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The Pilot / Nov. 19
Short Thanksgiving break causes problems for students
by Shannon Spencer
staff writer
Not all Gardner-Webb students will be
heading home for home-cooked
Thanksgiving meals after classes on
Nov. 26.
Thanksgiving break is only four days
long, leaving many students who are
hours away from home without options
about what to do for their short break.
One student who is unable to travel the
12 hours to her home said, "In reality, the
break is only an extended weekend; and
if I drove home, I would
be traveling for the
majority of the break."
Chad Thompson is
another student who can
not make the 14-hour
drive to his home in
Rochester, NY. Instead of
traveling the 14 hours
home, he is picking his
girlfriend up from
Carson-Newman College
and they are going to
Birmingham, Ala., and
they are going to his aunt
"If I drove
home. I'd
be traveling
for the
majority
of the break."
Lamb named outstanding
N. C. Christian educator
by Karen Brower
editor
Dr. Bob Lamb was named as the
outstanding Christian educator in North
Carolina by the North Carolina Baptist
Religious Educators Association
(NCBREA) last week.
The formal presentation of the Perry
Langston Christian Educator Award was
made at this year's meeting of the Baptist
State Convention of North Carolina, held
Nov. 10-12 in Winston-Salem.
Lamb, the founding dean of the GWU
School of Divinity, was cited for his
many years of preparing and training
people for the ministry by the NCBREA
selection committee.
Lamb was succeeded this year as dean
of the Divinity School by Dr. Wayne
Stacy, but remains on the university
faculty, and continues to lead a process
that he began — to gain full accreditation
for the School of Divinity through the
Association of Theological Schools.
Lamb is also part of an innovative new
approach to theological education
through a partnership between the Bap
tist State Convention of North Carolina
and seminaries in South Africa.
Lamb will leave in December to teach
at Cape Town Theological Seminary as
part of a faculty exchange program.
Dr. Gerhard Venter from South Africa
will take Lamb's place at Gardner-Webb
through the summer of 1998.
"Dr. Lamb was an obvious choice for
us in regard to his service not only at
Gardner-Webb and its School of Divin
ity, but to Christian higher education in
the state of North Carolina," said Bonnie
Doughtie, chariman of the selection
committee for the outstanding educator
award.
Lamb, a former full-time pastor, still
performs interim and supply pastorates
when needed.
Get
The Gardner-Webb Review is looking for a few
top-notch scholarly papers to publish for the "
1997-98 year.
Any student who is doing original research
or writing a thesis is invited to submit a copy of
the paper to the editorial board.
The deadline for submitting manuscripts
is January 16,1998.
If you would like to see a copy of the 1997
Gardner-Webb Review^ check the Library
or contact Dr. Burkett (201 Withrow,
ext. 4368)* Instructions for submission are also
available from Burkett.
The 1998 issue will be published during
Summer 1998.
and uncle's house.
"I am going to miss
(being) home, but I am
not in misery," said
Thompson. "I am
especially going to miss
my family and the cold
weather."
In addition to those who
live far away, the men's
and women's basketball
teams must also remain
behind over
Thanksgiving break. The
men's team
will probably have practice on
Thanksgiving day, according to Gary
Cannon.
Cannon's Thanksgiving meal will also
be with his teammates. "I'll probably eat
with the team in the gym," said Cannon.
Tremayne Booker and Cannon agreed
the it "doesn't bother us that we are not
going home," they said, "because we've
been doing it so long."
Christmas break will follow
Thanksgiving break by only about three
weeks, and most of the people who
cannot get home for Thanksgiving will
make it home for Christmas break.
Burkett speaks at conference
by Suzanna Saadi
staff writer
Because of a recent $10, 000 grant
given to Gardner-Webb University for its
science and religion course. Dr. Barbara
Burkett was recently invited to speak at a
national conference.
Accepting the invitation to the Amel
Rothermal Foundation, Burkett spoke on
"Updating Evolution." Her topic bore
special attention because of recent pro
posals made in North Carolina to pass a
bill preventing f.he teaching of evolution
in public schools.
The hour-long presentation given by
Burkett was followed by two hours of
questions from the audience.
Annual Amel Foundation meetings are
held to allow professors to discuss topics
from both a scientific and religious
viewpoint. Burkett was among only four
professors invited to speak this year and
was "honored by the opportunity."
The most probable reason for Burkett’s
invitation to speal: at the conference was
because of her connection with the
Templeton Grant. John Templeton,
founder of the program, is a Christian
who desires theologians and scientists to
communicate and debate with one
another.
Burkett feels that the separation of
religion and science has been a result of
the boundaries of science. "You cannot
put God in a test tube," Burkett said, thus
science and religion, have had problems
throughout history coming together.
Coming together, however, is exactly
what the Gardner-Webb class combining
science and religion, taught by Burkett
and Dr. Partain, strives to do. And it was
because of what this class represented
that Mr. Templeton gave his "seal of
approval," which, in turn, resulted in her
invitation to speak on the topic.
"I am glad to see that scientists are
starting to recognize that theologians and
scientists can come together and say,
'Yes, there is something here that we can
both contribute to. We need both science
and religion, although we cannot explain
why,"' Burkett said.
Decrease in calls allows
Physical Plant extra time
by Mary Gettys
staff writer
The Physical Plant is involved in
several projects now that maintenance
calls have decreased.
E. S. Walker Construction built the
outside of the building where pottery
classes are held just behind the Physical
Plant office. Currently, the Physical Plant
staff is working in the interior section of
the building.
Since the purpose of the Physical Plant
is generally for maintaining the
university, the staff is utilizing
maintenance prevention methods that
will seek to keep appliances and
equipment functioning properly.
Also, Kim Carr, former director of
Housekeeping, transferred to Dean River
Company as a computer programmer,
and ^ck Camp became die new director.
New staff members are Tim Butler and
Brian Jones. A few positions are avail
able in Housekeeping, and one position
is open in maintenance.
The number of maintenance calls has
dropped from 900 in August to 630 in
September. The latest count for October
is 400.
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