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The Pendulum
October 23. 1975
accupressure’s help
Curvacious former students seeks
When all four of my brothers
told me that I was beginning to
look like the female version of
Lumpy Rutherford on "Leave it
to Beaver. " I knew it was time to
slim down.
Well. I've tried will power;
that's a joke. I’ve also tried Ayds
Reducing Mints; you know the
ad with the fat lady in the circus
■'before” picture and the Raquel
Welsh "after" picture. I've even
tried Stillman’s. Atkin's, the Air
Force, grapefruit — all bitter
failures.^
This summer while attending
school, my rmimmates (names
withheld to protect the obese)
and I spied an article in the
newspaper describing the
sensational accupressure.
guaranteeing to get those nasty
pounds off painlessly.
Accupressure. used for
centuries, involves putting
pressure on specific nerves that
carry brain messages. Performed
by a local doctor, a tiny steel ball
is placed with a piece of adhesive
tape on the proper nerve, two in
each ear th;ii when stimulated
should retard your appetitie. In
other words, you don't get
hungry.
I was astounded that my
roommates actually followed up
on ail this nonsense. I know' a
quack when I smell one — that's
why I was there getting my balls
inserted the very next week. I
figured, what the heck. I've tried
everything else; why not be
consistent and give this a run for
its money. Quite a painless and
fascinating pr(K-edure — each
time you felt hungry you were
instructed to rub the balls gently
which would reduce or alleviate
your appetite.
So I found myself sleeping the
usual eight hours and rubbing the
other sixteen. All the while I had
terrific guilt feelings about
blowing fifteen bucks because I
had no self control. Fifteen
dollars so I could have ears as
conspicuous as SpcK'k's on Star
Trek.
Up until the time we weighed
in. the doctor was btiasting 1009?
two- or three-pound-a-week
weight losses. At the end of mv
fust week and the second for m!
roommates, a weight loss of one
pound, a weight loss of m,;,
pounds, and a weight gain of one
pound? Guess who had ,he
weight gain. Yes, fifteen dollars
so I can have an extra handle bar
around my middle.
This isn't to say that
accupressure isn't effective for
some people, but in my case
well, nothing seems to work for
me. The only diet I haven't tried
IS the sex diet, and I'll start that
next week. Swing with The
Peiuliilwn.
Faces in the crowd
Question of the week
What do you do in your spare time at Elon?
by Doug Durante
"Most of the time I just lay
around and catch up on my sleep.
In the afternoons I usually go
over to the student center and
occasionally I'll chase a car just
to break the monotony. "
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Marybeth Glynn (All photos
by Doug Durante)
"I play tennis, party and try to
do homework. I also go to
Greenslxiro a lot to visit friends
and to go to the movies."
Marybeth Glynn
Burlington. N.C.
"I drink a little beer, play in
intramural sports, play pinball,
watch the lube and anything else
that doesn't take too much
strenuous exercise."
Dave Maynard
Durham. N.C.
Gayle Fishel
Dave Maynard
"I don't have spare time! When I
do. 1 try to think of ways I can
accomplish everything I have to
do. I feel guilty when I do have
spare time because I always feel
like I should be doing
something."
Gayle Fishel
Burlington, N.C.
Let’s clean up America
by Gary Spiller
John throws a can out the
window, tosses a candy wrapper
down, smashes a cigarette into
the ground, or throws some
messy debris out of his
automobile. Stop! Look at
America!
We have become lazy, and
consequently our highways and
vacant lots are becoming covered
with ugly trash. Approaching the
Bicentennial of the U.S., several
concerned Americans are doing
something about it. People in
New York, Maine, and other
states are organizing "clean-up""
campaigns. In North Carolina,
the Mocksville-Davie Chamber
of Commerce has sponsored a
junk car removal program and
organized a "Clean Sweep Day""
to clean up roadsides, river
banks, park areas and streets.
Elon College is no exception to
this problem. Walk across the
parking lot beside the gym, look
around the buildings on campus,
or just look around. Trash has
been dropped, even near litter
baskets. Most students
questioned in a recent survey
said people littered because of
their laziness, lack of effort and a
lack of being taught better. There
doesn"t seem to be a cure to this
Black Graduate Fellowships
Tin cans, bottles, and paper
are strewn on campus, right at
a large litter container. What
kind of mentality do we have
here? (Photo by Dave Shuford)
until all people at Elon College
(and other communities) pick up.
put up. and clean up. Let"s make
America clean for 1976! Let"s
start with Elon College!
Colonnades another year
by Lance Latane
Work is now in progress for
this year"s Colonnades. Elon"s
literary magazine. Deadlines
have been set for Dec. I to meet
a March publication date.
One of Editor Gayle FisheTs
major concerns is establishing
the publication as a permanent
part of the campus scene. ”We"d
like to see it become an
established thing, not just
appearing sporadically, " Gayle
said.
Operating this year with «l.‘)00
from SGA funds, the
Colonnades budget is
approximately s500 more than
last year s. This will enable the
quality of the magazine to
improve. The greatest obstacle
has proved to be lack of interest.
Gayle said. "Getting Elon
students to contribute material is
a problem; so far we haven't
received anything. "
"We need to arouse student
interest to keep it alive. We can
Duke supporting teachers
The Duke University
Cooperative Program in Teacher
Education offers a program
whereby graduates wishing to
teach English, mathematics,
biology, or the social studies may
work toward a Master's degree
and a teaching certificate while
earning a salary as a teacher.
Participants are placed as
beginning teachers (interns),
usually in cooperating public and
private schools.
The program is 15 months
long, two summers and the
academic year. Full salary will be
paid during the year of teaching.
The range is about ■*000 to
"iSOOO. University support
reduces the total tuition and fees
to be paid by interns to about
'I.SOO. Scholarships and awards
are available on a competitive
basis for the final summer.
Students who enter the
program should have an overall
"B" average. To apply, students
should write to the Dean of the
Graduate SchK)l of Arts and
Sciences. Duke University.
Durham. N.C. 27706^
Acceptance into the M A T.
program is conditioned upon
both acceptance into graduate
school and employment in a
cooperating school system.
Applications should be submitted
eariy, and no later than Feb I
1976.
be totally student oriented." she
said. In the past much material
has been contributed by
outsiders.
Essays, short stories, poems,
criticism, and art are needed.
Photographs are being
considered.
Open staff meetings will be
announced, and all interested in
submitting material or
contributing time are welcome.
All contributions will be
considered by the Colonnades'
five-man staff and faculty
adviser Phil Owens.
-Hunter-
(Continued from page I)
political scene in Washington.
About the '76 Democratic
presidential nominee, she said
that she didn't have the vaguest
idea, but "if anyone has an inside
line. I could get a goixl scoop. "
Correspondent Hunter is
presently working on an article
which deals with four former
House committee chairmen, of
whom Sen. Wilbur Mills is one.
"‘He was one of the most
powerlul men in Congress, and
now he sits alone outside the
House floor. It is very sad. "
With the support of the Ford
Foundation, the National
Fellowships Fund is offering a
limited number of graduate
fellowships to Black Americans
who intend to pursue a career in
higher education.
To be considered, applicants
must meet all of these
qualifications; (I) They must be
citizens of the U.S. (2) They
must be enrolled in or planning to
enter an accredited U.S.
graduate school offering the
doctoral degree in their field. (3)
They must be currently engaged
in or planning to enter a career in
higher education.
Fellowship awards for 1976-77
will include the full tuition and
fees required by the graduate
school, an allowance of x300 for
books and supplies, and a
monthly stipend of v300 to help
meet living expenses.
All applicants are required to
submit scores on the Graduate
Record Exam Aptitude Test and
one Advanced Test. The next
dates for administration of these
tests is Dec. 13. and the deadline
for registering is Nov. 12.
The applicant must write
directly to the Graduate Record
Examinations, Educational
Testing Service, Box
Princeton, N.J. 08.S40.
Applicants should request that
their scores be sent to "National
Fellowships Fund, Code No.
R.‘i487-4.""
The deadline for submitting
completed applications and all
supporting documents is Jan. 5.
1976. Notification of award
decisions will be made on Mar.
25. 1976.
For application forms and
additional information, write to:
Graduate Fellowships for Biack
Americans, National
Fellowships Fund, Suite 484,195
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta.
Ga. 30308.
History project offered
by Mark Sauer
The North Carolina Internship
Office and the North Carolina
Bicentennial are cooperating in a
program to promote student
projects within the framework of
the North Carolina Bicentennial
(N.C.B.).
Project selection will be judged
on a competitive basis with a
maximum of 20 students being
supported. An individual student
may receive up to sKKK) for a
project grant, and a team of
students (not exceeding four) up
to S2.S00.
Interested students must
complete a planning guide, with
technical assistance provided by
the N.C.1.0. staff. November 14
is the deadline for all
applications, with projects
beginning on Jan. I, 1976 and
terminating no later than May 31.
The N.C.B. was created by the
State Legislature to plan and
develop the celebration t)f our
country"s birthday. The
organization has three basic
themes: Heritage. Horizons, and
Festivals. Dr. George Troxler of
the Social Science Dept, is the
chairperson of the Heritage
Committee for Alamance
County.
Dr. Troxler needs interested
students to participate in an oral
history project. This project is
the gathering of historical
information from residents of the
Elon community. "Every year
we lose firsthand accounts of
important historical data; also,
students would gain an
invaluable insight into the
procedures one must follow in
researching and obtaining
historical facts.""
Brent Glass, a member of
UNC s Southern Oral History
Project will hold a meeting for all
prospective members on
Tuesday. Oct. 28. at May
Memorial Library. Burlington, at
7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in
either the student project or oral
history project should contact
Di . Troxler at CO-223.