The Banner, Vol. 39 No. 3 - October 18, 1994

              The
nner
Volume XXXIX, Number 3
A Publication of the Students of California Baptist College
October 18, 1994
Meet President Ellis
By Tommy Jolly
Co-Editor
Dr. Ron Ellis will be California Baptist college's next
president on Nov. 1, but is
already busy meeting students and learning about the
college's history.
In an interview with The
Banner, Dr. Ellis shared
about his family history and
dreams for Cal Baptist.
He was bom in Louisiana, and at age five moved
to Las Vegas, where his father taught high school. At
age 13, his family moved
back to Louisiana, where he
graduated from high school
before going to Houston
Baptist University for his undergraduate work.
Following his bachelor's
degree, Ellis continued his
studies, earning a master's
from Baylor University and
a doctorate from Texas A&
M University. He has
worked at Baptist colleges
and pastored churches
throughout his career.
Ellis said there are similarities between his previous
colleges' problems and the
job he is about to start.
"When I went to
Campbellsville College, they
were running 760 students
and today they are running
1,260," said Ellis. "They had
some financial difficulties,
and we were able to turn that
around as well." Ellis expressed hope that the solutions to Campellsville's
problem's will work at Cal
Baptist.
He also said that God has
led him to this college. "My
wife and I, since we've been
married, have always tried
to follow the Lord's will in
what we do, and walk in
faith," he said. "We really
feel that this is where God
would have us to be, so we
see this as an extension of
that walk, that pilgrimage
that we're on."
A constant correspondence has been kept between
Ellis and Cal Baptist since
his election. From this continuing contact, Ellis has begun to devise his plan for the
college. "I want to be sensitive to the history, and build
on that," he commented. "I
want to try to make this
school as student-centered as
possible."
He added that he wanted
to focus on student input. "
The students are the reason
we're here. If we don't have
students, we don't have a reason to exist," he said.
As far as change is concerned, "We don't want to be
hasty but we will be quick,"
stated Ellis. Cal Baptist's
current situation, especially
financially, requires "imme-
Dr. Ron Ellis (photo by Dale Evola)
diate attention." After that,
"everything is open," he said.
Ellis was clear about the
challenges he was about to
face. He added, "The challenge is part of the excitement about it.   I think how
quickly we get over the challenges and get on to the
building up is dependent
upon working
See Ellis Page 3
Operation TB nears completion
By Jean Lewis
Staff Writer
Last week was a busy one
for the entire campus. The
first six phases of the Student Health Center's "Operation TB" have been completed. So far, the following
has happened:
Phase one - The compilation of a detailed and exhaustive list of contacts. Deborah
Worden of international student services and other staff
were mainly responsible for
seeing to it that the lists were
made of all contacts. Along
with her staff, Worden compiled lists of all Smith Hall
residents, cafeteria patrons,
and classroom attendants.
All the lists were then cross-
referenced, and a final and
completed list of over 300
names was compiled.
Phase two - Notification
of all contacts. Barbara Cole,
nursing director of the Riverside County Department of
Public Health, and her staff
supervisor, Yvonne Myers,
were very supportive in providing information and drafting 331 letters advising all
contacts with an individual
diagnosed with tuberculosis.
They then hand-carried the
letters to the Cal Baptist
Health Center. The Health
Center's manager, Bonnie
Tate, along with Michele Ensign of the post office addressed and distributed all the
letters.
Phase three - TB skin test.
At 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct.
11 at Simmons Hall, Rae
Hunter, supervising nurse for
the Department of Public
Health, arrived with her crew
and went to work. Out of a
list of 331, 310 were tested.
Phase four - TB skin test
reading. At 1:00 p.m. Thursday Oct. 13, Hunter and her
staff returned to read the skin
test. Everyone returned to
have their test read except
20 people, who later that day
had their test read at the
Health Center.
Phase five - X-rays. On
Monday, Oct. 17, between
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
Mark McEachern of facilities use transported the residents of Smith Hall and all
others who needed transportation to the Linden Health
Clinic for follow-up X-rays.
Phase six - More X-rays.
On Monday, Oct. 17, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., McEachern transported
the remaining residents.
One more phase has yet to
take place: Phase seven -
Medication. All those needing medication, both prophylactic and therapeutic, will
receive letters notifying them
when and where to go. Nov.
4 is the tentatively scheduled date.
So that no one misunderstands or is misled, it needs
to be said that no one has
tested positive from this contact. All persons who have
tested positive have done so
owing to a previous contact
before coming to Cal Baptist.
The Health Center staff is
grateful for the cooperation
of other staff and faculty
members.
Inside
Twirp Week a huge
success
page 2
United Way
Brunch
page 2
Campus Revival
coming soon
page 3
Sports Schedules