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December 1,1994 Lambda Chi Alpha wins 18th College Bowl 11 Amy Logerwell Asst. Managing Editor Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity mthe 18th annual College Bowl : Tournament at Elon College on Tuesday. "We didn’t think we’d do too [ well, but we did,” said Bryan James, Umcmber of Lambda Chi Alpha. OiherLambdaChi Alphaplay- Tai in the College Bowl included: t^mes McCarthy, Whitney New- |;bn, and Carson Anderson. Chalmers Brumbaugh, profes- I ur of political science, organized f the event. The game is like “Jeop- >.«dy” and consists of five rounds of (questions. “As each passing game the pressure seemed to mount,” Ander- »n said. Brumbaugh buys the questions from the National College Bowl for $50 a round. Tlie questions in clude: Current events in literature, science, music, sports and movies. Questions ranged from types of instruments to what type of map on CBS makes Greenland as big as North America to what body of water the Exxon Valdez spilled oil in. “It’s just a game, but it is really a neat intellect game that gets stu dents thinking and challenges them," Brumbaugh said. The College Bowl was held in three rooms in Long Student Cen ter. TTiere were six teams of four players each. Alpha Chi Rho came in second place behind Lambda Chi Alpha, the Teaching Fellows were in third. Kappa Sigma frater nity was fourth. Alpha Xi Delta sorority came in fifth, and Elon College Television was sixth. Lambda Chi Alpha won $40 to split between the four players "They get enough money to go out and have a good time," Brumbaugh said. James said this is the first fall title Lambda Chi Alpha has won. He said they have been arch rivals with Kappa Sigma. McCarthy said that this Col lege Bowl Tournament was prac tice for Greek Week in the spring. "I thought '.he toughest ques tions were the ones with weird people,” McCarthy said. The college bowl itself has been in existence for 25 years. “It is still the leader in active sustained small college programs.” Brumbaugh said. “I wish more people would get involved though ” The money to make the col Erick Glll/The Pendulum Members of Lambda Cni Alpha fraternity buzz in to give a correct answer. lege bowl possible comes from mixed funds from Student Govern ment Association and other out lets, Brumbaugh said. "They have always been very generous about trying to make this possible,” he said. He said they may possibly hold another College Bowl in the spring and have more publicity for it. Crime stats misleading about drug, alcohol abuse Shannon Prater Staff Reporter Judging by campus crime sta- tiKics, Elon College students rarely ibuse alcohol or drugs. Elon’s statistics are mislead ing. however, because a federal law only requires schools to pub lish the number of arrests made on Ounpus for liquor law and drug abuse violations. In 1993 Elon reported arrests for one liquor law and three drug ibusc crimes. If the college were required to report the number of alcohol and ^g-related cases that it handled iofcmally, the statistics for alcohol Hid drug violations on campus ,*ould increase significantly. [ For example, 32 alcohol and 4ug-related cases went through Eon’s campus judicial system in itember 1994. Those same crimes are pun- ile by the state. However, Elon, the police, punished the stu- ts. “Many schools don’t want to : this information public be- it raises their numbers and makes their campus look less safe,” said Mike Hiestand, an attorney with the Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C. The Student Right To Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 requires American colleges and universities to publish their cam pus crime statistics. Included in those statistics are the “number of arrests” for liquor law and drug violations “occurring on campus.” “Schools would also report the number of cases settled by the col lege if they really wanted to inform people of crime on campus,” Hiestand said. “That is the whole purpose of the federal law.” Bob Pelley, assistant dean of Student Life at Elon, said the Of fice of Student Life is “concerned about this issue and is discussing making changes to their present system next year.” Pelley said he hopes those changes will include publishing ^he numberof alcohol and drug-related cases that go through the school’s judicial system. He said the school has not done this before because the law has only been in effect for three years. ORGANIST-PIANIST NEEDED AT ONCE ^ A local Southern Baptist Church needs an organist-pianlst. If you are interested in this position, please send a resume to: Personnel Committee 407 Logan Street «... Burlington,.N.C. 2.7217 “It’spartofourevolution. You have to crawl before you can walk. When we have everything on com puter, the work (of gathering statis tics) will be less tedious,” Pelley said. Presently, on-campus arrest statistics are low compared to the number of offenses sent through the campusjudicial system because the town police “make no more of a concerted effort to patrol the cam pus than they do the town," said Lt. Darryl Agnew of the Elon College Town Police Department. If the college discovers that a student is involved in serious of fenses, such as possession of large amounts of marijuana, officials are obligated to report that student to the police. “We may not even find but a small amount and we’ll inform the authorities. But that doesn’t al ways mean police will have enough evidence to prosecute,” said Jana Lynn Patterson, associate dean of Student Life. “All felonies need to be re ported to us and prosecuted,” Agnew said. However, for “minor crimes such as underage possession of li quor or possession of minute amounts of marijuana,” Agnew said, "the school normally handles the cases because it can apply more penalties than the authorities can.” By law, Elon can punish stu dents for minor offenses in place of the authorities because it is a pn- vate college. Gardner-Webb University in Boiling'Springs, N.C., which has an enrollment of 2,300, is another private school that often punishes students for crimcs that also fall within the state’s jurisdiction. When one of Gardner-Webb’s students was caught shoplifting last year in a local store, the police allowed the university to handle the case. “We’re in a small town and the police thought we could handle the student better," said Betty Friend of Gardner-Webb’s University Po lice Office. According to Hiestand, Elon and Gardner-Webb can do this be cause “at private institutions there is no due process of the law restric tion The government’s authority is restrained and the school has unbridled discrepancy." Of the 32 alcohol and drug- related cases Elon’s judicial sys tem processed in September, the majority were for underage posses sion, Pelley said. “Maybe one or two, at the most, were drug-related." During that same month. The Pendulum, Elon’s student newspa per, reported that 18 students were charged with underage possession of alcohol and two for possession of marijuana and drug parapherna lia. None of those offenses oc curred on campus. Agnew said, “Unless someone has a previous record, odds are pretty good he won’t have a crimi nal record. For someone who is 19 or 20 and charged with underage possession, they just have to go to the magistrate and pay $10. Then they just have to stay out of trouble for a year." Tlie first offense for a student found guilty of underage posses sion of liquor, according to the Elon College Student Handbook, is “nor mally not less than disciplinary pro bation, campus service hours and attendance at the Elon College Al cohol Education Class." "We mostly apply educational sanctions. We’re not trying to be like a big brother looking out after you Wejust want to make studenu more responsible," Pelley said. Lost & Found • Lost- Navy blue book bag with red ribbon on top and an Elon key chain with Margaret written on it. If found please call Marga ret or Molly at (910) 599- 9186. It was last seen in front of the Campus Shop in Long. -Found- One pair of Madison Tortoise glasses were found on the brick walkway in front of the Haggard Avenue parking lot on Monday. If lost, contact The Pendulum at X2331. d
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