GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
April 29, 2009
Volume 12 No. 13.
Serving the Gardner-Webb University community for more than 60 years
This Edition
— In campus news —
Missed the Bulldog
Warrior Challenge? Get
the review here. See
p.2
GWU seniors share
their memories as they
prepare to enter the
working world. See
p.2
Senior citizens of Clev-
land County don’t let
age slow them down.
See p. 2
Jessica Jones and
Courtney Butler are
headed to Nicaragua.
Find out why on p.3
■Opinion/editorial-
Lanny Newton lets us
in on his Top 10 GWU
memories. See p. 3
Christopher Shaver
reflects on four years at
The Webb. See p. 3
' In sports-
Baseball sees it’s early
lead evaporate against
Liberty. See p. 5
Golf team finds it’s
stroke in the Big South
Championship. See p. 5
Track and Field fin
ishes well in first Big
South Conference
meet. See p. 5
Softball looks to shake
off loss in time for the
conference tournament.
See p. 5
Weather
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Blackout blamed for 2-car crash
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Photos by Emily Burgess
Top photo: Mallory Blessing talks on the phone as her car
is hoisted on to a tow truck. Botton photo: The Jeep be-
ionging to Sheiby resident Marietta Heinlein, who report-
ediy biacked out while driving and hit Blessing’s car.
By Emily Burgess
Pilot staff writer
A two-car accident Wednes
day afternoon in front of Roys
ter Hall left a Gardner-Webb
student without a vehicle.
Marietta Heinlein, a Shelby
resident, was heading east on
Route 150 when she ran off the
road to the right and crashed into
the rear of Mallory Blessing’s
parked Saturn Vue. The car was
forced two spaces forward due
to the impact, and the rear sec
tion was destroyed.
Heinlein’s vehicle started
rolling backwards and onto the
curb. Andy Kirkpatrick, another
GWU student, sprinted to Hein
lein’s Jeep Liberty and jumped
in to pull the parking brake
before her car could roll into
oncoming traffic. The Jeep suf
fered some front-end damage.
“When I saw the vehicle roll
ing backwards the only thought
that crossed my mind was to
stop it. 1 did not want anyone to
get seriously injured,” Kirkpat
rick said.
“I honestly do not even re
member sprinting to the vehicle.
I am not totally sure if I would
not have stopped the vehicle
without my military training
from ROTC and, more impor
tantly, the strength God gave me
that day.”
Marisa Swick, who was with
Kirkpatrick, was the person who
called 911. Swick was told that
Heinlein has a history of black
ing out.
Wendy Pettyjohn, another
eyewitness, was very shaken by
the event she saw unfold.
“That crunching, crashing,
glass-breaking sound is hor
rible,” said Pettyjohn about the
impact. “1 always see it happen
on TV; I never expected to see it
with my own eyes.”
Krystal Eakes heard the
crash while she was on the
Quad and ran up to the road to
see what was happening.
“1 saw the car rolling back
wards and Andy chasing the
car,” said Eakes. “I just thought
the Jeep was in reverse.”
Dr. James Dire heard the
crash from his office in Webb
Hall and went outside.
Dire said he overheard one
of the paramedics tell Heinlein
that he was the same paramdic
who responded to her previous
accident.
Sgt. Nathan Phillips of the
Boiling Springs Police Depart
ment said that Heinlein received
a citation from the state after
this crash.
No one was hurt in the ac
cident. Heinlein was checked
out by the paramedics and was
taken from the scene by a mem
ber of her church.
Pettyjohn summed up the
event, saying “Thank God that
everyone was OK because cars
are replaceable. People are
not.”
Collins to play with big boys in SF
ByBlake DuDonis
Pilot editor in chief
After sitting through two days of the
NFL draft without hearing his name called,
Gardner-Webb wide receiver Dobson Col
lins found his phone ringing off the hook
shortly afterward.
Collins, a 6-foot-1, 188-pound receiver
from Stone Mountain, Ga., signed a free
agent contract with the San Francisco
49ers.
Collins received called from nine other
NFL teams, including the New Orleans
Saints, Denver Broncos, the Detroit Lions
and the Washington Redskins, but ultimate
ly choose the 49ers over them all.
“1 just felt like San Francisco gave me
the best chance to get out and play,” Col
lins said in a phone interview Monday.
“They also have a really great wide receiver
coach; he is really nice and I’m excited to
learn from him.”
Collins was an honorable mention Foot
ball Championship Subdivision All-Ameri
can as he hauled in a career-high 76 passes
for 937 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Collins led the Big South conference in
receptions, receptions per game and yards
per game. He also impressed scouts during
his pro day workouts, clocking a 4.46 40-
yard dash time.
TEA party blasts taxes
Photo courtesy of GWU Athletics
GWU wide receiver Dobson Coillins is
heading out to San Francisco to prove
himself with the 49ers.
The 49ers only added one wide receiver
during the draft: Michael Crabtree, the All-
American receiver from Texas Tech.
Crabtree was the lOth-overall pick in
the NFL draft, and Collins can't wait to test
out his skills next to the colligate superstar.
“Yeah man, Tm excited,” said Collins.
“Fm interested to see how a guy from a
small school can matchup with the apparent
number one receiver in the country. It’s go-/
ing to be fun.” /
Collins is the 10th player from Gard
ner-Webb to be drafted or sign with an NFL
team since 1973, and will join 2008 gradu
ate Brian Johnston as the only current Run-
nin’ Bulldogs in the NFL.
Ironically, of those 10 players, Collins
will be the third to play with San Francis
co.
Gardner-Webb and the NFL
(since 1973)
Lee Thompson (1973) - Houston
Oilers (FA)
Ralph Warthen (1982)-Washington
Redskins (8th Round)
Chariie Harbison (1982) - Buffaio
Biils (FA)
Tony Suber, DT, (1982) - Buffaio
Bills (12th Round)
Gabe Wilkins, DE, (1994) - Green
Bay Packers (4th Round)
Terry Guess, WR, (1996) - New Or
leans Saints (5th Round)
Eric Harris, WR, (1998) - Atlanta
Falcons (FA)
Jim Maxweii, LB, (2004) - New York
Giants (PFA)
Brian Johnston, DE, (2008) - Kan
sas City Chiefs (7th Round)
Dobson Coiiins, WR, (2009) - San
Francisco 49ers (PFA)
By Michelle Alwerdt
Pilot staff writer
Passersby probably did a
double take April 15 when they
saw a man dressed in 18th cen
tury clothing standing in front
of Boiling Springs Town Hall.
On top of that, he was sur
rounded by banners and picket
signs - with tea bags on them -
that read "No Taxation Without
Responsible Representation.”
The theme of the protest was
the Boston Tea Party, and this
version was known as a TEA
party - Taxed Enough Already.
Boiling Springs was one of
hundreds of cities nationwide
that hosted a protest of the taxes
in President Barack Obama’s
Recovery and Reinvestment
Bill. Tens of thousands of
Americans attended the rallies
nationwide.
The purpose of the protest
was to inform the president and
Congress that some citizens ob
ject to what they consider the
bill’s irresponsible spending.
Gardner-Webb University
theater professor Christopher
Keene was the man in the odd
garments. Other protesters were
community members Michelle
Gillus and Dave Johnson.
“We’re hoping the presi
dent and Congress listen,” said
Keene. “It’s not just the presi
dent, he doesn’t determine the
budget. Everyone in Congress
is to blame.”
Keene pointed out that most
people are unaware of what the
bill actually said, because law
makers didn’t have time to read
it all before voting for it.
He urged students to ques-
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Photo by Tyler Kucifer
Professor Chris Keene got into the spirit of the original Bos
ton Tea Party by wearing Coioniai-era ciothing as he pro
tested the U.S. tax poiicies in front of Town Haii Aprii 15.
tion the government and be tional debt is $40,000 over his/
aware. For the average 20-year- her lifetime, thanks to the heavy
old, Keene said, the interest government spending to resolve
they will have to pay on the na- the nation’s economic crisis.
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