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ELON, NORTH CAROLINA | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010 | VOLUME 36, EDITION 13
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Elon University held its annual CELEBRATE! Week April
25 to May 1, hosting events across campus throughout
the week. CELEBRATE! started in 2006 as a recognition of
“student achievement in academics and the arts,” according
to the 2010 guide.
Above, senior Kevin Manship and freshman Katie Moran
act in “Jake’s Women,” a play put on by the Department of
Performing arts during CELEBRATE! Week.
Some of the headlining events included the annual
Student Undergraduate Research Forum April 26, the
Awards Day Ceremony sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa,
the 15th anniversary induction ceremony of the Phi Kappa
Phi chapter and student academic showcases.
BRIAN ALLENBY | Staff
The week also included artistic performances and
exhibits that showcased the work of students. Some major
events were a student art exhibit, readings by creative
writing students, Tapped Out!, “Love’s Labour s Lost, the
unveiling of the literary and art journal “Colonnades,” the
Black Box Festival and the Outdoor Dance Concert.
Also featured were a film festival and music
performances. Some of the music exhibits included an
a cappella performance of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the
Moon,” a world percussion ensemble and the Electric
Ensemble Spring Show: The Music of Woodstock.
See the full article on “Jake’s Women" on Page 14.
Mynhardt drops
felony charges
in case against
former students
Anna Johnson
Managing Editor
A felony assault charge filed against
John Cassady, a former Elon University
student, was dropped by the Alamance
County District Attorney’s Office April
29. The original charge stemmed from
an incident that occurred in 2007 that
left then-student John Lee Mynhardt
paralyzed from the neck down. A
felony assault charge against Clinton
Blackburn, a former University of
North Carolina Greensboro student
also involved, was dropped as well.
The District Attorney's Office
dropped the charges because “the
victim did not wish to prosecute.”
While the criminal case is closed,
the 2008 negligence civil suit filed
by Mynhardt is still under way.
Blackburn and Cassady are both
named as defendants, as is Elon
University, Lambda Chi Alpha Inc.,
Delta Pi Chapter at Elon University
and former Elon students Charles
Caldwell, David Williamson Wells,
Linwood Long, Brian McElroy, Robert
Olson and William Hartness.
The case file states Mynhardt
entered a party at 211 N. Lee Ave., a
residence rented by Cassady, Wells
and McElroy. Mynhardt’s complaint
describes it as, “an ostensibly open,
social party in the 211 N. Lee Ave.
house, whereby uninvited guests
were allowed to enter and alcoholic
beverages were served.”
The report reads Mynhardt and
then-Elon student Mary Kelly entered a
bathroom in the house and “defendants
Cassady and/or Blackburn forcibly
opened the door of the bathroom for
the purpose of ejecting (Mynhardt)
from the fraternity party.”
Blackburn and Cassady then forced
Mynhardt out a side kitchen door and
“at some point while (Mynhardt) was
being negligently ejected out the door
by defendants Cassady and Blackburn,
either they fell or (Mynhardt) was
thrown to the kitchen floor.”
It was after this that Mynhardt
See MYNHARDT I PAGE 3
Student, professor travel to Haiti for disaster relief
Uv Dubendorf
Reporter
Collapsed and destroyed buildings,
housing the entombed, forgotten
regions of people in need of help,
makeshift dwellings draped in blue
tarps and rows of tents in which people
make their homes — Elon University
student Danton Kerz and Professor
Prudence Layne said they witnessed
devastation during a service trip to
Anse-a-Veau, Haiti.
Sophomore Kerz is a member of
the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and
International Association of Emergency
Managers. Layne is an associate
professor of English and a member of
the Caribbean-American Medical and
Scientific Association. Accompanying
nine CAMSA members, the two traveled
to Haiti from March 26-29.
Kerz became involved in the trip
during a meeting for student groups
wanting to assist in the reconstruction
of Haiti. He said Layne was planning
on going down there on a relief and
medical aid trip. He spoke to her after
the meeting, telling her he would like to
become involved.
They went “down to Haiti for a short
trip with a group of doctors based out
of New York,” Kerz said.
The short-term goal of this trip
was “to talk the people and leaders
in the community about what kinds
of partnerships they were seeking,
what they felt was most urgent and
needed in the short and long term,
and to determine how best 1 could use
my talents to honor those requests,”
Layne said.
She said the group’s itinerary
included visits to schools and working
in a health facility preparing and
updating medical records.
“The major challenge was the
journey on roads in poor condition for
about seven hours from the capital,”
Layne said. “The drive was a minor
inconvenience.”
The community was left in disrepair
after the colossal 7.0 magnitude
earthquake hit the developing nation in
January.
There were “too many people
afflicted with illnesses that are
preventable or easily treated if only the
resources (financial and medical) were
available,” Layne said.
In the service trip, the group hoped
to improve the situation in Anse-a-
Veau.
“I was expecting to see utter
destruction, lack of infrastructure,
and many people needing help, both
immediate and basic. I had friends
who were down there right after the
earthquake, so 1 knew what 1 was going
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