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Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Pilot
News
Donation elevates possibilities for business school
By Lauren Taylor
Pilot editor in chief
Changes including smart
classroom technology and
scholarships are on the way to
the Gardner-Webb’s business
school, thanks to a multimillion
dollar contribution by business
man John Godbold and his wife,
Linda.
In July the school was re
named the Godbold School of
Business, which comprises the
Broyhill Undergraduate School
of Management and the Gradu
ate School of Business.
That change has already
upped the prestige of the busi
ness school and the university
as a whole.
Deans from other schools
have been visiting and taking
notes, according to Dr. Anthony
Negbenebor, dean of the busi
ness school.
“It has been a great mar
riage,” he said of the Godbold
union. “[It has] added a lot of
value to the program.”
Godbold, who spent almost
50 years in the banking indus
try, founded the Carolina State
Bank in Shelby in 1989.
“We know that investing
our money in a Christ-centered
school like Gardner-Webb will
make a difference and will mul
tiply and help a lot of people,”
said Godbold in a press release.
“This gives us an opportu
nity to invest in education and it
also gives us an opportunity to
give back to a community that
was so good to us.”
The smart classroom will
have technology that can cap
ture lectures and deliver them
to students’ iPods in a more so
phisticated fashion than a sim
ple voice recorder can.
“My goal here is that a kid
can just come into a class and
pay attention,” Negbenebor
said. “He or she can get lectures
in MP3 format.”
While it would not substi
tute for actual class attendance,
it would help with online class
es in making learning “fim and
direct.”
Another of his goals is that
faculty video-record their lec
tures and put them online as
well.
Faculty enhancement and
development are also apart of
the package, along with market
ing ventures designed to height
en the school’s visibility.
GWU President Frank Bon
ner praised the Godbolds.
“The Godbolds have been
tremendously generous to Gard
ner-Webb,” he said in a press re
lease.
“They have provided lead
ership and wise counsel in help
ing the School of Business, and
this generous gift is a wonder
ful endorsement not only of the
School of Business but of the
entire university and our vision
for the future.”
Photo by Tyler Kucifer
This sign tells the world that
things are different at the
business school.
Movie Review: ‘Eagle Eye’
a film that doesn’t lay an egg
Blake DuDonis
Pilot Sports Writer
3.5 stars out of 5
“Eagle Eye” stars Dis
ney Channel sensation
Shia LaBeouf and Mi
chelle Monaghan, star of
the recent movie “Made
of Honor.”
LaBeouf has become
frequent face to the big
screen, starring in “Distur-
bia” and “Transformers.”
Monaghan has not had as
many huge roles, but can
be seen in “The Bourne
Supremacy,” “Gone Baby
Gone” and “Mr. and Mrs.
Smith,” among other
roles.
Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf)
and Rachel Holloman
(Monaghan) both receive
mysterious phone calls
from a woman whom nei
ther of them knows.
The woman who con
trols everything from traf
fic lights to power lines
brings the two together.
She even uses billboards
and strangers’ cell phones
to guide them through
dangerous tasks she de
mands they do.
System works according to plan
The police gave $10
to students who used
Shaw and Holloman
work together in an at
tempt to save their fami
lies, who have been threat
ened, but also to stay alive
themselves.
With the FBI on their
trail, the two obey the
mystery woman to keep
her appeased, begin to put
together the pieces and
see what all of it is hap
pening for.
The movie, overall,
is a decent one. Nothing
fantastic, but it is worth
seeing.
It has plenty of action,
y/ith car chases and fight
ing, and the plot holds to
gether well.
LaBeouf and
Monaghan work well to
gether, although it seems
as if Holloman is much
older than Shaw.
This creates a bit of a
weird feeling for viewers,
but it’s something that can
be overcome.
I give the movie 3.5
out of 5 stars for being
entertaining. If you have
an open night, grab some
friends and go check it
out.
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is to cross the street in
that location, because cars
parked along the road cre
ate limited visibility.
University Police be
gan to research ways to
make it a safer crossing.
“They actually use
flags nationwide, and in
large cities. Charleston,
S.C., is where we got the
idea,” said Johnson.
“We have seen stu
dents using them, though
one student danced across
the street with it,” he said.
“I don’t know if it is
peer pressure or if a stu
dent feels they will look
like a geek, but not every
student uses them.
“I can’t make them take
it, I just offer it to them.
I’d hate to see something
happen, but I give them
the opportunity.”
Express yourself: Vote this November
the flags during the first
week; only four received
money.
The chief said that in
the future officers might
randomly reward students
for using the flags.
The ultimate solution
would be a crosswalk
light or overpass, accord
ing to Johnson. However,
these options would have
to go through the state and
involve a lot of red tape.
The flags provided an af
fordable and quick solu
tion.
Flags will be appear
ing soon at the crosswalk
to Washburn Hall and the
dorms on that side of Col
lege Avenue.
If anyone has any ques
tions regarding campus
safety, he or she should
stop by University Police.
By Diana Palka
Pilot staff writer
On Nov. 4, Americans
will elect the nation’s next
president. According to
CivicYouth.org, in the
2004 presidential election,
47 percent of adults ages
18-24 voted. That means
a majority of those young
adults didn’t vote.
Joseph Hamby, Gard-
ner-Webb junior and
member of the Young Re
publicans, had much to
say about a student’s duty
to vote.
“We have a responsi
bility to use our vote as
our voiccj” he said. “It’s
a fiindamental principle to
our democracy and a right
that has been sacrificially
fought for.”
GWU senior Megan
Looper, of the Young
Democrats, expressed a
similar sentiment.
“As a college student,
it is important for me to
understand today’s big
issues and vote for an
individual who plans to
defend my rights and val
ues,” she said.
Students not registered
to vote can register a num
ber of ways.
“The easiest way, is to
visit a candidate’s Web
site,” said Hamby. “They
Photo by Kate Gazaway
Joseph Hamby, representing the GWU Young Republicans, speaks at the
MTV Rock the Vote registration drive IVIonday in Blanton Auditorium.
provide the easiest re
source for dates, forms
and deadlines on how to
register for the first time,
get absentee ballots, and
early voting.”
He also mentioned the
popular Web site rock-
thevote.com.
Looper suggested
searching online for ab
sentee ballot applications
from the student’s home
state.
If possible, the student
could make a trip home in
the weeks before the elec
tion to vote at a one-stop
voting location in his or
her hometown.
Applications to regis
ter in Cleveland County
can be picked up at any
county library or post of
fice; high school libraries;
colleges; and universities;
as well as the Cleveland
County board of elec
tions.
The deadline to submit
applications to the board
of elections is Oct. 10 at
5 p.m.
Students who want an
absentee ballot can visit
govoteabsentee.org for a
step-by-step walk-through
of the process. The Web
site asks for the home
ZIP code of the person re
questing to vote absentee,
and then follows the state-
specific process to make
the request.
Looper urged students
to be knowledgeable about
voting in general.
“]^ow who you’re
voting for. Many students
vote based on party affilia
tion, not a candidate’s vot
ing record and platform,”
she said.
“Research the big is
sues and each candidate’s
stances on them. Being
a well-informed voter is
crucial.”
Questions pertaining
to voting can be answered
by the Cleveland County
board of elections at 704-
484-4858.
Registration efforts intensify at campuses across U.S.
By Emily Schultheis
and Lauren Callahan
UWIRE
“Are you registered to vote at
your current address?”
For many college students across
the country, hearing this question is
a common part of campus life as
student groups work hard to register
voters before the approaching dead
lines.
Twenty-six states and the Dis
trict of Columbia have registration
deadlines on or before Oct. 10.
Though student groups on both
ends of the political spectrum are
more involved in this election than
ever before, the emphasis on voter
registration efforts seems to be
largely on the part of the College
Democrats and Students for Barack
Obama.
Dan Reilly, a sophomore at
Providence College who is involved
with the College Republicans on
campus, said that the group is in
volved in voter registration to a cer
tain extent, but also pointed out that
since college students tend to be
overwhelmingly liberal, “generally
getting people registered doesn’t
help our party.”
The situation is similar at the
University of Texas at Austin,
where the University Democrats,
as part of a major voter registration
effort, initiated a movement to have
all students in the dorms registered
to vote.
They took their case to the De
partment of Housing on campus,
and were allowed unprecedented
access to every resident.
Despite this major push by stu
dent groups to register young vot
ers on college campuses across the
country, not all groups agree on the
best place for students to register.
At the University of California,
Davis, the College Democrats have
placed their focus mainly on getting
students to vote by mail rather than
to vote at their address on campus.
According to College Dems
President and Don Gibson, this isn’t
necessarily an issue of sfrategy - it’s
more for the convenience .of UC
Davis students.
With vote by mail, students have
“lots of chances to vote - 30 days,
rather than one day,” Gibson said.
“You either forget about it [on Elec
tion Day], you have a midterm, have
a paper - you’ll be focusing on that
rather than on voting.”
Students on both sides of the po
litical aisle said voting is the impor
tant thing.
The ROCK Fest 2008 will feature both regional and national Christian Rock bands!
Bands include Laura Kaufman, Jason Sweet, Exit 95, and Decyfer Down
SATURDAY
Doors Open at 3:30 pm
Gardner-Webb University at the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center
110 S Main St., Boiling Springs, N.C. 28017
To purchase tickets and more information visit oursponsorwww.RamofGod.com or www.TheROCKFest.info
Raising money for a Recreational & Therapeutic Playground for children with disabilities at HarvestWorks, Inc