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Editorial: Elon Day ought to be about more than money pg. 9 The Pendulum Elon, North Carolina • Wednesday, March i i, 2015 • Volume 41 Edition 7 f facebook.com/theDendulum www.elonpenclulum.com ^ ij ©elonpendulum JANE SEIDEL AND HALITAUXE-STEWART | Photo Editor and Sta« Photographer Clockwise from top: Elon University students said hello to people who tuned in to Global College Coffee. Cake was provided in celebration of Elon Day. Many students showed their school pride by wearing maroon and gold. President Leo Lambert and his wife Laurie participate in Global College Coffee. The second annual Elon Day, formerly celebrated as Found ers Day, centered around current students, alumni and friends of Elon. Members of the Elon com munity took to social media with the hashtag #ElonDay to share Elon-related anecdotes and pho tos in celebration of the universi- SeeELONDAY pages Inside: Death on the railroad tracks: As the number of fatalities rise, new safety systems are put in place pg. 6 The prominence of tattoos on campus: Ink becomes more popular with each generation at Elon pg. 12-13 Fellows Weekend: Winter storms make travel difficult for prospective Elon students pg. 2 Caroline Fernandez NeWs Editor The hashtag #ElonDay con nected thousands of Elon Univer sity students, faculty and alumni from around the world Tuesday in celebration of the school’s found ing and in hopes to surpass last year’s total of more than $100,000. “Last year it was a big change for us because we used to cele brate Founder’s Day,” said Presi dent Leo Lambert. “Elon Day is a new generation of Founder’s Day. It tries to bring in everyone from around the world. It’s a day to re member why we love Elon.” Donors presented challenges to other givers with the promise of matching gifts. Chris Martin 76 and his son NickTS gave $25,000 to Elon be cause more than 500 new alumni contributed a gift before the start of College Coffee. Kerrii Anderson 79 doubled all gifts up to $100,000 between College Coffee and midnight Tuesday. Cindy and Rob Citrone P’17 challenged that if 2,500 people made a gift by midnight, all gifts would be matched one to one. As of print deadline at 8 p.m. Tues day, 1,814 people gave to Elon. History comes to life in Alabama Elon students march alongside thousands in Selma 50th anniversary ^HOTOCOURTESYO^tOSEPHINE GARDNER Josephine Gardner was among the five students who the 50th com memoration of Bloody Sunday. Leena Dahal Assistant News Editor Five Elon students wedged themselves between thousands of people packed onto Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anni versary of Bloody Sunday, the attack on voting rights marchers. Among the students retrac ing the historic steps of Selma to Montgomery protesters was sophomore Josephine Gard ner, who was one of more than 20,000 people marching for fur ther social progress. From signs advocating for Asian-American rights to women standing for equality, Gardner said the 50th anniversary created a platform for several minority communi ties and social classes to stand against oppression. “The 50 anniversary wasn’t just a black movement anymore,” Gardner said. “It encompassed so many social groups—it was a march for civil and citizen rights for all.” The experience was made pos sible by GST 224 Nonviolence and Civil Rights course, a spring semester offering that explores how civil rights leaders and ac tivists employed theories and tactics of nonviolence to chal- See SELMA pages Kappa Sigma new member activities suspended Caroline Fernandez News Editor All new member activities in the Lambda-Lambda chapter of Elon University’s Kappa Sigma have been suspended, according to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president for student life. Jackson said the suspension was a response to an investigation inyplying .new. .members..in _the_ fraternity who were found by po lice in a Virginia cemetery early in the morning March 4. When the students were ap proached, they told police they were there to pay their respects. The cemetery in Abingdon, Virginia — a town of around 8,000 people located approxi mately three hours northwest of Elon - is home to one of Kappa _.Sigma’s.fo\in_ders. Jackson said the group did not damage property but was cited for trespassing in the cemetery. This marks the third Elon fra ternity-related incident in four months. In November, Sigma Pi was issued a three-year suspension for hazing, and Pi Kappa Phi is cur rently under investigation for al leged hazing. LANE DEACON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER New member activities for Kappa Sigma were recently suspended.
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