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Friday, September 22, 2006
The Pilot
News
Fourstar Multimedia shop brings
5-star service to Boiling Springs
The computer store is convenient
for students and residents alike as
they no longer have to make the
drive into Shelby, or other sur
rounding areas, to buy technology
or have repairs made.
By Rebecca Clark
Zafiral9 7@hotmail, com
Small survey shows
freshmen happy here
Whether you’re looking
for a new laptop, a video or
a place to repair your com
puter, Fourstar Computers
and Multimedia, located
on North Main Street next
to Dirt Dawg Laundry, can
probably meet your needs.
The store opened up at
the end of May and pro
vides a needed business for
Boiling Springs. The com
puter store is convenient for
students and residents alike
as they no longer have to
make the drive into Shelby,
or other surrounding areas,
to buy technology or have
repairs made.
Two rooms offer retail
items, which include com
puters, laptops, accessories,
upgrades, games and vid
eos. There is also a room
designed for repairs and
services.
Other things Fourstar
offers are Web site design.
CD and DVD duplication,
recording studios and pro
fessional audio and video
production.
Allen Wesson, owner
of Fourstar Computers and
Multimedia, said that busi
ness has been good since
the shop opened in May.
“Repairs are the biggest
demand right now,” Wesson
said. He has taken several
GWU student laptops dam
aged by storms, and has had
good business from univer
sity students since school
started back this fall.
“Keeping people’s com
puters running is the biggest
thing.” Wesson said of the
business.
Wesson, who had been
doing touring sound and
video production in Gasto
nia and Spartanburg, said
he wanted to open a retail
business after seeing the
need and opportunity in this
area.
Fourstar Multimedia has
two full-time and four part-
time employees.
Some of the challenges
Wesson has faced while be
ginning the enterprise have
been the red tape of starting
a business and determining
what sells, what to stock
and what to keep in stock.
The store is open Mon
day through Friday from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tip: Get locked out when RAs are there
By Sheyahshe Littledave
sUIlI@gardner-webb.edu
Ever locked your room
door, stepped out and - as
soon as you pull the door
shut - you realize that the
key is still inside?
If this has been you once
or twice ~ or like me, too
many times to count - then
you are not alone, Gardner-
Webb has a protocol for
those of us who can’t seem
to remember our keys or are
locked out accidently.
According to the univer
sity’s Student’s Handbook,
there are four easy steps
to getting back into your
room:
• Attempt to track down
your roommate.
• Contact a resident ad
visor in your building/area
• Contact your graduate
resident director
• Contact University Po
lice at 4444
Simple enough, right?
Wrong.
When put to the test,
getting back into^our room
could take hours. I was
locked out last weekend,
when my roommate was at
work and unable to come
back and let me in. All three
RAs and the GRD were
gone. So as a last resort, I
called University Police.
I could not get immedi
ate help because the officer
on duty didn’t have a vehi
cle. I was told that it would
be a while before I can be
let into my room.
What do you do when
you follow protocol but
don’t have swift success?
If you ever come across the
same problems I did, the
only thing you can do is
wait.
Ally Willis, a junior
who is an RA for H.A.P.Y,
doesn’t have a problem with
girls locking themselves
out.
“There’s a certain
amount of times you can
lock yourself out before
you get charged,” Ally said.
“Me, personally, I just go let
them in.”
The first two times a stu
dent is locked out during the
academic year there will be
no charge.
The Student Handbook
specifies what happens if
you continue to lock your
self out: Anytime a staff
member (RA, GRD, Resi
dence Life Professional
Staff, University Police)
unlocks a room, the student
is subject to a charge. On
the third and each lockout
after that, a student will be
charged $10.00. The fee
must be paid within 30 days
of the lockout to the Resi
dence Life Office.
Who’s new in the li
brary? Boyd Harris is the
new circulation manager in
the library, and you’re likely
to see him when you check
books out, return them 'or
borrow something from Re
serves. He started here in
August, and looks forward
to getting to know every
one/ Boyd is a Cleveland
County native, an alumnus
of UNC Chapel Hill, and a
member of Boiling Springs
Baptist Church. His previ
ous library work experience
was in the UNC-CH history
department library and the
Gaston Public Library.
What’s new in the li
brary? This summer we had
sit-down-height workstation
furniture installed near Ref
erence to match the existing
public access computers.
We replaced the three old
computers with five new
ones. These are currently
linked to our existing print
er and print controller, and
will soon have a printer and
print controller of their own.
The new computers are fiill-
fimction, with access to the
Internet and the Microsoft
Word suite. The purchase
of the furniture and com
puter equipment was made
possible by a grant from the
Dover Foundation.
Look for information
later this semester about
a new microform reader/
printer and wireless laptops
that you will be able to use
in the library.
Did you know we have
this? The library has a small
collection of silent films, in
cluding some of the best of
the best. They paint an in
teresting picture of both the
history and culture of the
time, and the history of the
early film industry. Here is
a sampling:
“Biograph Shorts” pres
ents 23 complete short D.W.
Griffith films produced be
tween 1909-1913. “Cinema
Europe” is a video study
of the early film in Eiwope.
“Edison: The Invention of
the Movies” contains all 140
complete films produced
by the Edison Co. between
1889-1918. “The Movies
Begin” includes works by
George Melies, “The Great
Train Robbery” and other
foundational titles from the
1894-1914 period.
Other highlights: D.W.
Griffith’s “Birth of a Na
tion” (1915), based on lo
cal author Thomas Dixon’s
book “The Clansman”;
Lillian Gish in “Broken
Blossoms” (1919); Charlie
Chaplin in “City Lights”
By All Cunningham
acunning@gardner-webb. edu
With all the colleges out there, it is easy
to make the wrong choice, but it seems that
GWU freshmen feel like they have made
the right decision.
Several freshmen were asked, “We’ve
been here about a month now. Are you
still glad you choose GWU?” and “Are
you comfortable here now or are you still
homesick?” The majority said that they are
glad that they’re here, and are comfortable
on campus.
Matt Webb, from Charlotte, said “I love
it here ... and I’m more than comfortable
with the GWU life.”
Webb said he came to GWU because it
is a small school and close to home.
Similarly, Becca Fitzherbert is comfort
able, although she is not at all close to her
home in New Hampshire.
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“Yes, I’m very glad I came here,” she
said. “I’m making out pretty well and ad
justing fine to the new environment and
to college life other than the fact of early
classes.”
Fitzherbert chose GWU, she said, “Be
cause I loved the friendly atmosphere I feh
here and I wanted to go somewhere that
would strengthen my faith, and have less
opportunities to get involved with things
and people that would get me into trouble.”
On the other hand, not all freshmen are
as comfortable as Webb and Fitzherbert.
Several students, who did not want their
names used, said that Boiling Springs is
boring and there’s nothing to do within a
reasonable distance. Those students plan to
make their stay in town a short one, they
said.
As freshmen continue to voice their
opinions on the matter, read other responses
online at facebook.com under the Class of
2010 group.
more as teacher’
Goodman can ‘do
with divinity school Shepherd funds
By Sheyahshe Littledave
sum @gardner-webb. edu
In late August, the
Gardner-Webb University
School of Divinity awarded
Dr Daniel E. Goodman the
Bob D. Shepherd Chair in
New Testament Interpreta
tion.
“I am deeply grateful,
and I thank Dr. Bonner and
Dr. Bugg for the honor,”
said Goodman, an associate
professor of New Testament
Studies. “I appreciate the
fact that they trust me with
this honor”
The Shepherd Chair, es-
tabhshed April 27, 1998, is
the oldest endowed chair at
GWU, according to a press
release from the School of
Divinity
“The chair comes with
extra money for research
and travel,” said Good
man. “It will give me the
opportunity to do more as a
teacher.”
“I’m just really grateful
to my colleagues and fac
ulty, Everyone’s been very
supportive,” he said, “I’ve
been here for three years,
and everyone in the -divinity
school was very welcom
ing,”
In 2004, Goodman was
one of 10 theological school
professors nationwide to
be awarded the Theologi
cal Scholars Grant by the
Association of Theological
Schools and the Lilly Foun
dation for his project on the
history of Baptist-Jewish
relations.
In 2006, Goodman was
issue editor for Review &
Expositor’s issue on Jew-
ish-Christian dialogue. He
has also contributed to book
reviews and journals, in
cluding the Biblical Quar
terly and Review of Biblical
Literature,
Microsoft strikes back with the Zune
(1931); King Vidor’s “The
Crowd” (1928); Erich von
Stroheim’s “Greed” (1925);
“Nosferatu” (1922; the first
film version of Bram Stok
er’s book “Dracula”); and
“Richard III” (1912; the
earliest surviving American
feature film).
Rounding out the col
lection are Fritz Lang’s epic
“Die Nibelungen” (1924);
John Barrymore starring in
“Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”
(1920); “Faust” (1926)
based on Goethe’s work; a
Buster Keaton trio, “The
General/The Playhouse/
Cops” (1921-1926); D.W.
Griffith’s “Intolerance”
(1916); the Rene Clair
comedy “An Italian Straw
Hat” (1927); sacred silent
classics “The life and pas
sion of Jesus Christ” and
“From the Manger to the
Cross” (1905/1912); “Mary
Pickford Collection of Ear
ly Silent Short Subjects”
(1909-1918); and Rudolph
Valentino starring in “The
Sheik” (1921).
Each of these is in VHS
or DVD format, and circu
lates for the same length of
time as a book. Come check
one out, get a few friends
together, and see what life
and fantasy were like before
“Star Wars” and “Titanic.”
By Jack Naish
jacOS 09@gardner-webb. edu
Sometime this year,
Microsoft will release the
Zune, its own version of the
iPod.
In many ways, the Zune
will be comparable to an
iPod, with a few new bells
and whistles.
According to engadget.
com, the Zune will have
WiFi capabilities, and may
include Xbox Live Any
where Integration, blurring
the lines of Game Boy and
an MP3 player
In an interesting ap
proach to converting cur
rent iPod pafrons, Microsoft
plans to purchase any music
previously purchased on
iTunes in a Zune-compat-
ible format.
This means that all the
Gloria Estefan and Naughty
by Nature you bought for
your iPod can easily find a
new home inside a Zune.
So, what will it take for
you to ditch your iPod?
“Nothing short of a child
sacrifice,” said sophomore
Lauren Taylor “I love my
iPod.”
Sophomore Tim Lan-
ning said, “I’m definitely
interested, I don’t know if
I will give up my iPod, but
who knows?”
, The Zune is set for a
November release. It will
be available in a variety of
colors.
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