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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 />
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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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FALCON’S <strong>EYE</strong> INVESTIGATION:<br />
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 />
for the next month or should<br />
I save my money? Well, there<br />
is good news. You can make<br />
some extra cash in time to<br />
buy your mom a nightgown<br />
and your dad another stupid<br />
tie.<br />
“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 />
Where’s your favorite<br />
place to study for final<br />
exams? Log onto our<br />
Facebook page and share<br />
your studying spots.<br />
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STUDYING HIDEAWAYS<br />
Pictures by Tyler Smith<br />
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 />
that are too pretty to hand<br />
out samples at a mall kiosk,<br />
there is the best option of<br />
all… Sell Stuff! Honestly, are<br />
you really ever going to wear<br />
those baby pink golf shorts<br />
again? Share the love. Go<br />
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 />
can all have some extra<br />
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 />
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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 />
SPORTS<br />
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 />
SPORTS<br />
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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