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NEWS
The Pepdulum
Breaking through the bubble
O xJ
Schwarzenegger to replace
Davis as California governor
California voters elected to recall Gov. Gary Davis Tuesday and chose actor Arnold
Schwarzenegger as his replacement.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, 54.3 percent of voters chose to recall
Davis, with 47.8 percent of that group choosing Schwarzenegger as his replacement. Lt. Gov.
Cruz Bustamante was Schwarzenegger’s closest follower, earning 32.4 percent of the vote.
After the election results are certified, which can take up to a month, Schwarzenegger is to
be sworn in as governor no later than Nov. 16 and serve the remaining three years of Davis’
term.
Schwarzenegger’s victory came after a flurry of negative publicity just before the election,
including allegations of inappropriate conduct toward women.
Virginia senator’s wife abducted
at gunpoint in suburban fiome
McLEAN, Va. - Kathleen Gregg, 52, wife of Virginia Sen. Judd Gregg, was abduct
ed at gunpoint Tuesday morning, according to Associated Press wire reports. She was
later released and relumed home unharmed.
Jacki Smith, a spokeswoman for the Fairfax County Police Department, said Gregg
was greeted inside her suburban Virginia home at 9:30 a.m. by two unidentified men.
After taking out a weapon, one man demanded cash, the AP reports.
"The men drove Gregg to a nearby bank where they received cash from a teller. The
two left the scene in a car and Gregg called police.
Fairfax County officials said there was no indication the men knew who Gregg was.
Among competitors, Atlantic Monthly
climbs aboard college rankings wagon
The Atlantic Monthly magazine took to the college ranking business Tuesday, intro
ducing its 40-page, first annual “college admission survey”on newsstands nationwide.
Atlantic’s report, which ranks the 50 most selective colleges in the nation, will compete
with perennial rankings favorites, including U.S. News & World Report.
John Fox Sullivan, president of The Atlantic Monthly, said he hopes the list will
draw more teenage readers as well as their parents. The New York Times reports. The
magazine has reportedly been losing millions of dollars annually.
Atlantic findings, which Sullivan says were acquired using highly simplistic
methodology, rank schools at different places than previous reports. The University of
Chicago, for instance, is ranked by Atlantic at No. 39, while U.S. News & World Report
lists it at No. 13 on its latest survey. Atlantic’s writers said they wanted to emphasize
that “ a school’s selectivity does not necessarily reflect the quality of education it
offers.”
Sullivan told The New York Times that Atlantic’s list is not an attempt to compete
“head to head” with U.S. News.”
- Compiled by Lindsay Porter -
CAREER CONNECTION: Your link to the Elon Career Center
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic
Seminars
Internships: Applications are now being processed for spring and sum
mer internships in the DC area. All majors are invited come to the
Career Center to investigate the Washington. Center program. Extra cost
involved.
Winter 2004 Academic Seminar: Spend 2 weeks (Jan 4-16) in DC
attending a special two-week, four-credit seminar on current political
and media issues. Week one - In Pursuit of the Presidency, and Week-two
- Politics and the Media. Applications are now being Accepted in the
Career Center. Extra cost involved.
Full-time Spring Internship Positions Available
The NC Office of State Personnel is looking for students for full-time
(40 hours per week) spring internships. You must be a NC resident.
Opportunities for Communications Co-op, Policy Co-op, Accountant
Co-op, many Juvenile Court Counselors Positions. Stop by the Career
Center for details.
Upcoming Events and Deadlines (Check out web site at
tiniw.elon.edu/career and click Events):
IBM Co-OP Sign-up Deadline is October 7. The sign-up book is in the
Accounting Suite.
Walt Disney College World Presentation - Tuesday, October 21
McMichael Science Bldg, Room 115, 4:30 pm; RSVP to
walldebb@elon.edu.
Sherwin Williams Sign-up Deadline is October 16. Sherwin Williams is
looking to fill full-time management trainees jobs.
Sign-up online or email walldebb@elon.edu if you have questions.
New York Life Insurance Information Session for full-time jobs -
Thursday, October 23, Duke 101, 4pm - 5pm; RSVP to
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