The Grizzly, April 16, 2015

Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 4-16-2015 The Grizzly, April 16, 2015 Rachel Brown Hunter Gellman Phoebe French Deana Harley Maddie Mathay See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Authors Rachel Brown, Hunter Gellman, Phoebe French, Deana Harley, Maddie Mathay, Christine Palazzolo, Niriesa Kalaga, Sophie Snapp, Jordan Scharaga, Nikki Djambinov, and Allie Cook IN THIS ISSUE: Student Senate pg. 3 The Lantern pg. 4 Campus Safety pg. 6 ~H!GRIZZ · LY Mike Neal pg. 7 o STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF URSINUS COLLEGE C OLLEGEVILLE, PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 16. 2015 _ VOL 39, Iss 23 Greeks collect clothes for prom Hunter Gellman CHOP unique." [email protected] Leah Garrity, the fundraising chair for Omega Chi, noted that Prom is a milestone that ev prom is a milestone. If you can ery teenager should have the op not go, especially due to sickness, portunity to partake in. Many some kids are left out from this teens are lucky enough to make experience. CHOP prom gives it to their proms, but others are these kids some normalcy in their not. The Children's Hospital of lives. Philadelphia (CHOP) gives sick Crowley notes that when the patients'the chance to strut their sorority was brainstorming ideas stuff at their annual CHOP patient for charitable events earlier in the prom. year, many of the members want The Omega Chi sorority and ed to work the CHOP prom. But Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity are they had found out through one of trying to make these patients' Crowley's contacts at CHOP that prom just a little bit better. Since the hospital was looking for dona right after spring break the group tions , and the idea took off. has been collecting old prom Many of the sisters in the so dresses and men's dressware to rority are interested in volun donate to CHOP. The group will teering at the prom, according to be collecting the clothing until the end of the month. Members from both Omega "e HOP Prom is a very spe- Photo courtesy of Alexis Primavera Chi and Phi Kapps have been cial event and makes CHOP Most of the pathways at Ursinus are lined with trees, including this main walkway through the campus, sending out campus emails to in unique." earning the college Tree Campus USA status. form students that the dri ve is on going. There are collection boxes - Emma Crowley Omega Chi fund raising chair in Lower Wismer, the Myrin li Tree Campus USA honors UC brary lobby and in the lobby of Tree Campus USA, an organization that awards colleges for their care-taking of Olin hall. Members of Omega Chi have a table set up in Lower Crowley. They would be doing healthy trees, has honored Ursinus for promoting tree planting and health Wismer to inform students about hair, nails and makeup for the the drive. girls getting all dressed up for big the Campus Tree Care Commit grounds manager Dave Bennett, Phoebe French Emma Crowley, the fundrais event. [email protected] tee met in the early fall we talked advancement office member ing chair for the Omega Chi so To this point the donations about Tree Campus USA," said Laura Armstrong, community rority, had come up with the idea have been corning in steadily. Ursinus received the Tree Spencer, "we realized that we member Brian Millard, and stu of donating dress ware to CHOP. Garrity said "We have been get Campus USA status for 2014, an were very close to meeting the dents Kim Nolan and Colleen As a child she and her sister were ting more dresses than things for honorable award showcasing the requirements, needing only the Monahan. at CHOP for a disease they both the guys. It's harder because guys 's dedication to tree life. tree care plan anq an Arbor Day "The campus tree care com share, so it has a special place in invest in a nice suit and keep it for ACCOI:<1111g to the Ursinus celebration." mittee is a group of folks who are her heart. a while, whereas girls will buy , ''Tree Campus USA The committee decided to try commi tted to the health of trees "I have a lot of ties to CHOP." another dress." Garrity also notes colleges and universities and reach the requirements. here on campus," said Spencer. said Crowley "I know a lot of for the most part once a girl wears 'leaders for promot "We had to write a tree care "The committee worked col pe9ple in the child life depart trees and engaging plan for campus," said Spencer. laboratively to meet the require her prom dress it sits in the closet. ment that puts on all the social staff in the spirit of "This plan had to address certain ments," said Spencer, "I drafted By donating it, the dress will have events at the hospital...1 was in elements that the Arbor Day the plan with input from facili new life and making a child in vited to CHOP prom in the past Campus sustainability planner Foundation required." ties, various members edited the CHOP very happy. Spencer is the chair of The campus tree care com but I have not gone. CHOP prom Connor Moriarty, the social Caml>us Tree Care Commit mittee members include environ is a very special event and makes a subcommittee of the UC mental professor Patrick Hurley. See Award on pg. 2 See CHOP on pg. 3 IIStlilirullbillity committee. "When WWW.URSINUSGRIZZLY.COM 2 - NEWS THEGRlZZLYI THURSDAY, APRlL16, 2015 Ursinus to continue rebranding Phoebe French es," said Yencho, "which means visual identity to better reflect The shield and the college name to those willing to give back to [email protected] being a lot more creative and the personality and character of will appear in banners and flags the college," said Yencho. "We're bold at telling the Ursinus story Ur inus," said Yencho. "Our new along our main walkways and also in a very competitive market, Ur Intis IS continuIng to make through the eyes of our students mark does that." across campus." so a renewed focus on our brand changes that began With the new and faculty." These changes will start to be "We're ~ooking to create a and our core values and strengths UrsInus shield and the web ite This is reflected in the student more uniform school identity," makeover. will help us continue building an profile on the new website as "IAI said Woodstock. "We want to Tom Yencho, chief communi V V e have a lot to be proud awareness of Ursinus across the communicate internally to us who cation officer, said that Ursinus well as on social media and in the of here at Ursinus, and we Philadelphia region and beyond." we are and what we're about, i not truly undergoing a tradi admissions materials. want that reflected in how we According to Yencho, rebrand along with communicating this to tional rebranding proce , but Dr. Louise Woodstock, associ present ourselves. " ing does not change the values of the outside world." more of a vi ual change. ate professor of media and com the college. Rebranding and making the "A brand is not a logo or a munications studie , ays the new - Tom Yencho 'To put it simply, we're trying Chief Communications Officer image stronger and more uniform tagline," said Yencho, "It's the hield serves a few purposes. to tell our story in a more com will help keep Ursinus fresh and promise you keep with your au 'The shield echoes the colle pelling and visual way," said Yen giate image around the country," new in the eyes of prospective cho, "and we're going to do that dience-primarily our students seen on campus as well. said Woodstock, "so there is an students. With colleges being so by staying authentic and true to and the expectations they have "Over the course of the semes element of familiarity. We are try competitive, the intention is to who we are." of you. So in many re pects, our ter and into the next academic ing to express historical continu year, you'll start seeing the red make Ursinus stand out. brand is not changing." ity while at the same time being and 'old gold' shields appear in all "We have a lot to be proud of That promise is a message that Follow us on contemporary and fresh." of our materials, publications and here at Ursinus and we want that Ursinus wants to spread to it's Twitter! Yencho said that the new shield digital communications," said reflected in how we present our students. @ursinusgrizzly is a better use of the Ursinus red Yencho. "They'll also be confi sel ves to prospecti ve students, to "What we are aggressively and gold colors. "We wanted our dently displayed across campus. future faculty and employees and doing is fine-tuning our messag- service-learning project. is so great about this recogni Award continued from pg. 1 Dean Debbie Nolan is proud tion is that Ursinus College has that Ursinus has received this a clear commitment to hav- plan, Dave Bennett organized award. "Ursinus has a long his ing a beautiful tree canopy on the tree planting and Kim Nolan tory of loving trees," said Nolan, campus," said Spencer, "the took charge of advertising.

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