Friday, September 14, 2001
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Student
victim of
robbery
Joy Marinelli
Pilot staff
Wednesday night. Boiling
Springs and the surrounding
county was victim to several
car break-ins. Though a specif
ic time cannot be pinpointed,
police suspect that the 27-28
break-ins occurred between
midnight and 5 a.m.
Boiling Springs Chief of
Police James Clary stated that
of the 20 break-ins reported,
“not one car was locked.” Lt.
Gold of the Cleveland County
Sheriff’s office said that so far
there has been seven to eight
break-ins on the western side
of the county and only a few of
the cars involved were locked.
Gardner-Webb student
Kristen Trantham, a resident of
Juniper Terrace, had her car
broken into. “I went to bed at 2
a.m. so it must have happened
after that. They cleaned out my
glove compartment and every
thing on the floor and seats.”
Gold reported that the
things taken have been cell
phones, CD’s, change and
other personal items.
So far Trantham has been
the only Gardner-Webb student
affected but both Gold and
Clary stress the importance of
locking the car doors.
“Please tell students to
make sure they lock their
doors. And if they have trunks
that can be unlocked from the
inside, make sure there is noth
ing important in them,” said
Gold.
Taking time to give
Christi Hallis donates blood in Spartanburg
Tuesday afternoon following the terrorist
attacks in New York City and Washington,
D. C. Many GWU students gave blood at var
ious locations in Spartanburg, Gaffney and
Gastonia.
Donations are being taken at the Cherokee
County Law Enforcement Center in Gaffney
on September 19 from 9a.m. until 5 p.m. For
more information call (864) 487-2593. The
Red Cross in Spartanburg can be reached at
1 (800) 224-5836.
Gardner-Webb has also planned a Blood
Drive for October 25.
photo by Tara Hostetler
Channel 19 benefits students and community
Jessica Webb
Pilot co-editor
This past spring cable televi
sion provider Time-Wamer
approached Gardner-Webb with
the chance to produce some of
the programming on channel 19,
an education channel that GWU
shares with Cleveland
Community College.
Now GWU students have
the chance to reach a potential
audience of 65,000 viewers
through programs and public
service announcements cable
on WEBB 19.
Floyd Williams, general
manager of Time-Wamer, stated
that the reasons for allowing
GWU to share the channel are
numerous.
“There is a wealth of infor
mation from Gardner-Webb to
be shared with the community
at large,” he said. “It is also a
learning experience for stu
dents in that curriculum [com
munications] because it gives
hands-on experience.”
According to Drew Van
Horn, GWU vice president of
public relations, once the
school was approached, the
public relations office and the
communication department
began talking about what pro
grams could be aired.
Noel Manning, assistant
director of public relations, was
given the responsibility of pro
duction and programming on
WEBB 19.
Manning previously
worked with Gardner-Webb’s
radio station, WGWG, so he
uses the resources of the radio
to benefit the new channel.
Currently, WGWG is being
fed on WEBB 19 along with
community announcements.
Some of the regular radio
shows such as “Insights” and
‘‘‘‘The Web Sessions” are going
to be used for both the radio
and for WEBB 19. In a new
show, “The General’s Gameplccn, ”
head football coach Steve Patton
comments on the previous
week’s game.
A committee is being
formed to select future pro
gramming for WEBB 19. It will
consist of Manning, two com
munication professors, two stu
dents and Matt Webber, direc
tor of university communica
tions.
“This is a great opportunity
for students to get involved,”
Manning said. “There are so
many feature packages down
the road that need to be done.”
Many communications stu
dents are excited about the
opportunity to produce shows
for a large audience.
“It is awesome that we
have channel 19 now,” said
Cristen Trantham, a senior
communications major. “It
shows that the communications
department is evolving,”
“I know we have the
Greenroom, on channel 74, but
19 is broadcast in 20,000
homes in Cleveland County
and they get to see longer pack
ages of work, where [channel]
74 viewers only get to see part
of our work,” she said.
Manning also stated addi
tional advantages to having
WEBB 19.
“It gets community leaders
into the communication studies
hall to see what students have
access to and for them to meet
students and network,” he said.
GWU airs programs on
WEBB 19 from noon to 6 p.m.
and from midnight to 6 a.m. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. On Tuesdays and
Thursdays, WEBB 19 is aired
from 6 a.m. to noon and from 6
p.m. to midnight.
CM\3 adds new off-campus hispanic ministry
Monica Houser
Pilot staff
As the number of Spanish
speaking people in our area
increases. Campus Ministries
United (CMU) has welcomed
the involvement of students in
the expansion of a new off-
campus ministry. This ministry
includes teaching English to
Hispanic people from
Cleveland county and sur
rounding areas, as well as the
development of a Spanish
speaking church in Belwood.
The English as a Second
Language (ESL) program takes
, place on Monday nights from
6:15 to 8:30 at Bethany First
Hispanic Church in Shelby.
Juniors Erin Boyd and Jennifer
Knecht began participating in
this already-established pro
gram as a requirement of their
Spanish 301 class in the fall of
2000. Spanish majors Knecht
and Boyd, sharing an interest in
and a heart for the Spanish
community, continued partici
pating in this ministry as volun
teers last spring semester.
Now, Boyd and Knecht
have worked to institute this
program as an off-campus min
istry. Knecht emphasizes that
you do not have to know
Spanish to participate in this
program. “You can do anything
from playing with the children,
to teaching English, to organiz
ing clothes for the church’s
clothing drive,” she said.
Boyd highlights the oppor
tunities this program offers.
“Working with Hispanic people
in the United States combines
North American and interna
tional missions, and whether
you’re called to serve down the
street or in a country far away,
this is a great way to allow God
to prepare you,” she said.
Senior Becca Boring is
working to begin a similar off-
campus ministry involving
Bethany First Hispariic Church
and the Spanish-speaking com
munity of Belwood, a commu
nity approximately 45 minutes
away.
Boring, in cooperation with
Pastor Jose Espinal of First
Bethany and community
churches of Belwood, sponsor
Sunday night activities for
adults and children there. A hot
meal is provided, and Espinal
holds a service for adults while
Boring and other volunteers
teach a Bible lesson and play
with the children.
In response to the success
of this program. Boring and
others involved are working to
begin planting a church.
“We want to begin to plant
a church, but we still need to
find a building to host the
church, a pastor, and other vol
unteers to disciple the members
of the Spanish community,”
said Boring.
Boring also emphasizes
that this is a great way for any
one interested in foreign mis
sions, especially in Latin
America, to get a taste of the
culture. Like the ESL program
in Shelby, individuals do not
have to know Spanish in order
to participate. Anyone interest
ed should contact Boring at
x3780.