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The Pendulum
ELON, NORTH CAROLINA | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 | VOLUME 38, EDITION 10
www.ElonPendulum.com
That’s a rap
Mac Miller brings spring fever to Elon^s campus
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ludents and community members filled Alumni Gym Friday night
for the Student Union Board’s annual Spring Show. Rapper Mac
Miller (pictured) and mashup duo The White Panda shared the stage.
See pa^ 14 for a full story on the Spring Show.
Pay it forward: Students acknowledge
importance of giving back to university
Qrace Etkus
Editor
Exercising at the gym, printing
assignments in the library and riding
on the Bio Bus are all activities that Elon
students take part in on a weekly, and
Wen daily, basis. But what many students
ont think about is the expense of these
amenities and what is done to ensure they
continue to be offered to students free of
Charge.
The Student Alumni Council (SAC)
^ought to address this disconnect by
nosting the fourth annual Elon . . .Pass It
■’ event aimed at raising student
arencss regarding the Importance of
"°'^™'^f*'ubltions. Tuition and fees only
percent of an Elon education, and
'he rest of
a student’s time at Elon is paid
for through donations.
Events like this and raising awareness
With the
rest of our classmates and
Colin ■ dliu
and ''eally important," said junior
AC member Darien Flowers. “It
aHows all of our students to understand
the ®'se made a commitment to
thp „ so that they can enjoy all
'he great things Elon has to offer."
Marrvf. intentionally held in
" 'because spring break represents
completion of 81 percent of the year, and
the name Elon...Pass It On! references
the “pay it forward" concept the event
embraces.
“If we want future students to enjoy
Elon as much as we do, we need to realize
that we will eventually need to make
our donation to Elon, thereby ‘passing It
on’ to future students,” said Bari Sisson,
president of SAC.
Jozl Snowberger, assistant director
of annual giving and parent programs,
said not all students have an accurate
understanding of how their time at Elon
is paid for.
“The university is so great and so
wonderful, and through the lens of
a student, the grass Is always green,"
Snowberger said. “When (current
students) become alums, it’s hard for
them to realize that the university does
rely on donor support and that it's up
to them to help the university be the
prestigious place that it is.
Freshman Molly Zoellner represents
one of many students who were unaware
of the significance of donor contributions
before attending the event.
“After knowing what I know now, 1 am
very thankful for the donors for makmg
Elon the great school we go to, she said.
BRIAN ALLENBY [ Staff Photographer
Freshman Powell Mansfield wrote why he was thankful for donors on the dry-erase board at “Elon...
Pass It On!” March 28. The event raised student awareness of the importance of donor contributions.
"1 feel I owe a lot to Elon after I graduate."
The SAC advertised the event, held
March 28 on the Moseley Front Terrace, by
placing yard signs along the walkways in
Young Commons and writing “Will You...
Pass It On?" on whiteboards in classrooms.
“We wanted students to start wondering
about the event and asking their friends
about it," Sisson said.
See PASS IT ON I PAGE 3
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