Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / Sept. 29, 2005, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Pgge 2 •Thursday, September 29, 2005 NEWS games brighten cloudv day Volunteers were all members of Greek SOB^— -4^-— The Pendulums };:fi Mi HI .‘If Reporter On Saturday afternoon, before Elon’s game against North Carolina A&T, the Office of Greek Life sponsored the second annual Kids Day just outside the stadium’s gates. All 21 Interfratemity Council, Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternity and sorority chapters were represent ed and worked together to host the event and run the different games and activities available to the children. Kid’s Day included games, popcorn, and prizes for young children. The event provided a safe area for kids to play and have fun for a few hours before the start of the game. Games included a bean bag toss, bowling, can toss, apple bobbing and face painting with small toys and candies as prizes. Kid’s Day was started last year by Carrie Whittier, Director of Greek Life. She estab lished the event as a way to build community with not only the visiting team, but also with the faculty, staff and other residents of the greater Burlington and Elon area. The event really shows the ongoing com mitment of the fraternity and sorority commu nity to community service as one of the funda mental principles of Greek life,” Whittier said. Last year, the event was in November, and as per usual, it was rather cold. The event was moved to September this year, not only for its better weather, but also because Elon would be playing A&T, a game which usually draws large crowds from everywhere between Elon and Greensboro. h ishing for more oxygen details Volunteers were all members of Greek organizations, and many seemed to participate in the event to support the event as well as their respective organization. When asked why he participated in the event. Matt Robey, one of the volunteers, replied, “I volunteered to help out my fraternity, and because I enjoy working with children.” Many of the families and their children did not show up to participate in many of the games until the event was nearly over because they were concerned about the weather. “I think the weather was great, and fortunately it didn’t rain. I think that it maybe the event could have been promoted a little better,” Robey added. Assistant Baseball Coach Greg Starbuck and his wife April attended Kids Day with their sons McGuire and Banks. “It’s so nice when college students can give back to their commu nity. Their parents must be pixjud of them knowing that their money was well spent” Mrs. Starbuck said. Professor Steve Folger and his wife Kiki were also in attendance. “ Our children went to '‘^^ographef Trick or Treat on Greek Street last fall, and Devon Lewis of Sima Kaon, .n ^ , really enjoyed it,” Mrs. Folger said. sorority helps kindergartner Seaira Raimey select a prize- They always like to come to the Elon ™ “ events, especially when the students are involved, mostly because the students are so social and our kids really look up to them. They also come out for the candy.” Contact Mark Mizell atpendulum@elon edu or 278-7247. Battery power gets a boost From p. 1 Green algae blooms are caused by an increase in nutrients in the water, particularly phosphorous.” MacFall came up with a few theories on where the phosphonis could have come from the runoff from the driving range, the fertilizer used by the nearby homes, runoff from construction or from fertilizer used by the grounds crew here.” Upon learning about this problem Thomas Flood, superintendent of Landscaping^ and Grounds keeping, imme diately took action. He called MacFall and Touchette and together they went down to the lake and assessed the problem. Flood and his crew quickly setup a large water cannon type sprinkler to pump oxygen back into the water which they kept running all weekend. “Since the South Campus Lake is effec tively out of sight, we seldom look at it and have never treated it in any way for algae or applied any materials to it,” He added that fertilizer used on the driving range could have affected the lake, but only minimally. While this range does receive routine fertilization, we typically apply a light watering to help move the fertilizer into the soil in order to minimize the potential for runoff into the lake,” Flood said While the exact source of the phosphorus IS still unknown MacFall had a few sueees tions on what could be done to prevent another fish kill in the future. “I would like to see more stream restoration, more plant- Hood said, “We make great efforts to protect our environment and are proud to serve as stewards of this campus. We have developed a landscape management plan and an mtegrated pest management plan to protect our environmental resourcpg ” Contact Brandon Hughes at P^ndulum@e}on.edu or 278-7247 I'T Krista Naposki/ Photogfap’’^^ tor of Campus Anthony Bennett, Stmhy Ceesw aSf the electric ^ Coffee on Tuesday. Phwir^ipf^^^ o/ PhysiaJ Plant, drove t/ie cfenJO to conserve fuel for maintenance} yph ■ T' univmky are looking into ver sion of the four-seater elccLric cr Ph carts. D^-nasty also makes a tnJ j ^
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 29, 2005, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75