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<strong>THE</strong> HE<br />

By Sawyer Wyrick<br />

This semester<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> has seen an epidemic<br />

of stolen personal and<br />

university property. Couches<br />

and chairs are being stolen<br />

from common rooms around<br />

the Misenheimer campus,<br />

including Kluft, Plyler, and<br />

New Hall.<br />

“I don’t see the point<br />

of people stealing things<br />

because <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> is just trying<br />

By Chad Nicholson<br />

“Some guy swiped my<br />

card information, and<br />

charged $400,” freshman<br />

golfer Troy Bulmer said.<br />

Five <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> students<br />

have had their credit cards<br />

compromised, and you could<br />

be next.<br />

“I got a call from my<br />

bank saying there were<br />

mysterious charges at a Wal-<br />

Mart in Boston, so they<br />

cancelled it right away. They<br />

wiped my whole account -<br />

$490,” junior golfer Thomas<br />

Sennett said.<br />

FALCON’S ALCON’S<br />

http://media.pfeiffer.edu/falconseye/Dec11.pdf<br />

STRING OF <strong>THE</strong>FTS AND<br />

VANDALISM PLAGUE PFEIFFER<br />

“I was saddened that someone had so little respect for the <strong>University</strong>.”<br />

-Dean of Students Russ Sharples<br />

to create a better campus for<br />

the students with the new<br />

furniture...How can we get<br />

that if everyone is trying to<br />

take them?” junior<br />

Residence Assistant Rachel<br />

Biggerstaff said.<br />

Along with the<br />

furniture, students’ personal<br />

property has also been<br />

targeted, including laptops,<br />

books, clothing, and even<br />

credit cards.<br />

“It’s frustrating not<br />

knowing who or why someone<br />

took my things. If you need<br />

money bad enough to sell my<br />

books or try and use my card<br />

you’re really going far,”<br />

freshman Kristi Korn said.<br />

Misenheimer Police<br />

and Residence Life are both<br />

working hard to recover the<br />

stolen property.<br />

“Res Life is working<br />

very hard to recover items<br />

that have been taken from<br />

common rooms by holding<br />

hall meetings and having<br />

room checks,” senior RA<br />

Karla Topete said.<br />

Misenheimer Police<br />

have recovered a few of the<br />

items but need students’ help<br />

to solve the crimes.<br />

“It’s an ongoing<br />

investigation. We need more<br />

information from the<br />

students themselves,” Officer<br />

CREDIT CARD CATASTROPHE<br />

The five victims are<br />

all part of the golf team, and<br />

charges were being made<br />

across the country.<br />

“I had charges in<br />

Tennessee and Michigan,<br />

one at a gas station, and the<br />

other at a Wal-Mart,” said<br />

JD Lamm, another junior<br />

golfer.<br />

The grand total of<br />

charges was around $1500<br />

on the five cards. The<br />

charges were made in<br />

various states, including<br />

Tennessee, Massachusetts,<br />

Colorado and Michigan.<br />

There’s another<br />

common denominator besides<br />

these five victims being on<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s golf team. Each of<br />

their cards had been charged<br />

at out of state Wal-Marts, and<br />

each victim had been to the<br />

new Wal-Mart Express in<br />

Richfield recently. Michelle<br />

Harper, a manager of Wal-<br />

Mart Express, doesn’t believe<br />

there’s a connection.<br />

“I ensure my<br />

employees always check ID’s,<br />

and we’re such a small town<br />

that we know most of the<br />

people coming in here,”<br />

Harper said.<br />

Lamm has had the<br />

biggest hassle trying to get<br />

his money back.<br />

“It’s such a pain in<br />

the butt. I had to file a police<br />

report, and I still haven’t got<br />

my $230. It was a good thing<br />

I was on my way home for<br />

fall break, or else I wouldn’t<br />

have been home to file the<br />

report at my bank,” Lamm<br />

said.<br />

The golfers haven’t<br />

all got their money back yet.<br />

“I’m still waiting for<br />

my mom to mail my card<br />

down from home. I’ve only<br />

been able to pay in cash,”<br />

Bulmer said.<br />

<strong>EYE</strong> YE<br />

Thefts and Vandalism<br />

continued on page 2<br />

Criminals have the<br />

ability to “scan your card<br />

with smart phones now,”<br />

Harper warned.<br />

Always watch your<br />

back while typing in your<br />

pin, and be conscious of who<br />

is around. If you fear your<br />

credit card security has been<br />

compromised, Wal-Mart<br />

Express says they will<br />

attempt to trace back some<br />

charges.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 1


Vandalism and Thefts<br />

Continued<br />

Brady of the Misenheimer<br />

Police said. “Students can<br />

also play their part by<br />

locking their doors.”<br />

Along with the<br />

burglaries, the bathrooms in<br />

Merner dormitory were<br />

recently vandalized with<br />

spray paint.<br />

“Repairing or<br />

replacing those vandalized<br />

doors is going to cost several<br />

hundred dollars, dollars that<br />

could certainly be better<br />

spent for the benefit of our<br />

students,” Dean of Students<br />

Russ Sharples said.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s facilities<br />

department is working hard<br />

to maintain and improve the<br />

campus, but <strong>University</strong><br />

leaders insist that in order to<br />

NEWS<br />

provide a quality living<br />

and learning environment<br />

the entire community<br />

must band together to<br />

put an end to the<br />

vandalism.<br />

“I’m asking for a<br />

commitment from all<br />

students to ensure this<br />

environment flourishes,”<br />

Sharples said.<br />

<strong>THE</strong> QEP: GOING BEYOND JUST<br />

<strong>THE</strong> FACTS<br />

By Shea McDonnell<br />

Walking around<br />

campus students are likely to<br />

have noticed the new posters<br />

splattered everywhere. These<br />

posters are yet another way<br />

of creating awareness for the<br />

Quality Enhancement Plan<br />

(QEP) that <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> is<br />

enacting to help with its<br />

reaccreditation process.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s QEP is engaged<br />

learning and critical<br />

thinking. Professor Joshua<br />

Cross has created the unique<br />

posters in hopes of attracting<br />

more awareness to the QEP.<br />

“The QEP committee<br />

wanted to have visuals so<br />

there were not just words<br />

hanging out there, that there<br />

were pictures as well,” Cross<br />

explained.<br />

Four posters have<br />

been released so far and they<br />

have an historical<br />

connection.<br />

“The posters that are<br />

out now are inspired by the<br />

WPA posters from the Great<br />

Depression, which were<br />

initiated by the government<br />

to share information with the<br />

people about job<br />

opportunities, how to spend<br />

their free time, and other<br />

things. The current posters<br />

have the same premise.<br />

The ones that are out<br />

now are strictly<br />

informational, in terms of<br />

informing what the QEP<br />

actually is,” Cross said.<br />

This spring the<br />

QEP committee will be<br />

releasing additional<br />

posters which will be<br />

more interactive with<br />

students.<br />

“Come this spring<br />

all students are going to<br />

be enrolled in an<br />

Alternate Reality Game<br />

(ARG), which will be<br />

based as a scavenger<br />

hunt and the poster that<br />

will be coming out then<br />

will serve as clues and<br />

riddles that go along with<br />

the game,” Cross<br />

previewed.<br />

In addition to the<br />

new posters, there will<br />

also be a new website<br />

designed to offer further<br />

information on the QEP and its<br />

relevance to all those associated<br />

with <strong>Pfeiffer</strong>.<br />

“Linked off the <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

Website there will be a stand<br />

alone website for the QEP, and<br />

that website is where you will be<br />

able to find a link to the<br />

Alternate Reality Game,” Dr.<br />

Don Poe said.<br />

This website is being<br />

designed to help those who desire<br />

more information about the QEP<br />

and are unsure of where to find<br />

answers.<br />

“The website will have<br />

tabs on it that will explain the<br />

history of the QEP, the<br />

reaccreditation process and the<br />

importance of this process to not<br />

only students and staff, but<br />

alumni as well,” Poe said.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 2


By Rodd Baxley<br />

Synthetic marijuana,<br />

which is commonly known<br />

for its brand names “K2” and<br />

“Spice”, is gaining a lot of<br />

publicity nationwide, and not<br />

for good reasons. Synthetic<br />

marijuana is sold as blends of<br />

exotic herbs and plant<br />

materials and is coated with<br />

chemicals called synthetic<br />

cannabinoids, which produce<br />

a marijuana-like high when<br />

smoked. But it’s not<br />

marijuana.<br />

“There is nothing<br />

natural about K2 or Spice,”<br />

Head <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> Athletic Trainer<br />

The Falcon’s Eye<br />

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FAKE WEED BECOMING<br />

REAL PROBLEM<br />

“I know when I’ve smoked it, it has given me pounding headaches,<br />

made me vomit, and made me extremely tired.”<br />

and Assistant Athletic<br />

Director Allen Snook said.<br />

“This stuff is comprised of<br />

man-made chemicals that try<br />

to mimic the effects of<br />

marijuana.”<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

has had its share of problems<br />

with the drug.<br />

“I know people who<br />

smoke it all the time and I<br />

used to be one of those<br />

people,” said one <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

junior who wished to remain<br />

anonymous. “I used to think<br />

it was the same as<br />

marijuana, but I found out<br />

quickly it’s nothing like<br />

that.”<br />

The list of side effects<br />

seems endless.<br />

“I know when I’ve<br />

smoked it, it has given me<br />

pounding headaches, made<br />

me vomit, and made me<br />

extremely tired,” another<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> student admitted.<br />

“Because everyone’s<br />

bodies react differently to<br />

different stuff, you never<br />

know how this drug will<br />

affect you personally,” Snook<br />

warned.<br />

There have been<br />

deaths directly linked to the<br />

K2 drug. Earlier this month,<br />

a South Carolina coroner said<br />

chemicals used in synthetic<br />

marijuana contributed to the<br />

death of Anderson <strong>University</strong><br />

basketball player Lamar<br />

Jack. The NCAA officially<br />

placed “Spice” or “K2” on the<br />

ban list in March 2011. This<br />

is not a national ban. But<br />

that doesn’t mean<br />

universities aren’t testing<br />

their athletes for it.<br />

“Drug Free Sport has<br />

developed a test that<br />

confirms Spice,” Snook said.<br />

“We want student athletes to<br />

know that you can be tested<br />

for it, and we do test for it.”<br />

K2 made national<br />

news when ESPN broke the<br />

story of LSU football players<br />

getting suspended for testing<br />

positive for the drug.<br />

“This problem is not<br />

just here, it’s everywhere,”<br />

Athletic Director Mary Ann<br />

Sunbury said. “It scares us<br />

because it sounds more<br />

dangerous than marijuana.”<br />

“We’ve seen deaths<br />

linked to this drug, and we<br />

don’t want those deaths to<br />

happen here at <strong>Pfeiffer</strong>,”<br />

Sunbury said.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 3


By Ashley Bowers<br />

As many of you heard<br />

during Convocation, there is<br />

a new program on campus<br />

that combines the questions<br />

of students with the answers<br />

of alumni. Pixie Gentle,<br />

President of the Alumni<br />

Board of Directors, started<br />

this mentorship program this<br />

semester with the help of<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> student Tony Carnes.<br />

While working together at a<br />

charity event, Carnes<br />

suggested to Gentle that<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> needed a program so<br />

students could get involved<br />

with alumni and pick their<br />

brains.<br />

“We’re happy to<br />

mentor anybody, even if it<br />

isn’t a career question,”<br />

Gentle announced.<br />

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BLAST FROM <strong>THE</strong> PAST<br />

“This program has<br />

opened up a whole new set of<br />

resources that I will use as a<br />

senior,” senior Lauren<br />

Kaminski said.<br />

The alumni board is<br />

ready and willing to answer<br />

questions as soon as they<br />

receive them. Gentle has set<br />

up an email address through<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> that she checks<br />

regularly. As soon as the<br />

email is received, a<br />

confirmation email is sent<br />

back to the sender and<br />

within a week a member of<br />

the alumni board will<br />

respond with an answer.<br />

With the number of board<br />

members totaling between 30<br />

and 40, there is a vast<br />

diversity in knowledge<br />

available to cultivate. This is<br />

also the place to send in new<br />

ideas.<br />

“If any student has<br />

any new suggestions for<br />

programs they wish to see<br />

the alumni board start up,<br />

we’d love to hear them,”<br />

Gentle said. “We would also<br />

love to start getting ideas for<br />

what the Homecoming<br />

money will go toward next<br />

year.”<br />

Gentle is a former<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> student herself (1979-<br />

1983) and is serving her first<br />

year as President of the<br />

Alumni Board of Directors.<br />

The mentoring program is<br />

her first initiative as<br />

president.<br />

“We want to be as<br />

involved with the <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

students and community as<br />

possible,” Gentle added.<br />

Members of the<br />

alumni board are easy to spot<br />

when they are on campus.<br />

They will always be wearing<br />

a name tag displaying their<br />

membership and most of<br />

them will be wearing a<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> shirt.<br />

“We’re approachable.<br />

If you see us on campus,<br />

come up and talk to us. We<br />

love meeting and talking to<br />

y’all and learning what y’all’s<br />

Cody Teague shaved his long loved<br />

goatee after the <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> community<br />

raised $210.55 for “Make a Wish”.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> experiences are like,”<br />

Gentle expressed.<br />

To get in touch with<br />

the Alumni Board, email<br />

them at<br />

abod@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 4


By Jordy Carson<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> is making<br />

changes with its books, cooks,<br />

and looks, and it has nothing<br />

to do with Dr. Seuss. By the<br />

fall of 2012, students will be<br />

shopping in a new bookstore<br />

that also serves food and<br />

drinks.<br />

“It’ll give you that<br />

Starbucks kind of feel,”<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s Director of<br />

Facilities, Sharon Bard, said.<br />

“You can eat and study.”<br />

This is one of the<br />

changes students can expect<br />

to see in the near future, and<br />

there are some changes<br />

students won’t see.<br />

“Keep in mind, it’s<br />

not just Misenheimer<br />

campus…there’s a greater<br />

impact,” Bard said.<br />

Book services in<br />

Raleigh had been purely mailorder<br />

with no actual books<br />

sold on campus.<br />

“We don’t see them on<br />

a regular basis, but we want<br />

to give them the same<br />

service,” Bard said.<br />

The bookstore<br />

provides services to the<br />

Misenheimer, Charlotte and<br />

Raleigh campuses.<br />

“The industry is<br />

changing,” said Dr. Tracy<br />

Espy, Provost and Vice<br />

President for Academic<br />

Affairs. “Textbooks can be<br />

downloaded immediately.”<br />

Some students are<br />

welcoming the digital age<br />

with open arms; others are<br />

not so open.<br />

Freshman, Abbie<br />

Goodman thinks digital<br />

books aren’t as reliable as<br />

traditional ones. “Your book<br />

doesn’t die while you’re<br />

gone,” Goodman said.<br />

As part of a threetier<br />

plan, <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> will make<br />

changes to its bookstore and<br />

food service. Administrators<br />

are also going to begin an<br />

energy project, which means<br />

lower costs to students and<br />

administration.<br />

Sodexo, the company<br />

that provides <strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s food<br />

service, will be taking over<br />

the operations of the<br />

bookstore and energy plan.<br />

Sodexo Representative Bryan<br />

Harris is in charge of the<br />

changes .<br />

“We’ve got an<br />

architect and a retail<br />

designer involved,” Harris<br />

said.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s new<br />

bookstore will include a<br />

snack bar, a big-screen<br />

gaming TV, meeting tables<br />

for students, and computers.<br />

“All the students<br />

that currently have rentals<br />

need to bring those back to<br />

us,” Harris said. “We’ll be<br />

providing them next<br />

semester.”<br />

“They[Sodexo] are<br />

investing in us $1.2 million<br />

in energy alone,” Bard said.<br />

$570,000 of that<br />

money is for energy work on<br />

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BIG CHANGES FOR FOOD<br />

AND FACILITIES<br />

the Charlotte campus. An<br />

additional $150,000 is being<br />

used for bookstore and lounge<br />

improvements.<br />

“We’re only doing<br />

projects that have a five year<br />

payback, so the savings can<br />

pay off the $1.2 million,”<br />

Bard said.<br />

That’s only the tip of<br />

the iceberg. A focus group is<br />

also helping with the<br />

direction of meal plans for<br />

The Cafe.<br />

“We’re going to<br />

determine what food products<br />

would be best to add to the<br />

campus,” Harris said.<br />

“I’d like to see a lot<br />

more gluten-free things,”<br />

freshman Megan Lyerly said.<br />

“It makes it easier if you<br />

don’t have to go and ask for<br />

it.”<br />

Soon students will<br />

have a wider variety of foods<br />

to choose from, and more<br />

meal plan options that<br />

include “Flex Dollars”, which<br />

can be used anywhere food is<br />

sold on campus. Students<br />

will now be able to purchase<br />

a meal for a friend.<br />

The energy project<br />

includes new air conditioning<br />

in Washington Hall, new<br />

sinks and shower heads that<br />

save water, and insulation of<br />

underground pipework.<br />

There will also be around 400<br />

energy-saving windows<br />

installed.<br />

“What we’re really<br />

trying to do is expand<br />

services to students and to<br />

give them more options for<br />

eating, but also to look at<br />

where we are technologically<br />

today,” President Miller said.<br />

Pictures by Tyler<br />

Smith<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 5


By Christian Bentley<br />

Close your eyes for a<br />

moment. The beat of a handdrum<br />

starts playing in a<br />

wondrous rhythm that takes<br />

you to another place away<br />

from this world. As the beat<br />

crescendos into a wild<br />

rhythm you drift further and<br />

further into a deeper state of<br />

mind. Senior Michelle<br />

Inman was one of many<br />

students to be treated to this<br />

experience as she attended a<br />

November 1 st writing<br />

workshop with drummer<br />

Bryan Fazio.<br />

“The first exercise we<br />

did really shut everything<br />

else out,” Inman said after<br />

attending the session as a<br />

part of her Writing Out Loud<br />

class. Students were asked<br />

to gather around Bryan in<br />

the Chapel, and he asked<br />

them simply to close their<br />

eyes and listen to him play<br />

and to just let come to mind<br />

what may.<br />

Students participated<br />

in several activities, ranging<br />

from writing what came to<br />

mind as they listened, to<br />

creating poems in groups to<br />

the music, and ultimately<br />

wrapping up with a spoken<br />

word session. Students in<br />

groups pulled words from<br />

their writings into poems<br />

that were read by students as<br />

Fazio drummed.<br />

“It made me feel<br />

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MAGNIFICENT MINDFUL MUSIC<br />

“Always work with joy. It’s got to be joyful and it’s got to be fun.”<br />

-Bryan Fazio.<br />

good.” Junior Josh Humphrey<br />

said. “I enjoyed the experience<br />

because I was able to express<br />

myself through music and<br />

writing.”<br />

“I had forgotten to shut<br />

the world out. I think the most<br />

important thing I’ll take away<br />

from this is to shut the world<br />

out,” Inman said. “I think<br />

that it makes it easier to get to<br />

raw emotion and easy to get<br />

past the planning and onto<br />

what matters.”<br />

Bryan Fazio began<br />

drumming at the age of 27.<br />

“I had no musical<br />

ability, played no instrument<br />

and loved music. I just<br />

decided one day that I was<br />

going to be more involved with<br />

music,” Fazio said. “I’ve<br />

performed all over the<br />

northeast in front of thousands<br />

of people, and I’ve been<br />

fortunate to play with great<br />

musicians.”<br />

So why did Bryan<br />

Fazio pick the drums?<br />

“The drums seemed<br />

easier to me than the piano.<br />

Once I got into it I was<br />

hooked,” Fazio said. “I played<br />

four hours a day for five<br />

years.”<br />

“I found all these other<br />

things that came out of it like<br />

healing and meditative<br />

workshops,” Fazio continued.<br />

“It’s not just always about the<br />

music. There are benefits of<br />

doing it just for fun, not to try<br />

and be a musician or make<br />

a hit song. For instance, in<br />

certain parts of Africa,<br />

instead of going to play golf<br />

on a Sunday afternoon,<br />

everybody goes out and<br />

drums and makes music<br />

together.”<br />

Fazio has some<br />

advice for anyone interested<br />

in beginning to play<br />

recreational music.<br />

“Always work with<br />

joy. It’s got to be joyful and<br />

it’s got to be fun. If you<br />

approach it as work, then<br />

it’s going to be work and<br />

it’s not going to be fun,” he<br />

said. “If you want to learn<br />

how to play an instrument<br />

I wouldn’t necessarily<br />

recommend doing the<br />

traditional ‘learn every<br />

technical thing you can’<br />

first. I’d say go down to the<br />

basement and have a blast.<br />

Grab a beer and have a<br />

good time with it. Don’t<br />

force it, and then it<br />

becomes easy.”<br />

“I liked what he<br />

said about recreational<br />

music because I think that<br />

we could find ways for<br />

students to get involved<br />

with the arts,” David<br />

Heckel, Dean of the School<br />

of Humanities, said. “I<br />

think that working<br />

someone like Bryan in with<br />

our music faculty and art<br />

faculty can be very<br />

beneficial to students as a<br />

way of opening up one’s<br />

creativity and discovering<br />

things one hasn’t known<br />

before.”<br />

Fazio visited<br />

several Humanities<br />

classes during his time at<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>, leading<br />

workshops in art, music<br />

and writing courses. For<br />

anyone interested in<br />

seeing the many talents<br />

of Bryan Fazio, visit his<br />

website at<br />

www.bryanfazio.com<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 6


By Jamie Beinkampen<br />

With finals on the<br />

horizon students at <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

are in need of reliable<br />

printers. We all know that<br />

the period after fall break is<br />

cram time, and papers and<br />

projects are coming at you<br />

from every which way.<br />

This is such a crucial<br />

time for technology to be<br />

accessible and working<br />

properly. Since the beginning<br />

of the school year the<br />

printers in Jane Freeman<br />

have been problematic.<br />

Sometimes they work,<br />

sometimes they don’t, and<br />

sometimes it just depends on<br />

which computer you are on<br />

at the time.<br />

By Yorlliry Moreno<br />

Every child has a<br />

story. For 1.7 million<br />

American children, that<br />

story is filled with<br />

abandonment, loneliness, and<br />

the simple understanding<br />

that they can’t receive a<br />

Christmas due to family<br />

struggles. Here in Stanly<br />

County the unemployment<br />

rate is 11.5%, meaning many<br />

families won’t be able to<br />

afford the luxury of<br />

Christmas presents. The<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> Community has<br />

found a little way to make a<br />

big difference this holiday<br />

season in the lives of<br />

struggling families around<br />

Stanly County.<br />

“Ninety percent of<br />

the time they don’t work.<br />

Sometimes I don’t print<br />

things because I just give up,<br />

after trying five computers in<br />

forty-five minutes I don’t feel<br />

like walking to the library, or<br />

I’ve ran out of time. It just<br />

shouldn’t take so long to<br />

make a copy. It shouldn’t be<br />

an ordeal,” senior Hanna<br />

Wilhelm complained.<br />

So what has gone<br />

wrong with the printers? The<br />

school uses a program called<br />

Active Directory which<br />

allows faculty, staff and<br />

students to log onto the<br />

computers. There were<br />

changes made and during<br />

NEWS<br />

PESKY PRINTERS<br />

“It “It “It “It “It just just just just just shouldn’ shouldn’ shouldn’t shouldn’ shouldn’ t t t t take take take take take so so so so so long long long long long to to to to to make make make make make a a a a a copy copy copy. copy copy.<br />

. . . It It It It It shouldn’ shouldn’ shouldn’t shouldn’ shouldn’ t t t t be be be be be an an an an an ordeal.” ordeal.” ordeal.” ordeal.” ordeal.” -Senior -Senior -Senior -Senior -Senior Hanna Hanna Hanna Hanna Hanna WW<br />

Wilhelm. WW<br />

ilhelm. ilhelm. ilhelm. ilhelm.<br />

these changes scripting<br />

errors went unnoticed. This<br />

messed up permissions which<br />

allow the printers to find the<br />

locations of the drivers. The<br />

IT department went into the<br />

system several times looking<br />

for driver errors and<br />

computer connection<br />

problems. It took so long to<br />

fix the issue because it was<br />

such a small error that it<br />

took a while to find.<br />

Technician Brian<br />

Edwards said they are<br />

working hard to make sure<br />

the printers are up and<br />

running.<br />

“Nothing is one<br />

hundred percent,” Edwards<br />

stated. “I’m not going to<br />

guarantee anything because<br />

of human error and how<br />

computers work.”<br />

If students, faculty or<br />

staff have any problems with<br />

printers or any technology<br />

GIVING <strong>THE</strong> GIFT OF LOVE<br />

“In return they give me more than I give them.”- Student Michael Benson<br />

The 3 rd annual Angel<br />

Tree ceremony took place<br />

November 1 st . Sophomore<br />

Kaleigh Featherstone and<br />

freshman Mary Boyd got<br />

together with the Stanly<br />

Christian Ministries and<br />

developed a ceremony where<br />

volunteers picked a child to<br />

sponsor. Christian Ministries<br />

were the ones who gratefully<br />

supplied the angels.<br />

A total of 46 angels<br />

were on the tree, but at the<br />

end of the night people were<br />

asking for more.<br />

“I can help a child<br />

have a good Christmas that<br />

they will remember,” student<br />

sponsor Laura Chapman<br />

said.<br />

December 2 there<br />

will be a celebration for the<br />

angels and their families.<br />

“I love the way<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> has their unique way<br />

of not just giving the children<br />

a happy Christmas but the<br />

parents too,” Christian<br />

Ministries spokesperson<br />

Bobbie Whitley said.<br />

The angel tree isn’t<br />

the only way to help or to get<br />

involve.<br />

“Helping hands are<br />

always welcome,” Christian<br />

Ministries representative<br />

Faye Hatley said. “We have<br />

many other ways like soup<br />

kitchens running everyday<br />

and even a clothing closet<br />

(thrift store) to help raise<br />

money for the church to<br />

make these things happen for<br />

families.”<br />

“It feels good to give<br />

back to the kids in the<br />

community, but in return<br />

they give me more then I<br />

give them,” student sponsor<br />

Michael Benson said.<br />

Anyone is still welcome to<br />

volunteer at the December<br />

2nd event, just e-mail<br />

Kaleigh Featherstone (@<br />

KBFeatherstone388@my.pfeiffer.edu<br />

). For more information on<br />

how to volunteer in the soup<br />

kitchen you can e-mail<br />

Bobbie Whitley ( @<br />

sccm2@ctc.net ) or Faye<br />

Hatley ( @<br />

faye.hatley@ctc.net ).<br />

the IT department asks that<br />

you report the problem<br />

immediately so they can<br />

work on fixing it.<br />

Picture By Jessica Homrich<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 7


By Michael Blair<br />

“Find your passion in<br />

life and let that love pull you<br />

toward success.”<br />

This was a quote that<br />

stuck with a lot of students<br />

who attended Dr. Bill Moore’s<br />

motivational presentations at<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Students<br />

looking to find success in a<br />

sport, a hobby, or life in<br />

general were given the<br />

chance to soak up<br />

information Dr. Moore<br />

usually charges hundreds of<br />

dollars for.<br />

Bill Moore, a <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

alumnus, is now a<br />

performance psychology<br />

consultant who works with<br />

professional athletes,<br />

musicians, and performing<br />

artists. He shared his<br />

wisdom with <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

students in a series of<br />

motivational speeches. The<br />

themes of his presentations<br />

ranged from ‘Playing life<br />

with passion’ to ‘Playing to<br />

win with others’, all with the<br />

goal of finding the best way<br />

to overcome your personal<br />

obstacles. Whether you’re a<br />

professional athlete or<br />

musician trying to overcome<br />

anxiety and perform under<br />

pressure, or simply looking to<br />

improve teamwork and<br />

productivity, Dr. Moore can<br />

help you.<br />

NEWS<br />

TAKING IT TO <strong>THE</strong> NEXT<br />

Moore’s presentations<br />

provided participants the<br />

opportunity to discuss the<br />

mental and emotional aspects<br />

of performance while sharing<br />

ideas for helping students<br />

prepare for performances,<br />

enhance self-confidence and<br />

develop better concentration<br />

during performance. The<br />

sound of pens hastily jotting<br />

down information was all<br />

that could be heard besides<br />

the voice of Dr. Moore.<br />

Evidently students realized<br />

this was information worth<br />

noting.<br />

“I think the biggest<br />

thing I took away from his<br />

presentations was to commit<br />

yourself to the process of<br />

getting better instead of the<br />

results that may or may not<br />

come, and that having a<br />

passion for the things you do<br />

in life can be more fulfilling<br />

than if you’re successful,”<br />

junior Thomas Sennett said .<br />

“I felt like he was telling me<br />

that you can have a lot of<br />

talent but to take it to the<br />

highest level you have to be<br />

completely consumed in it. I<br />

found myself more inspired to<br />

find the love I have for the<br />

sport.”<br />

LEVEL<br />

LOOKING FOR ‘MOORE’ PERFORMANCE?<br />

DR. BILL MOORE CAN HELP<br />

“I thought the<br />

presentations were done in a<br />

way that allowed the<br />

students to really connect on<br />

a personal level with Dr.<br />

Moore,” junior Chad<br />

Nicholson said. “Dr. Moore<br />

obviously had a very<br />

accomplished resume and the<br />

insights he gave on how to<br />

better yourself and your<br />

performance in your sport<br />

made a lot of sense.”<br />

“You shouldn’t fear<br />

failure, you should embrace<br />

it. Belief in the process, the<br />

steps you’re taking in order<br />

to reach your goal is perhaps<br />

the most important thing,”<br />

Dr. Moore said. “It’s<br />

important to be pulled by the<br />

love of your sport instead of<br />

being pushed into it by a<br />

friend or family. You have a<br />

free will choice to be<br />

confident or not.”<br />

Dr. Moore’s goal is to<br />

give you the tools to create<br />

your own success.<br />

“The most important<br />

thing you can do for yourself<br />

is be a good self coach.<br />

Support yourself when you’re<br />

down, reward yourself when<br />

you’re doing what you want.”<br />

Dr. Bill Moore<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 8


By Kaitlyn Mullis<br />

Things just got a<br />

whole lot easier for students<br />

crossing Highway 52 from<br />

the south side of campus to<br />

the north. Many students<br />

have already noticed the new<br />

sidewalk that was recently<br />

built, enabling them to have<br />

a safer place to walk to Jane<br />

Freeman from their dorms.<br />

The good news is that there’s<br />

much more on the way.<br />

“The sidewalk is part<br />

of the new crosswalk that’s<br />

going to be constructed in the<br />

spring,” Russ Sharples, Dean<br />

of Students, said. “We also<br />

have plans for repairing the<br />

By Melquan Thomas<br />

Have you noticed the<br />

new patio furniture in<br />

between the cafeteria and<br />

library? It’s an addition to<br />

beautify the Misenheimer<br />

campus.<br />

“I think the new<br />

patio furniture makes the<br />

campus look a lot better,”<br />

freshman Mary Allen said. “I<br />

look forward to eating outside<br />

when the weather permits.”<br />

The furniture was<br />

purchased through gifts from<br />

the Class of 1979, the<br />

Student Government<br />

Association (SGA), and<br />

money raised by the Alumni<br />

Association Board of<br />

Directors.<br />

NEWS<br />

WALKING <strong>THE</strong> WALK<br />

sidewalks around campus<br />

that need the fixing.”<br />

While the<br />

improvements on campus<br />

that took place over the<br />

summer are mostly for<br />

cosmetic purposes, the school<br />

is now focusing on enhancing<br />

an aspect that has been a<br />

cause for concern among<br />

students and parents alike:<br />

campus safety. During the<br />

last Student Government<br />

Association Town Hall<br />

meeting, many of the<br />

suggestions from students<br />

were about their own safety,<br />

NEW PATIO FURNITURE<br />

“Every year at<br />

homecoming the alumni<br />

association does an auction.<br />

The money from that goes to<br />

a different thing on campus<br />

every year. This year it went<br />

to getting the furniture,”<br />

John Howard, former SGA<br />

President and the Chair of<br />

Student-Alumni Relations for<br />

the Alumni Association, said.<br />

It was SGA’s idea<br />

(back when John Howard<br />

was on SGA) to push for the<br />

furniture. They thought it<br />

would be fun to have a place<br />

to eat outside when it was<br />

warm, but also to have a spot<br />

to hold events. Senators also<br />

wanted space for students to<br />

including outdoor lighting<br />

and building renovations.<br />

“Replacing outdoor<br />

lighting is an ongoing project<br />

to enhance student safety,”<br />

Sharples said. “We’re also<br />

going to replace almost 600<br />

windows, which will conserve<br />

tremendous amounts of<br />

energy, and a number of<br />

residence halls, including<br />

Ervin and Merner, are<br />

undergoing infrastructure<br />

renovations that are designed<br />

to increase students’<br />

comfort.”<br />

Concerns involving a<br />

second crosswalk on campus<br />

build community. SGA<br />

pledged some money from<br />

their budget, then went to<br />

the advancement office with<br />

the idea. They got the Class<br />

of ‘79 and the alumni<br />

association on board with the<br />

project. Al Rose, Class of ’63,<br />

was chair of the committee<br />

that picked out the furniture.<br />

“When students and<br />

alumni work together, big<br />

things can happen,” Howard<br />

said.<br />

“The campus has<br />

definitely been spruced up by<br />

adding the patio furniture,”<br />

sophomore Emily Canton<br />

said. “I can’t wait until I get<br />

Walking the Walk continued<br />

on page 10<br />

to eat and socialize outside.”<br />

“I hope students<br />

enjoy it. We hope it will<br />

encourage them to spend<br />

more time outside studying,<br />

eating, and just having fun,”<br />

Howard added.<br />

Picture by Tyler Smith<br />

Picture by Jessica Homrich<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 9


Walking the Walk<br />

continued<br />

were raised during the town<br />

hall meeting, coupled with the<br />

statistic that the majority of<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s students cross<br />

Highway 52 in front of the<br />

President’s House, as opposed<br />

to the stoplight located further<br />

up the highway in front of the<br />

Stokes Student Center. The<br />

new sidewalk is only the part<br />

of the process of constructing<br />

safer pathways for students<br />

dealing with a major highway<br />

cutting their college campus<br />

in half.<br />

“To be honest, the<br />

sidewalk looks great,” senior<br />

By Jessica Kelley<br />

This past June <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

said its goodbyes to a highly<br />

valuable member of its staff.<br />

Director of Student<br />

Involvement Havaleh Havelka<br />

left <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> to further pursue<br />

her career and that has left a<br />

big void in student<br />

development.<br />

“One of the things<br />

I appreciated about Havaleh<br />

was that she saw the best in<br />

me. I had a rough first year at<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> and Havaleh gave me<br />

a chance and was able to take<br />

my strengths and give the<br />

tools and encouragement to be<br />

a student leader,” Christina<br />

Sadler, leader of Campus<br />

Activities Board, stated.<br />

“CAB”, or the Campus<br />

Activities Board, plans and<br />

provides social, cultural,<br />

recreational and educational<br />

activities that are sensitive to<br />

the needs of the entire student<br />

Tyler Joyner, who lives on<br />

the south side of campus,<br />

said. “It adds some great<br />

positive appeal to the<br />

university. But in regards<br />

to practicalities, most<br />

students still use the<br />

roadway beside it.”<br />

<strong>University</strong> leaders<br />

say they are continually<br />

working to make<br />

improvements, and expect<br />

many of those changes<br />

sooner than later.<br />

“Most everything we<br />

have on the improvements<br />

body. Since Havelka’s<br />

departure CAB has tried to<br />

fill this empty position by<br />

planning activities around<br />

campus for students.<br />

“Both Christina<br />

Sadler and Jenny Hicks<br />

have done great work with<br />

the CAB this fall, even<br />

though they have many<br />

other demands-academics,<br />

etc.-on their time,” Dean of<br />

Students Russ Sharples<br />

said.<br />

“CAB has some<br />

exciting things planned for<br />

next semester. We hope to<br />

have Casino Night, which is<br />

already planned for March<br />

23 rd . It was a huge hit last<br />

year. We are also planning<br />

on having some new creative<br />

things for Aprilfest, a<br />

shopping day at Concord-<br />

Mills, a laser light foam<br />

party, and much, much<br />

more!” Sadler promised.<br />

NEWS<br />

list is going to be done this<br />

upcoming spring,” Sharples<br />

said. “Larger projects, such as<br />

the new bookstore and a<br />

coffeehouse project in Stokes,<br />

are planned to be open next<br />

fall.”<br />

TRYING TO FILL <strong>THE</strong> GAP<br />

“When Havaleh left in<br />

June, CAB was left with a large<br />

to-do list in order to be prepared<br />

for the fall semester of events.<br />

It has been very challenging as<br />

a student trying to complete all<br />

the tasks. It takes hard work to<br />

put on quality weekend events<br />

without a Director of Student<br />

Involvement,” Sadler explained.<br />

So, where are we at in<br />

the search for a new Director of<br />

Student Involvement? Sharples<br />

tells us two prospective<br />

candidates have been<br />

interviewed so far. But while<br />

Student Development continues<br />

their search, Sadler along with<br />

the CAB staff will have to work<br />

a little harder.<br />

“This semester has<br />

proven to be very challenging,<br />

but at the end of the day it is<br />

what I love to do and what I<br />

plan on doing for the rest of my<br />

life,” Sadler said.<br />

The Falcon’s Eye<br />

will keep you updated on<br />

the search for a new<br />

Director of Student<br />

Involvement.<br />

Picture by Tyler Smith<br />

Havaleh Havelka<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 10


By Ashleigh Gray<br />

Have you ever<br />

dreamed of becoming a<br />

certified scuba diver? Have<br />

you ever wanted to go to<br />

Florida over spring break?<br />

Do you still need activity<br />

credits? <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> is now<br />

making your dreams come<br />

true. The <strong>University</strong> is<br />

offering a scuba diving<br />

certification class for the<br />

spring 2012 semester<br />

sponsored by the Center for<br />

Outdoor Leadership. During<br />

spring break, the class will<br />

drive to Palm Beach, Florida<br />

for a five day trip to finish up<br />

their scuba diving<br />

certifications and enjoy other<br />

activities, such as<br />

snorkeling.<br />

The classes will be<br />

held at <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> two nights a<br />

week. No experience is<br />

necessary and everything you<br />

need will be covered by the<br />

cost of the class. That cost is<br />

yet to be determined. After<br />

the course is complete, you<br />

will get to keep your gear.<br />

The class will need a<br />

minimum of eight students<br />

and a maximum of twelve.<br />

NEWS<br />

SCUBA DIVING AT PFEIFFER<br />

You will receive one activity<br />

credit.<br />

“I am very excited for<br />

the possibility of a scuba class<br />

and scuba diving trip,” <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

student Ashley Zeek said.<br />

“Becoming scuba certified is<br />

something I’ve wanted to do for<br />

a while and I think it is<br />

awesome that students can take<br />

ideas like these to the Center for<br />

Outdoor Leadership and make<br />

them happen.”<br />

Spots will go fast so<br />

make sure to sign up on<br />

my.<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>.edu<br />

EXPANDING BEYOND <strong>THE</strong> CLASSROOM<br />

By Caressa Samuel<br />

Opportunity has<br />

knocked on the doors of many<br />

students at <strong>Pfeiffer</strong>,<br />

presenting them with the<br />

chance to pursue their<br />

studies abroad in the<br />

Summer 2012 Cultural<br />

Studies and Spanish<br />

Program. Giovannina Paola<br />

Howden Bagatella, the<br />

woman responsible for the<br />

International Exchange<br />

Program, visited Wednesday,<br />

November 2 to explain to<br />

students the opportunity that<br />

awaits them.<br />

“I work for a Spanish<br />

speaking Methodist<br />

university, Madero<br />

<strong>University</strong>, looking for<br />

partners to increase<br />

exchange programs. [We<br />

chose <strong>Pfeiffer</strong>] because it is a<br />

higher education university<br />

and it is Methodist, so we<br />

are interested,” Bagatella<br />

said.<br />

Madero <strong>University</strong><br />

was founded in 1982 and is<br />

located in Mexico’s southeast<br />

city of Puebla. The program<br />

runs over a seven-week<br />

period from June 4 th to July<br />

20 th . It consists of 96 hours<br />

of Spanish courses per level,<br />

cultural and touristic travels<br />

to Mexico City and Tlaxcala,<br />

and visits to archaeological<br />

zones, museums and<br />

companies.<br />

According to<br />

Bagatella, the summer<br />

exchange program is a great<br />

experience for students.<br />

“First they will gain<br />

experience of culture in<br />

Mexico. We are a small<br />

university in the city. <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

students will learn language,<br />

culture and life in Mexico,”<br />

Bagtella promised.<br />

“I didn’t pay much<br />

attention to my own culture<br />

until I started travelling<br />

around. It helped me<br />

appreciate other cultures and<br />

my own,” Spanish Professor<br />

Dr. Maria Caba said.<br />

For more information<br />

on the exchange program,<br />

you can contact Dr. Caba.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 11


By Sean Barrett<br />

This past month<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> Senior Michelle<br />

Inman ran in the New York<br />

Marathon for an organization<br />

called Autism Speaks. The<br />

26.2 miles was a challenge<br />

for Inman, but one she was<br />

ready to take on.<br />

“I’m not an avid<br />

runner, but I ran for a friend<br />

of mine that passed away,<br />

her name is Wendy Wrucha,”<br />

Inman stated. “If I could say<br />

anything to Wendy, I would<br />

thank her and I hope that I<br />

By Rodd Baxley<br />

“I’m homesick all the<br />

time,” said Samantha Taylor,<br />

a junior from Surrey, British<br />

Columbia. “I’m over 3000<br />

miles away from home.”<br />

One of the biggest<br />

challenges for college<br />

students is dealing with<br />

homesickness. Homesickness<br />

afflicts most college students<br />

and one can imagine why.<br />

When you leave for college<br />

you’ve left everything you’re<br />

familiar with and are faced<br />

with a new environment.<br />

“It’s the little things<br />

that make you feel homesick,<br />

the food you are used to, and<br />

FEATURES<br />

PFEIFFER STUDENT FIGHTS AUTISM<br />

can still hear her voice in my<br />

head while I’m running!”<br />

Inman’s friend<br />

Wrucha died from meningitis<br />

while preparing for this race,<br />

so Inman took the initiative<br />

and ran in her place.<br />

“Autism Speaks was<br />

Wendy’s organization of<br />

choice, and I used to teach<br />

pre-school where several<br />

students had Autism. Since<br />

then I’ve been helping to<br />

raise awareness for autistic<br />

children,” Inman said.<br />

What was the<br />

hardest part of this whole<br />

process?<br />

“I quit running, so<br />

getting back in shape has<br />

been hard, and not letting<br />

my grief overwhelm me<br />

throughout this process,” she<br />

explained.<br />

Inman raised $3,500<br />

for the cause.<br />

NO PLACE LIKE HOME<br />

missing my friends and<br />

family,” said Philip Lawson,<br />

a senior from Johannesburg,<br />

South Africa.<br />

But there are ways to<br />

counteract the homesickness.<br />

“I try to keep in<br />

contact with my friends and<br />

family and I always bring<br />

South African teas and foods<br />

to please my home comfort,”<br />

Lawson said.<br />

“If I lived far away<br />

from home, it would<br />

definitely make the college<br />

experience more difficult<br />

because I wouldn’t have that<br />

comfort there in person,” said<br />

John Goble, a senior from<br />

Salisbury.<br />

“I feel very fortunate to be<br />

able to go home on the<br />

weekends and see my<br />

family.”<br />

“It is tough to deal<br />

with, being this far away, but<br />

I think I appreciate the time<br />

I’m home a lot more than<br />

some people because of it. It’s<br />

a good learning experience,”<br />

Taylor said.<br />

Inman (right) at 17 miles<br />

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By Laura Owens<br />

With the end of the<br />

semester quickly<br />

approaching students are<br />

beginning to contemplate the<br />

best way to go about<br />

preparing for exams. While<br />

some wait until the last<br />

minute, others plan out a<br />

course of action. So where do<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> students say is the<br />

best place to study?<br />

“I would say the<br />

library. Get a table all to<br />

yourself and spread<br />

everything out,” senior Kevin<br />

Allen advised.<br />

With several levels of<br />

stacks and corner hideaways<br />

to read, the library offers<br />

many convenient spots to<br />

disappear into school work.<br />

By Kristyn Craven<br />

As the holidays draw<br />

near, and your girlfriend<br />

continually hints about that<br />

new Coach bag/Pomeranian<br />

puppy/Maserati she has been<br />

wanting for, like, ever, you<br />

wonder… Should I eat food<br />

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I save my money? Well, there<br />

is good news. You can make<br />

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and your dad another stupid<br />

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“I need money but<br />

nowhere will hire me for only<br />

a month,”said one sophomore<br />

female who wishes to remain<br />

Another hideaway<br />

mentioned was the blue<br />

room.<br />

“The blue room is<br />

always open and available to<br />

students. It’s comfortable<br />

with all of the couches. It’s<br />

private enough for an<br />

individual alone studying,<br />

but big enough for small<br />

study groups,” senior Stacy<br />

Deese said.<br />

Other suggested<br />

study places included the<br />

ministry lounge in the Stokes<br />

Student Center and the<br />

parlor in the chapel.<br />

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WAYS TO MAKE QUICK CASH<br />

anonymous. “I feel like I have<br />

to work a few hours every<br />

Saturday just to show my<br />

family how much I love<br />

them.”<br />

The good news is,<br />

there are other options.<br />

Around the holidays, most<br />

department stores hire<br />

seasonal work to help with<br />

all the extra shoppers. Also,<br />

most malls will have<br />

seasonal kiosks that hire<br />

people only until Christmas<br />

Eve. The hours aren’t great,<br />

mind you, but you only have<br />

to stick with it for a few<br />

weeks.<br />

Now, for those of us<br />

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those baby pink golf shorts<br />

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through your closet, and<br />

maybe your mom’s closet,<br />

and find things you aren’t<br />

going to ever use again and<br />

take them to a consignment<br />

store. Be careful that the<br />

store says consignment and<br />

not thrift; otherwise they are<br />

just going to take your stuff<br />

and keep the profit.<br />

You could also go to<br />

yard sales and find other<br />

Quick Cash<br />

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Quick Cash continued<br />

people’s stuff that they don’t<br />

want anymore. Hot items to<br />

look for are brand name<br />

purses and shoes in near<br />

perfect condition. Don’t be<br />

afraid to buy something that<br />

needs washing. You could<br />

easily make $30 on a dirty<br />

Vera Bradley purse that you<br />

cleaned and consigned.<br />

Also, a lot of<br />

consignment stores take<br />

“upcycled” items. That is<br />

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when you take something old<br />

and repurpose it. You could<br />

easily make money by<br />

making simple, artsy things<br />

to sell. One popular example<br />

is to repurpose a Mason jar,<br />

filling them with anything<br />

from candles and lights to<br />

glitter and cookie mix. Junior<br />

Char Rene has created these<br />

crafty gifts.<br />

“It’s simple, it’s<br />

homemade, and it’s from the<br />

FRESHMEN & SENIORS:<br />

heart,” Rene said. Plus if<br />

they don’t sell, you can give<br />

it to your grandma.<br />

“I could always use<br />

quick cash,” senior Jamie<br />

Beinkampen said. “Especially<br />

around the holidays.”<br />

Like Beinkampen,<br />

many students feel the hurt<br />

of a jobless college life.<br />

Luckily, with these steps we<br />

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dough for the holidays.<br />

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By Tyler Morris<br />

As the air starts to get<br />

a little colder, the smell of<br />

sweet pine fills the air, and<br />

you know that the most<br />

wonderful time of the year is<br />

approaching. The days begin<br />

to pass by and the spirit of the<br />

season rises, the decorations of<br />

the holidays start to fill the<br />

dorms of <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />

The numerous Christmas<br />

trees will illuminate the<br />

dorms, and the sound of faint<br />

Christmas music can be heard<br />

anytime of the day. Students<br />

will start to use sparkling<br />

icicle lights, and numerous<br />

candles to light their rooms.<br />

This exponential amount of<br />

spirit is great in theory,<br />

bringing a feeling of home onto<br />

campus, but is it safe?<br />

“I love lighting candles<br />

By Char Rene<br />

FEATURES<br />

CHRISTMAS ON OUR MINDS<br />

during Christmas time,”<br />

freshman Vicky Miller said.<br />

“It makes me feel at home,<br />

but I am always afraid that<br />

I might forget to put them<br />

out before I go to bed.”<br />

“Candles are not<br />

allowed in dorms no matter<br />

what time of year it is,”<br />

junior Residence Assistant<br />

Cody Teague said.<br />

We all know that<br />

candles are a fire hazard,<br />

and against dorm policy.<br />

What about the lights that<br />

are so popular this time of<br />

year?<br />

“I just love<br />

Christmas lights so much,”<br />

freshman Ashley West said,<br />

“I just want to cover every<br />

single inch of my room with<br />

them, it needs to feel like<br />

I’m living inside a Christmas<br />

tree.”<br />

“Lights are allowed in<br />

rooms just don’t overload your<br />

outlets,” Teague said.<br />

Everyone loves having a<br />

beautiful Christmas tree to come<br />

home to after a long day in class.<br />

So what are the rules on trees?<br />

Can we have a real one, or if they<br />

have to be fake, how big can they<br />

be?<br />

“There is no way it can<br />

be Christmas without a perfect<br />

real tree sitting in your room,”<br />

sophomore Bret Williams said. “I<br />

don’t know the rules on trees but<br />

until I find something saying I<br />

can’t, I am going to buy a real<br />

one.”<br />

“Real trees can be a fire<br />

hazard but you are allowed to<br />

have fake ones,” Director of<br />

DECEMBER EVENTS<br />

Residence Life Becca<br />

McQueen said.<br />

Decorations or no<br />

decorations, the spirit of<br />

the season if quickly<br />

approaching and it is<br />

undeniable that it has an<br />

effect on this community.<br />

Now that you know what<br />

you can and can’t do to<br />

show off your Christmas<br />

spirit, go out there make<br />

the most of this holiday<br />

season. Think you have<br />

the best decorated room<br />

on campus? Take a<br />

picture and post it on<br />

The Falcon’s Eye<br />

Facebook page.<br />

December December 1: 1: 7:30pmTrans-Siberian Orchestra (Time Warner Cable Arena)<br />

December December 1: 1: Oakboro Christmas Parade<br />

6:30 Tree lighting ceremony (Oakboro)<br />

December December 3: 3:<br />

3: Mine a Golden Christmas (Reed Gold Mine)<br />

December December 12: 12:<br />

12: Albemarle Christmas Parade (Albemarle)<br />

December December 13: 13:<br />

13: 2-5pm Christmas Tour of Homes $10/ticket (Oakboro)<br />

November November 23- 23- December December 31: 31:<br />

31: 6-9pm Carolina Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 15


By John A. Goble Jr.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong>’s Women’s<br />

Basketball opened their 2011-<br />

2012 season with an<br />

exhibition match-up against<br />

the 8th ranked Duke Blue<br />

Devils November 3rd at<br />

Cameron Indoor Stadium.<br />

This marked the first time<br />

since the 2007-2008 season<br />

that <strong>Pfeiffer</strong> has opened their<br />

season with an exhibition<br />

with a Division I school. The<br />

Blue Devils dominated the<br />

Lady Falcons with a final<br />

score of 112-27, but the score<br />

didn’t dampen the<br />

experience.<br />

“Not many people get<br />

to say they played at<br />

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AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER<br />

Cameron Indoor Stadium and<br />

against one of the best<br />

women’s basketball programs<br />

around,” junior forward<br />

Christina Harvey said. “It<br />

was a great opportunity and<br />

learning experience for us as<br />

a team that we will have<br />

forever.”<br />

Freshman Jodie<br />

Lemons led the Lady Falcons<br />

in scoring with 12 points,<br />

shooting 4-9 from the floor<br />

and 3-8 from 3 point range.<br />

But the team shot 9-46 from<br />

the floor collectively and was<br />

out rebounded by Duke 62-<br />

21.<br />

“As a team we<br />

learned a lot about each<br />

other, and what each one of<br />

us brings to the team,”<br />

Harvey said. “This is going to<br />

help us as we move on into<br />

our games, and we are<br />

taking this game as a<br />

learning experience to learn<br />

from our mistakes and get<br />

better each day.”<br />

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By Alyssa Wombwell<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> Men’s Soccer<br />

had a less than stellar season<br />

this fall, finishing with a<br />

record of 3-13-1.<br />

“We did hope to win a<br />

few more games,” Coach<br />

Jason Smith said.<br />

With 27 new players,<br />

this year’s team had a<br />

different chemistry.<br />

“Last year what they<br />

lacked in talent they made up<br />

for in effort. They were a very<br />

blue collar team,” Coach<br />

Smith said. “I believe we had<br />

more depth this year but lack<br />

of experience. It shows you<br />

the importance of experience<br />

in soccer.”<br />

The team will<br />

SPORTS<br />

PFEIFFER SOCCER MISSES <strong>THE</strong> MARK<br />

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS END SEASON WITH DISAPPOINTMENT AND<br />

OPTIMISM.<br />

continue to build, hoping to<br />

get to a top spot next year,<br />

and even challenging to win<br />

the conference.<br />

“The goal is to try<br />

and not go backwards from<br />

where we are,” Smith said.<br />

“When we step on the field<br />

at the beginning of next year<br />

we aren’t starting from<br />

scratch.”<br />

On the women’s<br />

side, Head Coach Elijah<br />

Denton summed up the<br />

regular season of play in one<br />

word: “disappointing”. There<br />

were high expectations for<br />

the PWS team after having<br />

won the conference title two<br />

times in the past three<br />

years.<br />

“You look at our team<br />

goals from the beginning of<br />

the season- inside I really<br />

thought we were going run<br />

the table this year. All of us<br />

are a bit disappointed,” Coach<br />

Denton explained.<br />

The season started off<br />

rough, but with perseverance<br />

the Lady Falcons were able to<br />

turn things around.<br />

“It was hard to come<br />

back from a 0-4 start. The<br />

confidence and morale of the<br />

team was down,” senior<br />

starting midfielder Megan<br />

Weston said. “We had a few<br />

hiccups in the road but<br />

eventually got a few wins<br />

under our belt.”<br />

“I wanted people to<br />

see how truly good we are.<br />

This is the most talented<br />

team we’ve had in four<br />

years,” Denton said.<br />

Their talent showed<br />

in the postseason conference<br />

tournament, and the team<br />

finished with an overall<br />

record of 9-10-1. In the first<br />

round of the conference<br />

tournament the team<br />

managed an on the road<br />

upset against 2 nd ranked Mt.<br />

Olive. Unfortunately, that<br />

run was stopped short with a<br />

3-1 loss to rival Belmont<br />

Abbey.<br />

“I expected this team<br />

to go further in the<br />

tournament but it was nice<br />

to see everyone fighting until<br />

the last minutes,” Weston<br />

said.<br />

For both the men’s<br />

and women’s soccer teams,<br />

there is always next year to<br />

redeem themselves and bring<br />

home a conference title.<br />

“I believe that there<br />

is a lot of potential and with<br />

the infusion of a couple of<br />

new players we are going to<br />

be very good team,” Smith<br />

said.<br />

<strong>Pfeiffer</strong> <strong>University</strong> December 2011 Page 17


By Dustin Brannam<br />

As the <strong>Pfeiffer</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> Women’s<br />

Volleyball season comes to a<br />

close, the team is taking in<br />

some valuable lessons from a<br />

10-15 record.<br />

“We worked through<br />

a lot of diversities this year<br />

as a team. It made us closer<br />

as the season went on and<br />

helped us gain a better<br />

outcome on the season. We<br />

will have almost our whole<br />

team coming back next year<br />

which will make our team<br />

even stronger than this<br />

year,” freshman Jessica<br />

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SETTING UP FOR ANO<strong>THE</strong>R YEAR<br />

Homrich said.<br />

One bright spot: The<br />

2011 Lady Falcons are only<br />

losing three seniors. This<br />

year’s team was extremely<br />

young, but that only presented<br />

them with an opportunity to<br />

show how close they could<br />

become.<br />

“The seniors provided<br />

the necessary leadership to<br />

incorporate eight new<br />

freshmen into the team,” Head<br />

Coach Steve Bintz said. “I<br />

think we have a strong core of<br />

players who will return for<br />

next year and be able to put us<br />

in a great position within the<br />

conference. Some small<br />

refinements will be our<br />

focus in spring ball, which<br />

will translate to big<br />

improvements next fall.”<br />

Coach Bintz is very<br />

optimistic for next year as<br />

he sees a young, talented<br />

group of individuals who<br />

have come together to be<br />

one team and compete at a<br />

higher level.<br />

“We were<br />

competitive in each match<br />

this year, and we’ll look to<br />

increase that competitive<br />

edge this off-season,” Coach<br />

Bintz concluded.<br />

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