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NEWS
The Pendulum
Bell discusses media and the military in
his final public lecture tonight in Whitley
From p. I
“It’s a good thing we can bring
leaders like him to campus. It brings
a different perspective, especially
when you can tie leadership into it,”
Hanson said. “I hope students will
take the opportunity to see him;
he’ll have interesting things to talk
about.” -
Since joining ABC News in
1967, Beil has covered numerous
events that have changed the
nation, including the assassination
of Martin Luther King Jr. Bell was
also a war correspondent during the
Vietnam War, during which the
Viet Cong captured him and his
camera crew at gunpoint. Bell cur
rently serves as a professor of
telecommunications at Ball State
University in Muncie, Ind.
Last night Bell gave the first of
his two public lectures, “The Media
and Politics.” His second lecture,
titled “The Media and the Military:
From Vietnam to Iraq,” will be pre-
•sented at 7:30 tonight in Whitley
Auditorium.
In an interview with the
Pendulum late last week. Bell said
he was looking forward to his first
visit to Elon.
Bell said he hoped to address
how the media has affected various
Every White House tries to manipulate the media,
restrict access and dictate daily information.
(President) Bush has been far more effective in ‘stay-
ing on the message.’
political campaigns. A veteran to the
White House press core. Bell cov
ered Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter
and Reagan.
“Every White House tries to
manipulate the media, restrict
access and dictate daily informa
tion,” Bell said, “(President) Bush
has been far more effective in ‘stay
ing on the message.’”
Bell also offered advice for tho.se
interested in covering politics. “If
you’re covering a political cam
paign, tiy to maintain your distance
and objectivity,” he said.
Bell’s lecture tonight will reflect
what he said he considers one of his
most life-changing events, the
Viemam War. “It is very hard to pick
one (most memorable) moment.
There are so many different ones.
Viemam had the most profound
effect on me,” Bell said. While Bell
will cover the media’s impact from
Viemam through Iraq, he said “It
(Vietnam) was by far the least
restrictive war. There was no cen
sorship.”
In Vietnam, there was a policy
known as “space available,” Bell
said. If there was space available on
a plane, helicopter, or other trans
portation device, a journalist could
take it and go cover the news.
Bell will be using video during
his lecture depicting different ways
the media has portrayed war report
ing. In terms of Iraq, Bell said he
thought the media acted responsi
bly. “I think (the media coverage)
was remarkably positive, although
embedded journalists only get a
small piece of a big picture.”
Bell continues to work on radio
and television projects. He also
directs seminars on the politics and
the media for Washington Center.
Bell has spoken at many universities
around the nation, including his
alma mater, Northwestern, the
University of Pennsylvania, The
George Washington University,
Princeton and Duke, among others.
Contact Ashley Feibish at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
Undercover ring busts
students at six high schools
Kristen Sween / Photographer
Cummings High School was the site of several arrests in Alamance County
earlier this month.
From p. 1
Alamance High School basketball
star and UNC-Chapel Hill recruit
JamesOn Curry. Curry, the state’s all-
time leading scorer, was arrested on
two counts of possession with intent
to .sell and deliver marijuana and two
counts of possession, sale and deliv
ery of a controlled substance on
school property.
Each charge carries a maximum
sentence of eight to 10 months in the
Department of Corrections.
Indicted Feb. 16, Curry has
already been kicked off Eastern’s
basketball team and jeopardized his
future at Carolina.
“We are not at a point yet where
we can make a decision,” said Steve
Kirchner, director of communica-
tioas for UNC athletics. “We got to
let it go through the legal process
first.”
Kirchner said the school has no
timeline for when a decision regard
ing Curry’s future might be made.
Eastem athletic director and
men’s basketball coach John Moon,
who had two players in addition to
Cunry kicked of his team because of
drug arrests, said he was prohibited
from commenting on the matter.
Contact Steve Earley at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
University to decide new entrance to campus once construction is finished
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“It is especially critical to the university
that this second section stays on track,” said
Nunn. “The four-lane parkway from the
interstate will be excellent for Elon.”
Three locations have been designated as
village centers, areas that will generate eco
nomic activity tlirough residential or commer
cial property. Two village centers will be
located along University Drive at the inter-
.sections of Shallowbrook and Manning. The
third location is located at the nearby intersec
tion of NC 87 and Haggard Avenue.
Mike Dula, town manager of Elon, said
once the n)ads and developments are finished,
it will just be a matter or what the university
wants to promote as an entrance.
“Elon is actively working to find the best
possible way for a perscxi to come to Elon,
particulariy for the first time,” said
Whittingtcw who indicated that new construc-
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We are looking into the future of our ti^nsportation and ask
ing questions about what needs to be improved.
-Gerald Whittington, vice president for business
City of Burlington
Construction on new routes in Burlington and
Elon will eventually introduce Elon students to a
new entrance to campus.
tion will create Uiree new possible routes.
Administrators are considering two of the
routes possibilities for a new official path from
the interstate to campus, Whittington said.
One possibility will be arriving from the
north on Williamson Avenue, where people
would see Rhodes Stadium.
The second possibility will be entering
on Poweriine Road/O’Kelly Avenue, pass
ing by the new Koury Business Center, the
back of Belk Library and the McMichael
science building.
Whittington said that coming from the
west on Haggard Avenue by way of the
future intersection would not be as attrac
tive as the other two options.
Traffic circulation around campus and in
the surrounding areas should improve as a
result of the new roads, according to
Whittington. He said that students will not
have to sue shortcuts through neighborhoods
as often as they do now.
“Looking at how these developments will
help the traffic flow and allow easier access to
the interstate, it has cause d us to look at the
development mwe intensely around the cam
pus,” said Whittington. “We are looking into
the future of our transportation and asking
questioi about what needs to be improved.”
Contact Jay Dome atpertdulum@elon.edu
or 278-7247.