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Friday, November 11,2005
www.gwupilot.com
Volume 9 No. 6
Serving students at Gardner-Webb University for more than 60 years
Christie Barlow
Pilot Copy Editor
Homecoming hit GWU last
weekend, and it was a sight to
see.
Students struck campus the
night of Nov. 4, toilet papering the
quad.
“That is my favorite part
of homecoming,” said Kristin
Borque, senior athletic training
major from Colombia, Md. “It’s
a chance to get out and have fiin,
and show some school spirit.”
Borque’s not the only one who
showed school spirit with toilet
paper.
“I had so much fun,” said Tyler
Evans, a junior from Hickory. “It
feels like the one night on GWU
where you can go out and feel like
a real college student. You don’t
have to worry about all the rules
the school has. You can cause
trouble without actually getting
into any trouble.”
Students toilet-papered cam
pus, spray painted messages on the
grass at the football field, and held
shaving cream and food fights.
“I love to come back and see
that stuff like this is still going
on,” said Emily McCurry, a 2003
GWU graduate. “It’s nice to be
here for the football game and see
that people are still out making a
mess on campus and continuing
with things that we were once a
part of”
Some students say the Home
coming festivities are a good way
to feel like a part of the school’s
tradition.
“It’s all in good fun,” said
Maggie Mason, a freshmen from
Easley, S.C. “I love that Gardner-
Webb does stuff like this. It really
makes you feel like a part of the
school when you can take part in
Bulldogs take on national champions
Season opener against UNC not the only big game for the ’Dogs
Once again, Gardner-Webb
University has made headlines on
ESPN. Only this time the topic is
not cupcakes but Carolina.
ESPN, the self-proclaimed
worldwide leader in sports, re
cently posted a preview of the up
coming basketball season and the
game versus North Carolina on
their Web site.
“It’s been nice all the attention
we have been getting,” said head
coach Rick Scruggs. “But people
around here seem to be forgetting
that the season is more than just
the Carolina game.”
Scruggs’s statement seems
to be borne out by the rest of the
schedule.
Not only do the Bulldogs face
the defending national champions
Nov. 19, they also will encounter
a number of other top programs
throughout the 2005-2006 sea
son. These teams include Auburn
University, Ohio State University,
and the University of Minnesota.
“We had a really successful
season last year,” said Scruggs.
“That’s why we’re getting onto
the bigger schools schedules.”
Even so, local sports fans seem
The Gardner-Webb Uni
versity Bulldogs take on
the Tarheels Nov. 19 at 8
p.m. in Chapel Hill.
The season opener will
mark Gardner-Webb's
first' trip to play in the
Dean E. Smith Center
and will also be the first
time GWU has opened
the season against a de
fending national cham
pion in any sport at the
Division I level.
to only be focusing on the game
with the Tar Heels.
Scruggs and others admit that
not all of the fans who bought
tickets will be wearing Bulldog
black and red.
“We have sold over 1000 tick
ets, and some of them were prob
ably bought by Carolina fans,”
said GWU Athletic Director
Chuck Burch “But I’ve had many
Tar Heel fans tell us that they
would route for Gardner-Webb in
this game because it would mean
so much to the university and to
Cleveland County if we won.”
As important as the game
against Chapel Hill is, winning or
losing that game will not make or
break the entire season.
According to Scruggs, the
games that really matter will be
played inside of the Atlantic Sun
conference. “Teams like Lip
scomb University in our confer
ence could be a dark horse, and
the conference schedule is always
tough,” Scruggs said.
Scruggs believes that this sea
son could closely mirror the 2004
campaign.
The Bulldogs have five return
ing starters and solid returning
bench players, but GWU has also
added some players to help fill in
the gaps.
“Fans are really going to enjoy
watching Ricky McPhee for four
years,” said Scruggs.
“And we also have Takio
Siddle out of Hargrave Military
Academy so it should be a really
exciting season.”
Fall Forum focuses
on abortion debate
tion debate in the United States
Constitutional law professor
Michael J. Gerhardt will kick 7 p.m
off the campus-wide discussion
of the issue with a keynote ad
dress at 7 p.m. in Dover Theatre
Nov. 15. Following his address,
Gerhardt will meet with students
and faculty for a reception in the
Fireside Lounge in the Dover Nov. 20
photo by Ashley Carter
Students rolled campus In traditional Gardner-Webb University fashion during homecoming
weekend. They also used shaving cream, fish and water balloons to show their school spirit.
Homecoming a sight to behold
Amanda Wood
Pilot Editor-in-Chief
Gardner-Webb University
plans to kick off its armual Fall
ForumNov 15. The Forum will Michael J. Gerhardt
address the history of the abor- pgver Theater
Fall Forum Events
Keynote address:
Nov. 15
“Purging Mary”
Millennium Playhouse
Nov. 16 to 19
7:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
Visit forum.gardner-webb.edu
for more information about
discussion group times.
one of its traditions.”
Though students consider toi
let papering the quad good clean
fun, there are some that think it’s
wasteful.
“I know it supposed to be a
sign of school spirit, and it’s a
tradition and everything, but you
would think, in light of all the hur
ricanes and people that need help,
we wouldn’t be wasting so much,”
said Courtney Puddister, a junior
from Virginia Beach, Va.
Students started a program that
calls for donations of toilet paper
to the people who were devastated
by Hurricane Katrina instead of
using it on the quad.
“People have lost everything
and we are up here wasting hvm-
dreds of rolls of toilet paper, and
shaving cream and all sorts of stuff
that the people in New Orleans re-
See Homecoming page 2
Campus Center He vwll answer
questions at this time,
“I was looking for someone
to come who could talk to us
about Constitutional law,” said
Scot Lahaie, who is heading up
the preparations for the forum.
“I was looking for someone to
give us this story from a lawyer’s point of view. There’s no one in the nation
more qualified than this guy is.”
Gerhardt, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law
in Chapel Hill, is pleased that GWU is addressing an important national
issue, Lahaie said.
In addition to the keynote address, the week’s activities include the
opening of Lahaie’s newest play, “Purging Mary.” The play, which opens in
the Millennium Playhouse Nov. 16, centers around the abortion debate and
runs until Nov. 20. Lahaie and the cast plan to meet with students Nov. 16
after the show in the TV. studio in the Communications Studies Hall.
“You can’t separate the play from the forum,” Lahaie said. “We have
this heady thing. We have this heart thing. And, thus, we have a lot of good
learning going on.”
Lahaie said he wrote the play after realizing that a shift of power on the
U.S. Supreme Court could affect the abortion issue.
“I said to myself, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to be a part of that conversation
as it unfolds?’ ” Lahaie said.
Chelsea Quarfot, 19, a theater major from Raleigh, said the play accom
plishes its goal of addressing the abortion debate.
“It’s an amazing play, and it makes you think a lot,” she said. “I was at
a loss for words when I saw it.”
During the forum, professors plan to hold discussion groups to further
explore the issue. The world languages and cultures group will meet at the
Broad River Coffee Company Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. to present the abortion is
sue from the perspective of people from countries outside the United States.
Other groups include a communications group, an English group, a science
group, a nursing group and a psychology group.
Lahaie said he believes the discussion groups, new to the forum this
year, will help students retain the knowledge they glean from the Gerhardt’s
address and &e play.
For more information about the Fall Forum, visit www.forum.gardner-
webb.edu.
Newjusticemayreplaceswing
vote with conservative view
From staff reports litical science assistant professor
Chad Raymond, experience is not
a prerequisite to serving on the
Supreme Court.
“He served 15 years on the fed
eral bench as an appellate judge,
so he has plenty of experience,”
Raymond said. “But many of the
best Supreme Court justices had
no prior experience as a federal
judge.”
Barry Hambright, professor
of history and political science at
GWU, believes that Alito will be
confirmed by Republicans in the
Senate.
Chris Meekins, a senior from
Maryland majoring in political
science, said Alito’s confirmation
will be of national importance be
cause he may shift the balance of
power on the bench to the conser
vative side.
“Judge Alito will be replacing
Sandra Day O’Connor who was
a crucial swing vote on many is
sues,” Meekins said.
President George Bush nomi
nated Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr to
be the next justice of the Supreme
Court Oct. 31.
Alito will replace Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor, who an
nounced her retirement in July.
Bush believes that Alito, who
tends to be conservative on judi
cial matters, has more experience
than any other nominee in the last
70 years.
“As a Justice Department offi
cial, federal prosecutor and judge
on the United States Court of Ap
peals, Sam Alito has shown a mas
tery of the law, a deep commitment
of justice, and he is a man of enor
mous character,” Bush said when
he announced Alito’s nomination.
“He’s scholarly, fair-minded and
principled, and these qualities will
serve our nation well on the high
est court of the land.”
But according to GWU po-
For liberal and conservative viewpoints
on Alito’s nomination, see page three.
On the Inside
Fred Atkins, GWU’s mascot, re
veals his school spirit... page 2
Minister to students Andy
celebrates his ordination service
... page 2
Students weigh in on the new Su
preme Court nominee... page 3
GWU hopes to field a marching
band... page 6
News’
pages 2
A&E
Sports
page 5
Photos
pages 7 to 8