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Anonymous gift funds
bell tower for stadium
Erica Stanley
The Pendulum
Thanks to a gift from an
anonymous donor, Elon’s Rhodes
Stadium will include a 57-foot bell
tower. The tower, which will stand
at the stadium’s entry plaza, is ex
pected to be completed in time for
the stadium opening in September.
According to Dan Anderson,
director of college relations, the
tower was in the original plans of
the stadium. However, there was
not enough funding available to build
it. “Elon was recently approached
by a donor who knew of the plans
for the bell tower,” Anderson said.
“The [person] made a donation to
fund it, and it is back on the schedule
now to be completed by the fall.”
The brick tower will include
a copper dome at the top with four
vertically-aligned bells, which will
be cast in the Netherlands and tuned
to sound the classic Westminster
chimes. The tower will stand at the
center of Victory Circle, a circular
drive adjacent to the stadium’s south
entrance. Its base will include a large
archway, aimed at allowing pedes
trians to walk beneath.
“This bell tower will provide
a dramatic entrance for Rhodes Sta
dium and will be a great place for
Phoenix sports fans to gather prior
to the game,” President Leo Lam
bert said. “The addition of a bell
tower to the stadium site will en
hance this classic collegiate setting.
Excitement is growing on campus
as we look forward to enjoying one
of the nation’s finest college athlet
ics facilities.”
Construction on the stadium
is running according to schedule.
By early summer, the primary struc
tures should be completed, with
work on the field and tower con
tinuing until late summer. .
The Sept. 15 opening foot
ball game between the Phoenix and
Eastern Kentucky University will
be Elon’s first in the new Rhodes
Stadium. Several gala events are
being planned in conjunction with
the opening game.
The bell tower will be built on
victory circle in front of the new
football stadium.
Courtesy of College Relations
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Adam Waterson / Photography Editor
Michelle Melvin and Mary Griffin walk across Haggard Avenue. Town police are concerned about the
saftey of Elon students while crossing streets on campus.
Police chief warns jaywalkers
Dan Schrot
The Pendulum
“Metal wins over skin.”
This is the message Chief of
Elon College Police Dan Engle
wants Elon students to remember
when using campus crosswalks.
Engle said he has received
two to three complaints a week
from motorists regarding Elon stu
dents walking across crosswalks
and nearly colliding with oncom
ing traffic. This most often occurs
when Elon students are headed to
their classes.
“The complaints have risen
in volume over the past year,” Engle
said.
The town and the college are
growing in population with notice
able growth along northbound
Highway 100. Elon College Cam
pus Security, the Town of Elon
police and college administration
want to take the necessary steps to
ensure safety.
Engle has begun to address
the issue of jaywalking by contact
ing The Pendulum to reach out to
students. Director of Administra
tive Services Jim Johnson said: “We
need to educate students to be a
little more careful. We do all we
can to make the streets safe. Stu
dents have to help us a little with
that.
“According to North Caro
lina law, pedestrians have the right
of way at a crosswalk ... when the
light is red. When the light is green,
pedestrians must yield to oncom
ing traffic. If pedestrians do not
yield, they are liable,” Engle said.
As goes for motor vehicles,
when the light is red, vehicles must
stop. When a “pedestrian is given
a citation for failure to yield to
oncoming motor vehicles, or if
motor vehicles fail to yield to pe
destrians, it will cost $90 in court
fees.”
However, there does not
seem to be much likelihood in stu
dents receiving tickets. Director of
Campus Security Chuck Gantos
said, “We have no desire to issue
jaywalking citations.”
Engle referred to an incident
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill 18 months ago;
a graduate student was run over
See Jaywalking on
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