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The Pendulum
NEWS
Friday, August 26, 2005 • Page 3
A look back at Elon’s top headlines from 2004-2005
Student chained
with peeping
Elon Campus Safety and Police
arrested senior Jeffrey Heyer March
9 on one offense of peeping, a
felony offense. Criminal complaints
were filed three days after a female
student found a secret camera hid
den in a clock she received from
Heyer. Suspicious of Heyer's inten
tions, the student brought the cam
era to Campus Safety and Police.
Officials confirmed the presence of
video recording devices and seized
the clock radio, valued at $795.
Women reported that Heyer invited
them to be subjects of his art proj
ects and to change in the bathroom
that was allegedly equipped with
hidden cameras.
Off-campus house fire
causes damage
A house fire caused up to $50,000
of damage and killed a German
Shepherd and cat March 14. The
house, located on 420 E. Lebanon
Ave., caught on fire around 3 p.m.
The fire was deemed accidental.
One woman was in the house at the
time, but got out safely. She lived
with her son who was not in the
house at the time. The dog and cat
died due to smoke inhalation.
Elon receives botanical
garden status
File photo
resident Leo Lambert signed a
resolution declaring the campus a
botanical garden on Jan. 3. The new
resolution defined a botanical garden
as a collection of plants for the pur
poses of education, research or dis
play. The garden provides a positive
aesthetic experience, botanical and
environmental information for the
students, faculty and community. It
is a model of appropriate steward
ship of the environment, research
opportunities, and serves the public
as a community resource.
September 11 sculpture
visits Elon
A 9/11 sculpture, made up of 16
tons of structural steel fix)m the
World Trade Center, will stand
behind Koury Center at Elon for a
full year. The structure has cost
$80,000 so far, and needs another
$500,000 to complete its traveling
and construction costs. Creator, Jim
Gallucci, got the materials from a
Newark, N.J. recycling center and
money is donated to make the sculp
ture. Gallucci lives in Greensboro.
His wife is a biology professor at
Elon and his son is a 2004 graduate
of Eloa
John Glenn speaks
John ■ Glenn, a former NASA
astronaut and U.S. Senator from
Ohio was the featured speaker dur
ing Elon University’s Spring
Convocation for Honors. During his
speech in the Koury Center, Glenn
received an honorary doctor of laws
degree. This tribute recognized him
for liis contribution to philanthropy
File photo
as well as his academic achieve
ment. He also spoke at the dedica
tion ceremony of the new Ernest A.
Kouiy Sn Business Center and lead
a question and answer session in
Whitley Auditorium afterwards.
Students advocate unions
Students and faculty joined union
representatives to fight for Aramark
worker’s rights. Students rallied
together on April 29 and May 2,
wearing white T-shirts with blue and
red lettering that say, “We support
Aramark worker’s rights.” These
students gathered together outside a
dining hall, handed out T-shirts to
anyone who would support the cause
and then ordered lunch and sat
peacefully eating it.
“Our point is not for workers to
join the union, but to talk about the
union so that workers know that they
have the choice and will not be
scared about exploring their
options,” Jonathan Tellez, student
organizer, said. “The workers are
committed and dedicated. This is not
a movement to get them rich, but to
live more comfortably,” Tellez said.
Now accepting students
The Elon University Board of
Trustees voted Oct. 29, 2004, to
establish a School of Law, with the
program headquartered in down
town Greensboro, N.C. It will join
North Carolina's five existing law
schools. The charter class of about
100 students will enroll in fall 2006,
with a projected total enrollment of
about 300 by 2008. Leary Davis
accepted the founding dean position
in March.
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‘Take back the night’ rescheduled
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just for those who have been assault
ed, but for all Elon students,” Royster
said.
Prevention measures have also been
put in place to make the campus as safe
as possible, including a date change for
Take Back the Night (TBTN). The
TBTN rally, which in previous years
has been held in April, is an event that
gives survivors of sexual abuse a
chance to speak out and empower oth
ers to help put an end to sexual violence.
The night also includes music and an
outside candle lighting and march.
Melissa Askins and Liza Schirmer,
co-directors of Students Against Sexual
Assault, teamed up with several other
oiganizations to plan the event. “Due to
a much needed talk about sexual assault
we have decided to have a week dedi
cated to student safety ending with the
Take Back the Night rally,” Askins said.
The event is scheduled for 8 p.m. on
Sept. 29 in Whitley Auditorium.
Along with the Campus Safety and
Police, CrossRoads is also available to
students in need of help. CrossRoads is
a rape crisis center for both women and
men. “We usually suggest our clients
visit the hospital, accompanied by
CrossRoads. Our main goal is to talk
and be there for them,” said Christina
Griffin, a crisis response coordinator
A majority of CrossRoads cases deal
with victims who personally knew their
assaulter, known as acquaintance rape
situations.
A key factor to staying safe is making
smart choices. Never travel alone, espe
cially at night and stay in well-lit areas.
If an emergency arises, use the emer
gency phone denoted by a blue light
throughout campus. Also, take advan
tage of the transportation programs,
especially the tram and the new E-Ride
program which runs during the week.
‘To be safe on or off campus, stu
dents first need to become more aware
of the campus and their general sur
roundings,” Gantos said.
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