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— In campus news —
Graduation is eight days
away. Tlie GWU registrar
and campus police offer
some tips for making the
day run more smoothly for
students and compiunity
members. See Page 2.
The year’s almost over, but
the university’s campus
won’t be empty this summer.
What’s going on during the
summer months? See Page
2.
See what some GWU stu
dents are doing in Costa
Rica this summer on Page 2.
See Page 4 for Rachel
Lloyd’s photo story on se
niors’ favorite memories.
— Opinion/editorial —
What did Matt learn during
four years on campus? Find
out in his editor’s column on
Page 3.
Ritch Banquet Hall was the
site for a poetry reading on
April 19. Find out who it Was
and what Matt’s reaction to it
was on Page 2.
Turn to Page 3 for the second
installment of Seth Huber’s
guest column on film scores
and their role in movies.
— In sports —
The GWU softball team is
near the top of the A-Sun
standings as they close out
the regular season. Sev
eral Lady ’Dawgs have hit
double-digit home runs this
season, too. See more on
I 5.
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Photos by: Kayley Potter
There is plenty of seating inside Kerry’s Cups and Cones, iocated in the piaza with Chen’s Fu
sion and Subway. Some tabies have games iiie checkers and tic-tac-toe. There is a Foosbaii
table. In addition to selling ice cream, below, the shop also sells pasteries and candies.
Cool!
Ice cream shop
offers fun, food
just off campus
By Karl Kakadelis
Pilot Staff Writer
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With temperatures hovering
around 90 degrees several days
this week, students at Gardner-
Webb University and members of
the Boiling Springs community
have needed a way to cool off.
With a grand opening on April 21,
Kerry’s Cups and Cones moved
into town just in time to provide
patrons with cool treats on hot
days.
GWU students might even get
a discount soon on purchases, ac
cording to Kerry York, who owns
the store with her husband Scott.
The Yorks opened the store
at 117 E. College Ave. in Boiling
Springs in an effort to improve
business.
Kerry’s was previously located
in the Town Plaza on U.S. High
way 74 in Shelby.
“It’s all about location,” said
Kerry York. “Location, location,
location. We had a great open
ing night and we’re very excited
about the future.”
According to the Yorks, 80
percent of their customers live in
Boiling Springs anjrways, so the
niove made logical sense.
“I love the restaurant and am
thrilled and very excited about
the ice cream,” said Parrish Cal
loway, disabilities specialist at the
Noel Program for the Disabled at
Meal exchange renovations now under way
not been able to get good ice cream
and now we are.”
Kerry’s Cups and Cones pro
vides 48 flavors of ice cream,
but also sells a variety of drinks,
cakes, baked goods and birthday
party supplies.
In a few weeks, the Yorks say
they plan to offer other food items,
such as barbecue sandwiches and
hotdogs.
Kerry’s also sells candies,
chocolates and greeting cards.
The store has an old-fash-
ioned feel to it, according to Eric
Some customers love the drink
options.
Jaobond Chen, a regular cus
tomer, says Kerry’s has the best
orangeade in Cleveland County.
“The fresh lemonade is the best
and I won’t go anywhere else,”
said Kate Johnson, a professor in
the GWU School of Nursing.
“This community has backed
me 110 percent and has been so
supportive,” said Kerry York. “I
couldn’t ask for more. They are so
loving and I am honored to be a
part of such a family.”
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By Grace Whiteside
Special to the Pilot
The old meal exchange is gone
and the downstairs of the Dover
Campus Center is almost inacces
sible, although a March 30 article
in The Pilot said that plans for
renovation had not “been finalized
or formally discussed.”
“Our goal was to start the
process before school ended so
students would have confidence
that we were giving them some
thing new,” said Mike Hardin,
vice president for business and
finance. “The students are why
we’re here,” he said. “They are
who we are trying to serve.”
Where the wobbly tables and
couches with monkey pillows
once stood there will now be an
area that resembles a sports bar
with plasma screen televisions,
Hardin said. He described an area
where students could not only eat,
but also socialize. He wants meal
exchange to be a place where stu
dents can stay for a couple hours if
they want, or simply get their food
and leave.
There will also be a more inti
mate area for students to go have a
private conversation or read, Har
din said. Booths will replace the
drink and vending machines. This
section will be off to the side, so it
will be more exclusive and away
from the hustle and bustle.
“This project is more of a
work in progress, so things wiH
change,” said Hardin. “I appreci
ate the students’ interest.”
The new menu will include
grilled items and pizza, as well
as healthy alternatives such as the
wraps, subs, fruits and salads that
are now offered. Hardin hopes
that the menu will entice com
muter students who do not have
a meal plan. Instead of choosing
Hardees, Taco Bell or Kentucky
Fried Chicken, he wants commut
ers to enjoy the meal exchange as
a new option.
Will meal exchange really help
people get food fast? Sometimes
students stand in line for 15-20
minutes waiting for their turn.
“It is going to take some time
to get our lines flowing in the most
efficient manner,” admitted Har
din, but he said the workers will
do their best to get food fast for
those who are in a hurry.
Comments or suggestions will
be welcomed next semester when
the new meal exchange opens, he
added.
Gardner-Webb
crisis plans
tweaked after
VT shootings
Dean of students: Fall
focus will be security
By Matt Tessnear
matthewtl984@earthlink.net
Following the April 16 shoot
ings at Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute in Blacksburg, Va., safety has
become a major issue on college
campuses across the United States.
Gardner-Webb University’s crisis
management team and officials are
discussing improvements, accord
ing to Bruce Moore, GWU dean of
student development.
“When we open school in
August, safety will be a major is
sue,” said Moore, adding that he
already addresses the topic when
he speaks with parents at GWU’s
“Dawg Days,” when prospective
students make campus visits.
He said he tells the parents that
“whatever happens on any campus
in America happens at Gardner-
Webb.”
GWU has a core crisis man
agement team made up of indi
viduals including Sherry Ingram,
director of housing and residence
education; Barry Johnson, chief
of university police; Jim Whitlow,
director of counseling; and Tracy
Jessup, minister to the university.
Moore is also on that team.
“The nature of the crisis deter
mines the appropriate response,”
said Moore. “Obviously, what
we’re doing is being tweaked. Se
nior management met (on April
25) to evaluate our current plans,
tweak them and then an outside
official will come in and review
it all. That’s in the works right
now.”
Moore compares the outside
review process to the steps taken
in the university’s accreditation
process, in terms of external re
view.
GWU officials are also starting
work on a program that would let
students put their cell numbers in a
database where they could be im
mediately alerted in a crisis situa
tion, he said.
GWU has six fiill-time campus
police officers and a mutual aid
agreement with surrounding law
enforcement offices, according to
Moore.
Moore attended a meeting with
other deans of student develop
ment in the fall. He said he had
a chance to discuss several cam
pus incidents that other deans had
dealt with. He spoke with Texas
A&M University’s representative
about the 1999 bonfire log col
lapse that killed 12 students and
injured 27 others.
Moore said he also listened to
LSU’s dean of students address
their dealings with Hurricane Ka
trina in August 2005. He said his
colleagues feel that communica
tion is the number one issue and
that common sense is key.
“I think any campus is an in
cident away from chaos,” said
Moore. “To guarantee safety - you
can’t do it. I feel good about the
situation we’re in and, like every
school, we’re going to learn from
(Virginia Tech).”
“There may be vulnerability,
but we have 4,000 sets of eyes on
campus,” said Moore, adding that
students can report suspicious ac
tivity. “That’s a good thing.”
Barry Johnson, chief of Univer
sity Police, could not be reached
for comment on this story. GWU
President Dr. A. Frank Bonner’s
office did not return calls on the
story.