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October 6,2006
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Volume 10 No. 3
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In campus news:
Biology professor Tom Jones
is ready to recruit inembers for
a GWU Quiz Bowl Team. The
new team is associated with the
university’s move to the Big
South Athletic Conference. See
the story on Page 2.
In community news:
A Gardner-Webb professor is
working to arrange an on-cam-
pus debate between state Senate
candidates Walter Dalton and
West Westmoreland. See the story
on Page 2.
Opinion/editorial:
Jacob and Jack debate the issues
on Page 3. This week’s topic is
immigration.
Sherry Ingram, assistant direc
tor of residence life, provides a
response to Pilot coverage of the
changes to the alcohol policy. See
the editorial on Page 4.
Guest columnist Alan Beam pro
vides a new way to juice up your
iPod. See Page 5.
In sports:
GWU Football has a winning
record, but Bulldog quarterbacks
have had a rough season. Starter
Devin Campbell and backup Stan
Doolittle sustained injuries Sept.
23 against ASU. For an update on
the current situation, see Page 5.
Sports Editor Jacob Conley pro
vides a midseason report on the
soccer and volleyball teams, also
on Page 5.
Weekend
Weather
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The brand
names are
not known,
but some
Gardner-
Webb
students say
they saw
Appalachian
State stu
dents drink
ing beer at
tailgating
parties on
Sept. 23.
Photo by Haley
I, Black
Students claim alcohol double standard
Law enforcement,
school officials: No
ASU students seen
violating policy
By Jack Naish, Sheyahshe
Littledave and Matt Tessnear
Pilot Staff Writers and Editor
When the Gardner-Webb Uni
versity football tea!^ hosted Appa
lachian State University Sept. 23,
some people saw the game as the
biggest sporting event in school
history.
Some GWU students now see
it as the biggest act of hypocrisy
in recent years, after rumors began
circulating that ASU students were
allowed to drink on a dry campus.
Boiling Springs Chief of Po
lice Marty Thomas said he’s not
sure there was a double standard.
“There weren’t any citations
issued and there weren’t any prob
lems (with alcohol) brought to my
attention,” said Thomas. “I’m not
sure there was a double standard. If
the university officials said they’d
tolerate it, that’d be different.”
Thomas said part of the prob
lem with controlling the alcohol
issue was the amount of people on
campus at the time.
Law enforcement officers had
to handle parking and then concen
trate on crowd control, he said.
“We had one officer on foot
who, I’m pretty sure, went through
tailgating areas,” said Thomas.
“We had communication lines and
he didn’t call me with any prob
lems.”
According to University Police
Chief Barry Johnson, the GWU
and ASU athletic departments
communicated before the game.
It was made clear to ASU officials
that a no-drinking policy is strictly
enforced on campus. These regu
lations were to be communicated
to ASU students attending the
game.
In an article appearing in The
Star before the Sept. 23 game,
Johnson said, “No alcohol is al
lowed on campus. We’ll have
around 20 officers out, and we’re
not going to tolerate any drunk,
disruptive behavior. We’ll be ac
tively seeking out underage drink
ers.”
Johnson said he currently holds
the same stance on the issue.
“(The rumors) aren’t true,” he
said. “For anyone at GWU to put
this rule aside for the game would
be ridiculous.”
One problem with actively
pursuing underage drinkers and
focusing on alcohol concerns
might have been that lack of of
ficer manpower.
“I can’t say one way or the
other because I wasn’t there,” said
University Police Capt. David
Wacaster.
GWU staff members say they
are unaware of any evidence that
could prove the rumors.
“I wasn’t aware of that,” said
GWU Senior Vice President and
Provost Ben Leslie. “We obvious
ly have a rule against consuming
alcoholic beverages on campus.”
Other faculty and staff" mem
bers say they feel the same way.
“We don’t have any reports
that there were students from App
State or Gardner-Webb with al
cohol on campus,” said Annette
Simmons, assistant director of
residence life.
Though some GWU students
quickly cried foul, insulted by
the apparent double standard, it
seems rules were not bent, even
for Mountaineers fans.
“If there were students who
saw alcohol on campus. I’m not
sure why they didn’t report it to
a county cop, a campus cop or a
Boiling Springs cop,” said Thom
as. “We would’ve been happy to
take care of it.”
GWU University Police Chief
Barry Johnson encourages anyone
with questions concerning alcohol
or the alcohol policy to contact
him at 704-406-4444.
Modernized Cliffside plant
promises temporary jobs
and cleaner environment
By Rebecca Clark
zafiral97@hotmail.com
The Boiling Springs commu
nity has welcomed plans for the
modernization of the Cliffside
Power Plant due to the jobs it will
provide.
Tom Williams, spokesman for
Duke Energy Carolinas, said the
plant could offer the county a peak
work force of 1,000 people during
the construction phase, and up to
an additional 50-person operation
al workforce after construction.
“The community is very ea
ger for the jobs,” Williams said.
“We’re ecstatic that we’ve gotten
the support we have gotten.”
He added that they are par
ticularly thankfiil to the trustees
of Gardner-Webb University for
endorsing the project and recog
nizing the benefits for the area.
Not only has GWU welcomed the
project, but it has also adopted
resolutions supporting the plant.
The existing Cliffside struc
ture is located on the Cleveland
and Rutherford county lines. The
company plans to construct two
new coal units with the retirement
of four existing imits at the site.
The plant is still in the permit
phase at this point, although Wil
liams said the company hopes to
begin construction by the first or
second quarter of next year. It ex
pects a 40-44 month building pe
riod.
Not only will the plant open up
job opportunities during construc
tion and afterwards, but it also will
be environmentally friendly.
According to Williams, it will
be the cleanest coal plant in the
Carolinas, given its size.
“The output is tripled while the
emissions are overall decreased,”
he said.
Some of the new plant’s ben
efits, according to the Web site
www.duke-energy.com, include;
• Two state-of-the-art, 800-mega-
watt, highly efficient coal-fired
units, with the initial unit projected
to come on line as early as 2011
• The retirement of Clifffside units
1-4 with a capacity of 198 mega
watts and the removal of the site’s
heated water discharge in the
Broad River
• Cost savings by leveraging ex
isting Cliffside facilities, such as
water intakes and transmission
equipment, and sharing new unit
sulfiir-dioxide scrubber equipment
with the unit 5 scrubber scheduled
to come on line by 2010
• Substantial economic benefits for
Cleveland and Rutherford coun
ties with a potential investment of
approximately $2 billion (for both
800-megawatt units).
Photo by Rachel Tucker
Duke Energy will make significant Improvements to the Cliff-
side Power Plant on the Broad River along the Rutherford and
Cleveland county lines beginning in 2007.