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Friday, April 15, 2005
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VoiumeSNo. 13
Spring Is in the air
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photos by Joel Fluty
Above: Jenn Light passes the football to some friends while other GWU students work on
homework and hangout. Below: Marlon Burnett takes a minute to relax on the swinq with a
puppy during a busy day of classes.
Students already spending
time on the quad and
planning trips to the river
Christie Barlow
Pilot staff
With the weather starting to heat up more and more
people are heading outdoors to enjoy the sunshine.
“It’s great being able to be outside,” said Jamie
Mecimore, a junior nursing student from Hickory. “It’s
been so cold and rainy, which just leaves you cooped
up inside.”
So what are Gardner-Webb University students
doing now that the weather allows them to shed a few
layers of clothing and venture out into the sun?
“I sit on my porch with my girls,” said Stephanie
Taylor, a senior sociology major from Foley, Ala. “I go
for runs and lay out a lot. It’s great because it’s bright
and warm, everyone tends to relax more.”
Many students are heading to the river in their spare
time.
“I go layout by the river when I have time,” said Kat
Kobelka, senior sports management major from Ontario,
Canada. “It seems like the best thing to do with
See SPRING page 6
photo by Amy Hipskind
Tara West was crowned 2005 Miss Gardner-Webb
University at the first-ever beauty pageant held on April
8 in the Dover Theatre.
There she is—
Miss Gardner-Webb
Christie Barlow
Pilot staff
Gardner-Webb University hosted its first-ever Miss Gardner-
Webb pageant on April 8 in the Dover Theatre. Tara West won
this year’s title.
Eight contestants entered the Miss Gardner-Webb pageant
this year: Sarah Neunzig, Tara West, Mary Beth Whitley, Amanda
Chapman, Alaina.West, Emilie Yeager, Megan Lane and Krystle
Kresge.
“I was curious because this is the first-ever beauty pageant,”
said spectator Cherish Wilson, a junior biology major from Earl.
“I think I’m getting my money’s worth.”
The girls opened the show with a choreographed dance
number to Whitney Houston’s song “I’m Every Woman.” The
dance number was followed by the first modeling session in
which the girls showed off their business attire.
“I’m honored,” said Janna Lamison, assistant director of
GWU residence life, who served as a judge for the pageant. ‘,‘1
have zero experience in this but I’ve really enjoyed the talent and
poise of the girls involved.”
See PAGEANT page 6
photo by Noel T. Manning II
GWU President Frank Campbell and Wayne Johnson, vice president of
operations, look through the 1972 time capsule that was discovered
inside the Dover Chapel. A new time capsule will be presented Saturday.
Unveiling history
Time capsule from 1972
Shauna Porter
Pilot staff
On the afternoon of March 23, Gardner-
Webb University President Frank Campbell,
along with a handful of students, faculty and
staff, opened a time capsule hidden in the
cornerstone of the Dover Chapel since 1972.
According to Noel Manning, director of
university and media relations, the event was
kept low key because university officials
were uncertain of the nature of the contents
of the box and the condition of those contents.
Furthermore, no one was certain if the rumored
time capsule even existed'.
Karissa Weir, director of student activities,
stumbled across an article in a 1972 issue of
“The Web” magazine while looking through
archives this year. The article mentioned that.
found; new one planned
‘a copper box was placed in the cornerstone
of the Dover Memorial Chapel during the
buildings dedication to mark its completion.”
The article said the box was to be opened
in the year 2005 to commemorate the 100
anniversary of the college.
“It’s great timing,” Manning said.
Manning said officials weren’t sure if the
copper box really existed because the time
capsule was not documented by or in any other
source known to the university.
The box was said to contain a yearbook, a
college charter, a faculty constitution, a student
government constitution, a picture of Mr.
Dover, a Bible and a bulldog replica.
Manning said he had been afraid the whole
thing might have been a prank orchestrated
by free-spirited students in the early ‘70s. He
See CAPSULE page 3
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the alumni series
focuses on those who
stayed and worl at
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Students speak about
the recent death of
Terri Schiavo and
right-to-die issue...
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to male a stop in
Boiiing Springs;
rapper to perform
April 23... page 2
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firush their home
Op/Ed
season...
Features
pages 5
page 2
A&E
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