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XXIX ISSUE
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Homecoming 2001 kicks off in style
Michelle Niland
Reporter
Student Government Associa
tion Secretary Susan Denny has
been thinking about homecoming
since she took office last spring.
She says that seeing the product of
her hard work will be well worth
the effort.
This week’s events, including a
masquerade ball and parade, have
had members of the homecoming
committee planning everything
from pep rallies to tailgating logis
tics in recent weeks. Homecoming
festivities will include members
from 23 teams and are expected to
draw hundreds of spectators.
“With this being our first year
as a university and our first year
with an on-campus stadium, we
knew we had to make homecom
ing special this fall,” SGA President
Trey Bolton said. “The changes on
Elon’s campus should be reflected
in this year’s homecoming celebra
tion.”
Students will notice the differ
ences in the addition of new events
and slight changes to past traditions.
Homecoming 2001 kicked off
with a semi-formal dance on Satur
day night. In the previous years, the
Resident Student Association spon
sored the dance, which was plagued
by low attendance and visibility.
Former SGA Secretary Katie
Gosselin says linking the dance to
other homecoming activities will
boost excitement.
Homecoming participation will
be open to all students, in addition
to members of organizations. Ac
cording to SGA, teams require 10
members and will be divided to
compete against organizations with
similar membership sizes.
“It allows smaller groups to be
involved without putting them at a
disadvantage,” Gosselin said. “I
think homecoming was seen in pre
vious years as a ‘Greek event.’ By
opening it up to residence halls,
smaller organizations and even
groups of friends, I think it will
draw interest from more of the stu
dent body.” Response from resi
dence halls seems to support this
statement. Groups of residents
from Danieley and Jordan Center
have registered to participate in
homecoming, with additional
groups that initially expressed an
interest.
SGA plans to adjust the tradi
tional parade this year. Denny
pointed to logistical problems in
sponsoring a moving parade due to
limited accessibility on streets that
surround Elon’s campus. Organiz
ers were forced to look for a loca
tion on Elon’s campus due to the
expected traffic for Saturday’s
game and the North Carolina High
way Patrol’s reluctance to close
Williamson Avenue for the parade.
In response, SGA approved a sta
tionary parade to be assembled on
the area between the Alamance
building and Moseley student cen
ter. It will feature floats from vari
ous organizations and will be on
display to judges and the public
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Fans at the Phoenix football
game will witness the 82nd Air
borne division of the U.S. Army,
which will drop the, game ball and
an American flag into the stadium
with a team of parachute jumpers.
“I doubt Elon will see anything like
this for a long time to come,”
Bolton said. “It should be quite a
sight.”
Scoring for this year’s events
is slightly different than in past
years, as each team is awarded
points for attendance at, as well as
Homecoming
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Phoenix celebrates a birthday
Jennifer Guarino/Managing Editor
The Phoenix celebrated its first birthday Monday at Young
Commons. The mascot was introduced last year at the
Homecoming football game.
Freshman class honors Hometown Hereos
Amy Cowen/Assistant Photo Editor
SGA sponsored a banner competition to promote Homecoming.
Erin Cunningham
Reporter
Elon honored five hometown
heroes Monday evening at a cam
pus-wide celebration in McKinnon
Hall.
The chosen heroes were selected
from more than 100 nominees.
“These people have been selected
because they are the best,” Fresh
man Class President Trevor Kincaid
said.
The “best” are the people who
meet the accepted criteria. The hero
must display a sustained commit
ment to moral ideas, a disposition
to act, a willingness to risk one’s
self-interest, a tendency to be inspir
ing to others and a sense of realis
tic humility. “We are asked each
students to nominate people who
make their home community a good
place to live,” University Chaplain
Richard W. McBride said.
“I think this is a great way to
incorporate student role models
from home here at Elon and be able
to share them with the Elon com
munity,” Freshman Class Senator
Chris Morse said.
Dottie Farley, nominated by her
daughter Kirby Farley, has taught
public school in Eldersburg, Md.,
for nearly 30 years. She was named
Maryland English Teacher of the
Year. She is a dedicated advocate
of the freedom to read and opposes
book censorship in public schools.
Farley has led trips to Europe and
Africa, as well as Washington,
D.C., in order to help students un
derstand the destructive powers of
ignorance and prejudice. “I keep my
world very human-centered,” she
said.
John Sutz, nominated by Rachel
Hitt, is the captain in the Montgom
ery County Fire & Rescue Service
in Germantown, Md.
Hometown
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