GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
April 29, 2010
Volume 13 No. 11
Serving the Gardner-Webb University community for more than 60 years
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' In campus news ■
Seniors on display in
art show. See p. 2
Gardner-Webb hosts
Cleveland County
Senior Games.
See p. 2
Blake DuDonis reflects
over another year gone
by. See p. 2
■ Photo Feature >
Gardner-Webb springs
alive. See p. 4-5
■ In sports-
Gardner-Webb basket
ball brings on new head
coach Chris Holtmann.
See p. 3
by
Pilot Editor-in-chief
With just weeks until the end of the
school semester, college students all over
the country are frantically trying to finish
projects and papers, while stressing- out
about internships and jobs. With so much to
do, many students struggle to find time to
eat three meals a day, let alone spend sev
eral hours a day working.
Maricara Knox is not your regular stu
dent.
Knox, a senior psychology major from
Shelby, feels the same pressure that every
other student does, but she has dmassed
over 300 service hours this year, all of them
with the Shelby Girl’s Club. This is not
just a push for hours by a senior either; this
is the second year in a row that Knox has
reaches this milestone.
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girls a day, Knox helps the girls with their
homework, snacks, a devotion time and
also fun time. The girls are any age from 5
to 13, and Knox will work with the whole
group, but will also work with an individual
girl if need be.
“If there is a girl that is struggling, I
might take her to the side and help her with
homework,” said Knox. “Some girl’s just
can’t work in groups.”
According to Knox, the girls come from
all sorts of backgrounds, and the Girl’s Club
serves as an after school program for them.
Though not needing any attention for
he work, the NC-ACTS! Member Spotlight
honored Knox by awarding her a $1000 ed
ucational scholarship for her hard work.
“It’s an honor,” said Knox. “Out of all
the people in North Carolina, I was chosen
for April.”
Even with the scholarehip and the rec
ognition she has received, Knox still says
that it is all about the girls.
“My main this is this: if they are in a
bad mood. I’ll take them to the side and try
to cheer them up,” said Knox. “If you were
to come by and see me. I’m just a big kid.
I have my times when I’m serious, but I’m
a big kid.”
“My main goals are to help them with
their academics, to help them build their
self-esteem and to make every girl smile.
Just making them smile or laugh could
change their whole outlook.”
Anyone wishing to get involved with the
Girl’s Club can visit the Cleveland Coun
try YMCA website, and click on the Girl’s
Club link. You can also visit the Girl’s Club
on 821 West Warren Street in Shelby, or
call the program’s director, Annette Toms,
at 704-482-8431.
Springs Alive hits GWU campus
GWU mascot “Lulu” posing for a picture at Springs Alive.
by Jordan Love
Pilot Staff Writer
On a day set out for food, fun and
more, Gardner-Webb celebrated its annual
Spring’s Alive event last Saturday. People
from the entire Shelby and Boiling Springs
community came out to enjoy the afternoon
that featured vendors, arts, crafts and games
among other events.
Students from Gardner-Webb and other
area schools as well as local businesses set
up booths across areas between Lake Holli-
field and Bost Gymnasium in order to bring
recognition and raise money for each par
ticular organization.
One of Gardner-Webb’s own first year
nursing students, Abigail Jenkins, enjoyed
the event and what it meant.
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“It was a fun time to give back to the
community that has been so kind to us,”
said Jenkins.
Gardner-Webb and the town of Boiling
Springs come together to fund this event
each year. It seeks to provide fun for all age
groups and provides families with an in
expensive and enjoyable day at little cost.
Along with the Tour de Springs
GWU baseball redeems themselves
Weather
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Low 51 Low 59
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by Kevin Kassakatis
Pilot Staff Writer
After two weekends of dismal perfor
mances against Virginia Military Institute
and #8 Coastal Carolina, the Gardner-
Webb baseball team redeemed itself win
ning two of three games against Charles
ton Southern.
Gardner-Webb (19-20, 7-8) played
host to the nationally ranked Coastal Car
olina Chanticleers last weekend.
,. Coastal (34-5, 12-0) jumped out to a 2-
- 0 lead in the first inning in the first game
against GWU and would not trail the
whole weekend. GWU was able to come
back with two runs in the home half of
the 4th on Kurt Fulginitti’s 6th homer of
the year. Daniel Bowman also launched a
homerun to lead off the top of the ninth for
the final run, ending the game 8-2 CCU.
Saturday, the pitching woes continued
as freshman Michael Hanzlik gave up 10
runs in 2 2/3 innings. Coastal finished with
24 runs on 18 hits with three errors while
Gardner-Webb finished with 10 runs, 13
hits and three errors.
Trying to avoid the sweep, Gardner-
Webb sent freshman Emilio Pagan to the
mound. Coastal rattled him for eight runs
in 1 1/3 innings as Coastal completed the
sweep with a 13-0 victory.
After a quick 10-8 victory to Wofford,
Gardner-Webb took on conference rivals
Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Ace,
Brett Stackhouse, gave up eight runs in
4.2 innings and took the loss. The strug
gling offense finally broke through in the
top of the eighth when John Harris drove
in Jake Watts. Watts led the way 3-for-4
on the day while Benji Jackson went 2-
for-4 .
Saturday Gardner-Webb was finally
able to compete, winning two close games.
In the first game, Aaron Miller drove in
the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth.
Charleston Southern took the lead in the
third inning on a solo homerun from Jesse
Cadenhead. The Dawgs rebounded with a
three-run burst in the seventh. Zeke Blan
ton scored on a wild pitch. Daniel Merck
doubled to bring in the second run and
Miller drove in the third with a sacrifice
fly. Gardner-Webb took the game 9-8.
In the rubber match, Gardner-Webb
jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Fulginitti
brought in Merck oh a single. Freshman
Brad Collins hit his first collegiate home-
run to left center to tie the game in the top
of th» sixth. Merck led off the 10th with
a walk and stole home to give Gardner-.
Webb the dramatic come-from-behind
win, 5-4.
The Diamond Dawgs take on Wofford
at Forest City at 6 p.m. on Wednesday
evening.
Gardner-Webb acknowledges need for better health care
by Kivin Kassakatis
Pilot Staff Writer
On April 12th, Gardner-Webb’s Stu
dent Government Association tackled a
long-standing hot-button issue on campus:
student health care. A report prepared by
GWU students Christoph Hutschalik, a ju
nior, and Justus Hawks, a senior, exposed
a widespread student concern with nearby
Boiling Springs Medical Center.
Present at the SGA meeting was Bruce
Moore, former Dean of Student Develop
ment. Moore acknowledged the need for
better health care on campus but neglected
to fully discuss the matter with SGA rep
resentatives.
According to Moore, students were
the priority at BSMC prior to selling out
to Caromont, a local health care provider.
Moore responded to students’ issues with
the poor quality of health are at BSMC
by stating that the University is trying to
“craft a partnership with another medical
center in Boiling Springs, even the chil
dren’s clinic.”
“Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out the
way we’d hoped,”, said Hutschalik, com
menting on the inconclusiveness of the
meeting.