clock
outside the DCC were dedicated at a press conference
on April 23. (Photo by Karen Brower)
’Alphies' provide
exam study break
by Jenny Rogers
staff writer
An award-winning dance troupe, selections
from Les Miserables, "Saturday Night Live"
bits, Shakespeare works and a host of other
skits are just a taste of what you will see at the
Alphies.
The Alphies, an annual theater awards
festival presented by theater honor society
Alpha Psi Omega, will be held tonight at 7
p.m. in Dover Theater.
Alpha Psi Omega President Chris Green
called the event a "good way to come out and
show support for those who were active in the
theater this year in all forms."
The hour-and-a-half show gives awards to
theater students and clubs who participate in
the skits. The winning club will receive a
donation to a community service organization
of its choice, said Green. "(The money) will
be given on behalf of the club and Alpha Psi
Omega," he said.
Between awards and skits, the festival will
feature live "Alphies" and possibly a Christian
band.
Each event must fall within this year's
theme, "Revolution."
"The main point (of the show) is an exam
study break," said Green. There will be
"comedy, magic, music, and dance."
Green said that students are invited to
participate or to "just come to have a good
time" and "get a good laugh."
Master of Ceremonies for the event will be
graduate student Paul Leigh.
Clubs who wanted to participate in the
skits came to open auditions on April 30.
Performers expected to participate include
Punchinello, S.A.D.D, Alpha Psi Omega,
Chris Green, Paul Leigh and Shelby's Stars of
Tomorrow.
For more information, contact Chris Green
at 4173.
(Photo by Karen Brower)