WILSON
THE BILLBOARD
Fall 2015 Issue 2
WILSON COLLEGE
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
National Eating Disorder Awareness Walk IN THIS ISSUE... Editorials 2 Campus 3
By Tiffany Cobb
On Oct. 11, Molly McElroy ’17 and 350 others traveled to Baltimore, MD to participate in a one and a half mile walk hosted by the National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) Center in response to the Beautiful Me program. Beautiful Me is a campaign created by McElroy that focuses on bringing to light the harm eating disorders and negative body images cause. The NEDA walk is one of twenty-five being held this year. Each year the walk is held in different states in order to raise money to research eating disorders. However, that is not the only way that the walk provides support. “This walk is very special. Women and men who are currently battling eating disorders get a chance to walk and show that they are not giving up. Survivors get to walk to show hope for those who think they cannot make it. Family, friends, co-workers, teammates, therapists, doctors all walk to show support and encourage people to keep fighting. Many also walk in honor of those who have lost their life to an eating disorder,” states McElroy.
Fitness Center Capture The Flag
Around Town 4-5
C&C Coffee Company Capitol Theatre Alpha Fitness Bistro 71
Politics 6-7
Poli cal Call to Ac on First Democra c Debate Planned Parenthood Debate Participants in the NEDA Walk
Since the creation of Beautiful Me it has been a dream of McElroy’s to team up with NEDA and to help raise awareness for the battle against eating disorders. As a survivor of anorexia, she founded Beautiful Me to “help spread selflove.” She plans to one day turn Beautiful Me into a nonprofit organization. With the NEDA walk as the perfect opportunity to get involved, a team was entered for those who wished to show their support both for the cause and the people they know who are or have battled an eating disorder. Since her recovery from her own eating disorder, McElroy
Sports 8
Photo provided by Molly McElroy
wants to ensure that no one has to face the fight alone. In order to make a change she is “trying to prevent eating disorders by showing men and women that beauty isn’t always looks.” She always has an ear to lend and is willing to give advice to those who need it. NEDA is planning on hosting another walk in Philadelphia, PA for which Beautiful Me is planning on entering a team. Donations can be made and Beautiful Me t-shirts can be bought by contacting Molly McElroy at molly. mcelroy@wilson.edu or thebeautyinme7@gmail.com.
Sports Shorts Wilson Athle cs Director
Equestrian 9
Spotlight 10 Things
Life on the Outside 10
Halloween 11 International 12
Marital Rela onships The Gleaning Project
Entertainment 13-15
All Time Low at IUP Fever The Ghost Album Review Zombie Mania! Steve-O Comedy Show
Comics 15 Calendar 16
Update on Art Project By Taylor Sanford
Patrick Dougherty has been coming to the campus to work on the sculpture as promised. On Monday, Oct. 5 and Tuesday, Oct. 6, volunteers went to help with the project to gather supplies, the sticks, for the project. Professor Philip Lindsey drove Dougherty and the students using one of the Wilson vans out to a field to gather materials in Shippensburg. Together, Dougherty, Lindsey, and the students cut down and gathered a lot of material from trees, mostly branches. The first run was
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the second run was from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. These times will remain the same for volunteering throughout the project. On Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 8 a.m., volunteers helped unload the sticks that were collected from a truck. Later in the day, according to Lindsey, “Patrick stripped leaves, laid out the design, and marked the ground with paint and flags.” On Thursday, Oct. 8, “he dug holes for the vertical supports and placed the supports and set the scaffolding,” Lindsey states. Scaffolding is
Art project construction on the green
a temporary structure, usually on the outside of a building. On Friday, Oct. 9 the weaving started, and the progress is phenomenal on how quickly Dougherty is working. The project might even be halfway done by Friday,
Photo by Taylor Sanford
Oct. 16 with the how fast the project is progressing. The project is still going on and hopefully the sculpture will be done by Oct. 23. For more information or to volunteer, contact philip.lindsey@wilson.edu.