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■ O.'V;' ■ • • • i • I • i • i :: • I • t • I By Ashley Chatham kchatham@gardner-webb. edu Several GWU students and professors hope the 1985 Mercedes sitting be hind Craig Hall will soon be a successful bio-diesel project. Science professor David Judge’s environmental class proposed an idea during the fall semester to create a bio-diesel car, known as the “veggie car.” Judge be lieved the project would be . a very creative venture. “We didn’t have a car, and we didn’t have a conver sion kit, but it never stopped the students,” he said. Students in the class worked hard to sell T-shirts at GWU football games and ended the semester with enough money ■ to purchase the vehicle. The car is insured by Gardner- Webb University and, even though the car belongs to the department, the students will be able to drive the car around campus for events supporting the project. Judge’s environmental class and Venita Totten’s chemistry class will com bine to transform the Mer cedes into a vehicle that can run on vegetable oil. How ever, the group currently lacks the conversion kit, which will eventually be purchased from greasecar. com. “The students came up with the idea to sell spon sorships and it’s up to the class if they want to con tinue selling T-shirts,” said Judge, “but they are push ing the sponsorships. I will let them make the decisions on their project.” Judge stressed that this type of conversion will not replace petroleum. The proj ect focuses on showing that other sources of fuel can be used in automobiles. “The students have worked very hard so far and are still giving a lot of effort to get the car completed,” said Judge. The students plan to have the car completed by the end of this semester. New quiz bowl team set to compete at Radford U By Ali Cunningham acunning@gardner-webb.edu Five Gardner-Webb University will soon rack their brains for six hours. Tom Jones, professor of bi ology, will take five GWU students to Radford Univer sity Feb. 2-3 to compete in the regional Collegiate Quiz Bowl tournament. Jones held preliminary competition and tryouts before selecting the four students and one alternate for the trip to Radford, Va. Mike Mitteer, a senior busi ness administration and the ater arts major; Seth Huber, a junior music composition major; Megan Looper, a ju nior Spanish and secondary education major; and Da vid Podgorski, a chemistry and environmental science major, make up the team. Jacob Conley, a senior Eng lish and history major, will be the first alternate for the competition. “I think that it’s going to be a difficult competition since everything came to gether' so late, but I’m hop ing that our team’s raw tal ent can help us advance past the regionals,” said Mitteer. “I’m really excited about the competition and being honored to be selected for the team, which is filled with such great minds.” If the team wins at Rad ford, it will advance to a sectional competition on Feb. 10. The team would travel to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga or George Mason Univer sity in Fairfax, Va. for the sectionals. Celebration Week near By Ali Cunningham acunning@gardner-webb. edu Members of the Gard ner-Webb family will have a chance to celebrate God to gether during the annual Cel ebration Week. This year’s Celebration Week, spon sored by Campus Ministries, takes place next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. in Dover Theatre. The festivities will also be part of Dimensions programs on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Sarajane Burroughs, cam pus ministries publicity co ordinator, believes Celebra tion Week is very important for the spirituality of the campus. “(Celebration Week) is a 3-day time for students to come together to celebrate God and who he is,” said Burroughs. “Every year Tanning«ai#n set to open on Main St. Photo courtesy of Dr. David Judge Gardner-Webb students gather around a car that was donated for their project to convert into a bio- diesei powered car. ‘Veggie vehicle’ up but not running yet By Ashley Chatham kchatham@gardner-webb.edu Anyone looking to get a golden base tan before spring break is now in luck. The University Tanning Sa lon, located on Main Street in the old Boiling Springs post office building, will open soon. Owner Brian Green’s decision to opening a salon was influenced by his sister, who also owns and operates a tanning facility. Green, a lieutenant on the Linconton police force, is a graduate of G’WU and worked as a Gardner-Webb campus officer for two Photo by: Kate ctazaway , Brain Green, a Gardner-Webb University Gradu- “(We’re) trying to mal^^gjg ouias the tanning business that will open soon a more upscale tanning salc^p acrod^om capmus. than others, and everything ticular business.” Goggles, moisturizer and The salon has three 15- spray deodorant will be pro minute beds, each with vided in each room. Prod- 36 bulbs and face tanners, ucts, lotions and tanning will be computerized,” said Green. “Boiling Springs is our hometown and this is a great location for this par- packages will be available for purchase. The salon will offer memberships and discounts to all students and educa tors. Green also plans to offer a variety of tanning packages to all customers. Postcards for a free first visit will be distributed around GWU. The tanning salon is in sured and each employee is licensed by the state. Fami ly members will operate the business during the day and four GWU students have been hired to work nights. University Tanning will be open Monday through Fri day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., depending on the season. Green wants suggestions from tanners about package and bed improvements. He also hopes to purchase a spray tanner in the future. Communication Studies welcomes new professor By Ali Cunningham acunning@gardner-webb. edu Dr. Joseph Webb joined the faculty in the Depart ment of Communications Studies this semester. He will teach speech and mass communication classes, as well as journalism courses. Previously, Webb taught at Palm Beach Atlantic Uni versity, a Southern Baptist- affiliated institution located in West Palm Beach, Fla. Webb said he was look ing for a change, which prompted his move to Boil ing Springs. “After being the found ing dean of the school of communication (at Palm Beach Atlantic) in 2002, I was ready to go back to teaching and writing,” said Webb. “It is never easy to stay under a new dean when you are the old one.” Webb said he has been impressed so far with GWU as an institution and cam pus. “The students tend to be more focused on studies here than I am used to,” said Webb. “It is part of the na ture of the school. If you want to party, you go to a city school. Not here. Stu dents are studying, or so it seems. Webb has written eight books, several of which pertained to journalism, and three on communication for preachers and clergy. He also has two doctoral degrees. He obtained one in com munication from the Uni versity of Illinois. Webb earned the other in theology from Claremont School of Theology. New Mis^G\|^U eager to spread the word proves to be very useful and a time for growth for many students.” Clayton King, a 1991 GWU graduate, will be this year’s keynote speaker. King is the founder of Crossroads Worldwide, a local Chris tian ministry organization. Throughout the week, stu dents and faculty will give testimonies and read scrip tures. The 'Verge band will spice up the celebration at most of the events. “(We want) to keep it simple,” said Neal Payne, director of Campus Minis tries. “We’re hoping to reach people who may not come often.” Natalie Pippin, another Campus Ministries coordi nator, said that Celebration Week is about finding God. , “I see this as an excellent outreach program,” said Pip pin. Heather Bartlett, a junior theater and religious, studies major, was crowned Miss Gardner-Webb on Jan. 21. Recently, she took time to discuss the pageant and her platform, Christians in the arts, with The Pilot. The Pilot; Were you shocked when they an nounced you as the Miss GWU Pageant winner? Bartlett: Oh yes, m0| definitely. I really wasn expecting to win. Some of the other girls did a really amazing job and gave in credible answers to the in terview questions. So I am really thankful that I won, and I was really excited. The Pilot: Have you done this pageant in the past? Bartlett: No, this was actually my first year. The Pilot: Why did you decide to do this pageant? Bartlett: 1 wanted to do it last year, but I just thought that I had another year to do it and that I would just wait. I thought that it would be a fun time to meet other girls, to show my talent and be able to represent Gardner- Webb. And I was just re ally excited to be able to d^ that. " The Pilot: What does being Miss Gardner-Webb mean to you? Bartlett: Well, I think that it definitely makes me ' very thankful that some one, well, a few someones, thought that 1 represent best what Gardner-Webb em bodies. It also means that I do represent Gardner-Webb and that it is a challenge to uphold Christian values of our university, as well as. to encoiir^e others to do so. kThis J^kend I get to go ^ speak w^eople and explain my platform’and really get it out there. I’m so excited. The Pilot; Can you elaborate on your platform from the pageant and tell me what it means it you? Bartlett: Christianity in the arts, basically, means to support Christians that be lieve their gift and talent is through art, because the two things tend to not mesh well together. Christians should need to know that it’s OK to celebrate and worship God openly. God has given you that talent and through it we can bring God to people. Not only to those who see our work, but to the people we work with too. There are a lot of people who are lost in ^thc a^fcprld. Being true to "yours^^n that fashion and showing God through art really shows more that what you can say. Photo byiRachel Lloyd Heather Bartlett was crowned Miss GWU Jan. 21. Former Miss GWU Leanna Stroup places the crown on Bartlett’s head. Bartlett is from Trinity, NC. The Pilot: What are you hoping to do during your reign? Bartlett: I would like to be able to encourage other Christians in the arts and be able to do what my platform is all about, to uphold that and to let people know that these things are essential to worshiping God and com municating with other peo ple. To help show that God is who he says he is and we can tell people through our art. I really hope to uphold that through the year. As well as stand for what this university stands for and to encourage other people who feel this way to come here as well. Study: College gender gap present By Samantha Van Vynck Daily Collegian (Penn St. U) (U-WIRE) UNIVER SITY PARK, Pa. - A new report released earlier this month suggests colleges may have a more success ful female student body than male. The National Fresh man Attitudes Report by Noel-Levitz indicates the findings stem from the different attitudes men and women have toward studying. d Noel-Levitz, an orga nization geared toward helping college campuses exceed in their enrollment, marketing, and student success goals, surveyed nearly 100,000 incoming freshmen at 292 private and two-and four-year public colleges during their initial weeks on campus. The study found that both men and women ap proach their freshman year highly motivated, but male students didn’t list having study habits and high in tellectual interests as often as women did. “This study has to do with what percentage of fcnen women respond "n dilRnt ways [to col lege],” said Pam Jennings, associate vice president of marketing for Noel-Levitz. “Overall, students have a high expectation that they are going to complete a de gree when they come in as brand new freshmen, but that isn’t happening.” The report suggests that the disparities between the two genders may begin with the individual aca demic methods males and females use, such as study ing and reading, to be suc cessful in the classroom. The findings show that freshmen men are more likely than women to ad mit that their studying is irregular and unpredict able and that books have never been a source of ex citement. The numbers demon strate that women enjoy reading more and taking careful notes, which is a factor in why women are doing well, according to the study. “Women are more out distancing men in college education than was the case in the past,” Farkas said. “The crossover point goes back a while, it just wasn’t noticed so much.” The gender gap trend is not unhead of, however. An article published in the American Sociological Review in August 2006 shows the culmination of this gender discrepancy has actually been going on since the 1960s.
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