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Earth Day is just a day; Earth Week is just a
week, but sustainability is a constant concern,
especiaiiy on a college campus
NINA FLECK | Copy Chief | @elonnewsnetwork
^ N LIEU OF EARTH Day on April 22, the
Office of Sustainability is putting on Earth
Week; a celebration for the earth, and a
reminder that Elon University’s efforts to
protect the environment persist year-round.
Events will be held throughout the week to raise
awareness of sustainability issues and the initiatives the
school offers to combat them.
“I don’t think Elon falls short in terms of sustainability,
but I think that is a common misconception that Elon stu
dents have,” said senior Kate Pearce, the Eco-Reps coordi
nator. “I think that oftentimes individuals do not know ev
erything that the university is doing to be more sustainable
and to make it easier for students to be sustainable.”
The office addresses an
array of everyday environ
mental concerns, such as
food waste and production,
carbon emissions, building
efficiency, indoor and out
door air quality, climate and
waste on the whole — trash,
recycling and compost.
In order to sustain all
these things, there are more
considerations than the en
vironment alone.
“At Elon, ... sustainability is meeting the needs of the
present without compromising future generations’ abilities
to meet their own needs,” said Kelly Harer, the assistant di
rector of sustainability for education and outreach. “When
most people think of sustainability, they think of the envi
ronmental aspects,... but it’s also important to consider the
social aspects and the economic aspects. ... We call those
FILE PHOTO BY ELON NEWS NETWORK
> solar panels at Loy Farm are one example of
I how Elon stives to be more sustainable.
See SUSTAINABILITY I
ELONTHON:
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Selina Guevara
Elon News Network) @selenaguevara
A buzzer sounds in Alumni
Gym, signifying that $100 more
have been raised for Duke Chil
dren’s Hospital.
The crowd cheers, and the
buzzer sounds again. More
cheers, but the buzzer doesn’t
stop.
It rings 50 times in a row, and
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Smith residence hall:
the good, the bad
and the ugly
sophomore Caroline Free be
gins to tear up.
Free flew to Elon University
for the weekend from her home
in Pennsylvania in order to par
ticipate in Elonthon, Elon’s 24-
hour dance marathon. She’s tak
en the semester off because she
was diagnosed with Hodgkins
lymphoma, a type of blood can
cer, and is undergoing treatment
at home this spring.
“I knew I definitely wanted to
come back because I was seeing
firsthand what people are going
through and you never want to
see a child go through all the
tests and poking and prodding
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a\ « Elon sophomore uses
sister’s memory as
motivation
FUNDS RAISED
$452K
Participants of the 24-hour
dance marathon raised
$452,965.18. $100,000 more
than last year.
that I had to do,” Free said.
Free likes Elonthon because
it feels personal to her. both
because of her own experience,
and the chance she gets to listen
to childrens’ stories.
“Kids are there at Elonthon
to speak and I think it makes it
a lot closer to the heart instead
of just mailing money halfway
across the country,” Free said.
When buzzers stopped ring
ing at the end of “power hour,”
one of the event’s fundraising
pushes, Elonthon participants
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Elon runs, jumps and
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