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GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
January 28, 2010
Volume 13 No. 7
Serving the Gardner-Webb University community for more than 60 years
This Edition Hope froiTi the Haitian home front
■ In campus news.
More groundbreaking
at GWU. See p. 2
Students respond to
crisis in Haiti
See p. 2
How you can help
See p. 2
A talk with Dr. Bonner
See p. 2 .
— Photo Feature —
Clayton King speaks at
GWU
See p. 3
■ In sports —
GWU baseball without
stadium this season.
See p. 4
Men’s tennis face
tough test
See p. 4
Swimming dominates
reigning conference
champions
See p. 4
Weather
Thursday
Jan. 28
High 58
Low 36
Partly
cloudy
Friday
Jan. 29
High 40
Low 25
Rain
Source: The Weather Channel i
Index
News j page 2
Sports page 4
Photo Feature....page 3
by Jordan Love
Pilot Staff Writer
Photo
Cassandre Bazilme is a freshman biology major at Gardner
Webb. She has some relatives that have experienced the
crisis in Haiti.
It wasn’t until six days
after Gardner-Webb fresh
man Cassandre Bazilme was
back on campus when her
whole world came crashing
down.
Bazilme was hanging
out in her dorm when she
received a phone call with
devastating news. On the
other line she heard the fa
miliar voice of her cousin -
who was also in the United
States - mumble the words
that still haunt her, “Did
you hear what happened at
home?”
Bazilme immediately
turned on the national news
and stared in disbelief as
flashes of the aftermath of
the 7.0 earthquake unfold
ed before her very eyes."
From 1252 miles away in a
small dorm room, Bazilme
watched as her hometown
came crumbling down. As
the news began to sink in,
Bazilme wondered if her
family was among the sur
vivors.
Bazilme said she tried to
remain as strong as possible
while the days of uncertain
ty grew longer and longer.
“I couldn’t reach any
body and I was looking at
the news and it was hor
rible,” she said, “I started
crying. I didn’t know what
to do. My little brother and
sister, my aunt, my mom,
my dad- they’re all in Port
Au Prince. I couldn’t get a
hold of anyone. I just kept
praying and crying.”
Relief finally came on
Jan. 15 when Bazilme re
ceived an e-mail Ifom her fa
ther containing a very short
but imperative message: her
family was accounted for
and alive. For a moment,
everything was okay.
Once the message of
her family’s safety began
to melt away, Bazilme was
overcome with despair once
again. Her heart grew heavy
as she thought about all the
innocent lives lost in the di
saster.
When asked how she is
coping with the magnitude
of such a catastrophic event,
her eyes came alive as she
smiled.
“Prayer. A whole lot of
prayer,” she said.
The support Bazilme re
ceived from students, fac
ulty and the community
was nothing short of over
whelming. The very reason
Bazilme came to GWU was
the same reason that en
abled her to hold her head
high as she walked to class:
the closeness of the campus
and the friendly atmosphere.
Despite the comfort from
Gardner-Webb, Bazilme is
‘ aware that the road ahead
of her is going to be a long
one.
“My family is okay, but
I’m still sad. 1 still cry about
it sometimes. It’s just hor
rible. All these places that I
loved to go -1 don’t know -
it’s just horrible,” she said.
Women’s basketball turn up the heat
by Diana Palka
Pilot Editor
The Lady Bulldogs’
basketball team improved
their record to 17-3 Mon
day night in an 80-39 deci
sion against the Blue Hose
of Presbyterian in Clinton,
S.C. The win tied the to
tal wins of the 2008-2009
season and the program’s
NCAA Division I record
for wins in a season.
The team was led by
under-the-weather junior
Monique Hudson with 18
points in just 18 minutes
of action. Senior Marga
ret Roundtree contributed
15 points and six rebounds
while sophomore Teonika
Webb dumped in a season-
high nine points off the
bench.
The Dawgs shot 58.3
percent from the field and
capitalized off of 19 Blue
Hose turnovers, scoring 20
points. The GWU offense
stretched the. lead to 42 in
the final minutes of the con
test, outscoring their oppo
nent 39-27 in the second
half
The win complimented
an 85-62 win on Saturday
over the Winthrop Eagles
where junior guard Court
ney Epps led the Lady
Bulldog’s with 24 points
in just 22 minutes of play.
Epps career high was as
sisted by senior Marga
ret Roundtree’s 19 points
and redshirt-junior Sandra
Vaitkute’s 15 points and
12 boards, her fifth'double
double of the season. Junior
guard Dominique Hudson put in 10
points for the game and a team-high
six assists.
Saturday’s match-up also thrust
Roundtree into the record books as
she became Gardner-Webb’S NCAA
Division I career, leaders in field
Courtney Epps dribbles dovi/n the court at a home game.
Photo by Bob Carey
goals made with eight made baskets
to reach 463 overall. Roundtree sur
passed Casey Collins’ total of 458
field goals.
The team also collaborated to set
a record low; the four team turnovers
set the record for least turnovers in
a single game in Gardner-Webb’s
women’s basketball history.
The Lady Bulldogs return home
to Saturday to host Coastal Carolina
12-6 (3-3) at 4:30 p.m., part of a dou
ble-header with the men’s team host
ing High Point University at 7 p.m.
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