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Trio of seniors say goodbye to volleyball team page 20 Suspending Sigma Pi sets strong example against hazing page 14 Burlington schools fight educational challenges pages The Pendulum Elon, North Carolina • Wednesday, November 19, 2014 • Volume 40 Edition 28 www.elonpendulum.com Paying for less Uniform price for similar housing said to spread diversity $685 cost, per month, of a single room in both Mill Point and Danieley apartments while Danieley apartments have extra long twin beds, just like most hrst-year residence halls. Mill Point residents have access to a pool, commons building with social gathering space and a recreation facility.... And Danieley residents have a commons building with few workout machines and a Qdoba , * j. n , -A .• GRAPHIC BY KRISTEN DEMARIA I Design Chief A long-standing Residence Life policy of imposing identical prices for similiar on-campus housing arrangements has irked some students who say they’re paying more for lesser-quality living situations. At $685 per month, students living in single rooms at the Danieley Apartments or the Station at Mill Point pay the same price. Students living in residence halls throughout campus pay the same for a double room: $2,615.50 per semester. Residence Life said the policy works to prevent students clustering themselves in socio-economic groups, adding where one lives matters less than the academic experience. Story begins on page 2. Weaving his way to the stage Casey Brown Senior Reporter Assistant Professor of Performing Arts Karl Green has been creating costumes for Elon University’s performing arts department for five years. Known as blunt but nurturing by his students and fellow faculty members, they agree Green’s expertise and honesty make him a dynamic member of the depart ment. The 49 years of building his skill in fash ion and dance have made Green the highly revered professor he is today. From happy to hate Green was bom in King George County, Virginia, in 1961. His interest in fashion be gan with sewing at a young age, of which his mother disapproved. She had a different idea of what he should be doing. “I started to sew when I was five years old, and my mother didn’t like it,” Green said. “She said boys don’t sew, and boys go outside and get dirty. And I refused, and I kept [sewing]. She kept screaming at me, and I said, T’m not hurting anything. I’m just sewing.’” From then on, he fought against his up bringing. Green was diligent in school and received a scholarship to attend college at the University of Mary Washington where he majored in math and English. But after tak ing a number of art classes Green decided to attend a traditional art school. Green then attended Virginia Common wealth University, where he first received a degree in crafts, focused in fabrics. Through out the next two decades. Green would work in a printing shop, obtain a degree in fash ion, work in New York, teach at VCU, de sign wedding dresses and get his master’s in costuming, not necessarily in that order. But Green said during this part of his life, he never applied for a job — these opportunities pre sented themselves to him through hard work and connections. At 49-years-old, Green was a professor at VCU and finishing his masters when he realized he was no longer satisfied with that environment. With the guidance of a good See GREENpage 12 Students design custom majors Kaitlin Dunn Assistant News Editor When senior Isabel Nuesse started at Elon University, she knew she wanted to do something with business. After ex ploring her options more, she realized her passion lies in sustainable business and eco friendly-solutions. The only problem was that Elon does not offer a sustainable business major. In the second semester of her sopho more year, Nuesse decided to create her own major as part of the independent major program. Currently, six students have taken the initiative to create their own curriculum. There is a lengthy application process, re quiring several months of research, col laborating with faculty and planning. The first step is contacting Matthew Buckmaster, the coordinator of the in dependent major program. Buckmaster provides support to students throughout the application process and beyond. Of the dozens of students who have emailed Buckmaster this semester, only seven have set up a meeting with him, and only two have gone as far as com pleting the applications. “You really have to be driven to see the process through,” Buckmaster said. “It’s a rigorous application, and it’s not for ev erybody.” After speaking with Buckmaster and deciding an independent major is some thing they still want to do, students can begin the application process. Students have to design their entire curriculum with classes from three different depart ments. They then have to put together a committee of three professors who sup port their goals and plans. Finding faculty support is what Nuesse said is the hardest part of the application. “I had to meet with at least 10 pro fessors before I finally found anyone who agreed to help me out,” Nuesse said. “That was the worst part because they kept say ing it was a good idea, but it wasn’t a good idea to do an independent major. So I kept going back to square one, and it was really frustrating.” After students find their committee and plan out their schedules, there is still more work to be done. According to Buckmaster, it takes another month for students to finish their proposal and send it to the University Curriculum Commit tee. The committee is made up of facul ty members from all departments and schools across campus. Their job is to read through proposals and approve or deny requests for independent majors. According to Buckmaster, most stu dents who get this far in the application See AiAJORS page 2
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