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Volume 1, Number 7
Elon College, North Carolina
March 17, 1975
Hafner Campaigns for
Eight-Point Program
By Diane Costa
Laurie Hafner, a native of St.
Petersburg, Fla., and political
science major, is a candidate
for the office of SGA President
for the 1975-76 school term.
During her three-year in
volvement with the SGA, she
has seen some changes. “I feel
that in working with the
students some changes might
come about. There is a definite
need for changes. I like the
school very much, but I would
also like to better it, to make it
a finer school,” says Ms.
Hafner! “The changes I am
talking about are nothing
radical. It is merely stepping up
to what other schools have had
for twenty or thirty years.”
•'We should be treated as
individuals and adults. College
should prepare us for society.
We must learn to stand on our
own two feet and be mature
enough to face the pressures of
the outside world.”
Laurie Hafner’s platform
consists of eight categorial
stands. The first is that we
should initiate a “voting
student member on the Board
of Trustees” to ensure direct
communication. Laurie submit
ted a bill to this effect in the
Student Senate about four
weeks ago.
The second stand concerns
“equality in athletics.” Our
women athletes must some
times buy their own uniforms.
Scholarships are few. This is
highly inequitable when some
of our women athletes are
nationally acclaimed, she feels.
The third area is the
necessity of “visitation on
weekend evenings.” Three
times Ms. Hafner submitted a
bill to this effect. But three
times it was rejected by the
administration. She will con
tinue in attempting to reach
this goal.
The fourth area is the need
for a better student life in the
dorms, in the cafeterias, and in
the college in general. Stronger
men and women’s dorm
government is the fifth area of
her platform. More social
involvement in the student
body needs to be achieved. She
would like to see a Public
Interest Research Group or-
(PHOTOS 8Y OAVE SHUFORD)
Laurie Hafner
SGA presidential candidate
ganized and active on campus.
Lastly, better communication
between students, faculty and
administration is critical.
“I don’t think we are being
heard. I don’t think our
opinions are being respected or
that the Senate is a strong
organizational body even tho
ugh we represent the students.
What I would really like to see
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Four Candidates Compete for
SGA Vice-President's Position
Lu-Anne Winfree SGA
vice-presidential candidate
By Vicki Moeser
Lu-Anne Winfree. sopho
more, is a candidate for
vice-president of the SGA for
the 1976-76 academic year.
Having much experience in
student government, Lu-Anne
was president of her freshman
class, is now president of the
sophomore class, parlimenta-
rian of the Senate, member of
the judicial committee, campus
affairs committee and student
life committee.
Lu-Anne would “like to make
the student government mean
more to the student body than
just $12.50 a semester.”
From Greensboro and major
ing in business administration,
Lu-Anne also works in the
financial aid office. She has a
3.22 grade point average.
“I would like to improve
communications between the
administration and students.
Elon is a good school,”
Lu-Anne stated. “Students just
need to become more involved.
A solution can be to have more
of the administration and
faculty become responsive."
Idealistically, Lu-Anne would
like to go on to law school after
graduation. If this is not
possible, perhaps she will be a
recreational director.
"If elected,” Lu-Anne said,
■ I will expect as much out of
the Senate as they will expect
from me. The vice-president is
the speaker of the Senate, and I
think 1 can capably handle the
job.”
Lu-Anne will live on-campus
next year.
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Randy Worsham, a junior
from Manassas, Va., is also a
candidate for vice-president of
the SGA. If elected he will work
toward visitation for men and
women on an equal basis, and
offering better academic as
well as social programs on
campus. He would like to see
more courses offered within
specific majors.
Randy hopes ”to have better
cooperation with the admini
stration with nothing more than
vague answers.”
A history-political science
major, Randy is also active in
Kappa Sigma fraternity and
intramural sports.
After graduation Randy
would like to work with the
State Department, perhaps in a
foreign country.
Randy will live off-campus
next year.
Snotherly Opts for
“Total Involvement”
By Diane Costa
Bill Snotherly, a junior from
Raleigh, is one of the two
candidates for the office of SGA
president. Bill is an active
member of APO fraternity and
past president of Mathetians, a
religious service organization.
He was the co-chairman of the
Echo walkathon.
Snotherly has sent a letter to
30 friends announcing his
candidacy. These are excerpts
from his letter:
“Total Involvement of the
student body is needed now!
Neither the extreme liberal nor
the extreme conservative
persuasion can improve stu-
dent-administration feelings. A
feeling of concern and
obligation has excited me into
filing for the office of President
of the Student Government
Association.”
“What can Bill Snotherly
give to the SGA? Himself, or
his time, energy, determination
and 24-hour concern for
student problems and wishes.”
“Total Involvement is the
key to getting something
accomplished. Petitions, polls
and word of mouth are but
some of the vital means for
attacking a problem. The job of
administering student affairs
belongs to the Senate and
executive officers. Elect me
SGA president and you will
have someone whp will work for
the entire student."
“In short, my platform is;
careful and evaluatative con
sideration will be given to all
seeking appointment as chair
men of SGA committees. I shall
strive to be wholly unemotional
and non-biased in all govern
ment duties."
Other areas of student life
Bill Snotherly
SGA presidential candidate
that Bill felt needed improving
were the situation of Elon as a
■'suitcase college” and the
need for more diverse and
frequent entertainment, not
necessarily concerts. The
Lyceum program is one in
which Snotherly felt more
student participation would be
desirable. He though the
amount of funds allotted was
worthwhile.
Bill feels that his biggest job
as SGA president would be the
selection of committees and
their chairmen. “To ensure
student involvement, polling is
a necessity; all those telephone
calls and letters don’t work.”
The approximately 900
commuters, or 40 per cent of
the student body, need “more
say-so.” The Coffeehouse, he
felt, was a worthwhile
function, bringing top movies
and other forms of entertain
ment, including Jack White,
the pool shark. The need for
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Spence Family Gift Brings
47,000 Volumes to Library
Rand.v Worsham SGA
vice-presidential candidate
A gift by the family of a
Greensboro businessman has
made it possible for Elon
College to purchase the library
of the recently closed Stratford
College in Danville, Va. The
47,000-volume collection has
been appraised at over
$750,000. It has been estimated
that a similar collection through
annual purchases, with proper
allowance for inflation, would
cost over $1 million.
The purchase was made
possible by a gift from the
family of Royall H. Spence Sr.,
including his wife Dolly L.,
daughters Mary Spence Boxley
and Dolly Spence Dowdy, and
son Royall H. Spence, Jr., a
member of the Elon College
Hoard of Trustees.
"This gift must rank as one
of the significant contributions
in the history of Elon College,”
said Dr. Fred Young, president
of Elon College. “The library is
the heart of the college
academic program.”
The Stratford library con
tains 47,315 volumes, the card
catalogue, the shelving, study
carrels, tables, and chairs. The
collection will increase Elon
holdings by approximately 50
per cent, bringing the number
of volumes to more than
145.000.
“We will begin moving the
collection right away and, since
it is already catalogued and will
be housed as a unit, our
students and faculty will have
access to the books just as soon
as we move it,” said Elon
Librarian Theodore Perkins.
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