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Elon’s newesf rprnaniti'/-.n *1 £ o With the. npw; cirrMo —1 j- 1 4.^^Ji rJ^ ■MMmf
With the new signs and displays
we hope to offer engaged learning to
the community by beginning peo
ple s tram of thought about the envi-
ronment
-Tom Flood, superintendent of grounds
Brittany Smith
News Editor
Elon’s newest recognition is in the form of a
garden, a botanical garden in fact. Dr Leo
Lambert signed a resolution declaring the cam
pus a botanical garden on Jan. 3,2005.
According to the new resolution, a botanical
garden .s defined as a collection of plants for
fte puiposes of education, research or display.
The garden provides a positive aesthetic expe-
nen(», botanical and environmental infomia- ^ 7 >
In order to provide envimnm« . i \ gardens can be used for research
tion to the students faculty and or display. The status also makes Elon eliui
Along with signs giving the name of the weeS^^^et a three
P ant,there willalsobeseveralinteipretivedis- to look at wheTd"'^^-^^''''''
plays to explain why the landscaper decided si^e, iirsu“uoht
o include the plant in the garden. “With the bloom time and if the"T^
new si^s and displays we hope to olfer nui^ries ^'P’’”''*'"*'*'^ in local
engaged learning to the community by begin- “The Prinr^^t.^ d •
rang people’s train of thought about the envi- top 20 for most beturt i™**
ronment,; said Tom Rood, superintendent of smdents chol t h
landscaping and grounds. beautv of because of the
To model appropriate stewardship of the that iL for Snd'^'^T
enmonment, the landscaping department munity as well ^^iTnewI^" f
ho^s to plant a variety of plants around cam- mission and gives 00!^
pus However, a monoculture of plants will isdue,”Flo6^said ®"“‘“ i'
make the campus susceptible to plant disea.,es
tliat could potentially wipeout an emire collec
tion. “Disea.ses like sudden oak death could
potentially harm Elon because of all the oak
s around campus, but we are trying to pre- Contact Brittany Smith at
A 1 or 278-7247
Architects selected for law school
News Editor
The first step for Elon’s new law school has
teen taken. The architects for the school have
chosen, they are J. Hyatt Hammond
Ass(^iates and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson
and Abbott.
J- Hyatt Hammond Associates is a local
^hitectural firm located in Greensboro. The
firm was selected for the project because of
Iheir considerable experience with renovation
work in Greensboro.” said Neil Bromilow, the
director of construction management.
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott an
mternational architectural firm based’in
Boston, was chosen for the six million dollar
renovation project because of their great design
work on the Carol Grotnes Belk Libraiy com
pleted in 2000.
Demolition work for thf» r.^
on Jan 10. Bromilow expecti *“^1!
building will be completed^v .
The school will have four levds"®^^'*®-
underground levels Will house thp I K
the two upper levels ^ ^
demic classrooms individ
study/meeUng plac« and facuto „T
69,000 square feet of sp;e;th ®::\^e
ogy access. The new facilitv ^''^‘echnol-
state-of-the-art with^nl. ^ be
well. ' '^^P^'^^'^dassroomsas
The law building will bp w » j
G>-eene St. i„ Greensboro, 1^“ f'
Greensboro Central Public Libr^
Contact Brittany Smith at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247
The flower beds at Elon are now mnr^ ft. ■ Laura Hals / photographer
^c/m//be used to educate the commi';;® pan of the botanical garden
about different plants native to North Carolina.
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