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INSIDE TIUS WEEK -··-ins: r-11uu.. -·--·· The Haunted Herald P. 2, 3, 9 a..uu111 uu••• Car vandalized P. 4 ~--··-----···- Homecoming in Photos P. 6 Wrestling ready to go P. 12 election coverage p. 7 The student newspaper of Roger Williams University Oct. 31, 2008 Vol.19 Bristol, RI THE HAWK' s HERALD Issue7 .GIVE PEACE A PUMPKIN Water tower on tap 95-foot structure to be built off Old Ferry Road at town's suggestion Ben Whitmore Herald Staff Construction is underway on a 300,000-gallon water tower that will be placed on Roger Williams University's front lawn. Technical borings have been drilled for a pale blue, 95-foot-tall, legged water tower to be built in early 2009. The water tower will be placed among the trees located between Old Ferry Road and the adminis­ tration building's parking lot, east of the Ferry Road and Old Ferry Road traffic light. Roger Williams is erecting the tower in order to have a single, reliable source of water to supply all of the school's newly constructed buildings' fire c.-::-.-:-o- -,---.,.· ----:<-~~-- -~ sprinklers. Junior Alexis Boxer decorates a pumpkin With a~,,eacee- . ara e wa er reservoll' or e 1re spr1 ers sa1 . Family Weekendfestivities. Junior .Jesse Dixon, right, covers the top ofhis pumpkin m bnght blue pamt. For more Home- Joe Pangborn, Vice President and Chief Informa- coming photos and coverage of the Sklar Brothers comedy act, see page 6. tion Officer. The water-tower "will let us consoli- date these reservoirs." Roger Williams' new buildings will not be the only beneficiaries of the water tower. Soon after its Nirschel fields student questions completion, the school will sell the tower to the Bristol County Water Authority, the public agency that services Bristol, Warren and Barrington, them, too," Nirschel said. 0 ''Economic t which will supply the residents of south Bristol Says university "Someone catches a cold at with water from the tower. Yahoo! and the entire market In the past, south Bristol residents and Roger endowment has goes down 500 points," he said. challenges Williams suffered from weakly pressurized water "Part of the challenge is the un­ due to the lack of enough water for both residents certainty." and the school, according to Pangborn. The water lost millions Multiple students brought that/amilies will up questions about the athletic tower alleviate this problem for both the school Allison Collins fields to the president. and its neighbors. · Asst. News Editor face, Roger Williams will sell the rights to access the The women's lacrosse team tower to the BCWA for the nominal fee of $1. The University President Roy said that it is not realistic to have school is required by law to sell the rights for a Nirschel held his eighth Presi­ a grass field and that it could universities monetary value. "Roger Williams is not in the dent's Forum Monday night in lead to students being injured water busilress,• said Peter Wilbur, Vice President the Feinstein College of Arts and more easily. The student said of Development and Government Relations. Sciences, where he announced athletes needed turf fields. /ace them, The school will still own the physical tower and the university's endowment is "We can't build a field absent be responsible for exterior maintenance, but the still decreasing, discussed eco­ resources," Nirschel said. too.'' BCWA will be in charge of servicing and operating nomic issues and answered stu­ When a member of the the tower. dent questions. women's rugby team brought up - President Roy Nirschel Strategically, building the tower on the school's The president said the en­ the fields again, John King, Vice front lawn makes sense. The building site's hill per­ dowment has lost between $17- President of Student Affairs, on the university's mits the tower to be shorter, saving the school pointed out that RWU only used 18 million since July 1. endowment losing $17- SeeTOWERp.4 "Economic challenges that families face, universities face See FORUM P• 4 $18 million since July. Sophomore takes historic ·n at sailing c Dan DeBlasio umph even more remarkable. Enter­ Sports Editor ing the last day in third place with just six races left to be sailed, Thomp­ Sophomore Cy Thompson made son was able to use his at-times risky history this Sunday, becoming the sailing techniques to make his way first ever sailor from Roger Williams toward the front of the field. University to win a national champi­ "Coach [Amanda Callahan] and I onship. Thompson won the ICSA sat in her car before the final day Men's Singlehanded Championship started on Sunday and I told her that at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. second place means nothing to me," The three-day, 18-race event said Thompson. "No one looks at sec­ showcases the best male laser sailors ond place. It's good for results, but I from colleges and universities across had to go out there and win it to be the country. The championship is an happy.'' individual competition and points are So, with nothing else but a victo­ awarded based on finishing times and ry in mind, Thompson went out on places. the water and gave it his absolute all. COURTESY RWU ATHLETICS The achievement is an amazing He started the final day with fourth accomplishment, but the way Thomp­ Sophomore Cy Thompson made history ouer the weekend, becoming the first Roger son won the competition made the tri- See SAILING p. n Williams sailor to win a national championship. Page 2 The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31, 2008 Tift S'J'VDWr M'WSf'A"" 011 'nfe ~D ~""" rmm.,.111- TW1LTQffT Zo'" '"' 'ffAVT',SP S9'A~P Campus 'ghosts' abound Dee DeQuattro which is confirmed by histori­ "We were told the story Herald Staff ans, has led to the conclusion in 1984 when the barn was that the barn is haunted by being moved to the RWU It was Friday afternoon the old farmer's spirit. "The campus .. .imaginations went when the ghost hunt began. students named the ghost quickly to work, and some­ The objective was to find a Banquo, after the ghost in how a story got in the paper ghost on the RWU campus. Macbeth," says Wright. that there would always be Sources had claimed that ''Until this day, we have an empty chair at each pro­ there were a few and the a seat up in the gallery that . duction for the ghost." ghost hunt was determined to we have reserved for him." Laird did say that if there expose these ghosts or the The students had placed an is a ghost inside the Barn, the truth behind them. old wooden chair up in the spirit is displaying one of the The hunt began at the gallery of the barn with a pic­ prominent reasons for a Barn. Not much was known ture of Banquo from Shake­ haunting. about the Barn except for speare's ''Macbeth" behind it. "People haunt the places some brief history. The RWU The chair stands in what they enjoyed in life. n Performing Arts Center, or used to be the hay loft of the Perhaps this farmer en­ The Barn, is known to have barn, where the farmer was joyed his job a lot or as Laird one of the most famous found dead. Former student also says, ''Maybe he knows 'ghosts' in Rhode Island. Karl Pelletier, said, "If some he's dead and he likes it. I'm Originally, it was built as one sits in his chair through­ not hungry anymore. I don't two buildings for a farm in out a production, something have to pay taxes anymore. I Gloucester, R.I. The entrance is bound to go wrong. Other got a good life. Why should I was constructed in 1845 and students and recent grads go toward the light?" 50 years later, the seating agree, including alumna No one interviewed had section was constructed. In Lindsey Meyers. Meyers substantial evidence of the 1984 the barn was moved graduated last year after ghost other than a few claims beam by beam to the RWU spending four years learning of bizarre accidents. With no campus. RWU was able to and acting in the Barn. proof of the Barn haunting. buy the barn for a nominal "Someone moved his the search had to continue on price because the owner just chair once and the lights kept to find another haunting on wanted to "get it off his going off." Meyers said. Other campus. The next stop was hands,'' said theater profes­ instances that students cred­ Cedar Hall. sor Peter Wright. it to the bad 'mojo' of sitting * * * * * When a person enters the in the chair are a light falling The haunting of Cedar barn. the door creeks opens to during a dance show, a cast was once well known among a room that serves as a hall to member breaking an arm and students at RWU but today the seating area.