GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
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No. 12Vi
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This Edition
In campus news-
‘Work, In Progress’ a
hit with audiences in
its debut at GWU. See
page 2.
A retired NASA as
tronomer visits GWU to
talk about Galileo. See
page 2.
Reporter Lauren Taylor
recounts her experience
at the Barack Obama
rally. See page 3.
— Opinion/editorial —
Editor Rebecca Clark
discusses the advan
tages and disadvantages
of electronic news. See
page 3.
Blake DuDonis com
ments on the fable that
is the story of his life.
See page 3.
Jacob Conley offers
congratulations to some
worthy students. Page 3.
In sports'
Softball team wins one,
loses one against USC-
Upstate. See page 2.
Track and field team
brings home several
medals. See page 2.
Wrestlers put in big
effort at nationals. See
page 2.
Baseball team sweeps
over Belmont. Read
more on page 2.
Weather
5 Photo by Chris Shaver
I Contractors hired to pour some concrete accidently ruptured a natural gas pipeline on Monday. The Boiling Springs Fire Department
I responded, and Decker Hall was evacuated.
{Oops! Backhoe breaks gas pipeline
By Christopher Shaver
Pilot staff writer
Decker Hall residents were
evacuated from their dorm and the
fire department was called after
contractors hit a natural gas pipe
line located between Decker and
the Dover Campus Center while
digging Monday afternoon.
According to multiple sources,
contractors from Boiling Springs
Cement hit a natural gas pipeline
at 12:30 p.m. while digging to pour
a concrete footing for new parking
spaces for caf employees.
University Police Chief Barry
Johnson said he found out about the
incident within the first five minutes
of the leak, evacuated the Decker
residents and called the Boiling
Springs City Fire Department.
“Anytime someone is digging,
you have the potential for the back
hoe and a gas line to hit,” Johnson
said. “It’s been about five years since
the last time we’ve had a leak.”
David Wacaster, Gardner-
Webb’s director of occupational
and environmental safety, said the
university went through all the
proper steps to find every gas line
on campus before construction.
“We knew there was a 2-inch
gas line, but it was running in the
opposite direction to where we
were working. We hit a secondary
line that we didn’t know about,”
Wacaster said.
Residents were evacuated onto
the quad from 12:35 until 12:47
to ensure their safety. Lacey Jaye
Souther said there were about 30
other students standing with her.
Souther had just gotten out of the
shower when the fire alarm sound
ed.
She expressed frustration be
cause she was also in the middle of
finishing her New Testament home
work.
“I didn’t know anything that
was going on. I just knew it smelled
funny,” Souther said. “There were
rumors there was a gas leak. Then
we saw the maintenance workers be
side Decker, so we figured it out.”
Wacaster said the contractors
were also working on building a
secondary container for the cafete
ria’s kitchen waste oil. He said he
wanted to take to add additional
parking spaces while they were
working in the area.
“We’re hoping to have it all
finished by next week,” he said.
“Hopefijlly we won’t run into any
more delays.”
Will professors finally triumph?
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I By Christopher Shaver
I Pilot staff writer
\ Blindfolds, beeping balls and
I beeping bases will level the playing
1 field Friday as 11 blind or visually
I impaired Gardner-Webb students
I and alumni take on a team of pro-
I fessors for the annual Beep Base-
i ball game.
The professors will be blind
folded, leaving all players using
their ears to hear the beeping ball
and bases. At bat, players have two
chances to hit the ball being pitched
to them. If they miss both, they have
another chance to hit it off a tee.
After the ball is hit, the players
in the outfield will have to touch
the ball before the other team has
a chance to touch the beeping base.
They will play five innings.
“We don’t play the official game
here,” said Noel Program disabil
ity specialist Parrish Walsburger.
“They have an official league, but
we want to put our own twist on it
for us to make it a little more fun.
“We have spotters to prevent ac
cidents. We have had a few people-
bump their heads in the past, but it’s
not been anything serious.”
She said the students are on a
16-year winning streak against the
professors and are doing everything
they can to keep it that way.
Dr. Eddie Stepp thinks the stu
dents’ winning sfreak will end this
year. This will be the professor’s
second year playing.
“We lost last year by 1 run, I be
lieve,” he said. “I think this will be
the year we beat them.”
Walsburger said spectators are
welcome at the game, which be
gins at 4 p.m. on the GWU softball
field.
“I think students are aware of
visually impaired students, but un
aware about all the options they
have. It’s a fun way to raise aware
ness.”
Sisters Ministry sponsors 5K
By Amy Elliott
Special to The Pilot
The Sisters Ministry is hosting
a 5 kilometer walk/run Saturday at
9 a.m., and the members are very
excited about the event.
“We wanted to do some kind
of community service project and
thought this would be the perfect
thing to do,” said Lauren Bilyeu,
head of Sisters Ministry and orga
nizer of the event. “We just want
to have fun and promote living a
healthy lifestyle. Hopefiilly there
will be a good turnout and this will
become an annual event.”
All of the money raised will be
split between the Shelby Food Bank
and two groups going on summer
mission trips.
“We have a group of 13 going to
South Africa and a group of seven
going to Thailand this summer”
said Teresa Davis, administrative
assistant for Campus Ministries,
who will lead the South Africa
trip. “The money will be used for
transportation and mission trip ex
penses.”
The 5 km course will be routed
throughout Boiling Springs. Partic
ipants are encouraged to go at their
own pace, whether it’s a leisurely
stroll or a brisk jog.
Several local businesses have
donated their services, and prizes
for the top finishers, including the
Italian Garden, BB&T, Broad River
Coffee Company, and Georgio’s.
The race is open to participants
of all ages. Sign up in Davis’ of
fice located in Suttle Hall. There is
a $12 entrance fee, which includes
the cost of the T-shirt on the day of
the race. For those who don’t sign
up before Saturday, registration will
be available at the race site.
The race will be held rain or
shine, so grab a buddy and come
out Saturday to support a worthy
cause.
Budding GWU scientists win awards at UNC competition
Three Gardner-Webb Univer
sity science students took top prizes
at the spring meeting of the North
Carolina Academy of Sciences at
UNC Greensboro last weekend.
Elizabeth Bacon won an award
for research in zoology with her
paper entitled “Analysis of mating
call acoustics and their relationship
to body biomefrics in the grey free
frog, Hyla versicolor.” Her research
advisors were Drs. Don Olive and
James English.
Jessica Williams and Trey Miller
also won an award for their research
with Susan Manahan and Drs. Da
vid Judge and Ben Brooks entitled
“Analysis of lycopene in varieties
of fresh tomatoes and tomato prod
ucts using thin layer chromatogra
phy (TLC) and high performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC).”
In addition to these award-win-
ning projects, other GWU science
students presented research at the
program. They were Lauren Heune,
Desiree Faneite, Amber Bellamy
and Arron Allison. Student partici
pants came from schools including
Campbell, Davidson, ECU, Elon,
Guilford College, Lenoir-Rhyne,
Mount Olive, NC A&T, NC State,
UNC-Greensboro, Pembroke, Wake
Forest and Warren Wilson.
All of these projects were made
possible by the Undergraduate Re
search Incentive Grant pro^am with
special thanks to Dr. June Hobbs.
Information provided by Dr
Don Olive and Dr David Judge.
Back: Dr. Don Olive, Dr. James English, Aaron Allison, Allison
Barksdale, Lauren Huene, Desiree Faneite, Trey Miller, Dr. Tom
Jones. Front: Dr. Judy Hoff, Dr. Lisa Renee English, Amber Bel
lamy, Elizabeth Bacon.