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Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Pilot
News
New art school a place to realize dreams
Photo by Kaylee Potter
Farrington gestures as she works with
> at her iVloonTown Art School.
By Lauren Taylor
Pilot editor in chief
Having renovated the building
formerly known as “Maw’s Place”
on College Avenue, Jennifer Far
rington is teaching everything from
sketching to throwing pottery—a
dream she’s had for years.
“I’ve wanted this building since
I was 18 years old... [it] was put in
my hands,” she said.
Farrington, a May 2008 Lime
stone College graduate and long
time resident of Boiling Springs,
wanted to open a school where any
body, regardless of prior experience,
would be served. Thus, she created
MoonTown Art School & Gallery.
Her approach is different from
most art schools, she said. For the
first year, she’s not having classes
catering to one specific art form.
Farrington starts where the stu
dents are, listening to their goals
and teaching them from there. That
way, she believes beginners will be
less likely to get overwhelmed.
“If a student says, ‘I want to
work with clay,’ we’ll start from
there,” she said.
“Art is expression, and if you
feel like you are encompassed by a
particular medium, you don’t feel
the freedom of doing what it is you
want to accomplish.”
Even though each person re
ceives individual attention, students
will be in group sessions. There are
eight spaces for students in each
class.
Farrington, 32, said everything
fell into place for starting Moon
Town.
The building’s owners had
turned down many people before
Farrington inquired about it. Her
husband and father are builders and
made repairs to the structure, which
was built in the 1940s.
It used to be G.T. McSwain’s
Grocery and Filling Station, accord
ing to Farrington, and former pa
trons have been dropping by to see
what she’s done with the place.
She has several students ranging
in age from 5 to senior adult. The
cost is $30 for registration and $50
per month for two-hour-a-week ses
sions. Private lessons are $20 per
hour.
Farrington’s goal is to teach her
pupils that they already have what it
takes to be artists.
“Anyone can express them
selves through art and learn to cre
ate. There’s no wrong way to paint;
there’s no wrong way to draw.”
Octoberfest fun for area kids, GWU students
By Diana Palka
Pilot stajf writer
The temperature’s fall
ing and so are the leaves
at Gardner-Webb. Fall is
in full swing, and with
that come the festivities
and projects celebrating
Halloween.
As usual, Gardner-
Webb will host October
fest, an annual collabo
ration of Gardner-Webb
students wanting to give
back to the Cleveland
County community. The
event will begin at 6 p.m
on Oct. 30 in the LYCC.
Beth Long, SGA sec
retary, said, “It’s an event
for community families to
come out and interact with
the Gardner-Webb student
body.”
The idea works both
ways, in that Octoberfest
is a prime opportunity for
students to get involved
with the community that
offers much support to the
imiversity.
Additionally, October
fest is a way for students
to get involved with all
that Gardner-Webb has to
offer
“Clubs and organiza
tions are encouraged to set
up booths and to give out
candy. Most booths have a
cute little, game or activity
organized,” Long said.
While Octoberfest is
a great place for GWU
students to have fun and
socialize, the ultimate
goal is to serve the com
munity.
Long summed it up in
saying that Octoberfest is
about “providing a safe
Halloween alternative for
area kids.”
This year October
fest will include a service
learning project called
the Enchanted Forest. Dr
Lisarenee English is in
charge of this project and
has been working diligent
ly towards its success.
“It’s actually an activ
ity I participated in at the
college I worked at before
coming here,” said Eng
lish.
She worked at Indi
ana’s Goshen College pri
or to accepting a job here
at GWU. There, the proj
ect was done through the
Merry Lea Environmental
Learning Center
English described the
Enchanted Forest as a ser
vice learning project de
signed to not only provide
GWU students with a way
to serve their immediate
community, but to educate
children ages 2-12 about
our environment and its
protection.
At Octoberfest, partic
ipating children will have
the opportunity to take a
hayride down to Broyhill
Adventure course where
a seven University 111
classes will be facilitating
the Enchanted Forest.
Several students
dressed in elaborate ani
mal costumes will be scat
tered around a wooded
loop every 75-100 feet.
The students have ed
ucated themselves on the
life history of their par
ticular animal, and will be
acting as the animal would
in its natural habitat.
The children will have
the opportunity to ask
their tour guide, as well
as the animal, questions
about nature.
The Enchanted For
est at Octoberfest is only
a sneak peek of what the
entire project seeks to be.
The actual Enchanted
Forest event will take
place Nov. 7-8 from 7-9
p.m. at the Broad River
Greenway.
TA journeyed to GWU via
Germany & Greensboro
By Molly Phipps
Pilot stajf writer
The Foreign Language
Department at Gardner-
Webb University employs
teaching assistants to
help professors with their
classes, and to help stu
dents achieve oral and
written proficiency
The Pilot plans a se
ries of short profile on the
TAs, so that readers can
learn who they are, where
they came from, and why
they ’re here.
Annika Slade, the
German teaching assis
tant, grew up mostly in
America, but was bom in
Schwaebisch-Gmuend,
Germany.
Now 20, she moved
to America when she
was 4 years old. Most of
that time, she has lived in
Greensboro.
Because her mother
is German, that was her
Slade’s first language.
English came later and
wasn’t too hard to leam,
she said. She and her
mother still speak German
to each other
Photo by Jessica Jones
Annilta Slade
Slade said she wants to
visit Germany in the near
fiiture, because she hasn’t
been back to her native
land since she was in mid
dle school.
She is a junior, major
ing in communications.
Slade said she chose
Gardner-Webb because it
is a small university and
because of the people.
“The friendliness of
the people I came in con
tact with when I visited
really drew me in.”
This is her second year
as a German teaching as
sistant; the job is part of
her work study.
Study links alcohol intake with brain shrinkage
By Elaine Hala
The California Aggie
UC-Davis
You might want to consider
your brain before knocking back
another drink, and not just for
fear of a hangover
According to a study by re
searchers at the University of
Califomia-Davis, Wellesley Col
lege and Boston University, the
more alcohol people consume,
the more their brain volume de
creases.
The implications of this pre
liminary study are far from clear,
but any loss in brain tissue may
predispose people to cognitive
impairment later in life, said
study co-author Charles DeCarli,
a professor in the department of
neurology at UC-Davis.
Prior studies have suggested
that moderate drinking - eight
to 14 drinks a week - lowers the
risk of cardiovascular disease, de
mentia and Alzheimer’s disease.
This led to speculation that small
amounts of alcohol may also pro
tect against normal age-related
brain shrinkage. However, the
new study has shown that all lev
els of consumption are associated
with measurable losses in brain
volume.
“This finding is clearly at
odds with the long and widely
held belief that what is good for
your heart is good for your brain,”
said Beth Ober in an e-mail inter
view, a professor of human devel
opment at UC-Davis who was not
involved in the study.
The two-year study included
1,839 healthy adults, aged 33 to
88 years, with an average age of
60. During a health examination,
participants reported the number
of alcoholic drinks they con
sumed per week and underwent
magnetic resonance imaging of
the brain.
“Brain imaging is a biologi
cal marker of brain disease that is
more subtle than either the pres
ence or absence of dementia,”
DeCarli said. “This [study] looks
at how the brain changes with age
and alcohol use before any symp
toms are present.”
On average, individuals
who drank more than moder
ate amounts of alcohol had 1.5
percent less total brain volume
than lighter drinkers. To a lesser
extent, this negative relation
ship still held with the moderate
and low consumption groups of
drinkers and still remained sig
nificant after controlling for other
factors.
Student finds
blog a way to
sliare Gospel
By Natalie Nielson
The Daily Universe
Brigham Young U.
Jenna Bates, a student
at Brigham Young Univer-
sity-Idaho, made a blog to
keep family and friends
updated on her life. She
keeps up with it although
she never thought that an
Apostle of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints would tell everyone
to get a blog.
“I feel like it is a great
way to write down your
feelings and share with
others what you want
them to see,” Bates said.
“I think everyone should
have a blog. It’s a great
way to keep up with ev
eryone.”
There are more than
112 million blogs online
according to blogherald.
com, and that number
only includes blogs writ
ten in English.
Bates talks about the
LDS Church in her blog,
although she said she
doesn’t do it directly.
She often talks about ex
periences involving the
church and her testimony
of the church.
Not many people com
ment on her blog about the
church, but she knows that
writing experiences about
the church can help spread
the Gospel.
“Hopefiilly people can
leam about the church
from my blog,” Bates
said.
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
saw the impact that blogs
can have and decided to
encourage members to
blog about their experi
ences in the church.
Homecoming Events
Today
Reading, Reception and
Book Signing 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Fireside Lounge, Dover Cam
pus Center Thomas Lynch,
whose work inspired the HBO
series “Six Feet Under,” will
present his work surrounding
end-of-life issues.
Friday
Continuing Education
Workshop 9 a.m.-noon. Boil
ing Springs Baptist Church
Thomas Lynch End of Life
Workshop & Luncheon, 3 clock
hours of CE credit, $70 per per
son, visit www.ccpe.gardner-
webb.edu for registration infor
mation.
Homecoming Golf Tourna
ment 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m.
shotgun start at River Bend
Golf Club. Alumni and friends
are invited to participate in
this fundraiser for the GWU
Golf Teams. Regisfration fee
of $75/person or $300/team.
To register contact Coach Tee
Burton at (704) 406-3986 or at
tburton@gardner-webb. edu.
Alumni University Fun and
informative classes will be of
fered on campus, free of charge,
to alumni and fnends of the uni
versity between 3 and 5 p.m.
*Fruits of the Spirit: Posi
tive Psychology and the Virtu
ous Life: Dr James P. Morgan
ofthe School of Psychology and
Counseling, will discuss recent
research findings, focusing on
the influence of gratitude and
religious affiliation on develop
ing hope and meaning.
* Artist’s Interpretation ofthe
Scriptures: Susan Carlisle Bell,
associate professor of art, will
help you experience the scrip
tures through the eyes of artists
including Michelangelo, Cha
gall, Rembrandt and Tanner
*Myths May Surprise You!
Dr Nancy Bottoms, professor
of English, explores myths and
stories from Europe and Afnca
that illuminate our human im
perfections and ways to correct
them.
*The ABCs of Financial
Planning: Alumnus Doug
Teague, of Doug Teague Finan
cial Services, will discuss how
to manage investments effec
tively and responsibly.
*Event Planning for Begin
ners: Alumna Jennie Jones,
public relations director for
The Gordon Group, will share
how to plan, promote and direct
events of all sizes and all occa
sions.
* Wedding Event Planning/
Directing: Alumna Beth Mc
Daniel will share her experience
as a wedding planner/director to
help you plan a wedding with
limited stress and hassles.
President’s Reception
5:30-6:30 p.m. Blanton House,
303 W. Marion, Shelby. Alumni
and friends of the university are
invited for a reception honoring
the 2008 Gallery Award recipi
ents.
Athletic Hall of Fame Re
ception and Banquet Recep
tion 6:30 p.m.. Banquet 7 p.m.
in Ritch Banquet Hall, Dover
Campus Center We pay tribute
to the 2007 GWU Athletic Hall
of Fame inductees. $ 15/person
(adult or child). Pre-registration
and tickets required. Contact Al
ison Kemicky at (704) 406-4340
or at akemicky@gardnerwebb.
edu.
Distinguished Artist Re
ception 6-7:45 p.m. O. Max
Gardner Recital Hall. Kick-off
event for the newly established
Fine Arts Alumni Society. Free
admission.
Distinguished Artist Con
cert featuring Samantha Sta
ton,’03 8 p.m., Blanton Audi
torium, Hamrick Hall. Fresh
off her professional debut with
the Cincinnati Symphony, Mrsv-
Staton is auditioning with opera
companies worldwide. Free ad
mission.
Saturday
G-W Varsity Club 10-
11 a.m. Team Room, Football
Center For former athletes,
coaches, managers, trainers and
cheerleaders. Reconnect with
others and assist in the promo
tion of Gardner-Webb athletics.
Breakfast will be provided.
Block Party & Class Gath
erings by the Decade For all
GWU alumni and university
friends from 11 a.m.-l p.m.,
outside the gates of Spangler
Stadiimi. Inflatables will be
available for the kids. Ham
burgers, hotdogs, and all the
ttimmings will be served. Pre
registration required. $8/adult,
$5/child (12 and under).
Tailgate Picnic Decorate
your vehicle, tent and yourself
in black and red, and share your
school spirit with family and
friends. Prizes will be awarded
for Most Team Spirit.
Frank Nanney Hall Open
House 11 a.m.-noon. Come
see the new home of the Noel
Program for Students with Dis
abilities.
Re-commemoration of
the Huggins-Curtis Memo
rial Arch Noon, courtyard area
between Lutz-Yelton Convo
cation Center and Suttle Well
ness Center Class of 2008 has
moved the Huggins-Curtis Me
morial Arch to a more promi
nent location. The arch was
originally dedicated in 1943 in
honor of J.D. Huggins, the first
principal of what was Boiling
Springs High School, and the
first dean of Gardner-Webb Ju
nior College.
Homecoming Parade 12:30
p.m. Main Sfreet.
Runnin Bulldogs vs. VMI
Spangler Stadium 1:30 p.m.
kick-off. $ 10/adult, $5/student.
Gallery Awards Banquet
6:30 p.m., Lindsey Court, Lutz-
Yelton Convocation Center The
Gallery Awards Banquet hon
ors alumni and friends whose
personal lives, professional
achievements, community ser
vice and loyalty has increased
the value of Gardner-Webb for
future generations. $ 13/adult,
$5/student.
Campus Shop Hours Visit
the Campus Shop on the ground
floor of the Dover Campus Cen
ter between 10 a.m.-1p.m. The
Bulldog Shop in Spangler Sta
dium will be open from 1 p.m.
until after the game. □
2008 Homecoming T-shirt
Purchase a 2008 Homecoming
T-shirt online at shop.gardner-
webb.edu or call (704) 406-
4273. $15/adult, $12/child.
Notes: If you require spe
cial assistance or have special
needs for the weekend, call the
Office of Alumni Relations at
(704) 406-3824.