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Volume 31, Issue 18 What's Inside FEATURES Sticking around for the summer? Check out Sammy Squirrel and Elon’s Summer Programs. See p. 19 entertainment Have you seen the “Vagina iVionologues”? Check out the roller coaster of emotions at this play. See p. 21 SPORTS Crowd Stunner? Check out the softball team’s stellar record and conference standings. See p. 28 PENDULUM February 24, 2005 If it matters to you, it matters to The Pendulum. www.elon.edu/pendulum announces wmners Krista Naposki/ Photographer The newly elected, mopposed Executive Couivril momtx^rs Cameton Davis, B^any Massmen, Michael Bumbry and Wednesday. Diie to computer am to 4 pni. iti me jimwed f> 10 p.m. Uonda.y in fireplace Lounge Students to participate in first youth AIDS march Brittany Smith News Editor Students will participate in the Youth Against AIDS march Feb. 26 in Washington, D.C. Stevie Kloeber and Laney Clark, co-coordinators for Elon Cares, an organization that is part of Elon Volunteers! and Danielle Buonocore, a 2006 Periclean Scholar are heading the march on campus. On Saturday interested students from Elon will join over 8,000 other students from the United States and around the world in the march. Participants will march from the White House to Capitol Hill. When they reach Capitol Hill, they will listen to speakers talk about the prevalence and prevention of AIDS. The march itself was organized by the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC), in partnership with Africa Action and Advocates for Youth. According to the web site for the march, http://www.studentaids- march.org, the organizations are marching in order to fund “effective and science-based prevention pro grams, inexpensive, life-saving, generic AIDS medications, access to treatment, complete funding of the United State’s share of the global HIV/AIDS need and debt cancella tion.” In 2003, young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 experienced 50 percent of the new global HIV infec tions, Around the world, 10 million people aged 15-24 are living with See AIDS p. 4 Health goes mental during awareness week Krista Naposki News Editor The first Mental Awareness Week will begin Feb 28. Alpha Delta Omega, the human services honor society and a provi sional club for human services majors organized the awareness week. Each day has a different theme including suicide, bipolar conditions, depression, stress and anxiety and eating disorders. “Mental health was always some thing I have been interested in,” said Jennifer Collins, chair of the Mental Awareness Week committee. I have had friends who have gone through depression and have seen some instances of suicide attempt. Mental health is always swept under the table.” During the week, tables will be set up in Moseley Center for each day’s theme. Staff from Alamance Regional Medical Center’s behav ioral science unit will be at the tables each day from noon to 1 p.m. to answer questions about the subject of the day. Collins said that originally the committee was going to have a topic each month, but decided to immerse the campus for one week. On Wednesday, Ross Szabo will speak about suicide and stigmas related to mental illness. According to Szabo’s press release, he was diagnosed “bipolar with anger con trol problems and psychotic features at age 16.” His speech will include his per sonal struggle as well as things friends can do to help others if they suspect they have a mental problem. When organizing the week, the committee was not sure how they would afford a speaker because they did not have a budget. “There was so much wide support on campus,” said Lindsay Miller, Photo courtesy of Campus Speak Ross Szabo, visiting campus to discuss suicide and the stigmas related to mental illness. president of Alpha Delta Omega. “With all the responses you can see it wasn’t just us who could see the need.” In total, 14 organizations donated. Also, Mary Wise, {Lssistant vice pres ident for academic affairs, personal counselor Margaret Rhee, and Alamance Regional Medical Center helped the committee bring Szabo to campus. Collins said that Elon has not had a widespread campaign concerning mental health iind would like to begin doing so. “Even at UNC-G (University North Carolina Greensboro), people don’t like to participate (in mental health events). It’s such a private subject. It provides a huge barrier to us trying to reach students, you just hope that there are no drastic ups and downs,” said Amanda Tapler, pro fessor of health and See SZABO p. 5
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