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www.elonnewsnetwork.com f facebook.com/elonnewsnetwork @elonnewsnetwork Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Volume 43 Edition 5 Elon, North Carolina iiaiii eMDM! THE MEEK ffiCI A study at Duke University showed that joining a Greek organization resulted in a drop in students GPA, but the data at Elon University shows a more complicated picture. Results from “The Effects of Greek Affiliation on Academic Performance,” which controls for students’ demographic information and difficulty of coursework Effect on students’GPA after joining a Greek organization KEY ' .05 GPA points Sorority members Fraternity members -.1 -.3 SPRING OF FRESHMAN YEAR FALL AFTER FRESHMAN YEAR SPRING AFTER FRESHMAN YEAR • • • • • • • • • • -.08 ^ -.09 ^ 0 -.09 • -.13 -.15 -.22 Olivia Zayas Ryan Senior Reporter @oliviazryan [Duke University study shows a decline |in GPA for students who join fraternities and sororities, but the study’s applicability to Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) at Elon University is complicated. The study, published last month in the Economics of Education Review, quantified and analyzed the effects of fraternity and sorority affiliation on academic performance at Duke, which has a deferred recruitment policy similar to Elon’s. This study compared the GPA between freshman students first semester and their following semesters. The study found male students showed a significant decline in GPA during their freshman spring semester — a popular time for recruitment — but insignificant change in GPA other semesters. For female students, the results revealed the opposite. According to their research, GPAs significantly decline during females’ spring semester during their sophomore year, when they are responsible See GREEK LIFE Pg.4 Results from Elon’s Fraternity and Sorority Life, which only provides raw GPA data. +.3 The average Elon GPA of a 3.29 +.2 3.47 9 3.47 • 3.42 3.44 3.41 3.43 3.41 • • W • • • • +.1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FALL 2015 SPRING 2016 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.4 KEY .05 GPA points 3.13 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.12 • 3.10 3.11 3T3 3.12 3.11 3.02 2.94 Active sorority members # All sorerity members ^ Active fraternity members # All fraternity members New sorority members rV All Elon women # New fraternity members All Elon men Elon News Network STYLE How Smitty’s became an Elon favorite 11 Multi-faith scholars spark conversation First cohort of scholars encourage religious engagement Diego Pineda Contributor @diego pinedal9 Elon University sophomore Sophie Zinn considers herself the person in her friend group that is The cohort consists of six students who recieve $5,000 in their junior and senior years to develop as multi-faith leaders. constantly encour aging others to talk about religion, a subject she is very passionate about and believes is not talk ed about much. “It’s not really in the public sphere of college life or America in general as something that’s positive,” Zinn said. “I think there are a lot of positive ele ments to religious dialogue and learning from other people’s interest and faith traditions.” Zinn was raised Jewish and has been practicing Buddhism for four years. She does not iden tify with one main religion, but bases her experiences more on her religious studies experiences learning why various religious traditions matter to those who do not follow them. Zinn, along with five other sophomores at Elon University, was recently selected to be part of Elon’s first cohort of Multi-faith Scholars. The program combines academic coursework, under graduate research and commu nity engagement in multi-faith contexts. The students selected receive $5,000 annually in their junior and senior years to assist them in their development as engaged multi-faith leaders. The idea of this program sprouted from the 2015 Multi faith Strategic Plan of the Elon Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society, which advo cated for the development of this program. A $100,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis founda tion supported the establishment See MULTI-FAITH Pg.l2 _ Phoenix ends spring i-.'j practice with ' high hopes
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