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Gardner-Webb University
Friday, February 6,2004
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Volume 7 No. 10
Director of residence life takes Houston by storm
Jared Smith
Pilot Staff
While most students and
faculty of Gardner-Webb
were . watching the heated
drama of the Superbowl
between the Carolina
Panthers and New England
Patriots on television in
North Carolina last Sunday,
one person in particular was
witnessing the event in
Houston.
Director of Residence
Life Rob Foreman flew
down to Houston from
Raleigh a few days before
the game.
"I’m a Panthers fan so as
soon as they made it I was
ready. My brother works
with Fpotlocker and was
down tliere, so I stayed with
him," said Foreman.
According to Foreman
the Superbowl is not just an
event that takes place on one
day, it is a festivity that goes
on for the span of a week
headed by the game and the
NFL experience activities.
"What an experience. It’s
nothing like anything I’ve
seen in my life," said
Foreman. "The NFL experi
ence was a huge facility
where you could see Eagles
quarterback Donovan
McNabb passing out chunky
soup, and of course you
could pass, punt and tackle
the dummies," said
Foreman.
Other activities at the
Superbowl included media
events and dozens of
celebrity parties where the
average person could go and
meet the stars of today.
"It was really neat to go
down and stand there and
watch Steve Young, Michael
Irvin and Chris Berman do
Sportscenter. I also went to
the New Jersey Nets and
Houston Rockets game on
Saturday," said Foreman. "I
was in the. fourth row and
across from us was Adam
Sandler, P. Diddy, Star
Jones, Jeff Gordon, Serena
Williams and Yanni. In front
of us were Michael Strahari
of the Giants, and Derrick
Brooks of the Buccaneers."
Despite being a part of
Superbowl week, Foreman,
who was told that he could
purchase a ticket to the
game for the face value of
$500 once the game started,
found that the lowest priced
ticket available was $2,000.
Because of the misinforma
tion, Foreman was forced to
watch the game from his
hotel room.
Even though Foreman
was unable to view the
game from inside the dome,
he still cherishes the experi
ence he had in Houston.
"It was something that I
would probably go back
again and do, because next
year the game will be held in
Jacksonville," said
Foreman. Even if you’re
not at the game, just to be a
part of the largest sporting
event of the year is great.
Everyone is there to have
fun and go to parties, it’s
almost like the football
game is a secondary thing."
Photo by Bob Carey
Carolina’s Ricky Proehl caught a touchdown pass from Jake Delhomme in
Superbowl XXXVIII. The Panthers were defeated by New England 32-29.
Administration makes changes
Sean Hubbard
Design editor
The Gardner-Webb
administration underwent
reorganization earlier this
semester. Consultant
Margaret Sullivan provided
GWU and Frank Bonner,
provost and senior vice
president to the university,
with recommendations on
how to streamline academic
organization for the univer
sity. Sullivan suggested
adding two additional
provosts to GWU’s current
administration.
This recommenda
tion was put in action as Earl
Leininger, who was acting
dean of arts and sciences,
and Darlene Gravett, associ
ate professor of English and
dean of the graduate school,
were named associate
provost of arts and sciences
and associate provost for
schools, respectively.
As associate
provost, Gravett assumes
the responsibilities of the
five main schools at GWU,
which are education, nurs
ing, graduate, divinity and
business.
"I am responsible for
helping them (GWU
schools) attain what they
need," said Gravett. "This
includes meeting with the
deans of these schools to
help them with whatever
they need."
Also, Carolyn
Jackson became assistant
provost for distance learning
and continuing education
during this reorganization.
Gayle Price, associate pro
fessor of English and direc
tor of the Writing Center,
was named assistant dean of
the Graduate School.
Bonner feels that
these adjustments are the
only changes that will occur
in the near future.
"It was more of reor
ganization, than changes in
positions," said Bonner. "We
will see how things work
out. These are all of the
changes that we foresee."
This reorganization
will not affect the budget or
any increase in any type of
tuition for students, accord
ing to Bonner.
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