PRESIDENT Changes continue smoothly in Burks' second year C hanges have confronted students for the last fe\v years. Probably the most prominent of these has been the succession of Dr. David B. Burks to the presidency of the university. While this has definitely changed the lives of all the students here, the people it has affected most have been Burks and his predecessor, Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. After his "honeymoon" first year as president, Burks believes his relationship with the students is much less formal. He has seen the students become more comfortable with him and bring more of their problems to him. He also believes the faculty has worked well with him by becoming involved in the decisionmaking process. Burks' goal as president is "the creation of a distinctively Christian university devoted to excellence." He wants people to be able to look at Harding and have no question in their minds that it is a school devoted to God. Several changes have occurred during Burks' first year. Some of the most obvious are the renovation of Pattie Cobb Hall and the Charles M. White Dining Hall located in the American Heritage Center. 142 Keeping the grade We have seen the formation of a College of Bible and Religic:m and a capacity enrollment for the 1988-89 school year. Future accomplishments will be a new men 's dorm, an addition to the library, and conversion of the American Heritage Center into a completely administrative building. The transition is working smoothly and Burks is doing all he can to make this school a better place and to bring it into the 21st century. -Wade Brey CHUCKLES ON THE LAWN. Chancellor Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. shares humorous confabs with Deans Ted Altman, Maribeth Downing, and Butch Gardner during the dedication ceremony on the front lawn. The ceremony officially marked the opening of the refurbished Pattie Cobb Hall and the Charles M. White Dining Hall. -Photo by Cole Bennett. OPENING NIGHT. Dr. David Burks, President, along with Dr. Jack Ryan, Chairman of the Communication Department, drops in to view the first night of operation for TV-19. The Harding Station changed from 12 to 19 when White County Video rearranged their channel assignments. -Photo by Leslie Downs.
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