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REMEMBERING RAY
“Personable, honorable, admirable, enthusiastic, unforgettablejust
a few words to describe Ray Harrington.”
- Crystal Lambert/President, Criminal Justice Club.
The Pfeiffer
community is grieving the
loss of a beloved professor
and coach. Ray Harrington,
Assistant Professor of
Criminal Justice and
Assistant Softball Coach,
died unexpectedly March
19 th . As word of Harrington’s
death spread across the
Pfeiffer community,
messages of condolence
flooded The Falcon’s Eye
Facebook site.
“Mr. Harrington was
a great teacher,” recalled
former student Kia Rice.
Harrington was
honored with a ceremony by
the Pfeiffer softball team and
with a standing room only
memorial service in the
Chapel.
“He was not only a
coach on the softball field, he
was a coach in our daily
lives,” said Crystal Lambert,
President of the Criminal
Justice Club. Lambert
delivered a moving eulogy to
her mentor that left
mourners alternating
between laughter and tears.
“He was always
dedicated to making a
difference. He believed in
every person. There was
never a dull moment around
him,” Lambert said.
“Words cannot
express the amount of joy
Coach Ray brought to our
lives. He wasn’t just a
teacher. He was a learner,”
softball player Brinkley
Johnson said. “He knew what
it meant to be a servant
leader and he portrayed that
every day.”
“He was a selfless
person. He just brightened
our day,” added Head Softball
Coach Amy Yates. “He found
the best in every situation
and every person. We’ll keep
his memory alive through
everything we do.”
Pfeiffer Faculty are
also grieving the loss of a
cherished colleague.
“He was a great,
great, great man. I never
heard him say a negative
word about anyone, nor
anyone about him,” Dawn
Lucas, Assistant Professor of
Education, said.
“God needed a new
pitching coach,” said
Methodist University Head
Softball Coach Ron Simpson.
Simpson traveled to
Misenheimer to help
remember his friend and
former colleague.
Harrington built an
impressive career over four
decades from combined
interests and expertise in
criminal justice and
education. In addition to
serving in the U.S. Air Force
from 1967-71, U.S. Coast
Guard Reserve from 1978-80,
and as an officer in the
Greensboro Police
Department from 1972-81, he
earned an undergraduate
degree in Administration of
Justice from Guilford College
in 1977 and a master’s
degree in Education from
North Carolina State
University in 1984.
Prior to his arrival at
Pfeiffer, Mr. Harrington
served as assistant softball
coach for Methodist
University, field coordinator
for the North Carolina
League of Municipalities,
education consultant for the
North Carolina Community
College System, field training
specialist in the Criminal
Justice Standards Division
for the North Carolina
Department of Justice,
criminal justice department
chair for Central Carolina
Community College, and
consultant for the
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Southeastern Center for
Police Law and Liabilities
Management.
Authorities are
investigating the cause of
death as accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Survivors include his
son, Alexander William
Harrington & wife, Karyn;
his sister, Derenda H. Abbott
& husband, Samuel; and his
nephews, Chris and Nathan
Abbott.
Please visit The
Falcon’s Eye Facebook page
to post a condolence message
and share your memories of
Ray Harrington.
Ray Harrington
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By Shea McDonnell
Groups of Pfeiffer and
Graystone students held a
rally this semester to raise
awareness for the upcoming
May 8 th vote on Amendment
1. This amendment will
hinder the rights of same sex
couples to be able to marry.
Same sex couples married in
a different state and moving
to North Carolina won’t be
able to reap benefits of
marriage, such as collecting
insurance or the ability to
adopt, even if the marriage is
legal in another state. The
amendment will also take
away the rights of those who
are not legally married, not
just same sex couples. Those
in domestic partnerships and
By William Ezzelle
“When I was in third
grade some kid punched me
in the face because I wore
glasses,” recalled senior
Shawn Smith. Many of us
can remember a time when
we were bullied because we
were somehow different.
Bullying creates scars people
will carry for the rest of their
lives.
“Bullying affects
everyone no matter the age.
common law marriages will
be affected by the
amendment.
“It’s very important
that people realize that this
doesn’t just affect the gay
community. Be aware of this
voting taking place. I know
many people at Pfeiffer do not
live in North Carolina but be
aware at home too. In your
state it’s important to be
politically aware of what the
rights available are and if
similar amendments are
trying to be passed,” said
Jamie Beinkampen,
President of Spectrum,
Pfeiffer’s Gay-Straight
Alliance. “It’s not right for
people to say that you’re
When a child is bullied, no
matter how young, they will
always remember it. It will
follow them through life and
create negative effects,” said
Sara Garner, an elementary
education major.
April 23 rd -27 th
Spectrum, Pfeiffer’s Gay-
Straight Alliance, will host a
week full of events, speakers,
and movies to raise
awareness about bullying
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lesser of a person because of
your sexual orientation.”
Pfeiffer students
came out to show their
support for the rally and
their opposition to the
amendment.
“I believe everyone
should be treated equally. I
have a tattoo on my back
saying ‘Coexist’ because no
matter if you gay, straight,
bi, black, or white, it doesn’t
matter. Everyone should be
treated equally and
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SPECTRUM HOSTS BULLYING AWARENESS WEEK
and how it affects people.
Spectrum will offer faculty,
staff and students the
opportunity to sign a pledge
against bullying, as well as
create a Trevor Project video.
The Trevor Project is an
organization that uploads
videos of people taking a
pledge to stop bullying in
their schools.
“I came out as gay
while I was in high school.
One day after class a teacher
asked me to stay after class.
This teacher then began to
tell me that I was going to
‘Hell’ and that my parents
would disown me if they ever
found out how ‘sick’ I was,”
said one Pfeiffer student who
wished to remain
anonymous.
In 2009 North
Carolina passed a new
bullying law that explicitly
prohibits bullying of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, or
Transgender youth. North
Carolina is only one of 16
states plus the District of
Columbia that protects
LGBT students.
Look for more
information on bullying
awareness week in the Toilet
Paper and on The Falcon’s
Eye Facebook page.
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By Sawyer Wyrick
On March 1 st
Misenheimer Police Officer
Phillip Thompson was placed
under arrest by the Stanly
County Sheriff’s Office.
Thompson is facing multiple
charges that include felony
safecracking and two
different counts of
misdemeanor larceny. He is
out on bond. Thompson’s
arrest has shocked the
Pfeiffer community.
“It’s pretty bad when
you can’t trust your police
force,” junior Paul Mullen
commented.
“I feel like the
integrity of the school was
damaged. You can never
determine the actions of a
man, however maybe the
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Amendment 1 is important
because gay people should be
treated the same as
everybody else, including the
right to be married,”
freshman Brittany Polly
said.
“I just hate for
someone to tell me that I’m
not going to be able to marry
selection process in the
future will be under greater
scrutiny,” senior Devin
Forkel said.
“I’m extremely
disappointed that we may
have had a crooked officer at
our Christian based school,”
junior Zach Thompson said.
“He has been
dismissed from our
department,” Chief Erik
McGinnis said.
The Falcon’s Eye will
keep you posted on any
developments in the case.
the person whom I want to
marry, the person who I am
in love with. I refuse to let a
society of people who don’t
know or understand, and
base everything off their
ignorant ideas, tell me that I
cannot love and marry the
person whom I want to spend
the rest of my life with,”
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Spectrum member Sean
Barrett said.
There’s still time to
make your voice heard on
Amendment 1. Just register
in your home county to vote
in the May 8 th primary.
Officer Phillip Thompson
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By Ashleigh Gray
For the past three
years, Pfeiffer University has
had an emergency alert
calling system informing
students and faculty about
important information
quickly. With the recent
severe weather Stanly
County and other
surrounding areas have been
experiencing, we have heard
a lot from the emergency
alert system.
“As a student living
off campus, I appreciate the
Emergency Alert System,”
junior Char Webber said. “In
Cabarrus County, we have no
system that alerts us of bad
weather. Receiving the call
was my only warning of
potential tornadoes in the
area.”
But some commuter
students take issue with the
system.
“It’s pointless for
them to call me at night
because I live 45 minutes
away,” sophomore Tyler
Smith said. “At 4am I just
want to sleep.”
Kathy Odell,
Pfeiffer’s Director of Human
Resources, is in charge of
generating the list of faculty
and students who are called
during the emergency. These
phone numbers come from
the numbers listed in the
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faculty and student records
on file.
So, who decides when
to send out an emergency
alert call?
“The instructions we
have given to the police
department is if there is a
warning and an imminent
threat, they should do it
without even talking to
anyone else,” Odell said. “If it
is something like inclement
weather, like snow, we have a
whole process and procedure
of who gets called. Those
decisions are made by the
President and [Director of
Facilities] Sharon Bard
before we would send out a
message about something
like that.”
The Emergency Alert
System is not just used for
alerting students about bad
weather. It is also for
warning the campus of any
danger such as a fire,
shooting or bomb threat.
“Any type of emergency that
requires quick action,” Odell
said.
If the Emergency
Alert System does not receive
an answer when calling a
student or faculty member,
the system will call up to five
times.
Pfeiffer RA Rachel
Biggerstaff thought it was
very helpful receiving the
Emergency Alert System call
during last month’s storms.
“After the RA’s get a
call like that, we know that
we have to get everyone to
safety,” Biggerstaff said. “It
was definitely a scary thing
to experience, but getting the
call helped with everyone’s
safety.”
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By Rodd Baxley
Sophomore commuter
Tyler Smith is rushing to get
ready on an early Monday
morning. She lives 45
minutes from Pfeiffer
University, which means
every minute is crucial.
When she finally arrives to
her first class, she finds a
note on the door that simply
reads, “Class Cancelled”.
“I hate when my first
class is cancelled because I
could have gotten more
sleep,” Smith said. “But it’s
really bad when I drive 45
minutes to go to my only
class of the day just to read a
note that pretty much says
go back home. I just wish
some professors would let me
know in a better way.”
Smith isn’t the only
student who has complained
about this issue of classes
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being cancelled without
adequate notification from
professors.
“Most of my
professors are good at letting
me know when they cancel
class. But I have had a few
instances where I was in a
bind due to a class being
cancelled and me not
knowing until I got on
campus,” senior commuter
John Goble said.
“There is a policy in
the faculty handbook
pertaining to notifying
students of classes being
cancelled,” Kathy Odell,
Director of Human
Resources, said.
According to the
handbook, proactive plans
should be made at the
beginning of each term to
ensure that students will be
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properly notified of
unplanned/planned faculty
absences. Examples of
immediate cancellation
notification for students to be
used include email, text or
phone calls. At all times, a
cancellation notice should be
placed on the classroom door.
In every case, the Dean/
Director must be notified
immediately. If faculty are
teaching at a cohort location,
arrangements should be
made to notify the Cohort
Site Contact regarding the
absence, in addition to
notifying the Dean/Director.
“It’s a relief to know a
policy is in place, I just wish
more professors would
communicate better using
technology,” Smith added.
“Who leaves notes anymore?”
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By Melissa Roberts
During Spring Break
four Pfeiffer students
traveled to South Carolina,
not to tan at the beach, but
to aid animals in need. SC-
CARES animal sanctuary is
located in Georgetown, South
Carolina about three hours
from Pfeiffer. The sanctuary
has animals such as horses,
exotic birds, snakes, rabbits,
llamas, cows, wolves, and
dogs, just to name a few.
Pfeiffer’s group worked with
students from Appalachian
State University and regular
volunteers at the sanctuary.
The volunteer group included
Pfeiffer University students
Alan Allis, John Borza, and
Vicky Miller. The trip was
sponsored by the Francis
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Center for Servant
Leadership and Student
Activities, and lead by
Pfeiffer University Student
Leader Melissa Roberts,
Community Partners
Coordinator. Pfeiffer
University’s Director of
Student Involvement
Demond Hairston served
with the group as well.
“I’m excited we were able to
work with Appalachian State
University in helping SC-
Cares! We were able to help
with some of the new
additions to the wolf and
hybrid habitats,” Allis said.
Students assisted with
general maintenance and
cleaning, along with animal
feeding. The group also
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helped rake the grounds and
make a den for the wolves.
Combined they served more
than 120 hours.
“I was inspired by how you
could see how much [SC-
CARES owner] Cindy
Hedrick loved each animal,”
freshman Vicky Miller said.
The Francis Center hosts
multiple alternative break
trips throughout the year.
Destinations are both in and
out of North Carolina and
deal with a variety of service
opportunities.
For more information on SC-
CARES animal sanctuary
visit their website at: https://
www.facebook.com/sc.cares.
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By Mary Lindsaye Boyd
What can be expected
when a senior in college from
Huauchinango, Mexico, a
small town in the mountains,
ends up in the middle of
nowhere, otherwise known as
Misenheimer, North
Carolina? For Jazmine
Sanchez, an internship and
many cultural differences
were expected, but what was
surprising were the many
experiences she has been a
part of. Highlights include
worshiping freely in Chapel
and attending a police
chaperoned dance.
The best part of this
international experience for
Sanchez?
“Well, it’s probably
being able to see how the
university culture is here in
the US because it’s so
different than what you read
about and see in movies than
what is reality. So that’s
been really good. I like it
very much,” Sanchez said.
According to Dr.
Philip Wingeier-Rayo,
Associate Professor of
Religion, Sanchez’s journey
to Pfeiffer began when the
international relations
representative from a sister
Methodist school, the
University of Madero in
Puebla, Mexico, visited
Pfeiffer for two days this past
November. The school’s
representative had meetings
with many different campus
offices to discuss ways of
collaborating on exchanges
with their school in Mexico.
During this time,
Sanchez was finishing up her
last year at the University of
Madero, majoring in
bilingual education, and was
in need of an internship.
Since she was interested in
Christian Education, Pfeiffer
was recommended to her.
She contacted Pfeiffer and
she was set up with two
internships, one at Albemarle
Middle School and another at
Hispanic Ministry in the
Winston-Salem District.
“Transportation has
been the most difficult
obstacle in
hosting international
visitors as most don’t have a
car, yet in the case of
Jazmine many volunteers
have stepped forward to
make her internship
possible,” Dr. Wingeier-Rayo
said
What are Sanchez’s
plans after Pfeiffer?
“Well, I’m going to go
to Indiana and I’m going to
visit family there and I am
planning to work there
because in August I’ll be
starting grad school in
Texas.”
Not only has Pfeiffer
impacted Sanchez, she has
also made quite an
impression on many students
at Pfeiffer.
“It’s been great
having Jazmine here at
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Pfeiffer. She’s also doing part
of her internship at my
church so I get to spend a lot
of time with her. It’s great
because we are both from the
same country, so we share a
lot of stories,” sophomore
Stacy Guinto Salinas said.
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By Cynthia Dick
It was a kid’s
birthday shopping trip like
any other. My nephews were
turning two and my
roommate and I decided to
head to Toys-R-Us in search
of some “ride-on” toys that
would bring them birthday
bliss. We found the gifts and
we would have headed
immediately for the exit, but
then a mysterious thing
happened. Just at the end of
the aisle was a bin
containing many glittering
round devices. “Hula hoops!
Oh man, let’s try it out!”
When was the last time we
had hula hooped? So we
picked out a couple, gave
them a spin, and upon many
struggled attempts to keep
them up, we thought, “hey,
this is a pretty good
workout!” They were for
sale, and we were buying
them. But at home, we
struggled more and more.
Beads of sweat rained down
our faces and we grew tired
after five minutes of trying.
We could finally keep them
up, but not for long, and why
was this so much harder now
that we were adults? Google
would have the answer, we
were certain.
What we found on
Google was astounding. Not
only were we not alone in our
new endeavor, people calling
themselves “hoopers” were in
the masses on the world wide
web, posting videos of “hoop
dancing”, “hoop trick
tutorials”, and even “fire
hooping”. The world of
hooping opened up before us
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like an underground city that
was thriving, but had gone
unnoticed for years. This
wasn’t the hooping we
remembered from field day,
this was an amazing art
form! We found out that we
would have to make our own
adult-sized hoops if we had
any hope of success. So we
did, and with that, success
was on. But only in our back
yard. Where were all the
hoopers we saw on the
internet? As it turns out,
they were wondering the
same thing about me. Before
I knew it, I had found a class
right here in Stanly County
to support the growing the
trend of hooping.
“I had been hooping
by myself, and doing yoga by
myself with the hoop, and I
wanted other people to have a
chance to do it,” says Jessy
Page, hooping/yoga
instructor at Albemarle
Pilates and Yoga. “It’s so big
out west, I felt like I needed
to, I mean I know it’s been
brought to the East Coast,
but to Norwood, Stanly
County, I wanted to bring it
here,” she says. While some
look at it as a toy, like Cara
Zara, hoop dance performer
and teacher in Charlotte,
sees hooping as much more
than the childhood favorite
plaything.
“I have seen the
change in my body once I
began hooping on a regular
basis,” Cara Zara said.
It burns upwards of
600 calories an hour, tones
the entire body by
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strengthening and
lengthening your muscles,
increases flexibility, builds
hand-eye coordination,
improves core strength,
balance, and motor skills.
These physical
benefits are exactly what
first drew Katlyn Peugh, a
Millingport resident, to the
hooping activity.
“It’s a good core
exercise and it makes you
more aware of your body. It
gives you more energy. It’s a
mood booster!” she says.
Peugh is on to
something: the physical
benefits are not the only
thing that keeps hoopers in
the circle.
“It depends on the
person, but it can be a form
of meditation,” Badin
Resident Jonathan Paige
says.
“A gentle groove
calms your mind and warms
your spirit. A rhythmic
cadence just lets you be...
you. You stop watching
others. You stop watching
yourself. You are completely
in the moment,” Zara adds.
It provides a
momentary escape from the
woes and stresses of our
adult world.
“I have like zero free
time, and hooping makes me
feel free,” says Shannon
Dick, an Albemarle resident
and mother of three young
children.
Sallie Spencer, a
hooping/yoga student at
Albemarle Pilates and Yoga
feels as though her hoop
practice has helped to
improve her concentration
and patience and enjoys
“learning all the new skills
you can do.”
Hooping is a
challenge of the mind and of
the body that enlivens the
spirit, requiring patience and
persistence. The reward for
time spent inside the hoop is
bliss.
“When I learn a new
trick I get such a rush. I’ll
endure frustrating hours of
dropping, dropping and
dropping the hoop just for the
addictive high of pure
happiness,” Zara says.
For some, their adult
hooping practice motivates
them to share their
happiness with children.
“I started my afterschool
“Hula-Hoop Kid-Fit”
program with one school in
the spring of 2011.I now have
taught my program to over
20 private and public school
in the Charlotte Mecklenburg
area,” Zara says. “My
favorite thing about teaching
children is their enthusiasm
and willingness to try.”
The joy it brings to
the faces of the kids is part of
Katlyn Peugh’s motivation to
keep hooping.
“Hopefully, when they
see other people hooping and
doing cool stuff with it,
they’ll be inspired to pick up
a hoop,” she says.
Jonathan Paige, who
confesses to never possessing
the skill as a child, enjoys
hooping as an adult because
“it’s nostalgic, but with a
twist because you can
actually do it.”
Whether you could
hula hoop as a kid or not, the
truth is that hooping has
made a come back, and with
adult-sized hoops, anyone
who’s willing to drop it and
pick it back up can become a
hooper. With websites like
www.hooping.org and
www.carazara.com, the
information on how to start
is available to anyone with
intrigue and an internet
connection. It’s transforming
of the mind and the body.
And in the words of Jonathan
Paige, “It’s so simple. It’s
just a hoop.”
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By Shea McDonnell
Laura Shea has a
bright piece of pink hair that
peaks out on the left side of
her hair. At the beginning of
this year Shea decided it
would be a fun idea to add
color to a small portion of her
hair.
“It’s a way of doing
something crazy and
different that won’t
potentially cause problems
looking for a job later in life,”
Shea said.
Shea is not alone.
Many young women are
adding flair to their everyday
style through the addition of
bright color. Sophomore
Alycia Caravousanos and
freshman Christie Baran also
have added unusual color to
their locks. Baran sports a
funky purple while
Caravousanos had a streak of
pink.
“I don’t really know
why I wanted to add the color
to my hair, I just felt like it
and decided to do it. When
else in my life will I be able
to have bright pink in my
hair?” Caravousanos said.
“Most people who
come into the salon looking to
add funky colors to their hair
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are generally younger
women, and they only add
small portions of bright color
to their hair. We find very
few women who come in and
want their whole head dyed
an abnormal color, the
strangest colors we have
women dyeing their hair is
bright red or perhaps a deep
eggplant shade,” professional
hair stylist Britney Newtan
said. “Additionally, we find
young women dyeing small
portions of their hair
unnatural colors on their
own rather than paying to
have it done.”
Popular culture has
always been susceptible to
the statements and changes
made by celebrities. The
most recent celebrity fashion
statement seems to be
females adding drastic
changes to their hair color, or
dyeing their head completely.
Performers such as Katy
Perry, Nicki Minaj and Lady
Gaga are prime examples of
women adding bright colors
to their hair.
Shea still sports the
pink chunk in the underside
of her hair and routinely dyes
it so as to not let the color
fade.
“I decided to add a
bright streak to the bottom of
my hair because I wanted to
do something fun and
different that I felt was a
good way of expressing my
personality, and the best part
is, it’s not permanent. When
I want to get rid of it I’ll be
able to do it easily,” Shea
said.
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By Caressa Samuel
When the first beat
dropped in the song “Lights”
by Skrillex, it was
hypnotizing, fresh, and new
to freshman Lauren
Simmons. It was nothing
that she had ever heard
before; a completely different
genre of music that she
instantaneously liked. As the
song continued to play, she
found herself dancing and
her head bobbed
involuntarily along with the
beat. When the final note
ended in the song, she turned
to her boyfriend, who was the
one blasting the music in his
dorm room and said, “What
was that?” He answered in
one simple word.
Dubstep.
“If I ever need
something to dance to,
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dubstep is definitely dance
music,” Simmons claimed.
Dubstep is a new
genre of music that can be
described as a funky
combination of techno,
electronica, and hip hop
smashed with heavy drums
and studio enhanced sounds
and beats. According to
Dubstepbeats.org, dubstep is
characteristically known for
its technique of “wobble beat”
which is rhythmically
changing the bass, making a
distorted type beat.
“It’s upbeat and I like
how they take older songs
and mix them with a new
beat,” senior Chelsea Demers
said.
Dubstep’s rise from
underground to mainstream
can be described in a similar
way. It’s gradual increase to
popularity started in South
London, England in local
nightclubs where DJ’s
experimented with new
sounds and techniques. Now
that the trend has gravitated
to the U.S., Dubstep became
a hit, especially on college
campuses.
“While the college
scene is notorious for having
an immense love for the
genre, it’s actually beginning
to upstream and a lot of
major-selling artists have
embraced it such as Korn
and Rihanna - two acts
completely on opposite sides
of the music spectrum,” Bear
Frazer, music writer and
Pfeiffer University graduate,
said.
This year’s
Grammy’s Awards was
additional proof of dubstep
acceptance into mainstream
music. Deadmau5 and the
Foo Fighters combined for a
rock and dubstep
performance and Skrillex,
who is the figurehead for
dubstep at the present time,
took home a whopping 3
Grammy’s.
“Really, the Grammy
Awards show is widely
considered as the most
prestigious night in the
music industry, and for just
a few of Dubstep’s dynamos
to get face time on that
particular program speaks
volumes of where the genre
can go,” Frazer said.
And where it’s going
is in the ears of thousands of
eager music lovers, or people
who are ready for something
fresh to listen to.
“I listen to it all the
time, especially when I
workout, it’s great workout
music. My favorite song is
Summit by Skrillex,”
Simmons said.
Popular artists of the
genre are as the
aforementioned Skrillex,
Deadmau5, and also
Bassnectar, all of whom are
recommended by Simmons.
So if you find yourself
dancing to the beat, don’t be
surprised.
“When the beat picks
up in a song, I automatically
begin to move. And it sticks
with me all day,” Simmons
said.
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By Chelsea Demers
Style is one thing
that 25 year old Caitlin
Demers exemplifies. When it
comes to her fetish for shoes
she has top designer brands,
ranging from Tory Burch to
Christian Louboutin in just
about every color. But her
latest “obsession” seems a
little unconventional
compared to the other items
in her closet. The up and
coming TOMS Shoes brand is
familiarizing itself with her
feet, along with the feet of
many other trendsetters.
“I absolutely have a
problem when it comes to
walking by these shoes and
not buying them,” Demers
said. “They’re so comfortable
and easy to match. I wasn’t
really attracted to them
when I first saw them but I
was curious about how they
would look. Sometimes
things look better on than
they do off and these are an
example of that I feel like.”
Another thing that
gives these shoes an edge
over competing brands is
that they have a “One for
One Movement,” where the
company donate a pair of
brand new TOMS shoes to a
child in need for every pair of
TOMS that is purchased.
“I don’t feel
completely bad about myself
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when I buy pair after pair
now [laughs],” Demers said.
The styles of the
shoes are very simple. They
include flats resembling
espadrilles, ballet flats,
wedges, boots, and now they
have a line of t-shirts and
accessories. The shoes consist
of all natural materials
including burlap, canvas,
corduroy and even vegan
material—whatever that
would be.
A guy named Blake
Mycoskie went on a trip to
Argentina and noticed the
severity of the poverty there
and saw children walking
around everywhere without
shoes. In Argentina they
have a traditional shoe called
an alpargata which is what
Mycoskie tried to recreate
and that is why TOMS has
that certain look about them.
“I was so
overwhelmed by the spirit of
the South American people,
especially those who had so
little,” Mycoskie says on the
TOMS corporate website.
“And I was instantly struck
with the desire — the
responsibility — to do more.”
Mycoskie’s “One for
One Movement” started a
new craze in the fashion
world and inspired a lot of
people to buy the shoes and
other TOMS items, knowing
that the money and products
were being donated.
“They’re very
fashionable. The styles
started out so plain with a
few neutral colors here and
there but now they have new
ones that include sequins and
bright colors,” sophomore
Lauren Lyle said. “I got all
my friends into it back home
in Orlando. They saw me
wearing them one day and
asked where I got them. Next
thing you know everyone was
walking around in them.”
“You can wear them
with any style of clothing,”
Demers said. “You can dress
them up or down. They have
that blank canvas appeal to
them so you can put together
your own look.”
On the TOMS
website they even have a
bridal section, which includes
white and ivory shimmer
styles. The company has
been so far successful in
branching out to different
customers. TOMS shoes are
available in all kinds of retail
stores now, including
Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom,
Zumiez, Journey’s, and many
more.
“They are a very
comfortable shoe and we’ve
been getting a lot of great
feedback from our customers.
We’ve been selling a lot but
sold the most around the
Holidays,” says Pre
Williams, Zumiez Manager
at Carolina Place Mall.
“Customers love it because
they’re buying for a cause,
you know – the ‘One for One’
concept.”
While Demers and
Lyle add to their own
collection of TOMS shoes,
other people will be
purchasing their firsts.
“I think that this
idea for giving is very
respectable in this economy. I
hope more and more people
catch on to this concept,”
Lyle said. “Not only do I get a
pair of awesome shoes but I
get to help the less fortunate
too.”
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By Angie Hunt
The media has
always pinned the ideal
beautiful woman to a figure
like Keira Knightley.
Although she is absolutely
stunning, her stats are not so
easy to maintain. She is 5’7"
and weighs 110 pounds. Girls
see a woman like this and get
the idea that they have to
look like this image to be
beautiful.
“Society has always
emphasized beauty being how
thin you were,” says Alyssa
Hunt, student at The New
York Conservatory for
Dramatic Arts. “Many
women still feel that way
about themselves. And in my
industry there is a lot of
pressure to be thin.”
Although this is true,
the figure that some of the
most popular celebrities have
is starting to move toward a
more curvy statuette.
Celebrities such as Kim
Kardashian, Beyonce, Nicki
Minaj, Adele, and Amber
Rose are all women whose
body types are far from the
rail thin Keira Knightley
figure.
“This shows that
women can be beautiful with
some meat on their bones,”
says Pfeiffer senior Karla
Topete, “and they can be just
as successful.”
Although these
women are far from being
stick thin, it is not always
possible to have a butt like
Kim Kardashian and still
maintain a flat stomach.
“There are very
beautiful woman that are
curvy and I do think they are
respected and admired,” says,
Stephanie Cassner, another
student at The New York
Conservatory for Dramatic
Arts. “But because it is a
Keira Knightley
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genetic thing, not all people
can achieve that naturally.”
“When I gain weight
I don’t get curves in the right
spots,” says a former member
of the Canadian National
Ballet Academy who wished
to remain anonymous, “so it’s
easier for me to be thin.”
Curvy women are
starting to take the spotlight,
but it is becoming just as
hard of a figure to maintain
as Keira Knightley’s tiny
frame. With this said, what
is the media trying to show
us is the ideal image of
beauty?
“There are women
who are naturally not curvy
and they are beautiful, but
there are many women who
have curves and look
amazing,” says Pfeiffer junior
Beth Kauffman. “I think it is
a new wave of finding women
beautiful the way they
naturally are.”
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By Angela Hunt
Every Thursday
night at 9:30 it’s movie night
in the theater. Senior Dawn
Watkins hosts these film
fiestas so that students have
something fun to do on a
Thursday night. It is a
student run event, not hosted
by any of the clubs.
“It is just an
alternative to doing the same
thing,” Watkins explains. “I
want students to be able to
have something fun to do on
campus. The movies I play
are the latest movies. If it is
on DVD we can watch it. “
“The last movie we
saw was Underworld
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Awakening, and that just
came out of theaters,” junior
Will Oliver says.
“It’s a good chance for
everyone to come together
and you get the chance to see
the latest movies on the big
screen,” student Benjamin
Lloyd says.
“I have a small TV in
my room and it’s nice to see
new movies from the theaters
in a theater and it’s free,”
junior Beth Kauffman says.
These movies are
open to the public and you are
welcome to bring your
friends. There will be canned
April 11-14
All All All the the the Kings Kings Kings WW
Women WW
omen
@ Lee Street Theatre (405 N. Lee St)
(The story of Elvis Pressley through the eyes of 17 characters)
704-638-3100
April 12-14
Big Big Lick Lick Blue Blue Grass Grass Festival
Festival
@ 640 South Oak Rd, Oakboro 2:00-11:00
$20.00 Call 704-985-6987 for more details
April 14
Antique Antique T TTractors
T ractors & & T TTrain
T Train
rain Show
Show
@ NC Transportation Museum (Spencer) from 10am-3pm
Regular admission applies Call 704-636-2289 for more details
soft drinks sold for 50 cents.
You are welcome to bring
your own snacks as well.
The theater is
located on the third floor of
the Administration building.
Movies are chosen by
request. If you would like to
request a movie you can
email Dawn Watkins at
dawatkins@my.pfeiffer.edu.
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April 20
Locust Locust Concert Concert Concert Series Series Series and and Locust Locust Cruise Cruise Cruise In In present present present “Gravity “Gravity “Gravity Hill”
Hill”
@ Locust Town Center from 5-9pm
Call 704-781-0622 for more details
Earth Earth Night Night Out
Out
(Downtown businesses stay open late. Live music,
free trolley rides and lots of activities for the kids)
@ Downtown Salisbury from 5-9pm
April 21
Jason Jason Petty Petty “Hanky “Hanky & & My My My Honky Honky T TTonk
T onk Heroes” Heroes” Dinner Dinner and and Concert
Concert
@Stanly County Agri-Civic Center 7:30-9:00pm
Call 704-986-3666 for more details
April 27-28
19 19 th Annual Annual Annual Arbor Arbor Day Day Festival
Festival
@ Norwood 116 S. Main St /starts at 8pm the 27th and ends at 10pm on the 28th Call 704-474-3416 for more details
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T H U R S D A Y M O V I E S S Y U I E E
K Z K B A S K E T B A L L E S L T L Y R
P G I A D U B S T E P Z Q R E L C A D G
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H E X C H A N G E S T U D E N T L J H Z
U C O D U I N D N J L J G C C F A O H C
T Z N E P R M D M I G P P I E B M B Z H
G A K O J H V L T E R K X F L N I S G G
V T O R R Q G E M R N P K F E S N Y X J
G H M D C V Q J S W N T S O D S A T E S
ON ON CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS EVENTS
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April 2-13
Senior Senior Art Art Art Exhibit Exhibit
Exhibit
Viewing times may vary
April 14
Falcon Falcon Preview Preview Day/ Day/ Open Open House
House
8-2pm
April 16-30
7 th Annual Annual Juried Juried Juried Student Student Show
Show
Reception April 19th 5-7pm
APRIL CALENDAR
April 20
Battle Battle of of the the Bands
Bands
@ SSC from 3:00-4:00pm
April 21
Relay Relay for for for Life
Life
@ The North Lawn from 10am-10pm
Cookout
Cookout
1:00-2:00
April 24
Arts Arts for for Life
Life
All Day
Glee Glee Concert
Concert
@Henry Pfeiffer Chapel from 7:00-8:30
April 27
The The Freddies Freddies
Freddies
@ The Community Room from 7:00-9:00
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April 28
Silent Silent V VVoices
V oices Power Power of of Praise
Praise
@ The Theatre from 7:00-9:00
*The gallery at Pfeiffer University is
open Monday-Friday 11am-4pm
and is located in Goode Hall
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By Cynthia Dick
This is a call to arms.
My fellow students, my fellow
young people, we must act,
and immediately. About a
week ago I found out that a
woman I knew during my
formative years, along with
another young lady, had been
beaten, bruised, and broken,
all because of their perceived
sexual orientation. It didn’t
happen in some remote, close
minded country town, it
happened in Boone, NC, a
town that I had always
perceived as highly
enlightened regarding our
common, human, civil
rights. Then I discovered
something that I had not
been aware of. Our law
historically discriminates
against people regarding
their sexual orientation.
Hate crime law, in North
Carolina, protects minority
races, religion, sex, but does
not include the LGBT
community. If the attacker
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had based his crime on the
fact that they were women,
he would be punished sharply
for committing a crime of
hatred. The fact that the
attack was based on their
perceived sexual orientation
gives them no ability to seek
persecution beyond simple
assault charges. Thus, a
crime that began with
degrading homophobic slurs
to the young women in
Boone, NC can only be
pursued as assault, and is
not recognized by the state as
the serious hate crime that it
truly was.
In light of proposed
Amendment One to our
North Carolina constitution,
which would deny rights to
not only same-sex couples,
but also threaten all
unmarried couples in the
state, I was outraged. Not
only have we not been
protecting the lives and
safety of those attacked
simply out of ignorance and
hatred for the LGBT
community, we aim to deny
rights further. The fact that
my home state, which oozes
diversity both in its
population and in its
geography, could even
propose such an amendment
baffled me. I thought we had
moved beyond this. I
thought things were
different. I thought that the
majority of the people around
me were finished with
judging people before
knowing them. And even if
they weren’t, I thought we
were beyond putting our
prejudices into law.
Unfortunately,
several bills that aim to
include the LGBT population
in protection from hate
crimes are denied. An
amendment to our
constitution that proposes to
“protect” marriage by
discriminating against
sexual orientation and those
who choose, wisely, to wait
before making a legal
commitment to have and to
hold is up for vote on May 8 th .
Still, I feel as though there is
hope. We are, proudly, the
“whatever” generation. We
are not aloof, we just aim to
accept, “whatever” we are.
We are the generation of
freedom seeking individuals
that cares not to whom one
gives their affections, cares
not that you are black or
white or yellow or red or
brown, cares not that you are
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from Poland, Greece,
America. We are the
generation of wise young
leaders, and we have come to
a point in our lives where we
are of the age to make our
voices heard. I urge each of
you to join me in signing the
petition at http://
www.change.org/petitions/
amend-nc-hate-crime-laws to
amend NC hate crime law to
include the LGBT
community. And I urge you
to take to the voting booth,
whether by absentee ballot or
in person, on May 8 th and
vote against NC Amendment
One. We can be the agents of
change.
This editorial represents the opinions of the
author and does not necessarily reflect the views of
The Falcon’s Eye or Pfeiffer University.
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WE WANT TO HEAR YOU FROM YOU!
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By Josh Humphrey
Pfeiffer Men’s
Basketball has had its share
of ups and downs. This
season they started 8-4, but
ended the season losing the
last six out of nine games.
They were led by two all
conference players, Danny
Smith and Reggie Hollinger.
Other key players were KC
Anuna, Elijah Matthews, Dez
Thomas, Tayron Gibson and
Josh Humphrey. The Falcons
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lost to Coker College the last
game of the season, keeping
them out of tournament
contention. They look to have
a good team next year, with
only two seniors leaving. But
that doesn’t take away the
disappointment of the
current campaign.
“I thought we had a
lot more talent than other
teams. We just never really
got it together like we had
planned, but you just keep
moving on,” freshman Curt
Myers said.
Despite the sting of
defeat, optimism for the
future is still intact.
“I think the season
was a rebuilding season for
us and that we lost some
games that we should not
have lost. Next season we
will have better results for
sure,” sophomore Dez
Thomas promised.
APRIL SPORTS SCHEDULES
BASEBALL
BASEBALL
Apr. 1st vs. BARTON 1 p.m.
Apr. 4th vs. WINGATE 3 p.m.
Apr. 10th vs. ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC (Pembroke, NC) 6:30 p.m.
Apr. 11th vs. NEWBERRY 3 p.m.
Apr. 14th vs. MOUNT OLIVE (Double Header) 12 p.m.
GOLF
GOLF
Apr. 22nd-24th at Conference Carolinas Championship
(Vass, NC. Maples Golf Club)
MEN’S MEN’S LACROSSE
LACROSSE
Apr. 7th vs. Mercyhurst (Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.) 4 p.m.
Apr. 20th in Conference Carolinas Semifinals
Apr. 22nd in Conference Carolinas Finals.
Apr. 29th vs. LINDENWOOD 1 p.m.
WOMEN’S WOMEN’S LACROSSE
LACROSSE
Apr. 5th vs. LIMESTONE 4 p.m.
Apr. 10th vs. ERSKINE 4 p.m.
Apr. 14th at Queens 12 p.m.
Apr. 18th at Catawba 7 p.m.
TENNIS TENNIS
TENNIS
Apr. 5th at Lees-McRae 2:30 p.m.
Apr. 6th at King 2 p.m.
Apr. 11th vs. USC AIKEN 2:30 p.m. (MEN ONLY)
MEN’S MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Apr. 11th vs. BARTON 7 p.m.
Apr. 15th in Conference Carolinas Semifinals
Apr. 18th in Conference Carolinas Championship
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SPORTS
PFEIFFER IN FLORIDA
SOFTBALL TAKES ON FLORIDA
WITH THREE DAYS OF GAMES.
THE TRIP ALSO ALLOWED
FOR SOME DOWN TIME
AND BONDING TIME.
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SPORTS
PFEIFFER IN FLORIDA
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
HEADS TO FLORIDA. DURING
A LONG BUS RIDE YOU TRY TO
FIND COMFORT ANYWHERE.
AFTER A LONG WEEK OF GAMES AND
SPENDING TIME IN THE SUN,
EVEN COACHES GET TIRED.
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FALCON’S ALCON’S
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: RODD BAXLEY
LAYOUT EDITOR: JAMIE ALCALA
ADVISOR: CHARISSE LEVINE
NEWS EDITORS: JOHN GOBLE
SAWYER WYRICK
SPORTS EDITORS: SAWYER WYRICK
JOHN GOBLE
PHOTO EDITORS: JESSICA HOMRICH
TYLER SMITH
STAFF:
CHRISTIAN BENTLEY
MARY BOYD
JORDY CARSON
WILLIAM EZZELLE
ASHLEIGH GRAY
STACY GUINTO-SALINAS
MELISSA HARRIS
JOSHUA HUMPHREY
ANGELA HUNT
SHEA MCDONNELL
VICKY MILLER
MELISSA ROBERTS
SARAH ROBERTS
CHRISTINA SADLER
SAMUEL SOTO
CHAR WEBBER
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EYE YE
FALCON LIZ MELESH TAKES A SHOT
AGAINST STONEHILL. STONEHILL WAS
ONE OF THREE TEAMS THAT WOMEN’S
LACROSSE PLAYED DURING THEIR SPRING
BREAK TRIP TO FLORIDA.
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