Gardner-Webb University
Friday, October 11,2002
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Volume 6 No. 5
Students continue to protest
Some hold signs; others their Bibles
Margaret O’DriscolI
Pilot assistant editor
Car homs broke the silence
of dawn early Wednesday,
Oct. 2.
Students assembled in the
fog on the patio of the O. Max
Gardner Music building at 7:30
a.m. to march to the stoplight
for their vigil of protest to
begin. Their numbers began
around 50 and slowly pro
gressed to near 100 at various
times throughout the day.
Holding creative signs and
banners and waving at by
passers, the students endured
the sweltering heat to make
their voices heard. The message
varied, but the request was the
same; students want to be
addressed.
“I have only been here half
a semester and in everything
that’s happening, we haven’t
been heard—either from the
student forum or the meeting
with the attorneys,” said fresh
man Ashley Anderson.
Other students were
protesting the lack of integrity
the school has shown the world
throughout this ordeal. Calling
for a return to biblical expecta
tions, these students advocated
Christian justice to be served.
“I came to Gardner-Webb
because it was a Christian
university with a reputation of
integrity,” said senior Summer
Crisp. “I feel that has been
infringed on recently.”
Other students came to
show support for the faculty.
“I stand behind the faculty
and their no-confidence vote,”
said junior Amanda Houser. “In
my opinion, that man [White]
does not need to be president of
this university. This is not an
academic verses athletic issue;
it’s about the honor code. If you
can’t stand for truth, what can
you stand for?”
While other students
waved their homemade signs
calling for honor and White’s
resignation, junior SGA vice
president Chip Carter sat on the
curb reading the Book of John
from his Bible.
“This is my sign,” said
Carter, holding his Bible. “I’m
not here advocating for or
see PROTEST page 3
Photo by Staphania Alexander
Senior Katrina Paulino joined the protesters on Oct. 2 on Main Street as they
made their voices heard.
Hardin admits wrong doing
Sarah Olimb
Pilot copy editor
Questions. Answers.
Clarification. This is
what the students of
Gardner-Webb have
been asking for since day
one.
On Oct. 2, Thomas
Hardin, chairman of the
board of trustees, and
Christopher White, pres
ident of Gardner-Webb,
met with students at
scheduled times in vari
ous residence halls on
campus.
On the Inside
During the one of
the question/answer ses
sions, Jeff Porter, a
senior, raised a question
concerning the student
appeals policy, which is
stated in the Student
Catalog. The policy
reads: “Appeals should
not be made on behalf of
the student by another
party.
Appeals proffered
by anyone other than the
student whose program
is in question will be dis
missed.”
Porter’s question
was directed to Hardin.
“White and Chuck
Burch [vice president of
athletic affairs] made an
appeal and it wasn’t dis
missed. Aren’t they in
violation of at least this
policy [referring to the
previously mentioned
student appeals policy]?”
“I would say so,”
responded Hardin, after
some clarification of the
question.
Porter was “very
surprised” in the way
Hardin resf>onded.
see HARDIN page 4
Students experience life with alcohol
Mandy Huffstetler
Pilot staff
So you’ve heard it all before — don’t
drink and drive, don’t ride with anyone
who has been drinking, don’t drink if you
are underage, and so on and so on.
But, have you experienced what it
might be like to drive drunk? Have you
tried yummy alternatives to alcoholic
beverages? Or have you been ‘clubbing’
with your friends and found how easy it
is to have a date-rape drug (or gummi
bear) placed in your drink if you aren’t
careful?
If you took part in the numerous
Alcohol Awareness Week activities, you
could probably answer ‘yes.’
Alcohol Awareness Week was
Oct. 7-11, with several clubs and organi
zations providing educational programs
to help raise awareness.
Mark Dougherty, coordinator of
judicial affairs, helped organize the
week. Instead of the typical lectures and
classes on the effects of alcohol,
Dougherty wanted to have fun and inter
active programs that students would
want to participate in.
Some of the activities during the
week included a drunk driving simula
tion provided by GWU Campus Police
and a showing of the movie Pay It
Forward, sponsored by SEA. FOCUS
and RHA also offered non-alcoholic
see ALCOHOL page 2
Donors threaten
to stop giving to
university
page 5
Students enjoy
rides and food at
the Cleveland
County Fair.....
page 2
Football team
wins first Big
South game
against
Liberty
page 16
Take the
Gardner-Webb
fall mid-term...
page 12
What’s playing at
the movie
theater...
page 14
News pages 2-8
Features pages 9
Opinion page 10-12
A&E page 13-14
Sports pages 15-16