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November 19, 2012 • The Campbell Times

By: LynJosha RussellStaff Writer

Men’s Basketball season started great with a win against Averett on Friday Nov 9. Coach Laing says it started off the way he thought it would.

But with a loss to North Western State on Monday Nov 12, he says he wishes they could have the started the sea-son off 2-0 instead of 1-1.

Coach Laing and the team are disturbed by the loss on Monday.

Laing felt the opposing team brought impressive skills to the game.

“North Western is a good team. They came to win and set a good tone,” Laing said “they were mature and very physical.”

Laing said he felt the team need to improve their work ethic to get ready for the Big South Conference games in January.

He says they need to be more comfortable when they hit the court and come out with “top energy”. The coach says gaining confidence will be a process, but they are making good progress.

Laing has high hopes for the team so far.

He said, “I’m cautiously optimistic. We have good and talented players, but they don’t know what they don’t know.”

With eight new players to the team, Laing says they have a lot to learn and it is going to be hard to adjust and get comfy to the game.

“They are still in a state of shock,” Laing said.

Many new players will need

to adjusting to the increase in travel. The team has several games throughout Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas break.

Freshmen guard, Casey Perrin is excited about the upcoming trips.

Perrin said, “I think it’s go-ing to be an amazing trip this week.”

As a new member of the team, the freshman says loves

to play here and said “I feel right at home.”

Junior forward Leek Leek, who is also new to the team, also is excited to be playing other high ranked teams this week.

Laing finds the crowds at the games play a role in the intensity of CU’s players.

“We are spoiled by the crowds and are accustomed to

a full arena,” Laing said. When the arena lacks a

crowd, Laing tells his players, “Win and there will be people there!”

On Friday, the Camels beat Appalachian State University Mountaineers, 101- 82.

After the loss on Monday, Laing finally felt relief from such a big win.

The Camels came out strong from the start, physi-cally and mentally ready for Appalachian State.

Within the first few min-utes, the Fighting Camels were shooting threes and dunk-ing over the Mountaineers. Winning this game was a great comeback after the game on Monday.

Coach Laing and the team are looking forward to a great season. They are looking forward to going to the NCAA tournament. They said they plan to continue to stay posi-tive and hope that the fans will too.

They are looking forward to the Global Sports Hoops Showcase at Iowa State and North Carolina A&T in the coming week. The next home game will be Thursday, Nov 29 against Newberry.

Basketball boasts a new game plan

CU captures 11th PGA Jones CupBy Michael AbramowitzPGA America

CU made an impressive team effort on Nov. 14 to cap-ture the 11th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride.

The Fighting Camels closed with a final-round 6-under-par 282 and 569 total at PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker Course to protect its first round lead and defeat runner-up New Mexico State, by 17 strokes. The Uni-versity of Central Oklahoma finished third, 29 shots off the pace.

With the victory, Campbell claimed its third PGA Jones Cup title in the past six years, tying Mississippi State for the most championships in tour-nament history.

“They knew they would play well, and it didn’t surprise them,” said Ken Jones, PGA, director of the PGA Golf Man-agement University Program at Campbell. “This is a special event and to win the national championship for PGA Golf Management University Pro-grams is really exciting.”

The Camels, which fin-ished 7-under-par for the tournament, were paced by medalist Ryan Wolff, a senior

from Shokan, N.Y., who fired back-to-back rounds of 70. Of the eight rounds played under par today in windy conditions, three were shot by Campbell players—Charles Gross (67-143), Ben Polland (70-142) and Wolff. Polland finished tied for second individually with Kyle Wittenbach, of Fer-ris State.

“It was a great day and a lot of fun, but the most important part is that we are bringing the Jones Cup back home,” said Wolff. “We came here with a great team, and we were very confident.”

“Our main goal was to

come here, play our best and go under par,” added Polland, a senior from Bloomington, Minn. “This really means a lot, especially winning our third title in the past six years.”

Rounding out the Camp-bell squad were senior Jared Morrow, of Charlotte, who fired the low score of the first round; and the lone under-classmen on the team, sopho-more Robert Bose, of Norfolk, Va.

Defending Champion North Carolina State, of Ra-leigh, finished in fourth place with a 599 total.

The 36-hole Champion-

ship featured all 20 schools in the PGA Golf Management University program and show-cased the top five players from each University.

The event brought together teams from 16 states, who competed at PGA Golf Club for the fifth consecutive year.

The PGA Jones Cup pre-sented by Golf Pride is named for the first PGA Golf Man-agement University Program Director at Mississippi State University, Dr. S. Roland Jones, who held the position from 1985, until his passing in 1997.

The event serves to provide

a platform where participants can display professional-ism, integrity, character and camaraderie; all characteristics Dr. Jones instilled in PGA Golf Management University students.

All participating universi-ties in the PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride are schools accredited by The PGA of America to offer the four-and-one half to five-year PGA Golf Management Uni-versity Program for aspiring PGA Professionals. The col-lege curriculum provides ex-tensive classroom studies, in-ternship experience and player development, and provides students the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to succeed in the golf industry as a PGA Professional.

Students in the PGA Golf Management University Program study a combination of golf and business-related subjects, as well as serve a minimum of 16 months in on-course internships within the golf industry.

Upon graduation and eligible employment, students are able to be elected to PGA Membership.

Photo by Montana Pritchard/The PGA of America

Campbell’s team poses with the Jones Cup after winning the 11th PGA Jones Cup at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucia, Flor. CU has won the tournament three years in a row.

Photo by Daniel Solomon

The crowd at the basketball game against Appalachian State was riled up the entire game as they cheered the team to victory. The basketball team showed its skills to achieve a 101-82 win.

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The Campbell Times • November 19, 2012SportsFall sports recap: Triumphs & faults By Scott BaytalaStaff Writer

During the months of November, college athletics endures one of its busiest time periods of the year.

Fall sports are concluding regular seasons and beginning postseason play, while winter sports are off to a fresh start.

Campbell athletics started the year with any high expecta-tions and came through with many highlights and memo-rable moments for everyone.

Over the summer, lights were installed at Barker-Lane Stadium. Those lights allowed Campbell to host its first night name, but dropped a 31-20 decision to Shorter in the third-largest crowd (5130) in Ed Gore Field/Barker-Lane Stadium history.

Campbell would however win its next home game 10-0 over UVA-Wise.

The Camel’s season has been filled with injuries, caus-ing many young players to get thrown into the fire right away on the gridiron.

Campbell will also be under the direction of a new coach next season, as the uni-versity announced the release of head coach Dale Steele at the conclusion of the season.

CU women’s soccer opened up its season at home with a 2-1 overtime victory over East Carolina, en route to a 10-8-1 season record.

The Camels were picked to win the Big South Conference Championship, but came up short in a 1-0 loss to defending champion Radford in the first round.

The team had five players earn postseason honors, in which senior Taylor Brown and sophomore Ashley Clark earned first team all-confer-ence.

Senior Kirsty Meyer was named second team all-con-ference, while Alexis Connors was named to the all-freshman team and senior Cissy Nitz earned sport on the all-aca-demic team.

Campbell men’s soccer started off the season with a 3-0-1 record, including a draw against nationally ranked SMU.

The Camels also secured a 2-0 victory over #17 NC State in Raleigh in the campaign, beating the Wolfpack for the second consecutive meeting. CU also scored a win over ACC foe Virginia a 3-0 in Buies Creek.

Campbell finished with a 7-3 record in Big South play, and hosted the first round of the conference tournament.

The game against High Point went the distance as the two teams were tied at 4 after regulation and two overtime periods, but the Camels couldn’t capitalize during pen-alty kicks and were outscored 5-3.

The 12-5-2 men’s soccer squad had six players named to postseason teams.

Senior Mitchell Cardenas and junior Travis Golden were earned first team all-conference.

Junior Ethan Hall and sophomore Jhuvon Francis were named second team all-conference. Isaiah Page was earned all-freshman team honors, and sophomore Scooter Oliver was named to the all-academic team.

Campbell’s women’s golf team wasted no time mak-ing headlines, as they set a

set a school team record for lowest 54-hole tournament score with an 860 and won the Golfweek Program Challenge by 40 strokes.

Sophomore Brooke Bel-lomy took the individual title, and shot a school record 211 in the tournament, beating the 2007 mark of 212 set by Alejandra Shaw.

The Camels also claimed a win in the Fighting Camel Fall Classic while claiming the team title (294-298-306—

898) by 8 shots over runner-up Old Dominion (297-297-312—906).

Junior Kaylin Yost finished the 54-hole tournament at one-over-par 217 (73-69-75) to gain medalist honors by three strokes over Se Ri Lee of Cal State Fullerton (74-75-71—220).

Campbell volleyball began the season with a 2-1 re-cord, claiming a 3-2 win over ECU and a 3-0 decision over Bethune-Cookman.

The Camels also went 2-0 on a home stand in September, while claiming a 3-0 win over North Carolina Central and a 3-2 win over North Carolina A&T.

Junior setter Heather Wil-son became the first Camels student-athlete in the side-out era to record a triple-double on Sept. 8 against Western Carolina. Wilson registered 13 kills, 24 assists and 13 digs in a five-set defeat. She was also named to the Big South all-academic team.

Michael Kelly was named the new track and field coach at Campbell, as well as leading the men’s and women’s cross

country teams. Under the direction of

Kelly, many runners improved times continuously through-out the season. The men’s team claimed third at the confer-ence championships while the women’s team finished seventh.

Junior Morgan Timiney placed 6th at the conference championships, earning a spot on the Big South all-confer-ence team.

Junior Ashley Matthews and sophomore Evan Darm were both honored on the Big South all-academic teams for CU.

CU softball also announced the hiring of former student-athlete Brittany Stanley Lee as an assistant coach who will be responsible for training the pitching staff for the Camels.

The fall sports season for Campbell may be coming to a close, but fans can be sure to continue seeing great plays made as men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, swim-ming, and indoor track and field perform during the win-ter sports season.

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

Senior Mitchell Cardenas goes to kick the ball to a teammate. Cardenas boasts a first team all-conference title.

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

Maria Jose Benavides was named Big Conference women’s golfer of the week after a win at the Palmetto Intercollegiate.

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By Sean NealNews Editor

On the morning of Nov. 1, President of College Demo-crats, Louis Duke, discovered several local Democratic cam-paign signs in the dumpsters at Campus Habitat apartments and Kivett Town Homes.

Duke took a photo of the signs in one dumpster, and posted it to Facebook. The post was picked up by the Harnett County Democratic Party’s page, and was seen by many College Democrats, among others.

Several executive board members, including the Chair of the College Republicans, Nate Pencook, live in Kivett Town Homes, which caused the College Democrats to speculate that said members may have been involved.

Duke’s publicized discovery has led to much speculation on campus.

One member of the College Democrats wrote a letter to Campbell President Dr. Jerry Wallace, and Vice President for Student Life Dr. Dennis Bazemore, indirectly accusing the College Republican officers of taking down the signs and requesting action to be taken.

“We really have no way of knowing who took the signs down,” said Duke, a sopho-more and Political Science and Communication Studies major. “It’s the fact that the signs were taken down; they’re not just going to float into the dump-ster. Some

A Year Passes After 2011 Lockdown

Photos by ABC Local & Wake County Sheriff ’s Department. Image by Hannah Hoffner

In Nov. 2011, students and faculty endured a campus wide lockdown because former student Jared Knight had barricaded himself in his off-campus home. A year later, Campbell’s campus has experienced changes to protect the CU community.

CU: A year after the lockdownBy Frankie Crawford Jr.Staff Writer

On Nov. 9, 2011, the quiet town of Buies Creek made na-tional news due to a campus wide lockdown.

As stated in last year’s Yearbook, former student Jared Knight was served with a search warrant because

he potentially held stolen weapons in his house, located adjacent to campus. As he resisted arrest, authorities felt the campus and community needed to be on high alert.

For nearly three hours, stu-dent and faculty members re-mained in lockdown or were instructed to move as safely as possible to other locations

such the Convocation Center for safety precautions.

Almost a year later to the day, on Nov. 8 another incident occurred on campus. Students received an e-mail explaining an incident had taken place on Leslie Camp-bell Ave.

The e-mail stated, “At 10:55 am, Campbell Univer-

sity officials were notified by Campus Safety that a non-student was spotted walking along Leslie Campbell Avenue with a visible weapon. He was quickly detained by Harnett County Sheriff ’s deputies and Campbell Campus Safety of-ficers without incident”.

See SIGNS page 5See SAFETY page 7

By Catherine AdroinStaff Writer

Beginning in the fall 2013 semester, Campbell Univer-sity students will have the opportunity to become part

of campus history by joining one of the four fraternities and sororities the university will implement.

The push for Greek Life at Campbell began in 2010 when junior, Chelsea Cash-

well, enlisted people to join the cause.

“When Dean Haehl came along, I began to meet with her on a monthly basis, creat-ing ideas for a little-big type program,” Cashwell said. “The

ultimate goal would be Greek Life.”

Although the push was rejected at first, Cashwell gathered support from about twenty girls and attempted to charter a branch of Sigma Alpha Omega.

Administration plans Greek Life arrival on campus

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By Emily McIntoshEntertainment Editor

On Nov. 13, the Campbell University Wind Ensemble and the Cape Fear Wind Sym-phony hosted their recital in Scott Concert Hall.

The CU Wind Ensemble began with John Higgin’s “Habitat,” conducted by Band Director and Campbell professor Dr. Charles Dwayne Wilson.

The subsequent pieces in the first half of the concert featured student conductors.

These students were Anna Slaughter, a junior music edu-cation and composition major, Josh Doughty, a senior edu-cation major, and Alex Mil-liken, a senior piano pedagogy major.

Each conducted a piece of music, as, according to Dr. Wilson, “part of their final exam grade.”

Though Milliken has con-ducted students before, but acknowledges it isn’t always easy.

“The first time as a student

conductor is always a nerve-wracking experience,” Milliken said. “I was privileged to have conducted the Wind En-semble last semester so it was a little easier this semester. Dr. Wilson teaches the instrumen-tal conducting lessons and he always makes sure that we are as well-prepared as possible.”

For Milliken, student conducting has also become a dream come true.

“If someone had ever told me as a freshman that I would get up on the podium before I graduated and conduct the Wind Ensemble for a con-cert, I would have told them they were crazy,” Milliken said. “However, thanks to the wonderful music department, things that I wouldn’t have dared to dream of 3 years ago are happening and making me a much better musician.”

Macy Cook, a junior ele-mentary education major, says that playing the flute in the Wind Ensemble has helped more than just playing music.

“Being in band has allowed me to not only continue to

develop my playing but it has also given me the chance to be a well-rounded student.”

After the intermission, members of the Cape Fear Wind Symphony performed.

One of the pieces was Robert W. Smith’s “The Divine Comedy,” which was, accord-ing to the program, “a four movement work based on the Dante Alighieri’s literary clas-sic of the same name.”

Ashlyn Batten, a junior comprehensive music major, says she enjoyed the pieces done this semester.

“I love loud and fast music, and the majority of the pieces were just that,” Batten said. “Dr. Wilson’s theme of ‘epic music’ was a great one.”

Students prepared for the recital at the beginning of the semester by meeting twice a week to practice.

“The Wind Ensemble practices twice a week for the entire semester,” Batten said. “The Wind Symphony meets once a week.”

During this time, the pro-cess is more than just playing

the music, says Milliken.“The first part of the semes-

ter consisted of sight-reading the pieces and figuring out which ones we wanted to in-clude in the concert,” Milliken said. “Once we did that, then we spent time working out sections of the pieces, transi-tions, key changes, or anything that might be causing prob-lems with the ensemble. The last part of the semester was spent fine-tuning the pieces and playing the program as a whole.”

According to Cook, next semester’s Spring Wind En-semble’s performance will be one to keep a lookout for.

“The Spring Wind En-semble concert is music that people will easily recognize,” Cook said. “We always per-form something really fun in the spring. This year we are performing epic movie pieces. So that could mean anything from Star Wars to Pirates of the Caribbean. You will just have to come check it out!”

Wind ensemble flourishes the stage

IN THE CREEK5th largest crowd attends basketball game

At Friday’s Men’s Basketball game against Appalachian State University, Gilbert Craig Gore Arena held the fifth larg-est crowd in the structure’s five-year history. The crowd of 2873 witnessed CU beat ASU in a hard-fought match.

Campus recreation to hold chili cook off

Campus Recreation plans to host a Chili Cook Off on Nov. 26 in Carter Gym. Students are encouraged to be cre-ative with their recipes. The event is set to last all day as judges sample the various chilies. Contact Campus Rec-reation to sign up entries.

Fine arts depart-ment presents per-formances

In Ellis Theatre, the theater department will put on the play Every Man Nov. 29-Dec. 1. All performances begin at 7p.m. Tickets will be on sale soon. The fine art depart-ment will also showcase Christmas at Campbell on Dec. 3 in Butler Chapel at 8 p.m. The performance is part of the Artist Performance Series.

Campus Ministry hosts fund-raiser

On Nov. 29, Campus Min-istry will produce its “largest fund-raiser for missions” as they assemble and deliver several hundred care packag-es for students on campus. Campus Ministry encourages students to come out to the Wallace Student Center and help out 5:30p.m-7p.m.

Camels fall to Marist in final game

Chuckie Looney passed for three touchdowns and Wale Onakoya rushed for 114 yards to leads Marist past Campbell in Pioneer Football League action Saturday at Ed Gore Field at Barker-Lane Stadium.Marist moves to 4-6 on the

season while Campbell fin-ishes the 2012 season 1-10 overall and 0-8 in conference play.

Info: gocamels.com

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

Junior Kylie Warne swims at the Radford Invitational in a three-day competition. Warne set the 400 IM school record with a time of 4:24.68. She was also a member of a win-ning 200 yard medley race with her teammates Meredith Cooper, Kaitlyn Tunstall, and Cheriesse Campbell. The CU swim team held a strong lead throughout the three-day meet against conference schools, Radford and UNC Asheville, as well as Millers-ville, Mount St. Mary’s, and North Carolina A&T.

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The Campbell Times • November 19, 2012Opinion

By Courtney Schultz Editor In Chief

As the holiday season swiftly approaches, students start to count down the days until they can relax at home and enjoy the holiday cheer. As university students, when fantasizing about Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas Break, we think of a blissful break, free of responsibility, heavy work-loads, and schedules. It’s all we need after months of research papers, exams, and stuffed binders of notes.

Along with relaxation, the winter celebrations also pro-vide the spirit of giving. Fes-tivities, such as Hanukah and Christmas, lend themselves to the idea of giving because those holidays warrant gift-giv-ing to our loved ones. As we present our family and friends with gifts, we also get into the spirit of giving to charity. Most people have participated in Operation Christmas Child, a Giving Tree, the Campbell University Community Christ-mas Store and Toy Drive, or other charitable opportunities related to Christmas.

I feel it’s a testament of

society how the November and December holidays spark such a spirit in society, as if we’ve abruptly reminded there are needy individuals in our community or abroad. As well as the winter festivi-ties inspiring giving, national tragedies also spark society to take notice of those in need. Of course, circumstances such as Super-storm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina warrant the need for extra efforts from society and the government to aid the individuals affected by these tragedies. As soon as a disaster occurs, society immediately goes into action to raise money, awareness, and belongings for those who endured the travesty. The ac-tions of Americans to imme-diately help those in need are heart-warming; those actions demonstrate how connected we all are to one another. Yet, what about the community members who suffer every day who go unnoticed in today’s society?

In the last issue of The Campbell Times, Maria Politis wrote about the food scarcity in Harnett County. Stating

North Carolina is the second highest state where children don’t know when their next meal will be, Politis highlights how food insecurity resides closer than we realize. Insight of these facts pushes us to host food drives and to want to do more to help those in need. However, food drives come to an end and so does the urgency to help community members.

My concern: why do we stop helping those in need? Why do we need “times of giving” to inspire us when the necessity does not cease?

I acknowledge college students are busy and typically don’t desire to spend their free time tutoring underprivileged children or serving food at a homeless shelter. Also, I recog-nize how righteous people are when they give to needy indi-viduals, regardless of timing. Giving at any point in the year is an extremely positive affair.

What I urge students to do is to give to others all-year. I’m not necessarily encouraging you to clean out your pantry or closet and give all of your belongings to the Salvation

Army; however, if you are moved to do so, more power to you. My encouragement lies in the small sacrifices we can make every day to help those who might need a benevolent hand. I suggest cleaning out your closet of clothing you no longer wear or don’t fit in or simply helping your fellow classmate who might have failed your last organic chem-istry test ace the next test. Even by taking time to hold the door open to the person behind you displays a spirit of compassion.

Put all your stresses away and just use your efforts to help someone else feel the spirit of giving. Take time to show individuals in your com-munity kindness and allow the holiday spirit to evoke you all year long.

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Expressing appreciation for CUCampbell University isn’t

quite yet Beulah Land, but it is the best place I’ve worked. It is what the state schools should be—a place where professors can profess what we believe to be true, without fear of reprisal for being less than politically correct.

Campbell’s fortunate to have a tradition of fine lead-ers. I especially appreciate times I’ve worked with Dr. John Roberson, who is always open to suggestions and new ideas. I especially miss Chan-cellor Norman Wiggins, who faithfully attended Baptist Men’s meetings at First Baptist Church as long as his health permitted. I especially miss hearing his insights on public and private education.

My own personal teaching style is very pragmatic. I try to integrate real-world projects in the classroom wherever pos-sible, with most of my classes having a service learning com-ponent. What excites me most is when my students are hired because of course projects in their portfolios.

If I could, the one curricu-lum change I’d make would be to require all students to take a course in logic. In this post-

modern age, when people seem most concerned about the of-fense and feelings of others, it’s im-portant to be able to

critically distinguish between what is true and what is not. Our students would also make more discerning voters if they could detect candidates’ ad hominem attacks against the character of others, rather than against their ideas.

The worst day in my teaching career happened 20 years ago when David L. Eshelman—our department chair at Central Missouri State University—was shot and killed by a disgruntled student of ours. Since then I’ve spent many hours studying the topic of violence and personal safety. There are a couple principles I wish everyone knew.

The first comes from the re-search of Lt. Maj. David Gross-man, who taught psychology at West Point. He writes that

most of us are like sheep—we can’t hurt another except by accident. But there are evil people in the world who are like wolves—they harm others without remorse. We sheep need to be aware that there are others who are different from us and who are indeed evil.

The other principle comes from Jeff Cooper, who writes about our tactical state of mind. Most of us are constant-ly in what he calls condition white—oblivious to the things around us. Coming out of Wal-Mart, we’re typically too busy looking for our box of Little Debbies to notice the van full of teenage males sitting next to our car. We need to be in condition yellow—observant of what’s going on around us, including potential threats from wolves.

The more we walk with confidence, noticing what’s going on around us, the less likely we are to become a victim. Had my friend David L. Eshelman been more aware that there are evil people in the world, and had he been more observant that one might be waiting for him as he left for work 20 years ago, he might still be with us today.

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November 19, 2012 • The Campbell Times

By Frankie Crawford Jr.Retired Sergeant First Class

As Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast, the web has been ablaze with stories of power outages and stranded motorist, who may not have been prepared. One of the things that I can recall from my time in the Army is how we regularly, even to the point of irritation, were required to check the safety of Soldiers vehicle before they were al-lowed to go on long trips such as a Thanksgiving weekend, or Christmas leave.

The past couple of weeks I have seen a few of my class-mates have issues with their vehicles and I would like to pass on some simple preven-tion tips for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Break:

1. Always verify the weather

before you go. Most people have nowadays, have an app that alerts you of weather changes.

2. Have a backup supply of water and non-perishable snacks or food. A bag of beef jerky or some form of dehy-drated snacks can help in an emergency or simple vehicle

breakdown.3. Check your tires, one

simple test is to take a penny and insert it with the head fac-ing down and in-between the tire tread. As long as the tread is not below Honest Abe’s head you should be OK. If not, don’t take the chance.

4. Check your windshield wipers. It may seem redun-dant, but believe it or not after a very warm summer the first hard rain or even light freeze can cause the blades to break of the first time they are used. If you know it may freeze or snow, lift your wiper blades the night before the weather is expected. This will prevent them freezing and thus being cracked upon removal from the windshield to clear off ice or snow.

5. Have a set of jumper cables, this basic $30.00 investment can help you or

even make you a godsend if someone else is stranded. Just remember, NEG to NEG and POS to POS, red is normally POS and Black is normally Neg. Most kits have a step by step instructions included with them.

6. Check all of your ve-hicles fluids as per the owner’s manual and have some back up fluids (In a container separate from the food). IE, Windshield washer fluid, quart oil, transmission fluid, coolant, and even a can of Fix a Flat ( Just remember this is only a Temp fix and should never be left in the tire for long without it being properly repaired).

7. Have spare blankets and clothes in the event you are heading to a colder location. There have been multiple instances where we have heard about people being found days after a sudden storm, and if

only they had had the extra blankets they could have pre-vented hypothermia or even death.

8. Take regular breaks, even a ten to fifteen minute stop every two hours can make a difference; just do so in a safe location.

9. Regularly check in with a friend or family to let them know where you are and your estimated time of arrival. So if something does happen they know where you last where.

These few simple checks can help insure you make it safely to your destination and are worth the minor inconve-niences in order to arrive to your destination in one piece. One last note, as a motorcy-clist I know the dangers of other motorists not seeing us as well as inexperienced or reckless riders. Don’t be either, be aware, alert and stay alive.

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The Campbell Times • November 19, 2012Campus

By Claire RichieStaff Writer

On Nov. 6, the nation

watched as the votes were counted in Presidential elec-tion number 56. Local elec-tions were also taking place all over the country, including North Carolina.

At the beginning of elec-tion night, the votes were split evenly between two candi-dates: Republican, Governor Mitt Romney, and Democrat, President Barack Obama who was running for his second term as President.

Independent candidate Gary Johnson was consistently getting small percentages in each state, but none were enough to give him any elec-toral votes.

As the night progressed, President Obama started to pull away and his victory was clenched when he won the state of Ohio.

Governor Romney won North Carolina, a swing state in this election. Barack Obama finished with 332 electoral votes while Mitt Romney finished with 206, giving them 51% and 48% respectively.

At Campbell, all eyes were on the election.

Campbell students, espe-

cially those in organizations such as College Republicans and College Democrats, were extremely interested in the outcome. Going into the elec-tion, both parties were confi-dent in their candidates future success.

President of the Campbell University College Democrats Louis Duke was one of the many watching.

“I felt extremely confi-dent going into the election,” said the sophomore political science and communication studies major. “After watching the campaign take shape over the course of the year, it be-came obvious which candidate had the upper hand.”

Campbell Government professor and adviser to the College Democrats, Dr. John

Mero, concurred with Duke. “I thought President

Obama would win reelection,” Mero said. “I was fairly certain he would win the Electoral College vote, but I was not certain he would win the pop-ular vote. I thought he would win because it is extremely dif-ficult to beat incumbents and because the polls that focused on ‘likeability’ showed he had a large advantage over chal-lenger Romney.”

Meanwhile, Young Ameri-cans for Romney Campbell Chair Kelsey McGaha was also feeling confident about Gover-nor Romney’s chances.

The sophomore commu-nication studies major said, “I know how dedicated college students across the state were to Governor Romney’s mes-sage of a better America. I expected him to be our next President.”

Regardless of political party, the general consensus was that the election would be a close one. D r. Donald Schroeder, a Campbell profes-sor and adviser to the College Republicans agreed with this statement.

“I thought it would be closer than it was nationally,” Schroeder said.

Independent voter Claire

Carrington, a sophomore communication studies major shared this opinion, despite not having voted for either candidate.

“I expected it would be a close race,” she said, “but as soon as I saw that Ohio was predicted to vote Democrat, I felt that President Obama would be re-elected.”

McGaha concurred, but ultimately she was let down by the results.

“I knew the Presidential election would be a very close race,” McGaha said. “Although the results are not what I ex-pected, I am very proud of the race that Governor Romney ran. I am disappointed that we lost the opportunity to elect a man who was extremely quali-fied to be our 45th President.”

However, the College Dem-ocrats President was pleased with the results.

“I am completely thrilled with the results. The Ameri-can people made a definitive choice. We chose four more years of President Barack Obama leading this nation forward,” Duke said.

Claire Carrington is also hopeful for the future, even

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human being took those signs down. It could be someone who’s not even involved in College Republicans. We have no idea.”

Duke explained that on his way driving off campus on Nov. 1, he checked to make sure the Democratic campaign signs were in place, as he frequently did. They were all in place when he left, but upon his return, within a one-hour win-dow, the signs were gone.

The post displayed on the Harnett County Democratic Party’s Facebook page was the first Pencook, a junior Political Science major, had heard of the incident.

“There is no substantive proof,” said Pencook regarding the accusations. “I didn’t do it. I don’t know who did. I don’t condone the actions . . . It’s re-ally a shame it happened.”

He went on to make some points countering the accusa-tions.

He pointed out that as it was Halloween the night before, ”there were parties and it could have been hundreds of people.”

He also remarked that the signs found in the Campus Habitat dumpster, where no College Republican officers

live, are inconsistent with the claims made.

Director of Campus Safety, Lt. Tim Lloyd said the investi-gation into the incident has left no suspects.

Lloyd said offenses such as taking down political signs happens every year around the elections.

While Duke agrees that there is no substantial evidence against the officers, he com-mented that he felt this inci-dent was the “cherry on top”, in reference to other alleged

College Republican behavior in light of the recent election campaign.

“There have been literally shouting matches at polling stations, and really just inap-propriate things that shouldn’t have happened,” Duke said. “And it’s gotten to the point where I have to hear about it from community members who are very upset.”

In response to this claim, Pencook said that the Col-lege Republicans were “above reproach” in their work with

the election. “We were clearly effective,

we won North Carolina, we won our state for Romney, won county commissioners, and we did it ethically,” he said.

Pencook went on to say that the College Republicans have “had mischief done” to them as well, more recently in fact.

On Wednesday two mem-bers of the College Repub-licans’ cars were vandalized, with one car being egged, one was keyed, and “Obama for America” was written on the vehicle.

In what increasingly seems to be a back and forth display of animosity between parties, and/or clubs, neither with any evidence to support the claim, both the president of the Col-lege Democrats and the Chair of the College Republicans agree that it needs to stop and the parties need to get along and work together.

“I would say that now that the election is over, none of this matters,” Pencook said. “It’s petty and it needs to stop. It would be disappointing to see it escalate further.”

Pencook remarked if the responsible party in the sign incident had been in leadership within the College Republi-cans, he or she would have had to step down. If the individual responsible was a member,

Pencook said, “I would defi-nitely give them a stern repri-mand, not kick anyone out.”

Duke commented on his own bipartisan efforts with College Republican member Valerie Procopio, explaining a case in point at the final Presi-dential debate watch party here on campus.

The debate was being shown on the Fox News station, known to be a more conserva-tive channel, and Duke and Procopio made a switch to what is considered a more politically neutral station, C-SPAN.

As far as the incident with the signs goes, Duke said, “I never want this to happen again from any side, either side.”

The actions taken to find who did dispose of the signs, would have started with Dr. Bazemore, who was a recipient of the initial e-mail accusation.

In his comment on the matter, he said, “In my role at Campbell, I have the responsi-bility of ensuring that students follow the Code of Conduct and responding to students who violate this Code.”

As far as any specific inves-tigations or measures go, they could not be released due to confidentiality.

Photo by Louis Duke

After searching, College Democrats President Louis Duke found Democratic candidate signs in a dumpster.

Photo by Campbell College Democrats

On Election Day, College Democrats posed for a photo while campaigning at a local polling place as voters walked in.

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By Collins Lopez Staff Writer

Campbell’s Campus Minis-try has always been dedicated to the spiritual guidance of the students.

To fulfill their mission, Campus Ministry has planned new programs, including many exciting mission trips over spring break.

With the students in mind, the Campus Ministry has also created a new exciting worship service starting next semester here on campus.

The new worship service will be held in Butler Chapel, on Sunday evenings. It will be held every Sunday, the only exception being if the Sunday is during a break or holiday.

“Each week will be a little

different, we will try to ac-commodate many different religious dominations because the student body is so diverse,” said Hannah Grantham, a sophomore religion major. “The service will be diverse because there are different paths taken in regards to worship. However, they lead ultimately to the same place, something that has the poten-tial to unite the students here on campus.”

At the service, students will lead worship, and also speak. There will be reading of scripture, and sharing of testimonies, and more. The services will be creative using traditional and contemporary elements, something that will give everyone a chance to par-

take in the worship, and feel connected during the service.

Campus Minister, Dr. Faithe Beam, said, “The decision came from various conversations with current students and the fact that many prospective and incom-ing students ask if we have a worship service on Sundays in the chapel. Also, we did several surveys through CUW includ-ing a town hall meeting last fall, and a number of students expressed the desire to have a

regular worship service.” Campus Ministry is work-

ing hard to come up with many different ideas to ensure the service is interesting, informative, and helps to build one’s faith and understand their spiritual nature better.

Students find the prospect of a new worship service to be very exciting news.

Lauren Gannon, a junior psychology major said, “We will continue working hard to make this a success and I ask

that everyone please keep us in their prayers and help lift us up as we bring a new feel to CU’s campus on Sunday nights. Just get ready to really experience God and we hope that every-one will come and worship with us.”

The new worship service will begin next semester. Cam-pus Ministry will give students a new opportunity to worship and give praise along with fel-low students and faculty.

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Campus ministry plans new worship

Photo by Collins Lopez

Campus Ministry will host a new worship in Butler Chapel on Sundays next semester in hopes of bringing students together.

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The girls were accepted into the society, but they lacked the necessary approval from the university.

Dean Haehl and Cashwell continued to promote the cause at SGA dinners and lead-ership banquets.

After two years, the Board of Executives and Board of Trustees allowed the inception of Greek Life at Campbell.

Cashwell associates the university’s hesitancy to have fraternities and sororities with their negative reputations. However, she believes the addi-tion can have a positive impact on students.

“Greek Life is founded on service to the community and creating bonds that may not have been forged otherwise,” said Cashwell, “It is a way for us to encourage each other in our spiritual growth, or even just to make connections for the future.”

Unlike the academic Greek Life in the university’s phar-macy school, the new sororities and fraternities will be social

and linked to national sorori-ties and fraternities.

Campbell students will have the opportunity to connect with Greek Life members from

other universities such as NC State University.

Senior Jillian Martin, one of the original twenty girls who joined with Cashwell, hopes

students will become more involved in the Campbell and Harnett communities.

Despite graduating next May, Martin still plans take a

part in Greek Life by helping to design the dresses for the sororities.

“I may be leaving,” Martin said, “but it’s nice to know I’m leaving a mark and I’m leaving a part of me here at Campbell.”

Vice President for Student Life Dr. Bazemore foresees Greek Life uniting the Camp-bell community and leading to growth.

“Students on our campus will join together for a com-mon purpose and be involved in service to the community and university,” said Bazemore, “They will participate in leader-ship training and academic support. They will build lasting friendships and a fraternal spirit.”

Both Martin and Cashwell envision the fraternities and so-rorities to be heavily involved on campus through events such as dances, Bible studies, movie nights, monthly dinners, and community service proj-ects. There will also be “teas” and, of course, pledges.

A committee comprised of students and faculty will work toward finalizing the implementation and creating a handbook establishing Greek Life policies.

Photo by Megan Larsen

Junior Chelsea Cashwell and senior Jillian Martin pose while discussing the potential of Greek Life at CU. The two girls were the pioneers who pushed for Greek Life to come to campus.

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though she voted for Inde-pendent Gary Johnson.

“I feel that I should be hopeful,” Carrington said. “Maybe some change for good will happen this term since President Obama does not have to worry about pleasing his constituents.”

Both Schroeder and McGaha had ideas as to why Governor Romney did not win the election.

“Governor Romney and the GOP’s ‘get out the vote’ effort was not as effective as Obama’s.” said McGaha. “Because of the condition of our country, many people didn’t vote in this election. Many other states could have done a better job getting out the vote.”

“One of the things hurting Romney was lack of appeal to Hispanic voters,” said Schro-eder. “I think Republicans have been underestimating the importance of appeal-ing to Hispanic voters. They need to take it more seri-ously. It’s the fasting growing ethnicity in the country.”

Now that President Obama has been reelected, members of all political par-ties are looking towards the future and what he will be able to accomplish in his next four years. For many, the economy is the most impor-tant issue.

“I hope to see Congress

come to the table and work with the President on the pressing issues of our time, now more than ever with the looming ‘fiscal cliff ’ around the corner.” Duke said.

McGaha agreed with Duke. “I hope that President

Obama will work to turn the economy around and improve job growth in our country I also hope that President Obama will work with the House of Representatives to finally pass a budget and chip away at our looming deficit,” she said.

“My hope for President Obama is the same for any President really, and that is to really get a handle on the budget deficit,” said Schroeder. “I’m hoping he’ll try to do that mainly through containment of spending, but I’m afraid he’ll try to do that by raising taxes.”

Others, like Carrington, hope that President Obama will focus more on social is-sues.

Carrington said “I hope he can enact more of the social change he is believed to support. I have seen very little legislation proposed for civil equality lately, and I hope maybe more of this will hap-pen.”

Duke said the issues most important to him, are “mar-riage equality, strengthening the middle class and health care reform.”

“I hope immigration reform, an end to our involvement in Afghanistan, and a stronger U.S. economy will be noted as [Obama’s] accomplishments in

his second term,” Mero said.Now that the 2012 election

is over, some are already look-ing ahead to the next election. Both parties will have to put up new candidates and there are already ideas as to who will be running in fours years.

“Personally, I’ve still got my fingers crossed for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for the top spot. If Secretary Clinton does decide against running for the White House, I would love to see Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York or Senator Brown of Ohio run,” said Duke, regarding possible Democratic candidates.

Schroeder spoke of the po-tential Republican candidates “There are a number of very promising Republican poten-tials. Certainly Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio particularly come to mind.”

Dr. Mero stresses the im-portance of a more pertinent election in 2014. “I think 2014 midterm elections are more in-teresting right now. What will happen? Where will the parties make gains and where will they lose?” he said. “I do think that both parties need to roll out young candidates for the 2016 election or they will lose the youth vote.”

The House of Representa-tives was won by the Repub-licans who have a 233-195 advantage. The Senate was won by the Democrats who have a slim 53-47 majority.

In North Carolina, Repub-lican Pat McCrory beat out Democratic candidate Walter Dalton for governor.

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Because of the lockdown incident last year, the univer-sity has taken conscious effort to prepare the university for emergency situations.

Director of University Com-munications and Publications Haven Hottel said Campbell’s administration created a system to efficiently alert the student body of danger.

“From our stand point from emergency communications we have made some changes; we have instituted a process on our website that would more efficiently alert the campus community in the event of a crisis,” Hottel said. “In the event of a high traffic incident, we will institute a light home page that will allow us to com-municate essential information without being bogged down by photographs. Our biggest concerns are for the students and faculty. Just as last year, we truly were concerned for Jared’s safety.”

Vice President of Insti-tutional Advancement Britt Davis feels the university has taken proper steps to inform the community of any risk.

“We handle the media aspect and relay information based on information that we receive from Dr. Bazemore and his actions at the Campus Command Center,” Davis said. “In terms of the command cen-ter, it works well for us.”

With the most recent event, Davis thinks the security system on campus handled the incident safely and successfully.

“With the issue that took place with the gentleman walk-ing up and down the street with an exposed weapon, the Harnett Sheriff ’s deputies were able to detain the individual and the incident was over before any further action was required,” Davis said. “As you

may know, we have a 24 hour presence of Harnett County sheriffs and our campus secu-rity are all former or retired law enforcement.”

Dr. Dennis Bazemore, the Vice President for Student Life, found the campus has made many changes after the 2011 lockdown.

“I would say the com-munication to our students and faculty consists of more frequent updates,” Bazemore said. “What that does is lessen the rumors or other things that are being communicated on campus. We communicated well, but we could have gotten more out.”

Campus Safety implement-ed changes in its procedures after last year’s events.

Director of Campus Safety Lt. Tim Lloyd said Campus Safety is run 24 hours a day and when a call comes in via 911 call or anonymous tip, then a deputy is dispatched to the situation.

In the event of a major inci-dent, Lt. Lloyd is called directly and he assesses the situation and then notifies Dr. Bazemore.

Through extensive evalua-tion, administration decides whether to send out a e2 Cam-pus Alert.

Lt. Lloyd said, “I highly rec-ommend every student signs up for e2 campus alert.”

Students may sign up for these alerts at the following website: http://www.campbell.edu/about/campus-alerts/

Students have questioned whether Campus Safety will set up a system where individuals who may be barricaded can text an emergency, such as the off-campus armed robbery on Oct. 21.

“At this time, we do not have that, but students can call 911 and hold the line open. We can listen in and gain informa-tion that way,” Lt. Lloyd said, “Students can also send e-mails to Public_safety@campbell.edu.”

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Convergent writers take to Campbell University’s construction site to interview Superintendent Dale McCoy of T.A Loving Company.Front row Jillian MartinBack row left to right Sarah

inducts Catherine Ardoin into Lambda

Communication Association. Campbell University’s Lambda Pi Eta chapter is one of more than 400 active chapters at four-year colleges and universities worldwide. Lambda Pi Eta was founded in 1985 at the University of Arkansas. Lambda Pi Eta represents what Aristotle described in his

Pathos (Pi) relating to emotion and Ethos

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The Campbell Times • November 19, 2012Entertainment

By Katlyn ClarkStaff Writer

Last Wednesday evening, English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta tolerated the cold to host their first ever poetry reading out on the footsteps of the Convocation Center.

Different students came to read their favorite poems to others who appreciate the art.

Senior Reed Lawson, bio-chemistry and English major and the president of Sigma Tau Delta, started the evening.

He read T.S. Elliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” which Lawson said was read in one of his classes.

As he started the poem, a few listeners commented the loved the poem.

English professor Dr. Sherry Truffin was one of them and said at the end of Lawson’s reading, said she had memorized that poem for fun in college.

Truffin had read a couple of poems as well and said she enjoyed the evening.

“Poetry is a universal expe-rience where we can all relate,” Dr. Truffin said.

Dr. Truffin also said that poetry is much like music with

the rhythm and structures of it.

Another student who read poems was Junior Jaclyn Myers, an English education major.

“Poetry is explaining life to

me. It shows the world in all its beauty and hideousness; it makes me question my pur-pose while reassuring me that I am a part of this awe-inspiring world,” Myers said.

Myers read “Nature” and

“Summer’s Day”, both by Mary Oliver, Myers’ favorite poet.

“Nature is telling the audi-ence that the harsh reality of the natural world is at its worst and a part of a beautiful song that ties us all together,” she

said.“Summer’s day” is a favorite

poem of Myers and she likes how it leaves the reader ques-tioning at the end with this, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?”

Sigma Tau Delta is an English Honor Society here at Campbell that been running for more than 25 years.

Society president Law-son said Mrs. Jefferds and he planned the poetry reading for the first time

They wanted the event at the Convocation Center to at-tract people walking who may be interested in hearing poetry.

Mrs. Jefferds said she liked the atmosphere that evening as the night started and with the noise of cars passing by.

It was a successful event for all poem-lovers and Sigma Tau Delta hopes to continue these throughout the year to bring in more to students to hear poetry.

The honor society is host-ing a Book Drive at Campbell through the whole month of November.

Boxes will be placed in the main school buildings for students to donate books.

By Emily McIntoshEntertainment Editor

On Saturday, Campbell’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosted comedian Grant Lyon in Turner Audito-rium.

To start the night, students received candy at the door to give students energy and get them ready to hear the come-dian.

Karie Parkes, Assistant Di-rector of CAB, said they heard about Lyon from a National Association for Campus Ac-tivities (NACA) conference.

“As part of being in CAB, we take the students to a con-ference where all the colleges come,” Parkes said. They have comedians and musicians and stuff, and we liked Grant and so we brought him here.”

As a Los Angeles native and a UCLA graduate, Lyon said he got his start in comedy around his friends.

“I played soccer for my university (UCLA),” Lyons said. “And I started by enter-taining my teammates, espe-cially when we were on road trips when we would go to play some other team. I would gather all of my teammates...and I would just tell jokes for a

while.”After a while, what started

as a way to pass the time turned into something greater.

“It started off to where I was just telling famous-people’s jokes, and then all my teammates kept saying ‘you should try to do this yourself,’ so I started writing all my own jokes,” Lyon said. “Then I went and actually started trying open-mics and that sort of stuff and it went well, so I kept doing it.”

Lyon brings his act to college campus and comedy clubs, though the material isn’t always the same.

“I can’t do as much social commentary at a college as I can in a club...” Lyon said. “But also, I can tell stories about my life in college that I can’t really do at a comedy club, so there’s definitely a change of material at the different venues.”

Andrew Ryan Hall, a junior trust and wealth management major, was pleased with the event and attendance.

“I thought it went pretty well for a Saturday night,” Hall said. “I thought we had a great turnout. I think overall people enjoyed themselves and they had a good time.”

CAB member and sopho-more communication stud-ies major Jessica Carter also thought the event went well.

“I thought the event went really well even though we didn’t have as many people here because of the holidays,” Carter said. “I really liked his voices that he did when he told the stories.”

Though the auditorium wasn’t completely packed, the crowd was entertained.

“I thoroughly enjoyed it,” said sophomore pharmacy major Austin Craig. “I liked his crude humor and I feel like it would be a fun time hanging out with him.”

Poetry flows through the air

Photo by Katlyn Clark

Poetry lovers sat on the steps outside the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center to listen to fel-low students and staff share their favorite poetry. Campbell’s Sigma Tau Delta hosted the event.

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