The Banner, Vol. 28 No. 11 - March 2, 1984

              The
BANNER
Vol. XXVIII Issue 11
California Baptist College
March 2, 1984
Students
voice
opinion
The best way to run a government, a business, or even a
school is to keep in touch with
the people. When the leaders
fail to communicate with the
people, then the people must go
to the leaders. This is what we
at the BANNER are attempting to do.
Since the trustee meeting at
the beginning of February,
there has been talk of many!
changes at CBC, including the
enforcement of mandatory
chapel. And since the trustees
decided it wasn't necessary to
ask the students how they felt,
we (the BANNER) decided to
survey the students.
Over the past two weeks, a
survey was conducted of about
one-third of the student body of
CBC. Approximately 200 peo-
ple^were-asked-ifthey were for
or against mandatory and why.
The survey came out over
two-to-one against a mandatory
chapel. Many students said that
it would create havoc for those
who wanted to attend and that
many of them would use the
time to do homework or read a
paper.
Some of the comments
against mandatory chapel are:
"It should be left up to the
students. We're not children
anymore."
"I like going to chapel, but I
do not like to be forced to do
things."
"My parents don't make me
go to church when I'm home. I|
go because I want to."
Some of the comments for
mandatory chapel are:
"If students are required to
go, then they will voice an opi
nion about the quality of
chapel"
"I like the idea."
''If freshmen and
sophomores go, then they will
continue to when they are older,
There is also a concern that,
although chapel has been made
mandatory, it has not been provided for. There is no seating,
no sound system and no one to
come up with adequate
programming.
"The system as it is for next
fall is sloppy and ludicrous. It
will only divide the campus, not
unite it," stated one student.
As another student put it,
Let's face it, the quality of the
chapels is bad."
1984 Homecoming Court
The coronation of our newest
Homecoming Queen, Edith
Duffey, was witnessed by the
fans at half-time of the 1984
Homecoming basketball game
on Saturday, February 18th.
The half-time festivities
began with the introduction of
the class princesses. The lights
dimmed and a spotlight followed each young lady as they
descended the stairway to the
gym. Gina Merriam
represented the Freshmen
class. Tara Sparks was chosen
by the Sophomore class and
Jeannine Johnson represented
the Junior class.
Each nominee, with her
escort at her side, entered and
walked along a pathway of
white to the center of the gym.
A short biography with each
candidate's interests, activities
and future plans was read.
Slides of each nominee ranging
from baby pictures to present
day portraits were shown.
Karen Jungers, 1983's
Homecoming Queen, entered
last, escorted by the chancellor
of California Baptist College,
Dr. James Staples. When
everyone was in place, the new
Queen was named. Edith Duffey was crowned by Miss
Jungers as the 1984 Homecoming   Queen.   Miss   Duffey,
Homecoming Oueen and her court
escorted by her brother Dairy,
led the procession to the side of
the gym where a throne jid
special chairs were reserved for
the Queen and her court to
watch the second half of the
game.
The Homecoming Court consisted of Jackie Barling
escorted by Anthony Lammons,
Glenda Johnson escorted by
her financee Curt Jarboe, Paige
Paul escorted by Ps,al Hayes   ball and volleyball teams, all
Killer found
An article in the Feb. 23 issue
of the Press Enterprise stated
that a 24-year-old man has been
charged in the August 1982
murder of a CBC student.
Charles Garten, 23, student,
husband, and gas station attendant was dragged 90 feet when
his hand was caught in the window of a car whose driver was
leaving without paying. He
received massive head injuries
that caused his death. Garten
Charles Garten
died Aug. 18, six days after the
incident and about a week
before he and his wife Carrie
would have celebrated their second wedding anniversary.
Gary Glen Green, a transient, was arraigned last week
on murder and robbery
charges. Green was arrested
Feb. 15 for another robbery but
has now been charged with
Garten's murder after a follow-
up investigation.
"He confessed to murdering
my husband," said Carrie,
Garten's wife.
The Police, however, have
declined comment on their interviews with Green and would
not talk about any statements
he may hare made to them.
Garten was a full-time student at CBC while he was
working Jim's Chevron station.
He was studying to become
either a minister or a counselor.
and Sherri Willborn escorted
by Jon Stockstill.
"I was surprised when I was
chosen!" exclaimed Miss Duffey.
Edith is a senior here at
CBC. Her interests include
sports and horseback riding.
She also enjoys spending time
with her family. Miss Duffey
has played on both the basket-
four years she has been here.
She received Honorable
Mention NAIA All American
last year as well as being a
member of the All-District
Basketball Team.
She has a double major of
sociology and physical education, which will help in her
future goals of coaching and
teaching.	
BSU on the move
The Baptist Student Union
will start off the month by
hosting 27 BSU students from
Baylor University. They will
be here Sat., March 10
through Fri., March 16. While
here, they will be split into five
teams to do music, drama,
witnessing, and Bible studies
at various colleges in the area.
They   will   also   perform   at
Magnolia   Avenue   Baptist
Church Sunday, March 11, be
in chapel Wednesday, March
14, and will be in a ralley for
college students Thursday,
March 15. This will be in the
Book of Life Building.
Later in the month, March
30-31, a retreat will be held at
Thousand Pines, CA. The
theme for the retreat will be,
"Finding God's will and walking with God." The featured
speaker   will   be   Henry
Blackaby, area missionary for
the Vancouver and Vancouver
Island area.
"Henry Blackaby has beer
a major influence on my life
and I want CBC students tc
spend this week getting tc
know him," said Randy
Gallaway, director for BSU
Blackaby has been mightily
used by God in his ministry.
While pastoring Saxtoon Faith
Baptist Church it, and it's mis
sions, grew from about 10
members to over 2,000.
The cost of the retreat is
$14.00. If you are interested is
going or would like more in
formation, contact the BSU
department.
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