LET FREEDOM RING i SLIDESHOWS Graham Ixjicis corrimenxirative event bonor.tjq lives lost on Sept. Tl ONLINE AND PAGE 2 ELON NORTH CAROLINA | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 1 VOLUME 36, EDITION 21 www.elon.edu/p6ndulum WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PAGE 22 2010-2011 GOAl professor PAUL CASTRO worrpsn's SDSfcfef ON'S MORg online ownscbeenwwt^ ENDULUM 16 percent of alumni are giving bacii compared to 53 percent at Davidson OJl^e. 36 percent at Wolford OJlegp and 33 percent at Furman University J PR06RAIHS TO ENCOURAGE 6IVING TKHBitiiilgt* w fatiNiH inugom !• UN mr MNis ‘TassRw’ SARAH BETH COSTELLO | Graphics Editor Elon strives to increase alumni giving Becca Tynes Senior Reporter With the use of social media and programs on campus, Leo Lambert, president of Elon University and those working in the schools Ottice oi Advancement hope the percentage of alumni giving will increase to include not only graduates, but current students as well. Lambert sent a video message to all alumni last week, encouraging them to donate to Elon. “I want every Elon alum to think of themselves as part of the future of this university, not part of its past,” Lambert said in the video. He went on to encourage alumni to remain passionate, committed and involved in the institution. “We e-mailed the video out to folks, posted it on Facebook and encouraged our alumni board to re-post it on others’ walls,” said Maggie Byerly, director of annual giving and parent programs. “We also tweeted the video and posted it up on E-Net.” 1. 1 » Byerly said encouraging alumni to give back to the school isn’t always a simple task. “1 think it’s really hard for alumni to see Elon as a charity ” Byerly said. “Everything looks beautiful at Elon, so it seems as if there isn’t a perception of need here.” . , Last year, 16 percent of Elon alumni made donations to the school, putting Elon on the lower end of alumni giving participation among similar universities. Wake Forest University had 27 percent participation and Davidson College had 53 percent. This year, one of the goals of the Office or Advancement and Alumni Relations is to educate students on how Elon alumni can help the school through their gifts and donations. Pass It On, a program that was presented at a College Coffee last March, is designed to teach students more about how alumni can give to the schooUnd where that money goes. . . .• “Having a higher alumni participation influences a lot of things," Byerly said. “The higher the alumni participation, the more likely we are to get larger grants and gifts from corporations. Byerly said Alumni Relations also began See GIVING BACK | PAGE 3 Administrators discuss alcohol and hazing with student leaders Liv Dubendorf Senior Reporter Throughout September, student leaders will attend a series of meetings with university officials to discuss the detrimental connection between hazing and alcohol on campus. The first was held Thursday, Sept. 9. The meetings follow university administration’s heightened concern about student safety after last spring, when incidents of dangerous amounts of alcohol consumption and issues of hazing occurred on campus. » t “The bottom line is the incidents ot hazing, particularly those Involving large amounts of alcohol, shouldn Leo Lambert President of Elon University be a part of this university,” Elon University President Leo Lambert said. , . ^ f Smith Jackson, vice president tor student life and dean of students, said students should be concerned about what occurs in their environment involving alcohol and how they can change it. “You need to know that if you re doing shots, and it’s almost always shots, this is dangerous,” he said. Hazing has a broad definition, but the student meetings are working to concentrate the discussions on destructive behaviors. . , » “Things aren't okay if it s violent, involves stealing or larceny,” Lambert The administration called on leaders from varsity sports, club sports, religious life organizations, performing arts groups. Resident Student Association and Greek Life to participate in this forum and make a difference on campus. According to the National Study on Student Hazing performed by The National Collaborative on Hazing Research and Prevention, “more than half of students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing.” This study interviewed more than 11,000 students at 53 college campuses across the United States. “When (the study) surveyed students about hazing, you see that it’s cutting across all student organizations," Jackson said. According to the study, the most frequently reported hazing behavior across all student groups is alcohol consumption in a group drinking game. “The point is that it s not confined to one group,” Jackson said. “The issue involves all kinds of student groups and all kinds of studerits. It’s an issue on the university level." Last April, three female students were discovered around campus with blood alcohol levels of more than .30. The legal limit for BAC is .08, if more than 21 years old. The cases had little in common; the women were in FOR THE LATEST INFOR different years at school, found at different times during the day, but all needed medical attention. Two were found unresponsive and alone. “Had students or police officers not taken any of these three students to the hospital, the results could have been disastrous,” Jackson said in an e-mail about the incidents last April. Taylor Martin, executive president of the Student Government Association, said there are many times when people feel pressured to drink, even if it is not directly implied by their peers. “When some students feel pressured to drink they can often drink more than they should and end up in an unfortunate position.” he said. Jenna Strucko, vice president of RSA, said the organization puts on programs at high-risk times to give students an alternative to partying and engaging in dangerous activities. “When you give students things to do that are sociable and fun, then they aren’t partying and going out," she said. “We want to give people the option.” .ELON.EDU/PE
