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E! SEPTEMBER 27,2017 C . r • D- L . ^ ^ MARITZA GONZALEZ I STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Senior Erin Bishop unpacks after finally being allowed to live in her Park Place apartment, which she was removed from due to mold and mildew. Students begin returning to Park Place after moldy displacement All of the affected apartments are expected to be ready for residency by Sept. 30 Grace Morris, Maggie Corneje and Ariana Reyes Contributors | @elonnewsnetwork Students displaced from their Park Place apartments have started to move back in. According to University Communi cations, eight of the 19 apartments im pacted by the mold and mildew have been cleaned and approved for use, and by Sept. 30, all of the affected apart ments will be ready to live in again. Elon University will reimburse the rent of all 55 students who had to move out. University Communica tions did not provide Elon News Net work with the total cost for relocated students, but based on reimbursement rates provided by University Commu nications, the maximum payout for a three-person apartment is more than $14,000. That covers rent, gas and ho tel room costs, but many residents are expected to see less because they were able to return sooner. Some students say the process of moving in again three weeks into the semester is a huge hassle. “Just the thought of having to move in again after I spent four ii JUSTTHE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO MOVE IN AGAIN AFTER I SPENT FOUR DAYS DOING THAT ATTHE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT’S REALLY OVERWHELMING. TAYLOR CASSIDY JUNIOR, PARK PLACE RESIDENT days doing that at the beginning of the school year, it’s really overwhelming,” said junior Taylor Cassidy, one of the 55 students who had to move. Other students are concerned about inconveniences larger than some boxes and furniture. “The mold had caused my asthma attack and it was making me worse,” said senior Erin Bishop. “My dad’s wor ried at least that it’s in the hallways still ... Even if I’m in for a short while, if I’m continuously walking through the hallways throughout the year, I mean, that adds up.” Bishop said she hopes that in the future, problems like these will be ad dressed sooner. “There are always worries that this could happen again, and I just hope that those small signs aren’t brushed off next time,” Bishop said. “The school needs to pick up its monitoring of mold issues. ... The right actions have to be taken, and people need to be listened to when they have humidity issues.” While the students haven’t been re imbursed yet for the rent of their Park Place apartment, the university has provided phoenix cash to the students, as well as transportation from the hotel to Elon. Bishop was relocated to a hotel fif teen minutes away from campus, and just this week was able to return to her permanent housing. 1 had to get up earlier,” Bishop said. I couldn’t go home as often because if I had an hour walk. I couldn’t just go back to my apartment.” [Elon] has taken the time to clean everything, but this was not the great est way to start senior year.” New underage alcohol policy result of Honor Code change Students will no longer be required to complete community service following violations Paul Leblanc News Director | @PaulLeBlanc1 New changes to Elon University’s Honor Code restructure the punish ments for undergraduates cited for alcohol con sumption. In the past, underage students caught con suming alcohol would face community service hours, potential impacts on leadership roles and study abroad opportu nities and a short online program. Under the new poli cy, students cited for un derage consumption for the first time will have to complete a longer educa tion program, but won’t have to participate in community service and won’t be charged with a code of conduct violation for seeking treatment for excessive alcohol con sumption. “We want to remove any message that service is a ‘punishment,’ Assis tant Dean of Students Whitney Gregory told Elon News Network of the decision to remove community service as a punishment for under age drinking. “[We want to] avoid situations where the student or hosting or ganization has a negative experiences associated with the required service.” Gregory also called the decision to not charge any student with a code of conduct violation for seeking medical assis tance a way to “encour age students to seek help for themselves or for a friend.” Before this year, the only students exempt from punishment were students who sought medical assistance on behalf of someone else, called the ‘Innocent By stander policy,’ but it was not extended to the per son in need of treatment. Opinions on the policy change vary across cam pus. Senior Rohit Naidu praised the new policy as a better consequence for students. I think that provid ing more informational sessions over community service is a more benefi cial punishment for a few reasons,” he said. “These sessions actually teach you about the causes of alcohol whereas just do- NEW POLICIES FOR UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION 1. Students cited for underage consumption will be reqiuired to to complete a longer education program 2. Community service is not required for studenis who recieve a citation 3. Students will no longer be charged witha code of conduct violatior for seeking treatment for excessive alcohol consumption ing manual labor dsKS at all.” Naidu added roi ing any sanctions agaiK study abroad opportuni ties is a smart decisionfo a school that is trying l’ become “more global,” But not every studeoi favors the new polio. Senior Ryan Pelosi said keeping any componeni of online educational training would be “use less.” “People do that with out much effort andtryto skip through as much as possible.” He added cutting the mandatory communib service requirement wai a the right move for the school to take. “I believe giving back to your commii’ nity through service is very important,” he said “However, it shouldn’t be forced for people to do, I think the punishment should be a choice of ei ther an in-person class or the ability to do commu nity service.” Despite disagreement among students about the new policy, Gregory said the changes were a re sult of thorough research from students and facult) over the summer to en sure the best scenario for everyone. “Our goal in any code of conduct review is ^ ensure our policies an processes are aligned our honor code, refloc our shared university v ues and expectations seek to protect the salet) and well-being of all stu dents,” she said
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