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1 SMUIIJAI BETA BOLSTERS IN POPULARITY \ Membership has soared to 88 since Beta Theta Pi arrived in the spring IFC CHAPTER SIZE COMPARISON I Beta Theta Pi’s size is second only to Sigma Phi Epsilon m SIGMA PHI EPSILON BETA THETA Pi DELTA UPSILON LAMBDA CHI ALPHA KAPPA SIGMA ZETABETATAU SIGMA CHI KAPPA ALPHA 95 i88— 82 BQ- 64 63 I STEPHANIE HAY^ Design Chief STATISTIG COURTESY OF FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE MEMBER BREAKDOWN How many students from each class are involved in Beta >; W'il'fi'H'M'll'fM WMlPttWtt FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR 5 MEMBERS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR DUE TO FSL RECORDS |B!M lUMBERS m eEiii iHETii PI ELON’S CNIIPIER BUS BEIIlIBEIftPIlS 11 CUMULflIlVE GPflOE 3.41 FOUNBED IN 1B39 NUMBER OF CmS BEIIl IHEIft PI HftS NHIIONWIDE; 134 Madison Demmitt Senior Reporter @madi_demmitt Elon University welcomed its newest fraternity to campus this spring, Beta Theta Pi. With this addition, Elon now has eight Interfraternity Council chapters. The new Beta Theta Pi chapter, more commonly known as Beta, has a total of 88 members that span all four class years. With the second most mem bers among Interfraternity Council chapters. Beta has become one of the more popular chapters on campus. Though older fraternity chap ters at Elon are smaller in size, the addition of Beta has allowed for more men to ^become involved in Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL). “Our office looked at the data for men who are selected and not selected for membership over the last several years and noticed that approximately 50 percent of men who expressed interest were not being offered the ability to join a fraternity,” said Director of FSL Dan Faill. While there was large inter est in adding a new fraternity to include more males, Faill said Beta underwent a lengthy approv al before being added as an offi- See BETA pg.6 Is Elon's religious affiliation still prevalent? Historical influence remains despite decline in numbers Micah Spoerndle Senior Reporter @m f spoerndle In 1889, Elon College planted its roots just like most of the other esteemed colleges at the time: through the initiative of a church. The Southern Christian Conference chartered Elon .College in order to better edu cate individuals for the Christian ministry. Elon’s progression to its current status of no offi cial affiliation with any religion demonstrates.a great change in the university’s goals since it was founded. The Southern Christian Church eventually united with the Northern Christian Church to form the General Convention of the Christian Church in 1890. In 1931, this church body merged with the Congregational Church of England to form the Congregational Christian Churches. Finally, in 1957, the United Church of Christ (UCC) formed from the merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reform The Southern Christian Conference chartered Elon College to educate individuals for the Christian ministry. Church. Elon’s university historian, Dr. George Troxler, con ducted exten sive research on Elon’s his tory for his book “From a Grove of Oaks: The Story of Elon University.” He stressed that Elon’s founding was not much different than to the other col leges that were founded with religious ties. He said the prev alence of the church’s affiliation is decreasing over the past 127 years. On page 118 of Troxler’s book, he noted that there was no requirement by 1956 for mem bers of the Board of Trustees to be members of their affiliated church as they had been previ ously. Required Chapel was also eliminated in 1968. After hearing the statistic from the Spring 2016 Registrar Report See RELIGION pg.5 Elon faculty issues resolution against HB2 McCrory later makes provisions to bill Tommy Hamzik Editor-in-Chief @T Hamzik Add the Elon University faculty to the growing list of groups and individuals who have publicly voiced their dis- proyal of House Bill 2. In a resolution released Monday by Wally Bixby, asso ciate professor of exercise sci ence and chair of the Academic Council, faculty members called the controversial legisla tion signed by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory “an extraor dinarily discriminatory act.” The resolution was approved at a special meeting of faculty April 8 by 97 percent of those in attendance. Bixby said the meeting was called after 54 fac ulty members approached him about the issue. It was released a day prior to McCrory issuing Executive Order 93, which updated some of the provisions in the bill. “Elon’s faculty affirms its support for equitable treat ment of all residents and visi tors of North Carolina and its opposition to discrimination, prejudice, homophobia and transphobia,” the resolution read. “Elon’s faculty is con cerned that HB2 puts members of and visitors to our commu nity at risk of discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, trans phobia and unequal treatment under law.” HB2, passed March 23, has been heralded as the “Bathroom Bill” by many because it prohibits trans gender people from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with. It’s a response to a Charlotte City Council ordinance passed in February that approved LGBTQIA pro tections in the city. By not including biological sex or sexual orientation on a list of protected classes, the bill makes it legal to discriminate against those who identify with the transgender and LGBTQIA communities. Executive Order 93, announced Tuesday afternoon, expanded the bill to protect . SeeHB2 pg.6 NEWS STYLE Residence Life addresses problems with housing registration m Alumna creates documentary
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