Hafner, Winfree, Goble Claim
Victories in SGA Elections
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8
By Debbie Cochran
Laurie Hafner, the first
woman SGA president in the
history of Elon College, was
swept into the 1975-76 office
with a 568-184 vote over
opponent Bill Snotherly in the
March 20 election.
Lu-Anne Winfree edged
John Ransone with a 298-271
vice-president vote. Phil Goble
defeated Pat Hill in the race for
treasurer with a 364-356 vote.
The senior class presidential
responsibilities will be carried
out by Pierce Evans with Fabin
Covington as vice-president
and Lynn Adeims as secretary-
treasurer.
Steve Leach, Jan Henderson
and Barry Smith will hold
presidential, vice-presidential
and secretary-treasurer offices
respectively.
Vickie Garland will preside
as sophomore class president
with Steve Dunlop as vice-
president and Steve Eanes as
secretary-treasurer.
There were nearly 800 votes
cast in this 1975-76 election as
compared with last year’s 200,
said Tom Hall, voting commit
tee chairman. “There Eire many
factors leading to his,” he
explained. “Last year there
was one voting poll as
compared to three this year.
Also The Pendulum gave the
elections much support and
enthusiasm.”
Buck Bayliff of the campus
shop offered a 10% discount on
all merchsuidise except books
and class rings for those who
voted.
Editorial
By Debbie Cochran and
Diane Costa
In an effort to clear
communication lines, The
Pendulum will try to placate the
student-administration feelings
so blatently in existence. Mark
Mancini, president of the SGA;
William Long, dean of student
affairs; Dr. James Moncure,
vice president of the college;
and Dr. Fred Young, president
of the college were asked to
express their views on the
“whys” for the student unrest
which became obvious last
week.
At Mancini’s suggestion, a
meeting of students and
administration was held March
17 in an effort to open closed
communication doors. The
walls of apathy came crashing
down when students packed
2nd McEwen to capacity.
One topic heatedly pursued
was the consumption of
alcoholic beverages on campus.
Previously, a bill concerning
Laurie Hafner
president-elect of SGA
The voting committee com
prised of students Barry
Bradberry, Bob Kinney, Rob
Cassell, Pete Eldridge, Cathy
Jolly, Randy Worsham and Jim
Little, sent notices to all faculty
members to announce the
election in classes.
“I feel Tom Hall did a heck of
a job with getting the voters
out,” said Barry Bradberry.
“He spent many long hours
and really gave it his all.”
“The voter turnout was so
good this year that Dean Long
is checking into the possibility
of a voting machine next year,
Tom Hall explained. "All day
tomorrow Senate elections will
be held in the student center
and we hope to have the same
voter enthusiasm as displayed
in the March 20 elections,”
Hall emphasized.
this matter was passed by the
Student Senate. At the March
12 Board of Trustees meeting it
was clearly and flatly rejected.
Earlier this year, a bill to
permit visitation was passed by
Student Senate, approved by
the dean of students, yet
rejected by the president of the
college. A prior refusal to
accept the revised Student
Senate by-laws added to the
student discontenet, along with
views of inadequate clinical
care. The administration be
came aware that unrest was to
be the key topic in the March 17
meeting.
Dean Long explained that
accusations against the admini
stration with reference to the
“strict campus” penalty were
not true. “As soon as this bill
came to my attention I acted on
it.” He called “strict campus”
categorically unenforcable and
“junior high school at best.
“In the future,” he said,
“more things need to be
written down for confirmation.
Elon College, North Carolina
Lu-Anne Winfree
vice-president elect of SGA
By Diane Costa
The new Student Activities
Center, directed by the Rev.
William Sharpe, has its
programs in full swing this
semester.
Getting students out of the
dorms, off the roads and
centering their extra-curricular
activities around the Student
Center is their primary
function. Although this runs up
a big bill, the SAC’s success is
evident by the increased use of
the Memorial Listening Room,
improved physicad appearemce,
increased number of women
using the pool room and
“In response to our infir
mary, I want students to realize
that if an emergency ever arises
on the weekend when the clinic
is closed, the student could
seek medical care and be
assured reimbursement by
talking to me,” Long con
tinued.
Speaking of the March 17
meeting he held with the
students. President Young
said, “This was a very polite
sort of meeting with no rancor.
It was positive in the sense that
it shows an active responsible
involvement of the students.
Everytime you have a contact
Uke this, it increases your sense
of awareness and under
standing.
“The student government
folk have to face the realities
that by and large we are
dealing with refolving complex
problems. I would hope that
there is a realization that not
everything we want is going to
be achieved. It is a right
important part of growing up,”
Phil Goble
treasurer-elect of SGA
increased number of soap opera
fans in the downstairs TV room.
The SAC office is located on
the second floor of the Student
Center, across the hall from the
pool room. Its doors swing
freely from 9 a.m. ’til 11:30
p.m. on weekdays and till 1
a.m. on weekends. The Harjjer
Center annex is open 6 p.m. to
12 a.m. on weekdays and 1:30
a.m. on weekends.
In view of their efforts to
make it a “Students’ Center”
they are opening the complete
use of all facilities to any group,
with prior approval by Mr.
Sharpe.
Dr. Young stated.
He said he saw three things
coming out of the March 17
session. “First, the bills that
came out of the Student Senate
£u-e referred rapidly to the
proper administrator, and the
author of the bill should then go
to the Board of Trustees
meeting and receive the final
response. Secondly, I have
asked Mark Mancini how to
increase student representation
on the advisory boards and
committees of the college,
although these are ample now.
Thirdly, it is my plan to
recommend that the night
before the Board of Trustees
meeting, they come to Elon and
give students a chance to talk to
the various committees before
the actual bi-annual Board of
Trustees meeting.”
Mark Mancini has expressed
his satisfaction in the meeting.
“I feel that the administration
now realizes the depth of the
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March 26, 1975
Poets Appear
In Recital
By Lance Latane
The Elon English department
and Liberal Arts Forum invited
their audience to “relax and
open your mind to poetry,” on
March 20 in Whitley Audi
torium.
Three distinctively different
poets found common ground in
presenting their images of Ufe
and its meanings.
Their poetry: Charles Eat
on’s structured and calculated
to project the tense and vivid
mood of the 60’s; Emily
Sargent Councilman’s restro-
spective images of youth and
faith; and Jim Bardon’s fresh
matter-of-fact approach and
honesty proves Councilman’s
idea that poetry is a “meeting
ground” between people.
The paid student workers in
the SAC coordinate its
functions and serve as an “idea
group” or advisory board to the
administration. These students
represent a wide cross-section
of the student body.
The SAC’s primary goals are
to unify student activities, to
find out what’s happening in
the arts on and off campus, and
make students aware of such
opportunities. Thus the SAC
serves as a publicity center to
organize the 15 or 20 posters
which can be viewed upon
entering the center on any
particular day.
Mr. Sharpe sees the function
as “co-curricular with the
learning experience of getting
along with people and making
decisions.”
Events such as the flick
festival in the pool and Jack
White the pool shark were
brought to the student body by
the SAC. Plans for kite flying
contests, car tournaments and a
bubble gum blowing contest
are now on the drafting table.
The SAC will continue in
striving to make Elon a
seven-day seven-night school;
not the four or five-day
“suitcase college” it now is
called.
In an all-out effort to improve
student understanding and
awareness, the SAC feels that
“If you have a problem and we
don’t know the answer, we’ll
find someone who does,” as
expressed by Mr. Sharpe.
Mr. Sharpe is optimistic
about Elon’s campus situation.
“Most people are really
interested in the welfare of the
community here; much good
has come out of it,” he said.
But he would like to “see more
faculty involvement with stu
dents, on a reinforcing basis to
what goes on in class.” Mr.
Sharpe concluded, “It is not
just student life-we’re talking
about.”
Students and Administration Gather
To Open Closed Communication Doors
Student Activities Center
Changes Elon’s Suitcase Image -