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...clauses--and about 85 per cent of the undergraduate body showed up at the polls. This constituted one of the most dramatic displays of student consensus in years. But while the convention delegates had labored long over the development of a workable student government, and had tried hard to garner approval from undergraduates, no one had spend much time pondering how the new Student Assembly would mesh with the existing network of student-Faculty committees. Consequently, a rift emerged among the convention delegates...
...know that I have destiny," says Preacher Garner Ted Armstrong. But does he have a following? "Disfellowshiped" from the Worldwide Church of God by his father, Herbert Armstrong, 86, Garner Ted, 48, has organized his own Church of God International. At his first sermon in Tyler, Texas, he was all Christian charity and humility to his 200 listeners: "I don't have a bad attitude toward my father any more at all. I realize that he's doing what he feels he has to do -spank his boy. And I want to take every punishment that I need...
...Worldwide Church. A trifling sum, when compared with the generosity of a reported 75,000 church members, many of meager means, who each year give more than a tenth of their gross income to the cause. The fabulous take: $75 million a year, including large donations from Garner Ted's radio-TV fans...
...main drain is Ambassador College, which costs $20 million a year to maintain. In April, Garner Ted decided to shut down the lavish Pasadena campus and move to Texas. Herbert figured the move was illadvised, rescinded the plan and sacked his son. But Herbert has nearly destroyed the school in order to save it. First he decided to close it completely, but now it will shift from a four-year course to various shorter training programs. The full-time student body is being slashed from 1,120 to 250, the faculty from 177 to 25. Long-sought liberal arts accreditation...
...Many people fear Stan immensely," says a veteran headquarters official. An anonymous "Committee of Twelve" has sent a vicious anti-Rader letter to all Worldwide ministers. Rader's candidate to take over may be the newly installed director of the church's ministry, C. Wayne Cole. But Garner Ted should not be counted out. Says Professor Joseph Hopkins of Pennsylvania's Westminster College, author of a recent book called The Armstrong Empire: "There is nobody around who can take Garner Ted's place as radio-TV money raiser. The Worldwide Church of God has no future...