In with the old and
out with the new in
campus dining.
Local rock band
takes 'backseat'
to Hootie.
Eton's basketball
coach explains tough
season.
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iVolume XX, Number 14
Informing the Elon College Community
Hootie doesn’t disappoint
Fehriiiirv 16,
Chris Adams
Staff Reporter
ally sold. Band attendanis, icchni- rather not had (he undercover agents
Hcx)tie & the Blowfish returned
j 10 Elon College Saturday night,
I eicept the band wasn’t playing The
iLighthouse Tavern and Deli for $3
I person.
This time the Columbia, S.C.,
( band packed Alumni Gymnasium
[ with a $5 cover for Elon students
$10 cover for non-students.
' band has played The Light-
use three times in its eight years.
The Student Union Board
onsored the event and Christy
luppcll, music performance chair
fSUB, had a great deal to do with
[the organizing.
She said the concert was a sell-
f out with all 3,000 tickets gone be-
I'ore the show.
About 2,500 tickets were actu-
cians and various other people in
volved with the concert received
complimentary tickets. About 75
students and faculty from Elon as
sisted with the concert, said Barb
H Carlton, director of Student
Activities.
Included in the audience were
20 security guards, including 10
armed police officers. Also in at
tendance were 11 undercover po
lice officers, including six from the
state’s Alcohol Law Enforcement
team, and three Alamance County
vice narcotics officers, said Elon
College Police Officer M B. Tams.
At the show, a half dozen
people were escorted out for im
proper behavior and two arrests
were made, both for failure to obey
an officer, Tams said.
Chappell said SUB would have
SGA hopes to rewrite
constitution by March
at the show
“It wasn’t SUB’s choice (for
the officers to attend) They have
the jurisdiction to do this, so it is
out of our hands," Chappell said
Chappell also said that Hootie
& the Blowfish would be getting a
percentage of the gross ticket sales
along with their $5,000appcarance
fee.
The school had to make
$ 17,500 to break even for the event.
Money made in addition to the
$17,500, Chappell said, would go
towards a spring "Band Fest " that
is tentatively being co-sponsorcd
by SUB and Lambda Chi Alpha
A little after lOp.m., Ho«tie&
the Blowfish finally hit the stage
and the crowd was pumped up,
including several families with
See Hootie. Page 4.
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Lead singer Darius Rucker (right) sings to 3,000 fans Saturday
Stacey Ward
Staff Reporter
The SGA began planning revisions to
iUconstitution last spring, however, it hopes
to have final revisions completed by the end
of this semester, said SGA Vice President
C*thy Sparks.
The main goal for the Student Govem-
nt Association’s new constitution is to
jiet up the structure so there is more repre-
Tjentation from all areas of campus pro-
im.s. Sparks said.
In the current revisions, the division of
ppresentativeshaschanged. The traditional
iresentatives by academic class (senior,
junior, sophomore, freshman) will remain.
Bui, there will be senate seats set aside for
Campus programs such as: Panhellenic, In-
tofratemity Council and Elon Volunteers!,
if they choose to have a seat. Sparks said.
The at-large council, the (tentatively
Bamed) organization council and the aca-
demiccouncil have also undergone changes.
If passed, the at-large council will be
jSparated into classes with class officers
j*nd three representatives. Sparks said. The
organization council will include 12 cam
pus programs and have 13 representatives.
The academic council will be separated
into five sections, following the college
handbook. Sparks said. The council will
have five representatives.
The SGA is scheduled to discuss the
revised constitution today at its senator's
meeting. The senators will look at the revi
sions and offer comments on them. The
SGA meets Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. in
McKinnon Hall in the Moseley Center.
Before the constitution is passed the
Student Faculty Committee/Student Life
Committee needs to recognize the revised
SGA Constitution, Sparks said. The Stu
dent Faculty Committee/Student Life Com
mittee will meet Friday to discuss the con
stitution and offer suggestions.
SGA President Larry Williams said
the SGA will then take those recommenda
tions and revise the constitution.
Williams said after the revisions are
made the SGA will publicize the changes
and the Senate is scheduled to make final
revisions on Feb. 23, before the student
See SGA, Page 4.
Greeks experience huge rush
Erick Gill
Editor in Chief
Elon’s greek system is experiencing one
of its biggest rushes in history this week, said
Director of Greek Life Amanda Harless.
Harless said 284 girls are involved with
sorority rush, which began Sunday. Last
year 276 women went through rush and the
previous year 244
“So you can see there has been a steady
increase over the years, ” Harless said.
As far as men’s rush goes, Harless said,
about 176 students are involved this semes
ter.
“If you go through rush to meet people
it will be successful," Harless said. “But if
you go through to just he in a sorority (or
fraternity) you could be disappointed.
“Rush is a time for people to see if (the
greek system) is for them," Harless .said
There are seven fraternities and six so
rorities involved with rush this week There
are also three black fraternities and sororities
that don’t participate in Elon’s traditional
rush.
The total membership fee for a frater
nity or sorority could range from $300 to
$500 annually.
Bids for fraternities will be given out
Friday and .sorority bids will go out Sunday
A rushee for sororities must attend: Con
vocation, all lirst round parties, up lo four
second round parties (if invited) and up to
two parties (il invited). Fraternity rush also
included convocation and an open house
AI.S0, rushees must have a 2.25 grade
point average to pledge and have completed
12 semester hours at Elon.
Andy Ponzio, treasurerof Kappa Sigma,
said. “I agree with the sch(H>l imposing the
2.25 grade requirement to pledge a fraternity
or a sorority,"
D.J McGarrigan, a Sigma Chi. dis
agreed.
"A 2.25 average is not cxactly setting
the standard for excellence as it is And the
choice (whether or not to pledge) should be
up to you, not the school," McGarrigan said
McGarrigan explained that pledging
provides a structured environment where
one IS encouraged to study and a study hall is
provided.
One difference in men’s rush this se
mester wa.s a mandatory rush convocation
and open hou.se, Harless said.
She said that at the convocation a group
of men put on skits toemphasize the dangers
of college issues like hazing and alcohol
See Kush, Page 4.