The Banner, Vol. 43 No. 3 - October 30, 1998

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"We will shout for joy when you are victorious and we will lift up our banners in the name of our God." Psalm 20:5
Volume 43, Number 3
A Student Publication of California Baptist University
October 30,1998
President ready to lead Cal
Baptist into the 21st century
RIDS epidemic
On October 28,
President Clinton
announced $156
million ujorth of new
gouernment funding.
This money mill
be used to fight
the RIDS epidemic
within the black
and other minority
communities.
New chancellor
Social Democrat
Gerhard Schroeder
replaces Helmut
Kohl, Germany's
longest-seruing
chancellor this
century, becoming
Germany's seuenth
chancellor.
Sherman Block
Sherman Block,
sheriff of Los
Rngeles, the largest
sheriff's department
in the nation, is in
the hospital recou-
ering from surgery
to remoue a blood
clot in his brain. Rs
a result of Blocks
condition, Lee Baca,
a candidate for
Sheriff challenging
Block, has decided to
cancel seueral fund-
raising euents, and
to remoue references to Block from
his campaign ads.
by Nick Peterson
Students at California
Baptist University often see Dr.
Ronald Ellis as the fearless
leader of our University. This
is the man who helped lead Cal
Baptist through a three year
period that saw our school grow
by over 1000 students and
become a University.
We do not, however, get to
know much about his background, or his personal side. For
example, how many of us know
that he listens to "easy-listening,
or pop music," or that he is an
avid fan of spicy foods.
"I love spicy food," said
Ellis. "I grew up eating Cajun
and Tex-Mex, so I use Tabasco
everyday.'
Ellis was born to a school
teacher in Louisiana. When he
was five years old, his family
moved to Las Vegas where his
father got a job teaching at Las
Vegas High School. Ellis was
baptized in the First Southern
Baptist Church of Las Vegas.
When he was 13, his family moved to Louisiana where he
graduated from high school.
After graduating Ellis got
his undergraduate degree from
Houston Baptist University.
Afterward, he earned his
Masters Degree from Baylor
University, and his Doctorate
from Texas A&M.
Ellis married Jane, the
daughter of his hometown
pastor, 23 years ago. Jane has
been a teacher for 12 years, and
has a Master's Degree. They
have two sons, Ashton, 15, and
Zach, 13. Both sons attend
Woodcrest Christian where
Ashton is a sophomore and Zach
is in eighth grade.
Before coming to Cal
Baptist, Ellis was Executive
Vice President of
Campbellsville University in
Kentucky. Ellis was nominated
to fill the position of president
by the former Trustee who knew
Ellis from Taylor County, Kentucky, where Campbellsville
University is located.
Ellis and his wife considered the prospect of changing
jobs and relocating their family
to Southern California.
"My wife and I, even before
we were married, committed to
a walk of faith in our lives, that
we would go wherever He
leads," said Ellis. "We also
centered our lives around the
Great Commission, and things
worked out, so we ended up here
at Cal Baptist."
Ellis has enjoyed seeing the
growth of Cal Baptist over the
past three years, and has great
plans for the future.
He mentioned that growth
will slow, but positive change
will continue. These changes
will include an expanded physical plant and a proposed Ph.D.
program.
Multi-Cultural club recieues award
by Markita Harrington
For the first time, the Multi-
Cultural club received "Club of
the Year" award for 1997-1998
school year.
According to ASCBU Vice
President Bea Trevino, out of
eight clubs three were nominated.
The clubs were: Hockey,
Class of 1999 and Multi-
Cultural.
Senate reviews a list of all
the activites and contributions
each club has given. The club
who has contributed the most
has the club name engraved on
a plaque that can be seen in the
ASCBU office.
The Multi-Cultural club
members are happy and were
excited when they heard the
news.
"I feel that we worked hard
to do a good job," said Alicia
Lovelady, junior and president
of the club. "Winning the award
was an extra incentive to do
better this year."
Activities sponsored by the
Multi- Cultural club include the
Gospel choir performing in
chapel, and a "step" dance
performance during half-time at
the men's basketball game.
The club has expanded this
year attracting all kinds of
people including freshmen and
international students.
"I saw an opptortunity as a
minority at this school to share
my culture with others," said
Missy Seui, freshman.
Sadok Riahi, sophomore,
likes what the club stands for
"Someone invited mer," said
Jennifer McCalmon, freshman.
I was curious to learn about
others."
To Chinyere Ndukwe, junior and dance coordinator for the
club, the purpose of the club is
to enhance the knowledge of
one's culture and to help stay
focused as far as academics.
"We try to reach out to the
community like high school,
junior high and elementary to
minister and promote cultural
diversity", said Ndukwe.
Since the "step" performance, the club has received
offers from local high schools to
perform.
This has encouraged the
club to continue to work hard to
present a positive message to
everyone.
The meetings are on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the BOL lobby.
Gospel choir meets every Sunday at 7 p.m. upstairs in the
BOL. Upcoming events
include Poetry night, November
12.
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