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Page A2 Friday, April 20, 2007 The Pilot News Samba Fall’s former boss? Pamela Anderson By Ashley Chatham kchatham@gardner-webb. edu Gardner-Webb Universi ty student Samba Fall never imagined that his basketball skills would lead him to actress Pamela Anderson’s front door. Yes, that’s the Pamela Anderson of “Bay- watch” and rock ’n’roll hus band fame. Almost three years ago, recruiters came from Pep- perdine University in Mali- bu, Calif., to Fall’s home in Senegal, Africa, to offer him a scholarship and a position on the basketball team. Fall, then in his senior year of high school, began planning his trip from Af rica to Malibu. “It was definitely a cul ture clash, but I think I han dled it very well,” said Fall. For the first couple of months at Pepperdine, Fall played basketball with scriptwriter Gary Horn’s son. In November of that year, Horn inttoduced Fall to Pamela Anderson, who was looking for a basketball coach for her two sons. Fall coached Anderson’s sons every Sunday morn ing for the year he attended Pepperdine. “She is a really nice lady and always welcomed me into her home,” said Fall. Fall was also invited to two of her parties, a Hal loween party and her oldest son’s birthday party. “During one of the par ties I had a chance to meet NBA player John Salley and a baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson,” said Fall. “At that time, Pam was dat ing a baseball player on the Los Angeles Dodgers.” During Fall’s first year at Pepperdine, he did not play during any regular season games, but instead, frained to get ready for the upcom ing year. “The coach said I was not ready, but he did not see it the same way as I did, so at the end of the year, I trans ferred to a school where I could play,” said Fall, who attended Pepperdine from August 2004 to June 2005. In August 2005, Fall fransferred to Daytona Beach Community College in Florida. “When I got to DBCC, the basketball team did not even rank on the charts, but by December, we were number six in the nation and beat Chipola College in Mariarma, Fla., who was 1 Photo by: Ashley Chatham Samba Fall sits in the Mac Lab in the Communica tion Studies Hall. He’s made several drastic chang es In setting between Senegal and Boiling Springs. said Fall. “Our team ended the season 25-5 and overall it was a wonderfril year for me.” After the school year in Daytona, Fall graduated with an associates in liberal arts and did not have a de sire to stay another year just to play basketball. That’s when GWU basketball coaches went to Daytona to mate. Sadly for Fall, his room mate made the decision to move to Utah to attend col lege there. Fall moved to Boiling Springs in August 2006 and is majoring in public relations. “Gardner-Webb is a much smaller school than what I’m used to, but I have a better chance to be closer to people and socialize with people,” says Fall. Fall said that at Pepper dine, Los Angeles was only 45 minutes away and at Daytona, the beach was just five minutes away. “I quickly realized that big schools and big cities have a lot of disfractions. There were always clubs to go to and bands to watch that happened to be so close to the school that they became distractions after classes and on the weekends.” He certainly doesn’t regret his time at the other schools. “I got to experience many new things in Califor nia as well Daytona,” said Fall. “I got a chance to work for the NASCAR race, the Daytona 500, helping with parking and directing fraf- fic. “When I first came here I had never heard of NAS CAR. It was very, very loud and you could hear it from everywhere.” Despite Fall’s U.S. ad ventures, he misses his fam ily and fiiends very much. He has not seen his family in almost three years. He’s never met his baby brother Abdou. Fall says that his family does not know very much about America, but they want what is best for him. Fall said that there are many differences in our cul ture and his. For instance, his father has two wives. In Senegal, the men are al lowed to have up to four wives. In his case, each wife lives in her own home with her children and about every three days his father travels back and forth between the two homes. He has three brothers and eight sisters. Fall is the oldest son. “I am very close to all my siblings and I miss them all very much,” said Fall. “Several times a year, the entire family gathers to gether for a Muslim party and at the end of the party we get all get together and have one huge feast.” Fall is enjoying his stay in Boiling Springs, but says it’s not his first school choice. “If I could, I would defi nitely choose to go back to Pepperdine.” That’s understandable. Samba, we won’t hold it against you. Among other reasons, working for Ms. Anderson sounds like a good deal. Enjoy lauglis courtesy of the thieater department Spring Formal nears By Karl Kakadelis Pilot Staff Writer If you like short plays, but missed the Gardner- Webb University theater de partment’s last installment of “24 Hours,” you have another chance to take in a series of one-act pieces. The department will present “All in the Tim ing,” a series of five two- minute plays, from Tuesday through April 28. Each performance will be in the Millenium Play house, which is located behind the Communica tion Studies Hall on Main Sfreet. The plays are all com edies and the entire show should last about 10-15 minutes each night. Caleb Moore, a junior theater major, will perform in “Sure Thing.” “They are frmny and quirky and should be fun to be there and watch,” said Moore, adding that students should take advantage of the entertaiimient opportunity. “Any time someone can sit there and relax during a stressful week, such as the week before exams, they should.” Scot Lahaie, director of theater, will oversee the production. The plays are also con gruent with “24 Hours,” a twice-aimual short plays production at GWU. Stu dents design and direct each performance, said Lahaie. Heather Bartlett, a junior theater major, said she hopes the student body and public enjoy the performance. “It is a great time to be out laughing and relaxing with some comedy,” added Moore. There’s more to a film score than meets the ears By Seth Huber Special to The Pilot Film music is a very slippery subject. It is usually perceived subconsciously, if at all, yet it can have as great an impact on a motion picture as scripting, acting or directing. It is a very esoteric topic that I am well aware is not of general interest. If at this point you are still reading, don’t stop. Bear with me as I educate and open minds about a subject that I am deeply interested in and moved by. Music used in films can be of three basic categories - an original score com posed especially for the film in question, popular or pe riod songs, or a mixture of both. All three approaches have been used very suc- cessfiilly. In my mind, one of the greatest successes of purely original scoring is John Wil liams’ work on “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the first film of the “Indiana Jones” tril ogy- Williams’ score fits the film in a truly stunning, al most organic, way. Not a note is out of place, and Wil liams somehow managed to strike the perfect balance between the many elements of the film - adventure, mystery, romance, fistfights and even the supernatural aspects concerning the Ark of the Covenant. George Lucas’ 1973 film “American Graffiti” is a classic example of a film scored purely with period songs. The songs chosen by Lucas were not used for their popularity. They are used to set the tone of the picture, which is a semi-au- tobiographical story set in 1962 California. Each song is very wisely chosen, helping the viewer emotionally connect with the characters. A great example of the final category is “October Sky.” This film mixes period songs from the 1950s and a score by composer Mark Isham. The songs are very wisely used as background music for montages or as part of the setting (playing “It’s All in the Game” in a dance hall, for instance). Isham’s score is the main vehicle for dramatic tension and influencing the audience emotionally. It is a score that also builds through the course of the film.' The first cue of the score is primarily a violin solo, and the weight of the fiill orchestra is reserved for the end of the film,' when the fiitures of the main char acters are revealed and the credits begin to roll. A word about songs as used in film: While they can have a great impact on a picture and be used very effectively, there is always the danger that the audi ence will disconnect from the picture and be caught up in the things they associate with the song in question. A good example is some thing as iconic as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird,” used so effectively in the film “Forrest Gump.” Next time. I’ll discuss the role of film music. What should it do? How should it interact with the film? Come back to leam more about the music of the movies. The seed for this column was planted in a conversa tion with Pilot Editor-in- chief Matt Tessnear . Seth Huber is a junior music com position major from Newton, N.C. He can be reached at sethcomposer@gmail. com. By Karl Kakadelis Pilot Staff Writer The plans are finalized and Gardner-Webb Uni versity will hold its armual Spring Formal April 28 at 8 p.m. in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. The theme for this year’s event, which is sponsored by the Student Entertain ment Association, is “Night Life.” “Everyone should come out and support Gardner- Webb,” said Daniel Carby, the student who is the direc tor of the event. “We don’t get many chances to have an orga nized party. Spring Formal is the one thing everyone looks forward to. Come out and enjoy the event.” Karissa Weir, director of Student Leadership and Ac tivities, and Annette Sim mons, office manager for student activities, are also providing assistance for the event’s development and operation. Students are also helping out. M’lissa Lawrence, ser nior director of the Student Entertaiimient Association, and sophomore December Jones are also helping to or ganize the formal. For the student body, this is one of the most an ticipated events annually. “I will not miss this for anything,” said junior Jessie Earls. “I love the Spring For mal.” Snack Shop owners hope to open new eatery in May Church and state topic of inaugural Brown lecture By Rebecca Clark Special to The Pilot The Joyce Compton Brown lecture series will be presenting Dr. James Milton Duim as its speaker next Thurs day at 7 p.m. in the Dover Theater at Gardner-Webb University. Currently a professor at Wake For est University Divinity School, Dunn will be discussing the issues of church and state. Dr. Matt Theado, chair of the Joyce Compton Brown committee, which chooses the speakers, said Dunn is a nationally known figure. “I think it will be edgy, controver sial and fijn,” Theado said. Dunn was chosen because “he is steeped in Baptist fradition and is an engaging speaker. We thought he’d be perfect for us.” Dunn served for 20 years as execu tive director of the Baptist Joint Com mittee on Public Affairs. The Baptist Joint Committee, with offices in Wash- Dunn ington, D.C., deals with issues of reli gious liberty, and separation of church and state, for 14 Baptist conventions and conferences in the United States. He frequently testifies before congres sional committees. In addition to receiving various awards and recognitions, Dunn has appeared on major network television news programs, including “Crossfire,” “The Today Show,” and “Nightline.” Janet Land, head of the English de partment said the series was set up in honor of Joyce Compton Brown. According to Theado, the lecture series is just getting imderway this year. “She [Brown] went to great lengths to establish LOTS, “Life of the Schol ar” program. When she retired last year it was set up in her honor.” He said the goal is to have two speakers per semester. So far there are already three lined up for next year. The series for next year is titled “A Glimpse of a New World.” All faculty and students are wel come to attend the lecture. There will be a reception afterwards. By Rachel Lloyd Pilot Photo Editor The brothers who own the Snack Shop on Main Street in Boiling Springs and Don’s Italian Restau rant in Shelby are taking on a new venture. Ilias “Louie” Tsam- bounieris and his brother loannis - “John” - are turning the former Uptown Cafe into a restaurant called Georgeos, to provide Boil ing Springs with another dining option. The restaurant will serve a tasty variety of Mediterra- nean-Greek-Italian cuisine, Louie Tsambounieris said. At first, Georgeo’s was going to be another Don’s Italian Restaurant, but he decided to do the mixed cui sine and name it in memory of his late father, Georgeo. According to Tsam bounieris, Georgeo used to sit on the bench at the cor ner on Main Street. Geor geo took an interest in the comer and suggested the idea of opening another res taurant there. There is no definite open ing day because of material and construction delays, but the restaurant should open around the latter part of May and no later than June, Tsambounieris said. When asked about meal pricing, he commented on the ever-changing costs in the food market. From Tsambounieris’ descrip tions, items and prices on the menu will be similar to choices at Olive Garden. Faculty just can’t win at beep ball Faculty from page 1 The field is also differ ent. Two bases are posi tioned in the first and third base locations. Players who hit the ball must listen to see which base starts beeping. A controller determines which one does. Fielders are positioned to find the ball, and spotters are present to help the field ers find the ball. If a player gets to the base before the ball is touched, then a run is scored, v “We have opened the game up this year to allow our blind students to invite a fnend to play against the faculty/staff members,” said Calloway. “Any sighted person participating in the game is required to wear a blind fold.” Some students might not think beep baseball is as much fim as regular base ball, but that’s not the case, said Calloway. “They should come and watch the game,” said Cal loway. “Who would not want to see Dr. Carscaddon blind folded, trying to find a beep ing base?”
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