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University Chaplain Jan Fuller, President Leo Lambert and Smith Jackson vice president and dean
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room, a prayer room, a meditation
garden between the building and
Gray Pavilion to the south, a kitchen
and a circular sacred space at the
northern end. The building is one of
the facilities included in the Ever Elon
campaign.
“I think the whole campus will
benefit from this," Jackson said. “1
think this provides a space like we’ve
never seen on this campus that is
being viewed by national leaders as
one of the most carefully designed
and thought-out facilities and
programs (in the country). You don t
have to be religious or identify with
a particular faith to be welcome in
this place. This is a place for people
to come and learn. It’s a powerful
beacon for everyone that there's a
place for them at Elon.”
The Numen Lumen Pavilion will
house offices for all religious leaders
on campus. Because many of the
current occupants of its offices will
be moving to the Numen Lumen
Pavilion, the Truitt Center will most
likely be turned into a campus Hillel
House for Jewish students. Fuller
said.
“What we’re trying to do as a
campus is support the individual
faiths and religions and world views
and provide spaces where people can
deepen those,” Jackson said.
Construction on the Numen
Lumen Pavilion is scheduled to begin
in December, according to Gerald
Whittington, senior vice president
for business, finance and technology,
and the building’s estimated cost is in
the upper $4 million range. Jackson
speculates the construction should
be completed within about a year. The
building is about 15,000 square feet,
while many of the other buildings in
the Academic Village are less than
10,000. The building should be ready
to open in January 2013.
“(The Numen Lumen Pavilion) is
very unique and 1 think that in 10
years, many liberal arts colleges are
going to look around and think, ‘What
are we going to do now? We should’ve
done this,’" Fuller said. “And you
know for lots of liberal arts colleges
it’s not a priority, but what’s unique
about Elon is that it is. The reason I
came to Elon, the reason 1 wanted to
come to Elon is because Elon has made
this commitment, and that’s what I
want to do with the rest of my life.”
Dining Services launches salad, soup bar at Varsity Sports Grill
Edith Veremu
Copy Editor
Students who often eat at Varsity
Sports Grill were greeted with an
addition to the menu and overall
change of eating arrangements after
fall break. Elon University Dining
Services and Auxiliary Services
launched a salad and soup bar, which
has taken the space once occupied
by a bar counter. This addition joins
the existing soup and salad bars at
1889 Grill Room and Croutons in the
Colonnades neighborhood.
“Elon Dining saw a need for a retail
salad bar on that side of campus,"
said Kate Nelson, Dining Services
marketing manager. “In an effort to
add a convenient, healthy salad bar
option to that side of campus we
chose to make that addition to Varsity
Sports Grill."
The idea of the bar has been in the
works since the past spring semester
and was developed in the summer,
according to Gerald Whittington,
senior vice-president for business,
finance and technology. Whittington,
like Nelson, said the salad and soup
bar is convenient for students who
spend most of their time near the
retail location.
“After the successful introduction
of the salad bar of 1889 in Colonnades,
we decided we needed a salad bar on
this end of campus,” he said. “For
those who want that option, this
would be a good choice for this side
of campus.”
Sophomore Conor Collins, who
spends most of his time in the historic
neighborhood and Academic Village,
said he has enjoyed the additions to
Varsity Sports Grill.
“The salad bar is really convenient
for people who have to eat quickly,
especially during lunch,” Collins
said. “I’ve eaten here twice, both
lunch times. They have salad and
fruit, so it’s a good variety and 1
think it’s good that it’s only one meal
swipe."
While students have all-you-
can-eat access to various salad
components and toppings through
the meal swipe, soup isn’t included.
Faculty members also have the same
access to this meal option like at other
residential and retail dining locations
on campus, said Whittington.
The salad bar will be a permanent
addition to the eatery’s menu and
location and is part of Dining Services’
commitment to accommodating
students’ dietary needs. Nelson
said. Whittington said the bar is just
another way of Elon responding to
students’ suggestions.
“We always look to create new
options like this as student needs
and requests change, we try to change
with time,” he said.
Dining Services gets local produce
for the salad bar, depending on what’s
in season. Nelson said. For Collins,
the various produce is excellent
because it allows him to select what
he wants on his meal, he said.
“1 usually get spinach and lettuce
both and ham, cheese and eggs,”
Collins said. “Then 1 go up after to
get some fruit. The salad bar is really
convenient because that’s where
people can come in and get what
they want instead of having someone
get it for them like at downstairs
Colonnades.”
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proposed changes to GST courses at Elon.
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Multimedia Editor Elizabeth Nerich shares the
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this weekend.
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