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Friday, April 29, 2005
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Volumes No. 14
Meet the candidate
Committee hasn’t announced
their recommendation
Jennifer Menster
Pilot editor-in-chief
The presidential search com
mittee announced Thursday that
three separate meetings will be
held Monday to meet their recom
mendation for the next president
of Gardner-Webb University.
The name of their one candi
date was not released.
Students, faculty and staff and
broad of trustee members will
know whom the candidate is when
they walk into their separate meet
ings.
Students will meet at 11:30 a.m.
Monday in the Fire Side Lounge.
Faculty and staff will meet from
12:30 to 2 p.m. Monday in Ritch
Banquet Hall. Both those sessions
are open to the public.
Students and faculty and staff
are encoufaged to ask any ques
tions they may have of the candi
date, said Frank Campbell.
An executive session of the
board of trustees will start at 2:30
p.m. This will be a closed meet
ing to meet the candidate, find out
what occurred at the earlier ses
sions and ask questions.
“I know the search commit
tee has done a thorough job,” said
Frank Campbell, university presi
dent and ex-facto member of the
committee. “They did not arrive at
this conclusion easily.”
According to Campbell, the
committee and himself have
known whom the candidate is for
about a week now. The decision
was unanimous.
The committee made a prom
ise that an announcement of the
See MEETINGS page .2
GWU reacts to latest news
Amanda Wood and Sarah
James
Pilot editorial staff
Gardner-Webb University fac
ulty and students reacted Thurs
day to an announcement from
the presidential search committee
about their recommendation for
the office of president.
Religious Studies Professor
Kent Blevins said he’s glad the
committee is introducing the can
didate.
“I’m glad that we’ll have some
information before the end of the
semester,” Blevins said.
Susan Manahan, a biology
instructor, said she’s looking for
ward to meeting the candidate.
“I’m looking forward to seeing
who the next president is going to
be, and I’m sorry to see Dr. Camp
bell leave,” Manahan said.
Matthew Dimick, a sophomore
religious studies major from Ches
apeake, Va., says he confident the
search committee’s candidate is
well-equipped for the job.
“It’s kind of sad to see Dr.
Campbell go, but I’m sure they’ve
picked a well-fitted president for
our campus because they’ve put a
lot of time and effort into choos
ing the candidate, and it’s an im
portant position to fill,” Dimick
said. “And hopefiilly he’ll be as
personable as Dr. Campbell was
with students.”
Student Government Associa
tion President-elect Anya Huneyc-.
utt agrees with Dimick.
“I think the biggest concern I
have is that I want this president
to be very involved with the stu
dents like Dr. Campbell has been,”
Huneycutt said. “I hope that me
personally, as a student represen
tative, I will be able to use him to
get things accomplished.”
Huneycutt said GWU President
Frank Campbell, SGA President
Kelly Robinson and the presiden
tial search committee took into ac
count student and faculty opinion
while making their recommenda
tion decision.
, According to Huneycutt, facul
ty and students are united in what
they want for a president. Their
main concern is that the president
be student-oriented, Huneycutt,
said.
Danielle Christmas, a freshman
elementary education major from
Ocala, Fla., wants to know why
the candidate wants to be presi
dent, she said. Christmas also
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Students bid farewell to Campbell
Amanda Wood
Pilot copy editor
Gardner-Webb University’s
Student Government Associa
tion gave GWU President Frank
Campbell a luau Thursday.
“We just want to show him
our appreciation for what he’s
meant to the students and the uni
versity,” said Kellie Robinson,
SGA president.
At the luau, Robinson pre
sented Campbell vvith a student-
autographed photograph. “He is
truly a students’ president,” Rob
inson said.
Student Activities Coordina
tor Karissa Weir said the luau
took months to plan.
“The SGA wanted to throw
him a going-away party,” said
Karissa Weir, student activities
coordinator. “This is an oppor
tunity for students to show their
appreciation.”
Whitney Clement, a sopho
more business and Spanish dou
ble major from Gastonia, said she
came to the luau to express her
appreciation for Campbell.
“He’s a man of tremendous in
tegrity that helped turn the school
around during a rough patch, and
I was impressed by him the first
time I heard him before I was
even at Gardner-Webb,” Clement
said.
photo by Kaylin Bowers
GWU President Frank Campbell stands with Kelly Robinson, SGA president, as he is present
ed with a going-away present. The gift is a photograph signed by students.
Victoria Whisnant, a sopho
more history major from Morgan-
ton, said Campbell will always be
special to her.
“He was the first president that
I came in under,” Whisnant said.
“That will always be special.”
Campbell also holds a special
place in the hearts of administra
tors and staff members.
“I can’t say enough of how
much he’s done for the Univer
sity,” said Frank Bonner, GWU
provost. “I hate to see him go. I
really liked and admired him.”
Bonner said him and Camp
bell became close co-workers and
friends in his three short years as
president.
Suzanne Glasscock worked
with Weir to help plan for the lun
cheon for Campbell. Going along
with the Hawaiian theme, Glass
cock got to fix some of Camp
bell’s favorite foods—bananas
fosters and sea bass.
“I wish him the best of luck,”
Glasscock said. “I am sorry to see
him go, and I have really enjoyed
working with him.”
Clearing
up rumors
Jennifer Menster
Piiot editor-in-chief
In possibly one of his last mis
sions to the media, the soon-to-be
retired president of Gardner-Webb
University sat down with The Pi
lot to clear up a few unanswered
questions.
Baptist Affiliation
According to Frank Campbell,
GWU is not moving away from the
North Carolina Baptist State Con
vention. “The convention does not
own the school,” Campbell said.
The convention affiliates
with and partially funds the uni
versity. Campbell said the uni
versity plans to stick with its
heritage unless the convention •
attempts to dictate school policy.
Spirituality of the campus
Campbell said that Christian
commitment will always be im
portant at GWU. It is a require
ment that the incoming president
be a Christian. Campbell said the
committee prefers a Baptist so he
or she will better understand how
the university interacts with the
convention.
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^ Alumni Series: Part 3 of 3
Fornner sportsmen take next step on the field
Matt Tessnear
Pilot staff
Many athletes make big con
tributions to their high schools
aiid universities, but very few are
lucky enough to advance to the
professional level.
Gardner-Webb University ath
letes are no different. Only a select
group of student athletes have had
the opportunity to play a profes
sional sport. But those who have
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had the luxury have not forgotten
what got them there.
Mark Rabb, sports information
director, said most GWU’s student
athletes are very generous to their
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university when they arrive at the
professional level.
“When guys have positive ex
periences here, they have more of
a willingness to give back to all
aspects of the university, not just
athletically,” said Rabb. “That’s a
credit to the faculty, to the cafete
ria staff, to the coaches and every
one involved.”
Jim Maxwell, a 2004 GWU
graduate, signed a free-agent con
tract with the NFL’s New York Gi-
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ants last season. When he learned
that he would be playing for the
Giants, students, faculty and staff
showed great support in his ven
tures.
“Especially when I first came
back, everyone, people I didn’t
even know, came up and told me
how proud they were of me,” said
Maxwell.
Seeing action in 14 games,
Maxwell racked up eight tackles,
including four solo stops. He also
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was fortunate enough to pick up
his first NFL sack against Balti
more quarterback Kyle Boiler.
“When I was at school here, I
always thought that players at I-A
schools like Clemson were bet
ter,” said Maxwell. “But I learned
in my time with the Giants that
that isn’t the case.”
Despite his success on the
football field. Maxwell knows
how important it is to finish an
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