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Thursday, December 2,1999
The Official Campus Newspaper
Volume 2 No. 5
Carl Cartee to perform benefit concert
for Salvation Army at GWU
Angela Saunders
Special to the Pilot
Christmas is a time of shar
ing. ReaUzing this, Gardner-
Webb has found a way to help
those in need.
Contemporary Christian
singer Carl Cartee has planned
another benefit concert after
last year's success.
The event, which is being
sponsored by GWU University
Public
Relations and
The Shelby
Star, is a benefit
concert for the
Salvation
Army's food
pantry and toy
closet. Students
are asked to
bring non-per-
ishable food
items and toys for children to
the show. The food items col
lected at the concert will bene
fit needy families at Christmas
time and year round.
“We're thrilled about this
event,” said Capt. Kriss Tolar
of the Cleveland/Rutherford
County Salvation Army Unit.
“Our need for these items is
heavy this year, and we know
that this concert will help us
through some rough spots.”
Carl Cartee will be joined
by special guests as they per
form classic Christmas
favorites, traditional carols and
contemporary seasonal selec
tions.
“We may even have some
audience participation,” Cartee
said. “This is what Christianity
is all about,
giving to
those in
need. I just
feel honored
to be a part of
the event.”
Cartee,
who has been
compared to
the likes of
James Taylor
and Steven Curtis Chapman,
began writing songs at the age
of 10. His recent release,
“Breaking the Silence,”
includes a collection of praise
and worship music performed
with energy, enthusiasm and
inspiration. He is currently
working on his fourth album.
This is what
Christianity is all
about, giving to
those in need. I
Just feel hon
ored to be a part
of the event.
Photo courtesy GWU Public Relations
Admission price for Cartee’s concert
is canned goods to he donated to the
Salvation Army.
“I seek guidance from the
Lord as I write songs and I pray
that it shows,” states Cartee.
The concert is scheduled
for Saturday, December 11 at
7pm in Hamrick Hall
Auditorium. If anyone needs
additional information con
cerning this event they are
asked to contact the GWU
Public Relations Department at
(704) 434-4631.
Students billed
for Spring 1900
Brittany Jarvis
Editor of the Pilot
Parents and students were
recently surprised to receive a
bill for the spring semester
dated 1900.
Beth Kirkland, from data
processing, assured students
the incorrect year is not an
indication of Y2K incompati
bility.
“The heading in a program
was not keyed in correctly,”
Kirkland said. “That’s not
Y2K.”
But the error
left some students
unsure. Ari
Bottoms was one
of the first students
to detect the mis
take.
“I opened the
bill and thought ‘Houston, we
have a problem,’” Bottoms
said.
He contacted Danny Davis
in data processing, to notify
him of the incorrect date head
ing.
“They were less than
happy,” Bottoms said.
Donnie Clary, vice presi
dent of finance, said Gardner-
Webb has taken responsible
steps in correcting potentially
major failures due to Y2K.
“We are BM and CMDS
certified as Y2K compliant,”
Clary said, “but little things
may still pop up.”
One advantage for GWU,
Clary pointed out, is the school
will not be open on January 1.
This will give the staff time to
address any glitches that may
occur as the
clock turns to
the year 2000.
Jason
Phillips, a stu
dent worker in
data processing,
said the incor
rectly dated
bills for next semester might be
a good warning for GWU.
“It’s kind of a wake up call
for us who were unsure of what
was going to happen,” Phillips
said. “As far as I knew it was
taken care of; everyone thought
it was taken care of.”
Students react to GWU Division I move
Brian Carlton
Pilot staff
In a move that was
rumored since early spring,
Gardner-Webb officially joined
the ranks of such schools as
Appalachian State and Western
Carolina by becoming a
Division I university. The
move was approved October
21st when the trustees met and
approved the decision. Dr.
Christopher White labeled the
change as “a move that will
affect the entire institution.”
The decision indeed promises
to make long lasting changes to
the school.
First of all, Gardner-Webb
now has two years to get every
“I
go
thing in the school up
to Division I stan
dards. This means
stricter drug and alco
hol policies, along
with higher require
ments for athletes aca
demically.
On the whole. Dr.
White is optimistic. “The qual
ity of life on our campus will
certainly improve, as will our
visibility and our ability to
make a broader impact on this
region,” White said.
Chuck Birch, Athletics
Vice President also seems
hopeful about what this new
situation will bring. “We are
looking forward to the chal
lenges that this move presents
wonder if tuition will
up now that we are a
Division I school”
to the entire athletics depart
ment,” Birch said. “Our coach
es will make the necessary
preparations to ensure a suc
cessful transition to NCAA
Division I competition.”
However, not everyone is
happy with the changes.
Sentiment is runnng high in
Boiling Springs and Shelby
that athletically, this was a bad
move for the school. A recent
poll on the Shelby Star web
page asked the ques
tion, “Do you think
GWU made the right
decision in moving up
to Division I?” Of the
65 people who took
part in the survey, a lit
tle less than half dis
agreed with the move.
Even on campus there are
opponents to the move.
“I feel a move like this will
take Gardner-Webb away from
it’s roots as a Christian school,”
freshman Steve Wilson com
mented. “I just feel it’s the
wrong move at this time.”
Other students seem split
down the middle, unwilling or
unable to decide one way or
another. One sophomore illus
trated the undecided feeling on
campus best.
“As a sports fan. I’m
thrilled,” he said. “But as a stu
dent, the move concerns me. I
wonder if tuition, parking tags
and other things will go up now
that we are a Division I
school?”
So far no answers have
been found to these questions,
which a Gardner-Webb source
called “premature at best.”
As the information on this
move starts to pour in, students
and even faculty may become
more involved in the debate.
Only time will tell if the move
to Division I was a good deci
sion for the Running Bulldogs.