The Banner, Vol. 32 No. 6 - November 24, 1987

              Happy Thanksgiving From The Banner
The
BANNER
Volume XXXn    Number 6
California Baptist College
November 24,1987
Trustees      Raise
Tuition      Again
by Don Alexander
Editor
There seems to be some good news
and some bad news prevailing after
every trustee meeting. This time we
must  deal with a tuition increase
again, but it is a smaller increase
than we may have seen for some
time now.
On Saturday, November 7, the
trustees   of  California   Baptist
College unanimously approved a
4.1% tuttion increase    for the
1988-89 school year.  The cost per
mit will go up from $169.00 a unit
to $176.00 a unit next year.  The
increase was set in accordance with
the Consumer Prix Index, which
simply means we are keeping up
with the national average rate of
inflation.
Bates Ivey, who has chaired the
trustees business affairs committee,
said, "this is the smallest increase
since I've been on the board."
In addition to the tuition increase,
a new energy management program
to be headed up by Tom Hixson was
approved. Mr. Hixson will be
working with the Honeywell corporation in a program that is
forecasted to save the college
Briefs
Financial Aid
To all students: An explanation of the tax reform act of
1986 is available in the Office
of Student Financial Services.
Should you be in need of this
publication kindly stop by the
Office of Student Financial Services between the hours of
9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00.
Counseling
Students with questions or
facing difficulties have available
to them six graduate interns
who make up the Counseling
Center. Appointments can be
scheduled in the Behavior
Science Office on the second
floor.
approximately $47,000 over the next
nine years. The program will include
a new boiler, air conditioning for the
library, and refurbishing the dorm air
conditioning system. It should take
about six to eight months to have
everything in place. Trustee Dana
Horn said, "this is an excellent
proposal for the college."
Sabbaticals were granted to Dr.
Ken Futch, Professor of English,
and to Dr. Robert Jabs of the
Business Department. Dr. Futch
was approved for the fall 1988
semester and Dr. Jabs for spring
semester in 1989. Noel Scott,
Assistant Professor of Education,
was awarded tenure.
The trustees also met on Friday,
November 6, in the afternoon. The
first order of the meeting was roll
call by Janice Sutton, secretary to
Dr. Russell Tuck. Next Willie
Gaines, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church in San Jose, arose to give a
bold Scripture reading and prayer.
Pastor Gaines stated that we must
not "spend the night in the lions
den" unless we have had #l-a daily
devotion and prayer, #2--came
dressed with a garment of praise, and
#3--have gotten a good night's rest.
The highlight of the November 6
meeting was a speech given by
trustee Nolan Kennedy of Monterey,
CA. Mr. Kennedy is an attorney
with Hoge, Fenton, Jones and
Appel, Inc, in Monterey. Kennedy
vivaciously attacked stagnancy in the
role of the trustee by pointing out
his sole responsibility to the
college.
"We must do our best
with our time, realizing the vital nature of
our   problems    and
issues we are the
most effective pipeline this college can
have"
Kennedy said "trustees, let's not
be the weak link in the system, it is
our responsibility to ultimately lead,
plan and be responsible. We must
do our best with our time, realizing
also the vital nature of our problems
and issues, we are the most effective
pipeline this college can have."
Kennedy spoke from experience and
shared about his own Baptist
education at the pre and post graduate
level. His speech was truly inspiring
and filled with an undebateable
honest love for the Lord. Kennedy
received a standing ovation from
both trustees and students in the A.J.
Staples room.
Not to be overlooked was the
statement "we have a dream" by
Kennedy in the beginning of the
meeting. The "dream" includes a
better library, improved educational
opportunities, and improved salaries
for teachers.
With the dream comes a rather
frightening task. We must overcome
a $728,545 budget deficit that has
occured in the past three years.
Cal Baptist president, Dr. Russell
Tuck spoke soon after Kennedy and
gave the presidents report. He shared
some thoughts that he had spoken in
chapel and faculty meetings. They
were: #l-we are a Christian
institution, #2--we are a liberal arts
college, and #3~we are Southern
Baptist.
Dr. Tuck effectively commented
that we have a dual purpose as a
college, #l-as in John 15:5 we
must realize that Christ is the vine,
we are the branches, and without
him (Christ the vine) we are
nothing. We will wither away. Dr.
Tuck looked back upon his career as
a geologist to show how his
experience helped him to see this
Scripture more clearly. #2--We are
to follow Matthew 28:19 where we
are told to go into all the world, and
tell and teach everyone the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
Science Division Moves Forward
by Daniel Pryfogle
Students and faculty in California
Baptist College's Science Division
have been very busy in the last few
weeks.
Dr. Ed Harvey, professor of natural
science, met with nine students who
plan to travel to the Galapagos Islands next June. For an entire
month, they will study marine
science, plant and animal succession,
and natural history of the islands
located 600 miles off the coast of
Equador.
October 24 to 25, students Glen
Kirpatrick, Gene Lazar and his son
Letter of Commendation Awarded
Trustee Noland Kennedy
Dr. Tuck said $852,000 from the
Cooperative Program went direcdy
to students in the form of
scholarships this year.
Dr. Tuck spoke with great
diligence, as did Kennedy, and both
men are to be commended for their
inspiring words.
As students we may be happy,
upset, or mad about these new
decisions. Perhaps in the end we
may find ourselves asking this
question: can the trustees ever meet
without raising tuition?
Jamie, participated in the 66th
Desert Palaver, in the Orocopia
Mountains of Southern California.
Started years ago by renown scientist
Dr. Edmund C. Jaeger, these conferences bring together experts who
lecture on desert topics and give
walking tours. This was the third
such conference that Cal Baptist's
Science Division has attended in the
last year.
Cal Baptist had its own exhibit in
the Riverside Health and Fitness Fair
displaying general publicity of the
college, science publications, and
course offerings. Eight students of
the college volunteered their services
for the Oct. 24 fair, with one,
Donald Kowatch, receiving a letter
of commendation from the chamber
of commerce for his "excellent volunteer work."
Dr. Harvey is very excited about
the direction the Science Division is
moving in. He commented that
amongst the students and faculty,
there seems to be an enthusiasm and
pride in their division. "I think we
are now in the mindset of an ongoing, fully comprehensive program."
Inside
Chapel Editorial p.2
Lonely Seniors p.3
Self Study p.2
Corrections p.3
Moot Points p.3
Athlete of the month..p.4
May Hell Forbid p.2
Lady Lancers p.4