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Page 10 •Thursday, February 19, 2004 NEWS The Pendulum Organization Crime Watch Briefs All information was compiled from Feb. 8 through Feb. 17 These are charges made by the Elon Campus Police and the Town of Elon Police. Catholic Campus Ministry- Our masses this Sunday, are in the Elon Community Church prcp:r. Join us for Mass on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 12:30 p.m. in the I’arish House, and at 9 p.m. in the Elon Community Church. America Reads- Looking for .some extra ca.sh this semester and enjoy work ing with children? The Federal Work Study program, America Reads, is look ing for tutors. If intere.sted, pick up an application in Moseley 230. I'eacliing Feiiows- Ben Wentworth, 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year, will be speaking in McCrary Theater on Monday Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Wentworth is a wonderful educator and his speech will be "The Motivated School, The Motivated Classroom, The Motivated You!" This event is free and the Teaching Fellows Program invites the entire Elon community to hear Wentworth. Safe Rides- Safe Rides runs every • Thursday from 10p.m. - 2 a.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10:30 p.m.- 2:30 a.m. If you are interested in volun teering come by Moseley, or call ext. 72.SO. You don’t need a car to volunteer, plus free pizza is provided every night! Elon University (iiospel Choir- The Elon University Gospel Choir will be hosting its annual Gospel Exu-avaganza Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in McCrary Theater. This is an opportunity to come out and enjoy some great gospel talent through song and dance. General admission is $3 or free with your Phoenix card. Alpha Phi Omega- Alpha Phi Omega is beginning the semester off strong by suirting new service projects and keep ing with old ones. Al[rfia Phi Omega will be running Safe Rides tonight and ushering at many upcoming events. PRSSA- The Public Relations Students Society of America is accepting new .spring members. Dues of $65 are to be turned into the School of Communications office by Tuesday. For additional information, contact schan- pimol@elon.edu The Pendulum nms oiganizational briefs free of charge as a service to the Elon com munity. Due to a limited amount of space, TTie Pendulum asks that briefs be inform ative of upcoming events and meetings for your oiganization. Briefs should be no longer than 40 words. All briefs should be turned in by Monday at 5 p.m. Feb. 8 Welsey Rumsey, 20, buying/ receiving weapon Feb. 9 Ashley Baker, 17, failure to appear Anne Castellano, 17, failure to appear Feb. 11 Alexander Baur, 21, speeding Kailey Crandall, 20, seatbelt vio lation Ana Desouza, 22, speeding Malwina Jakubowski, 19, seatbelt violation Neal Petrosky, 19, sp>eeding Sara Shisler, 21, speeding Rebecca Sparler, 22, speeding Courtney Tomaini, 20, fictitious license Wendi Wyrick, 22, seatbelt violation Unviersity encourages code of conduct at games Atheltic Department asks students to abide by gudelines set forth by SoCon Feb. 12 Maijory Bejos, 18, speeding Jessica Beyers, 20, speeding Lindsey Westcott, 21, seatbelt violation Antonio Williams, 22, speeding Antonio Williams, 22, buying/ receiving weapon Feb. 13 Ethan Boudreau, 18, possession of a malt beverage Jason Weiner, 18, possession of malt beverage Feb. 14 Jason Barrett, 19, possession of malt beverage Bryan Snyder, 21, obstruction of justice Feb. IS Brian Giuffra, 19, possession of malt beverage Kevin Mckenna, 18, vandalism Charles Mueller, 19, vandalism Feb. 17 Tyler Vrabel, 20, shoplifting Jay Dome News Editor The tnen’s basketball game between Elon and Tlie Citadel Feb. 9 was momentarily stopped when a player for The Citadel had to be restrained after attacking a taunting Elon student. The incident resulted in both individ uals being removed from the building. This issue of free speech at college sporting events has gained national recognition this month through media coverage of the incidents at the University of Maryland that included the televising of obscene language. However, issues of civil liberties and institution^ disci pline apply differently at Elon. “Since Elon is a private institution, we have the flexibility to establish guidelines in regard to student conduct at athletic events,” said Jana Lynn Patterson, associate dean of students. Head basketball coach Ernie Nestor expressed dissatisfaction at the actions of both the student and the player, but said he believes playere should be held to a higher standard. ’TIayers not only represent themselves, but also their teammates and their institution,” said Nestor “Our games are family activities and we have standards of decent behavior.” Elon abides by a code of conduct set forth by the Southern Conference as well as a code encouraged by the Athletic Department, according to Tripp Durham, assistant athletics director for mariceting, promotions and home game management. He indicated that a section of the Southern Conference code is read’before each home game. According to the code, “The Southern Conference encourages and promotes good sportsmanship by student athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments and other intimidating actions directed at officials, student athletes and coach es will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition.” “Our athletic department code encourages for our events to be conductcd with integrity and class in order to lead with a positive mes sage,” said Durham. “It concerns me when more negative energy is spent knocking the other team than positive energy uplifting our players.” Nestor expressed the importance of a posi tive atmosphere in winning games and stated that negative attitudes towards the opposing team do not have a positive affect on the home team. “Athletes are competitive beings. Any type of taunting will only propel them to higher lev els of performance,” said Nestor, who indicat ed his players feel the same way at away games. “When we are on the road, fans poke fun and root for their home team. It inspires us to do more to beat them,” said freshman guard Brian Jones. “We can’t go get in the faces of the fans. It’s a give and take relationship.” Duiliam indicated that they are taking the occurrence as an isolated incident and will con tinue to encourage positive sportsmanship at games. “I don’t think it’s a serious problem for schools in the conference,” said Steve Shutt, associate commissioner for public affairs for the Southern Conference, who described the incident as an anomaly. Durham said he believes the key to devel oping a positive atmosphere at athletic events lies in the fan base accepting ownership as our sports programs continue to grow. “If fans take ownership for their teams, they will want to conduct themselves in a positive manner. I think in tlie next two to three years we should see this happen,” I>uiiiam said. Contact Jay Dome@pendiilum.elon.edu or 278-7247. 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