Sports Part 1-Sean Payton

Sports Part 2-EHC Football Preview

Campus News-SGA Debate

Again, it’s better late than never. This week’s issue features campus dining expansions, a music review of the band Sleigh Bells, and an E&H baseball review.

Whitetopper 3/22/12

Better late than never! This week’s Whitetopper features a review from the Coffey Anderson concert, service learning projects, and a little something from #DVnation. Don’t mind the weird coloring of the photos, we’re not sure what’s going on there.

Whitetopper 3-1-12

Weird News

Sports part 1-Peyton Manning Signs with Broncos

Sports part 2-Kendall Marshall

Sports Part 3-Golden State Warriors

Campus News

John Towers lives in a passive green home, which is a home designed to require very little energy to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

His house was not initially designed to be passive, but Towers has modified his home to make it more energy efficient. Such modifications include sheets to insulate the windows. Towers’ energy bill has been cut drastically to 27 dollars because of the way he saves energy.

Towers also has a very rational look on how reduce one’s carbon footprint. He said that the way to reduce the energy is to do so gradually and not sacrifice our lifestyle in the process.

Economics professor Krista Clark did not plan to be a teacher at Emory & Henry or at any other college or high school. She aspired to be an astronaut or a nun, depending on which opportunity became available.

“I went to college and I thought I was an astronomy major. I went to space camp three times, that was like my other life. I was either going to be an astronaut or be in Africa.”

Clark had everything lined up to become a nun and join a Sacred Hearts convent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, but not long after returning from a study abroad trip to Botswana, she met husband Todd Clark, Assistant Dean of Students here at Emory & Henry.

After meeting Todd Clark and graduating with a master’s in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State, and a master’s in Education from Virginia Tech, she obtained a job in high school education teaching mostly social studies and history, with a few economic classes.

While economics was not exactly her first choice when it came to teaching, when a job opened up at Emory & Henry, she said it was one of the greatest things that had ever happened to her – almost like a dream.

“This is a beautiful, small college where people care about each other. And I think that’s probably what makes it so enjoyable to me. There’s just an understanding of, ‘we care.’ You (students) care about each other. I see faculty caring and being concerned about students here. That’s so important to me.”

Even though her original dream of working overseas didn’t work out, she still visits and studies other countries. Clark has already traveled to Thailand, Ireland, and Botswana. She believes her fascination with religions and cultures around the world has also helped her in understanding students in class.

Clark will accompany mass communication professor Dr. Twange Kasoma, along with some students, this summer to Zambia.

“I’m really excited to go to Zambia,” Clark said. “There are certain places where you travel, and you go there, and it’s like your soul is there. I feel at home and at peace there.”

Husband Todd Clark told her that he was excited for her to go to Zambia, as she actually agreed to go on their first date back in college after she had gone on a trip to Botswana.

The trip is offered to mass communication students at Emory & Henry. While abroad, they will participate in internships, gaining valuable experience for media in the global spectrum.

“My main goal for this season would be to make the conference finals and compete with the top conference teams,” Hale said.

This is Hale’s third year of coaching tennis, the previous two being with men’s and women’s teams at Wesleyan.

“I think he cares a lot about the conditioning of his players,” senior and No. 2 singles player Chip Wintringham said, “and he wants the team to be the best in the ODAC.

“He is very intense,” Wintringham added, “and his practices mimic his match-like intensity.

Hale has so far led the Wasps to beat Hampden-Sydney (5-4) and Greensboro (7-2).

“I think he is what the team really needs,” junior and No. 5 singles player Webster Gilley said. “He expects us to be the best tennis players we can be and is determined to bring us to championship quality.

“Practices can be tough at times,” Gilley added, “but, at the end, we will appreciate it.”

Senior mass communication and English double major Daron Vaught has a love for sports, media and Emory & Henry College.

Vaught decided to come to E&H during his senior year of high school to be a part of the College’s mass communication department.

It has been Vaught’s dream to be a sports broadcaster since his youth. In his time at E&H, he has called football, basketball and baseball games.

Last summer Vaught was chosen to be the Morehead City Marlins’ director of media relations and play-by-play broadcaster. Vaught welcomed the opportunity to call baseball games but had doubts about his qualifications for the job.

“The Marlins internship was sort of out of my league,” he said, “but I didn’t realize how much my other experiences would help me with my application for that job.”

Vaught has been a part of virtually every campus media outlet since his freshman year on campus. In addition to sports broadcasting, Vaught has worked extensively with EHC-TV, WEHC, the Whitetopper and several other local media outlets.

While Vaught said that his early involvement could be a little overwhelming, he recognizes that this kind of early experience is somewhat unique to E&H.

“The experience I got as a freshman being thrown into things that, at a bigger state school, I would have had to wait until I was a junior or senior for has been invaluable.”

After graduation this spring, Vaught will continue to pursue his childhood dream of sports broadcasting. He encourages everyone to pursue their dreams with the same fervor he displays.

“You can’t be afraid to shoot for the moon, it just might happen.”

Check out this week’s issue of The Whitetopper, featuring Service Learning, “The Woman in Black” movie review, a Black History Month feature, and food service information.

Whitetopper 2/23/12

Here is this week’s Whitetopper. This is the first issue of the semester, featuring a brand new look all around. Attached is a PDF version of the full paper for easy download!

Some feature headlines to check out:

Macado’s deal made official  —  p. 1
Mayhem Poets leave E&H students wanting more —  p. 2
The ABCs of College Life —  p. 3
Alumna Megan Evans shares study abroad experiences from Ecuador —  p. 6
Wasps end losing streak —  p. 7

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