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Friday, October 22, 2004
www.gwupilot. com
Volume 8 No. 4
Rash of vehicles broken into
CDs, amps, tools
amongst stolen
Wes Rice
Pilot production manager
Sixteen vehicles on the
Gardner-Webb University
campus were broken into
during the
Need
vour help
Anyone
with any
information
is asked to
call ext.
4442.
early morn
ing hours
of Oct 14.
Campus
Police
Chief Barry
Johnson
estimated
that an
average of
$700 in damage was done
to each car, making an
approximate total of
$11,000 worth of damage
campus-wide.
Junior Blake Garrett
had around $1,200 of pos
sessions stolen from his
car, including his compact
disc player, amp, two sub
woofers and tools.
Garrett, like most of the
other victims, also has to
deal with the damage done
to his vehicle. In the
process of stealing
Garrett’s possessioris, the
thief allegedly broke his
rear passenger-side win
dow, dismantled his dome
lights and ruined his dash
board while getting his CD
player out.
“It makes nie depressed
because I can’t do anything
about it,” said Garrett. “I
don’t even know if.my
insurance company will
cover anything.”
In the end, Garrett is
left with one major con
cern, he said. “Where were
the [campus] police? There
was like 20 cars broken
into and they didn’t see
anything,” Garrett said.
Johnson said that the
campus is spread out and
has several dark places to
hide, making it easy for the
thieves to strike. “When
you have someone that
knows what they are doing,
it’s hard to patrol,” said
Chief Johnson. “It proba
bly took only eight to 10
minutes per car.”
However, Johnson said
that there are some leads in
the case. “There is a sus
pect vehicle, and it is pos
sibly a white Ford
Econoline van,” said
Junior Blake Garrett is
Johnson.
“I hope the person is
found and prosecuted to
the full extent of the law,”
said another victim, senior
Matt Marlowe.
Johnson said that the
criminal(s) will be prose
cuted. “I am working with
several agencies to catch
these criminals and see that
they are prosecuted to the
• answers as to why his vehicle was one of 16 broken into.
full extent of the law.”
Johnson has entered all
stolen property into the
National Crime
Information Center data
base. With the help of this
database, stolen property
recovered by police any
where in the United States
can be traced to its owner.
To prevent an event like
this in the future, Johnson
asks students to be alert.
“What we need to do is pay
attention to the small
details,” said Johnson. “If
you see anything out of the
ordinary, report it. In fact,
one saying that we use
around here is ‘See it. Hear
it. Report it.’ This commu
nity is only as safe as the
community makes it.”
If students have any
photo by Wes Rice
information about these
crimes, they can visit the
following Web site:
http://wwwebb.gardner-
webb.edu/cp/u.html to fill
out a silent witness form.
The online silent witness
form remains anonymous
Students with informa
tion can also call extension
4442.
Captured
Goat now at
fireman’s house
Vic Sioan
Pilot staff
The infamous goat around Gardner-
Webb University has been caught.
After jumping off it’s owner’s truck
last April, the goat’s reign ended last
week.
While on the loose, the goat’s identi
ty was mistaken, and it was named Billy
Goat. However, Campus Police Chief
Barry Johnson said it is a nanny goat or
a female.
The goat was caught by a group of
soccer players, specifically Jordan
Traylor and Brian Young.
Young said that after a soccer game,
he and a few teammates noticed a goat
inside the football stadium.
“We tried to chase it and enclose it in
the stadium so it couldn’t escape,”
Young said.
Young, who had to leave, called
teammates Traylor and Matt Clement
arrived to “keep the goat company.”
When Traylor arrived, the goat’s
head and horns were stuck in the fences
at the stadium. To keep the goat from
endangering herself, the students tied the
goat down with rope and a dog leash.
Traylor called the Boiling Springs
Volunteer Fire Department for assis
tance. Volunteer fireman Curtis Blanton
is currently taking care of the goat on his
property.
photo by Wes Rice
The Nanny goat, which has wandered around GWU campus for almost
six months, now resides at the home of Boiling Springs Volunteer
Fireman Curtis Blanton.
Just 'Kid’ding...
photo illustration by Wes Rice
Coming home
Annual event starts Oct. 25
Abbie Crago
Pilot staff
It’s that time again to get
out the toilet paper and get
ready for Homecoming
2004.
This year’s
Homecoming, “Centennial
KickofF,” features powder-
puff football, a dance, fire
works, a parade, a football
game and a men’s soccer
game.
Homecoming week
starts Oct. 25 with pajama
day followed by opposite
day, tacky day, toga day and
Gardner-Webb' University
spirit day.
At 7 p.m. on Oct. 29,
Intramurals is sponsoring
the annual Northside versus
Southside powder-puff foot
ball game.
“Following the game
will be the fireworks which
were postponed from Labor
Day and then a bonfire,”
said Karissa Weir, SEA and
SGA advisor. “After the
bonfire is the unofficial
rolling of campus which is
not sponsored by my
office,” Weir said.
The SEA dance will start
at 9 p.m. and run until mid
night in the LYCC.
The Homecoming
parade will begin at 11:30
a.m. on Oct. 30. Clubs or
residence halls interested in
participating in the parade
must return their entry
forms to the Student
Activities office by Oct. 26.
Fifty dollar, $75 and $100
prizes will be awarded to
the top three floats and ban
ners.
The Homecoming foot
ball game against Coastal
Carolina will kickoff at 1
p.m.
The 2004 Homecoming
court will be announced
during halftime. The court
includes freshman Desiree
Faniete, sophomore Maggie
Cornwall, junior Courtney
Cline and seniors Pam
Darnell, Kellie Robinson,
Nicholette Schnell and
Morgan Tubbs. The queen
will be named during the
ceremony.
Homecoming events
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday ~ Opposite Day
Wednesday — Tacky Day
Thursday - Toga Day
Friday - GWU Spirit
Day
7p.m. Powder Puff
Football
9p.m. Fireworks and
bonfire
9p.m.-12 a.m. dance
Saturday -
11:30 a.m. parade
1 p.m. Football Game
vs. Coastal Carolina
4 p.m. - soccer
On the Inside
The second part of
the Centennial
celebration...
Education through
the depression...
page 2
Students, faculty
and staff gear up to
walk, run or swinn
100 miles...
page 2
All the news you
need to know about
the upcoming elec
tions...
page 3
Gardner-Webb
women’s soccer
star breaks records
over the break...
page 4
News
...page 2
Election
2004
..page 3
A&E and
Sports,
..page 4
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