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Page 2 Friday, December 10, 2004 TheP^ Campus News Christmas has special meaning over years Former students remember the holidays photo property of Gardner-Webb University Archives A group of Gardner-Webb Junior College stu dents shovel snow during the winter months. Amanda Wood Pilot copy editor The ghosts of Christmas past still haunt Gardner- Webb University Historian Lansford Jolley. “When I was a student in the 40s, it was a tradition to give Dicker)’s ‘A Christmas Carol,’” ^9^ey said. “I was Scrooge one year.”' Jolley also retnembers playing another Christmas character. “I used to play Santa Claus,” Jolley said. According to Jolley, Gairdner-Webb Junior College also held an annual Christmas party in O. Max Gardner Hall for members of the administration, facul ty and staff and their fami lies. “Santa Claus would come,” Jolley said. “When you were a smaller school you could do that more easi ly-” But for Zeb Lowery, a former GI who graduated from GWJC after the end of World War II, his first Christmas at GWJC was also his first Christmas home from war. “I hadn’t been home in four years,” Lowery said. Lowery also said he was eager to get home for Christmas break that year. “We were all gone then,” Lowery said. His wife, Helyn Goode Lowery, who also graduated from GWJC, said many stu dents had jobs waiting for them back home during break. “Everybody was so anx ious to get home,” Lowery said. “They left right after exams.” Since they always went home for Christmas, the Lowery’s don’t remember blessing to a lot of people,” any college Christmas par ties or activities. But they do have fond memories of GWJC. “That college has been a Helyn Lowery said. “I wouldn’t have gone to school if I had not gone there,” Lowery said. photo property of Gardner-Webb Archives This older photo Is of the Webb Building during a snowy Christmas season. News in brief Forum addresses homelessness Two Gardner-Webb University stu dents and an alumnus of GWU attended a conference about homelessness in Raleigh on Nov. 30. The conference addressed issues per taining to homelessness, such as its caus es. “It deepened [my] knowledge of the issue, both causes and treatments,” said GWU Alumnus Nate Buchanan, who now lives in the GWU area. Buchanan said he already had a pas sion for working with the homeless. “[The conference] fueled the passion in me to be involved in substance abuse and mental health with the homeless,” Buchanan said. “The passion of the peo ple was inspiring and [I] soaked up the information hke a sponge.” The conference wrapped up Dec. 1. — Sarah James Students bound for South Africa Campus Ministries Secretary Teresa Davis and a group of students and facul ty are heading to South Africa May 15, 2005 for a mission trip. The cost of the trip is $1,480 per per son and each participant will be paying his or her way. They will leave from Charlotte Airport to fly to South Africa making a stop in Atlanta. “[The trip will be a] life time experi ence that they’ll carry with them,” Davis said. “[They’ll] never be the same.” Davis was invited to South Africa by Gehard Venter, the president of the sem inary in Cape Town, South Africa, to do further missions work. While in South Africa, the group will be speaking in chapel and visiting local churches like Fish Hoek Church or Venter’s church. Fish Hoek Church is in the Cape Town area. Some members of the group may go home with a ministry student to see where they live and work. As part of going home with a semi nary student, they may be asked to paint, do maintenance on local churches or the campus, categorize books for the library or be paired up with other foreign stu dents. As for the work they will do with local churches, members could expect to work with youth doing sports evangel ism, go to local schools, or manual labor, such as building or painting. This isn’t the first time Davis has had the chance to go to South Afiica. She visited and worked in Cape Town in 1997 and 2000 with Venter, who has addressed Gardner-Webb University stu dents at Dimensions and at the Divinity School chapel. The group will return to the United States May 28.' ‘ ' Anyone interested' in helping with the trip should contact Davis in Campus Ministries at 704-406-4277. — Sarah James Cops in brief According to Gardner-Webb University Police Chief Barry Johnson, the car break-ins that occurred before fall break are still under investigations. Johnson said they hope property turns up in a pawn shop or somewhere to give them a lead. In October, 16 cars were broken into during one night with thousands of dol lars in property stolen. In other news, the campus police sta tion welcomed a new member jto the force about a month again. Bai^- Lane joined campus police. — Jennifer Menster Cover provided by & CD produced by WGWG The Gardner- Webb University radio station recently released “Holidaze,” a collection of Christmas music from local artists. Songs Include “The Holly and The Ivy,” “Silent Night” and “What Child Is This?” Artists Include local talent such as Tater, IMama Said, Chris Cook and many others. Cartoon voice comes to town Amanda Wood Pilot copy editor Gardner-Webb University’s radio station, WGWG, hosted a concert by Judith Owen on Dec. 2 at Broad River Coffee Company. Owen’s husband, Harry Shearer, also visit ed Boiling Springs. “He does 20 different characters on the “Simpsons,” said WGWG Station Manager Dan McClellan. “As far as comedy is concerned, he’s just a major figure in the world of comedy.” McClellan has been one of Shearer’s fans for years. “I think he’s brilliant,” McClellan said. “So, for me, it was a great oppor tunity to get to meet him.” In addition to appear ing at the coffee shop, Owen is one of the fea tured artists on WGWG’s Christmas album, “WGWG Holidaze.” The album, produced at GWU, includes two songs recorded live at WGWG. For McClellan, a 2002 graduate of GWU, the concert and the album provide ways to reach out to the greater community, as well as reach into the GWU community. “One thing we always try to do is be there for the campus,” McClellan said. Just the facts Fact Box: • Copies of “WGWG Holidaze” can be purchased at the campus shop in the bottom of the Dover Campus Center. The cost is $8.50 for students, faculty and staff • Judith Owen’s latest album, “Christmas in July,’’ was released Oct. 5. For more information about Owen visit her Web site at www.judithowen.net. • According to Shearer’s Web site, www.harryshearer.com, he appeared in episodes on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Jack Benny Show,” as well as the pilot episode of “Leave it to Beaver.” • Shearer was also a cast mem ber of “Saturday Night Live” for two seasons. His films include: “Wayne’s World II,” “Pure Luck” and “The Truman Show.” Sasai Kelly 0«V(to Haysbert Cdttrali Rudd I AADA alumni have been nominated for 72 Oscars*, 202 Emmys* and 57 Tonys*. Audition J in Charlotte, January 29 « PROGRAMS & BENEFITS ^ ^ » • Scholarships *'* • Student Housing • FuU-time, ftiUy-accredited College Degree Conservatorj'^ Programs • Six-Week Summer School ^1 nC., American ACT Nowr Academy Newark 800 4^3 899® " Hollywood 800 222 286/ of^Dramatic www.aada.org NewYofk & Hollywood LAST CHANCE... to get yearbooks from the 2002-2003 school year. See Annette Spurting in Room 110 in the Comm. Study Hall to pick yours up today. The Webb V ( t
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