hursday, April 8, 1982
The Pendulum
Page 5
NJOYS WORKING WITH PEOPLE-Mark Albertson,
Ion CoUcge registrar, eqjoys working witli the students,
Kdty and staff of Elon College.
ybertson enjoys
lis registrar’s job
By Teresa Warren
“I like dealing with people
nd since we’re certainly not
lolated here, I really enjoy
leing registrar,” said Marie
Ubtrtson, Elon College’s
tgistrar since September
m.
“The registrar should be
tople-oriented, I think, and
Ve always enjoyed student
ontact,” he added.
“We’re highly computer-
td here at Elon. We don’t
Bve without those compu-
R. Now everything is done
1 them, and that has made
it biggest difference in
igistrar’s offices across the
Mntry. However, Elon is
ill one of the few colleges
on line,” Albertson
ointed out.
‘‘Elen’s on down the
and I feel real proud
jfthat. We’re still learning,
we’ve come a long
*2y>” he added. In fact,
tpresentatives from several
®Ueges and universities, in-
Wing Wake Forest, have
»me to Elon to look at this
computer system.
“Completion of registra
tion by mail has helped
everyone a great deal,” ac
cording to Albertson. Regis
tration day goes “really
smooth,” and the drop-add
process is done all in one
day.
“All the people in the
registrar’s office have a lot
of concern for the students.
We can appreciate the fact
that students are under pres
sure. But we don’t create the
classes; we just sell what we
have. All schools have clos
ed classes. We’re no diffe
rent in that regard, but we
always try to make sure
students get what they need
to graduate,” Albertson
said.
Albertson and his staff are
also responsible for clearing
students for graduation, pre
paring transcripts for trans
ferring students, and proces
sing all grades, both mid
terms and finals, besides the
obvious jobs of setting up
pre-registration and registra
tion.
Thank God for the weekend!
Pendulum photographer Nader Hamidpour
captured these scenes from Elen’s second
Anti-Suitcase Weeliend. Above, The Bass
Mountain Boys perform Friday afternoon
at Harper Center. At right, Ken Coleman
[right] congratulates Bob Wise, winner of
the first annual Elon College Foot Race.
Below, the jazz band Ivory performs in
Harper Center.
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^ ★ Record Rap ^
Van Morrison^s ^Beautiful Vision is clouxwjd
Virtrn c^tinn.
By Bob Moser
In his latest release, the
Wndary Van Morrison cer-
ainly reflects his recent
*Jtement in an interview
“'at he was “through” with
‘n’ roll.
Beautiful Vision” is far
tom a rock album, down-
P«ying Morrison’s powerful
'Dice with stilted back-
Pound vocals and a sub-
musical mixture of
Piano-led mellow and subtle
'Whm and blues.
is ironic that the al-
It
bum’s best cut is a simple
tune about a real-life worker
who cleans windows for a
living, while the rest of the
album consists of ambi
guous, dreamy ideas. ^
“Cleaning Windows”
combines lyrics which show
an amazing realism
with the best music on tne
album—an intriguing combin
ation of guitar and organ,
with an upbeat sax solo.
Most of the album is lost
in its visions, such as Morri
son’s dream of perfect
womanhood in “Northern
Muse (Solid Ground),”
which is chock full of the
kind of cliches that now fill
the lyric sheets of popular
songs (she makes me
whole...lifts me up, fills my
cup”).
Some of the ideas are
more clear, as in ‘ Dweller
on the Threshold” in which
Morrison sings about life
with believeable emotional
thrust (“I have seen without
perceiving/I have been ano
ther man”), backed by a
softly swinging horn section.
The majority of “Beauti
ful Vision” is lost in weighty
themes that are bogged
down with too-simple lyrics.
Morrison leaves the listener
yearning for more: perhaps
a breakout of his great rock
‘n’ roll voice, or some
concrete ideas on where
Americans are going.
Lyrically and musically,
“Beautiful Vision” seems
like a great idea that is never
developed.
The following rating sys
tem is used in “Record
Rap”:
one star—no merit musically
or lyrically
two stars—little value
three stars—some musical or
lyrical worth
four stars—superior in some
way
five stars—coherent; excel
lent musically and lyrically