Volume II, Number 2
Elon College, North'Carolina
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Parents Weekend—Homecoming
draws flack: Many “bummed out”
by Doug Durante
Reverberations reaching
the SGA show that the
students at Elon are upset by
the fact that two annual
weekend events have been
combined into one with the
merging of Parents Weekend
and Homecoming.
For the first time in Elon's
history the two weekends will
be one and the same time will
include a non-annual event,
the Bicentennial, in its
agenda. These three events,
which last spring seemed
strong enough to have their
own time slots, are being
reduced to one weekend.
Parents Weekend is a time
for Mom and Dad to come to
see the campus, meet the
faculty and get an overall
view of where their sons and
daughters spend 75% of the
calendar year. For students
who live any distance away,
this is a welcome visit
between parents and
students.
Even more welcome is
Homecoming; it is a part of
every college, the highlight of
the football season and one of
the most popular weekends of
the year among students.
Traditionally, this has been a
time for sitting back and
hearing a concert Friday night
followed by an afternoon of
WELN is Still waiting
by Doug Durante
Elon's chances for a radio
station were dimmed last
week when station manager
Look familiar? ^VELN is still
facing the same old hassles. (Ptioto
by Dave Shuford)
Auction bargains
by Rick Sherlock
Several students are finding
themselves in a bind this year by
moving off campus into
apartments. Not only has the
cost of utilities and food
consumed their allowances and
lowly incomes, but to furnish and
decorate has become impossible.
Many students are scratching
through their parents' attics and
cellars for long forgotten relics
that are better left alone or they
are fumbling through discount
stores spending double an item's
worth. A few students have
found a way of picking up these
necessities for what they believe
bargains by attending auctions.
Many auctions are run in the
Burlington area, on the average
of one or two a week on Saturday
mornings. TTiey sell anything and
everything, and the customer
pays only what he feels the item
is worth to him. Chairs, sofas,
beds, tables, dressers, lamps,
rugs—this list is endless, from
dryers to kitchen appliances. The
deal is usually a gotxl one. so
when money is tight, as it is with
most students right now. they
should check into auctions with
the local paper. Students may
have some fun on an otherwise
bleak Saturdjiy.
Bob Hurst received news that
there would be at least a
three-month delay before
WELN officially begins
broadcasting.
Hurst, however, along with
the rest of the station's staff,
feels confident that this snag
will be the last.
Congressmen Richardson
tVeyer contacted members of
the Communications Media
Board last week to inform
them that because of
complications within the
Federal Communications
Commission, all forms being
reviewed will be delayed for
about 90 days. Because of
staff and personnel problems,
the construction permit which
was scheduled for building to
begin by October 1 has now
been delayed until around
December.
Bob Hurst encourages all
students to join the station.
The first meeting of the year
will be held in the large lounge
of the Student Center,
September 24, at 7:00 p.m.
football and an evening of
partying on Saturday. This
has also proved to be a
popular time for alumni to
return, giving them a chance
to see the college, the team,
and the students.
The Bicentennial
celebration may or may not
have been strong enough to
survive on its own, but now
playing second fife to the
parents and homecoming, it is
likely to get lost in the
shuffle.
The effect the merger will
have on each student will
differ, but the majority seem
unhappy. SGA President
Laurie Hafner was probably
as surprised as any one about
the decision. The truth of the
matter is that Laurie was
completely bypassed. To try
to blame one person
responsible is not only
difficult to do but irrelevant at
this point because there is
nothing that can be done to
change the situation.
The students have usually
been the ones to decide
matters that involve their
parents and their football
team. Unfortunately for Miss
Hafner, her campaign
promise of making Elon a
non-suitcase college by
offering weekend activities
will receive a setback because
of this, but she may try to
salvage the situation with a
concert the weekend of the
home Catawba same.
Editorial Comment
Thomas Bass, director of
alumni and parent activities,
agrees that the compression
of Homecoming and Parents
Weekend into one has
become "an unfortunate
situation."
Time conflicts with an area
furntiure manufacturer's
convention thwarted original
Some students couldn't avoid drop-add day. (1*11010 by Dave Shuford)
(editor's comment continued)...
plans to schedule
Homecoming for Sept. 27 and
Parents Weekend on Oct. 11.
The convention on Sept. 27
has tied up motels for miles
around. Because planning
was done from the parent and
alumni angle, it was
ridiculous to invite them at a
time when they could not be
accommodated.
Therefore both events were
scheduled for the weekend of
Oct. 11 "with the idea of
making the weekend even
better, not to stifle it at all."
The Bicentennial Committee
then agreed to hold their
activities at this time and take
advantage of the great
number of people on campus.
Here is where the trouble
started. Students, who fill the
Homecoming football
bleachers and deserve as
much concern as alumni,
were not consulted. Only
after the plans were made was
the SGA, in the person of Phil
Goble, jiotified. No student
ideas or opinions were
sought.
We suggest that in the
future a healthier
administration-student
relation must be pursued.
How can the administration
not expect dissent from
students when they handle us
as pawns?
Student members, as
delegates we suggest, must be
present when matters of
mutal student-administration
interest are discussed and
acted upon.
—Lance Latane
Freshmen welcomed
by Paige Garriques
The new academic year
opened with an orientation
program which surpasses all
others in Elon's history. An
all-out effort was made to
welcome freshmen and make
them feel more secure while
they're being initiated into
Radio course beats WELN to the finish
by Paige Garriques
Interest in radio broadcasting
has officially taken rimt here this
semester. Although not in the
form of the long-awaited WELN
Marjorie l.ong, radio instructor.
station, this interest is being
channeled into a new radio
course.
Marjorie Long, who is
teaching the class, has had
experience with a large
communications department
(radio and television) at Western
Michigim University. Her course
will explore the history and
background of broadcasting.
FCC regulations, programming^
and management, writing for
sound media, and the use of
audio controls. Mrs. Long said.
"The students will at least know
how to create and operate a full
program themselves, even
though we're working in a limited
amount of time."
While commenting on nidio.
Mrs. Long noted a trend leading
back to drama. Radio
broadcasting contains all the
elements of drama plus audience
participation. "You fill in the
background yourself—stretch
the imagination." she said. In
planning and programming
during the course, the students
will think in terms of drama and
make use of these elements.
Last fall the Communications
Media Boiird tiH»k a survey of
student interest and received a
gtHxl respc)nse. A propt>sal went
through and the Curriculum
Committee approved the course
barely in time for drop-add day.
Open to 25 lo .W students, the
class has about 15 people
attending.
college life.
"This year each freshman
student was involved in a very
informal, small, co-ed group
which met together at set times
during the week." said program
coordinator Bill Sharpe. The
students got to know each other
and got acquainted with campus
life, academics. SGA. services,
and all Elon has to offer them.
Each group has a faculty
advisor and student counselor
who introduced them to the
campus and will stay with them
throughout their year at Elon.
Jennings Berry was responsible
for briefing the faculty in their
advisory capacities. Dean Frank
Rhodes is supervising the
resident counselors—another
new concept in making student
life more rewarding. The
program also includes counselors
for six commuter groups.
Dean William Long, who
produced this brainchild, said
smiling. "Freshmen orientation
is one of the busiest times of the
year for me. We hope this has
made entry more pleasant and
less confusing for incoming
freshmen."