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VOl. 63 — No. 10
TEXAS WESLEYAN COLLEGE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Thursday, January 28, 1988
Holcomb to raise funds
as new Vice President
by Ray C. Brooks
An endowment gives a person
the chance to be immortal, said
James R. Holcomb. TWC's new
vice president for development.
Holcomb will coordinate the an-
nual fund drive in an effort to
reach its goal of $1 million.
Holcomb, 59. said he was con-
tacted by Bawcom last fall. The
drive has already raised 85 per-
cent of the one-million-dollar
goal. Holcomb said he became
friends with Bawcom "shortly
after he (Bawcom) came to
TWC.” Holcomb had previously
been considered by TWC for the
position he now holds in 1985.
Bawcom decided to contact pre-
vious candidates instead of initi-
ating another search when the
position was vacated last semes-
ter.
Holcomb said he was interested
in the position because “I like
Jerry (Bawcom) — I like the
way he operates — and because
I felt I would like TWC." Hoi
comb did not feel offended when
he was not selected in 1985. In
fact, he contacted Bawcom to say
he did not feel like TWC was for
him at that time.
Holcomb’s fund-raising exper-
ience began in 1972. “We have an
old saying in fund-raising: ‘You
just fall into it.’ ” Sixteen years
ago Holcomb was working in the
radio and television commission
of the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion. He was director of market-
ing during a national fund-rais-
ing campaign when a director in
Virginia quit. “Would you go up
there and take this campaign
over’’” Holcomb was asked by the
campaign's director. He continued
to run campaigns for two years
until he could return to his nor-
mal job.
A change in presidents for the
Southern Baptist convention in
1978 caused Holcomb to leave.
“I wanted to get into fund-rais-
ing full time because I liked it,”
he said. He then became employ-
ed by United Way.
Holcomb said he likes fund-
raising because it gives him the
ability to contribute to people.
Holeomb likes the small college
atmosphere. “I may not be a
teacher — I don’t feel like that’s
my calling . . . but I can raise
money.
"1 like people, and people give
money. I like to give people the
opportunity to perpetuate their
■deals, and this school has high
ideals. Therefore, people are will-
ing to make a personal sacrifice
and a personal commitment to
a cause . . . that is preparing
young people for life . . . When
l can convince a person to set
up an endowment fund, he is im-
mortal — he lives forever —
because as long as this school
stands there is going to be peo-
ple that are going to be prepar-
ing themselves ... he is extend-
ing his life.
“Professors do that to, every
time they stand up to lecture or
every time they sit down with
a student to help overcome a
problem . . . they are furthering
that student down a course . . .
but I have the opportunity to do
that for every student because
every time I raise a dollar it is
.•pread out to everyone.”
I'oleomb said he feels that he
has a calling to contribute to a
Computer system moves
by Ray C. Brooks
JAMES R. HOLCOMB takes over
at tha helm of fundraising as the
new vice president of develop-
ment. Photo courtesy of
Dr. Gail Young
society. He was raised on an east
Texas farm by his grandparents
after his parents divorced while
lie was very young. His grand-
father, he explained, was very
traditional. “I was taught values.
I have a very high, strong sense
of values." Holcomb said he knew
since high school that he would
work in something like a church
or a school. He went to a small
Baptist college in west Texas that
had about 500 students which is
less than TWC’s enrollment.
Holcomb’s duty as vice presi-
dent of development is to coordi-
nate the annual campaign which
lacks only 15 percent of achiev-
ing its projected goal. Holcomb
said the goal should be reached
in a few weeks. TWC is also con-
ducting a study which tests the
possibility of having a major
five-year campaign with a goal
of $20 million to $25 million.
The development office also
needs to raise $500,000 to com-
pliment the $1.5 million in grants
to remodel the old library to
suit the needs of the School of
Business.
TWC’s computer system was
moved during Christmas vacation
from the computer center to the
basement of the administation
building.
The mainframe, the central
processing unit of the computer
system, was moved to room 108
of the administration building.
“It went pretty smoothly,” said
Gary Orren, the director of com-
puter service at TWC. He said
the mainframe was moved within
a day. It was not fully operational
from December 30 to January 11.
The system serves both the stu-
dents and the administration.
The library has its own separate
system and was not affected by
the relocation. Students use the
system for homework in the com-
puter languages of Cobal, Pascal,
Fortran and Basic. The computer
lab and all the student terminals
are still located in the computer
center. Until the West Library
is opened, they will remain there.
TWC plans to destroy the Com-
puter Center, the Academic An-
nex and the TV Center once the
new library is open.
The system is used by the ad-
ministration in everything from
the accounting office to the reg-
istrar office. "When we bought
this (mainframe) a year ago, we
bought enough machine to last us
over ten years,” said Orren.
"We're using half of its capacity
right now.” The system is a Data
General 4000 which has 900 mil-
lion bytes of information storage.
“The computer was down for
a week before school started,”
said a worker in the development
office. However, Orren said two
of those days the computer was
not needed because the school
was closed due to the icy roads.
“We really were not adversely af-
fected,” the worker said.
Orren runs a one-man show in
the computer service at TWC. He
programs, analyzes and trouble
shoots, but mostly, he helps em-
ployees use the computer.
Armed men rob Mama's
"Most of the choices I made were wrong.."
Noles fights to overcome bad rep.
by Todd Obadal
“Like it or not, athletes arc
role models. Everybody wants to
be an athlete, successful.” So
went the words of Dickie Noles
on Jan. 18 is Dora Roberts
Cafeteria. “It’s an athlete's job
to be a role model,” he con-
tinued, “It’s tough for me to
listen to someone say, ‘I don’t
want to be no role model.' ”
Dickie Noles will be the first
to tell you that for the greater
part of his career he was any-
thing but a role model. Throw-
ing at player’s heads, fighting
in bars, doing drugs, and getting
arrested were as much of a part
of his repetoirc as his fastball
and curve.
An alcoholic since junior high,
Noles led a tumultuous life
through high school and his early
years of minor and major league
ball. A home run hitting star in
high school, Noles tore apart his
left forearm In a glass door on
a drunken escapade the night
after he hit 3 HR’s in a game.
Relegated solely to pitching,
Noles made it to the major lea-
gues in 1979. In 1980 he was
on the world champion Phila-
delphia Phillies. “I was lucky
to be on that team. It was just
a matter of being in the right
place at the right time.
Noles used the following quote
as the focal point of his message:
“ ‘Our lives are not made by the
dreams that we dream, but the
choices that we make.’ I'm tell-
ing you most of the choices I
made were wrong. I always took
the easy way out. I was just very
lucky.
’T’ve been in a lot of fights.
In 1982 I was voted the meanest
pitcher in the National League.
I had a terrible reputation. I've
been sued three times, I’m not
proud of any of these things. I
am no longer a fighter. Now I
do my fighting for the Lord."
On Apr. 9, 1983, he was ad
mitted into a drug rehab center.
"If you had tried to tell me I
was an alcoholic before that day.
I probably would have knocked
you out.”
Now married with a young
daughter, Noles takes on a differ
ent perspective. “I think we have
to teach our children more posi-
tive things. We have to teach our
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by Sean M. Wood
Thursday night, Jan. 21, at
10:05 pm, two armed, masked
men left with the cash register
from Mama's Pizza on Rosedale.
They got away with an undisclos-
ed amount of money.
"I was working in the back
making pizza,” said employee
Billy Boles. “Two guys with
masks walked in and said, ‘Give
us the money.’ The girl working
the register turned around and
one of the guys grabbed the reg-
ister.” Boles watched the men
get into a white Chevrolet Cava-
lier with two other men in masks.
Senior Troy Lawrence was at
Mama's when the incident oc-
curred. “It was a typical night at
Mama's," Lawrence said. “We
heard a scream and saw two guys
come in with white hoods carry-
ing guns. I thought, 'Right. Ma-
ma’s is getting robbed.’ Then one
of the guys grabbed the cash
register and took off.”
Lawrence and former student
Paul Archibald ran to the win-
dow to try to get the license
number of the car. “It lasted
about 10 seconds," Lawrence
added. “It seemed like forever.”
The cash register was later
found in the 3600 block of Hat-
cher. Any student who payed on
that night with a credit card
should keep in mind that the
thieves now have their card num-
bers.
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