Page 4 The Pendulum February 12,1981 Russia calls again An exhibition of “200 Years of British Water colours” opened Feb. 3 at the Priestley Fine Art Gal lery, 100 North Williamson Avenue. With more than 100 paint ings in this show, the Priest- leys have attempted to pre sent examples of this med ium from about 1770 to be present. The English have long been recognized as out standing in the use of water- color on paper in seascapes. landscapes and still life,” says Dr. Gerard Priestley, director of the gallery. Many of the paintings are from the permanent collec tion made by the Priestleys over the last 25 years. They are shown for the interest of art students and “those who love good watercolors,” Dr. Priestley says. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to sec the exhibition which will be up through Feb. 28, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1 to 6 p.m. by Mari Behrend Elon College will sponsor - a two-week tour of Russia this spring from May 26 through June 9. The tour includes visits to Moscow, the ancient capital of Tsarist Russia; Kiev, in the Ukraine; Tblisi, the cap ital of Soviet Georgia in the heart of the Caucasus; Gori, Stalin’s birthplace; Riga, the capital of Soviet Latvia; Len ingrad, formerly St. Peters burg and the resting place of Russia’s kings since Peter the Great; Novgorod, one of Russia’s oldest cities, dating back to the ninth century; and Helsinki, the capital of Finland. This tour is open to Elon College students as well as the public, and students may receive academic credit. The cost of the program is $1399, which includes air fare from New York, trans fers to and from the train station in Helsinki, hotel ac commodations in Helsinki, plus hotels, meals, tours and other extras in the U.S.S.R. Spaces are limited, so early reservations are ad vised. For further informa tion, contact Dr. David Crowe at extension 473 or at 584-0519. Renewal request Grant proposal for Title III funds nears T~ I mi ms t tm mi t Moscow University, the nata scat of Mghcr edaaitkMi of the U.S.S.R., wU be oae of the impressive sites during the two week Russian tour. Photo by Craig Harris. Gallery shows watercolor art Registration with computer relieves hassle for students by Robin SUff At last an effort has been made to rid much of the hassle confronting those who find themselves somewhere in the line at registration. Cables were laid linking computer terminals in the Alumni Gym to the computer center in the Powell Building in time for spring registration. Five terminals served in place of the one coordinating table that has proved to be a hinderance in the registration process. One of the functions of the terminals is instantly identifying class conflicts. Two terminals were placed at the end of the line to complete registration. At that point, students were officially enrolled in classes. The updated bill was based on the number of semester hours students took. This new process should enable registration to be shortened and more efficient, which is to everyone’s advantage, says Vice President James Moncure in Interaction, a newsletter to faculty and staff. State and national news briefs by Robin Stiff Plans are being made to request the renewal of the Title III Grant for Elon College. Faculty and staff will gather for a workshop at 1:45 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20. Purpose for the workshop is to determine major goals and activities for a new Title III grant proposal. The for um, to be held in the Mooney Theater, will be patterned after the post commencement planning ses sions that were held several years ago which identified many of the activities later funded in the $2 million AIDP grant. Those interested in this planning session are urged to identify those signiHcant ac- tivites in operation that can or should be developed to a higher level. Suggestions for new activities that will en hance the fjerformance of Elon College should be sub mitted. These activities will be identiHed, developed and re fined so that they will be ready for the proposal writ ing in June, later to be written into the final draft by December, 1981. “Celebration” services are held every Thursday morn ing at 9:30 a.m. in Mooney Theater. Each Thursday “Celebration” will begin with a call to worship in the form of a Litany. The Litany will be an expression of what has happened in our campus community during the previous seven days. Come and bring a friend. cont. from p. 3 he is faced with many obsta cles and is given little help by the administration. Why not help the upperclassman? They are the ones who will represent the college after their graduation. One would like to believe that these students had the encourage ment of the administration and faculty while obtaining their education. Cindy Vioiette International Pact. The Reagan administration has placed high priority on legis lation at home and abroad to curb terrorist activity such as the recent Iranian hostage crisis. Their goal is to create an international pact to up hold economic and political sanctions against terrorists and countries that harbor them. Ciirysier lias price edge. Chrysler Corp. will have a $150 to $400 edge on its two largest U.S. competitors next year because of concessions from its employees, lenders and suppliers, according to the Detroit Free Press. Garwood Guilty. Marine Corps. Pfc. Robert Gar wood was found guilty Fri day by a five-man jury of collaborating with the enemy during two of the 14 years he spent in Vietnamese pri son camps. The jury is ex pected to reconvene this week to sentence Garwood, who could get life impris onment. American Spy. Cynthia Dwyer, the American journ alist arrested on May 5 as a spy in Teheran, Iran, was convicted by a Revolution ary Court Sunday. She was ordered to leave the country and is expected home some time this week. Fetus Covered. An Ala bama Supreme Court ruling upheld a lower court’s ruling that an unborn child is a family member and is cov ered by automobile insiu-- ance that covers household members. Who Is High? N.C. Attor ney General Rufus Edmins- ten, while asking for an increase in budget for SBI vice units, told the State Senate Law Enforcement Committee that the price of dope is caught in the in flationary spiral along with everything else — “that SBI agents . . . can’t touch an ounce of sorry old mari juana anymore for less than $100 to $130.” DUI’s Up, The N.C. Dept, of Crime Control and Public Safety announced this week an overall increase of 5 percent in DUI arrests in 1980 in N.C. Alamance and Orange counties topped the state increase with a 25.4 percent increase last year. Local News Football honors Elon students and fans in the community will have a chance to show their appre ciation to the 1980 National Championship Football Team next Thursday night at halftime of the Belmont Ab bey game when members of the team are recognized and All-American runningback Bobby Hedrick’s No. 44 jersey is officially retir^. Free copies of the official team photo will be given out to all students.

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