March 26. 1975 The Pendulum
Rumors of Fraternity Row Quashed^
Guarantee Greek Housing
lege does not have a definite
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Dr. Raghavendra Rao [right] challenges pocket billiard
champion Jack White, center, as students enjoy the game as
spectators. [Photo by Dave Shuford]
Rules on How to Increase
Boredom at Low Cost
College Canh
By Doug Durante
The five fraternities at Elon
College may be experiencing
great changes in their housing
system within the next few
years.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa
Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon,
Iota Tau Kappa, and Kappa Psi
Nu are all living in houses
owned by the college, but the
college cannot guarantee how
long this will continue.
Some of the houses are over a
hundred years old and in poor
structural condition. The col-
The Elon College faculty has
approved a new major in
Community Services which will
provide students with the
undergraduate background for
jobs in the social services and
allied health areas. This
background will include cour
ses on the nature of socisd
services work, philosophy of
services, and the psychology
and sociology of working with
people.
A department known as
Community Services emd Allied
Health will be established by
next fall. A faculty chairman of
the department will be
appointed for the continuous
development of the program,
placement and supervision of
interns, and as the liaison
person for the college and
cooperating agencies such as
hospitals, mental health and
social services organization.
Students seeking a B.A.
degree in this area will
complete a core program of
general education courses as
required of all majors at Elon
College. ?n addition, degree
candidates in the allied health
program and the community
services program will be
required to complete: Sociology
211, Introduction to Sociology:
Psychology 211, Introduction to
Psychology; Business Admini
stration 329, Data Processing;
Philosophy 221, Topics of
Philosophical Reflection, An
Introductory Course or Philo-
By Dave Shuford
“The best way to psych-out
your opponent is not to miss.”
This the advice Jack White
gives to anyone interested in
pocket billiards. Jack White is
the only pocket billiard
champion to be making a living
with his sport. He has been a
professional player for 20 years
and has earned an average
income of $150,000 per year.
He has appeared in the White
House on many occasions for
Presidents Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, and Ford, has perform
ed for the Queen of England at
Buckingham Palace, and has
appeared on numerous tele-
vision shows, including Johnny
Carson, Merv Griffin, and
housing policy for the fraterni
ties but William G. Long, dean
of students, would like to see
one established.
Unfortunately we are deal
ing on a day-to-day basis with
the rental of these houses,”
Dean Long said, “and if one
were to be. declared unsafe we
could not promise alternative
housing.”
Sig Ep, Kappa Sig and TKE
are all national fraternities, and
Dean Long feels that if it is
necessary for the fraternities to
sophy 341, Ethics; a Pre-Prac-
ticum, divided between campus
and agency; and a Directed
Experience, either at an agency
or in student teaching all day
for seven weeks.
Those who seek certification
in a specific allied health area
will meet requirements in that
area, to be determined. Those
who pursue a community
services major will be required
to take additional courses,
probably Sociology 311, Social
Problems: Sociology 222, Social
Group Work; Sociology 411,
Social Pathology; Sociology
331, Community Organization
for Services: Psychology 340,
Group Dynamics; Sociology
440, Administration, Super
vision and Financing of Social
Agencies; Economics 203,
Statistics for Commiuiity Ser
vices and Health Ceu-e. This list
of courses may be modified as
the major is established.
Areas of internship in
community services will include
potentially: social services,
mental health, alcohol counse
ling and rehabilitation, and
youth work. In allied health,
potential areas include medical
records, both two-year and
four-year programs, health
administration, and medical
assistant programs.
The new major was recom
mended by the faculty
curriculum committee to the
faculty at its regular meeting
March 7, and was discussed
and approved.
What's My Line.
In his appearance at Elon,
Mr. White challenged some of
the best players in the
audience, and then gave an
exhibition of his trick shots. To
prove his confidence, he
offered each person attending
the show $100 in cash and a
case of champagne if any of his
challengers won. The audience
left empty-handed.
According to Mr. White,
pocket billiards is second only
to golf as the largest
participation sport in the world.
He feels that in five years it will
rival football in America, as
soon as more professionals
emerge. With more players like
Jack White, it most Ukely will.
purchase new houses, financi
ally their changes would be
considerably better than the
two local frats.
The college is in no position
to being constructing new
houses and the rumors of a
fraternity row are unfounded.
“1978 is no magic number,”
Dean Long says, “There is no
telling what will happen by
then.”
The college would try to offer
any new houses available to the
fraternities to buy or rent, but
the sororities would get first
chance at them.
It is conceivable that one or
all of the fraternities could be
without houses if they were
deemed unfit to live in. Some
have taken steps to begin
establishing building funds,
but it would take years to save
enough money to begin
construction.
The college is in favor of off
campus housing for fraterni
ties, sororities and athletic
teams, but they can offer only
what is available which,
unfortunately, is not a great
deal.
About Town
News of
Main Street
By Lance Latane
Inside the Exxon station on
Haggard Ave. the conversation
shifted to the economy. How is
this town’s economic pulse?
“Right here, it’s not too
bad,” answered one of the
men. His partner attributed
this to the “good variety of
people” who find employment
in the jobs the town offers:
Ranging from managing a
business to working in the
Carolina Biological Supply or
teaching at the college. At
Town Hall, Beth Hetzel said
these establishments have
“helped our area immensely.’’
Lloyd Huffines, manager of
Huffines’ Texaco, said his
business has had “no let down
since the oil crisis last year.” It
is different in Burlington
however. In the industrial
section where station owner’s
prosperity depends on indus-
tires’ full production and
employment he has heard
complaints.
Huffines added, “Recession
doesn’t hit a college town.”
Doug Thomas who works at
Garrison’s Grill echoed that
statement. "If anyone is going
to spend money, it is the
students,” he said. Tommy
Coble, manager of the Pantry
which deals mainly with
students, said the recession
“hasn’t affected us a bit.”
But this student spending
has affected the Bank of North
Carolina. Manager Sandy
Wallace said that deposits as
well as loans have decreased.
This has hurt them but she is
optimistic. “Being optimistic,”
she says, “beats a gloOTiy
attitude.”
The compl3xion changes,
however, farther down the
street at the Laundromat. Here
five unemployed and aged
black men told their plight.
They receive social security and
As a result of an intensive
survey and careful observation,
I believe I have found a way to
make Elon College even more
boring than it has been in the
past.
To make ourselves effective
in increasing the tedium on
Elon’s campus, I shall propose
several carefully considered
tactics of strategic value. Some
of our comrades have already
entrenched themselves in the
game rooms in Long Student
Center, a vulnerable position in
relation to our cause. To
perpetuate boredom on campus
we must:
I. Continue to use slugs
instead of queuters to trip the
operation mechanism in the
pinball machines. This is a
particularly efficient way to
overcome the game supply
company as it hits them where
it counts—in the wallet. Each
time our cause unites and uses
slugs we gain a free game of
pinbedl, and the amusement
company loses money.
II. Continue to stuff paper at
the goal ends of the footsball
tables to ■ capture the balls
before they return to the
trough. This tactic alleviates
the honest and yet unnecessary
practice of paying for each
game. Some of our more
mechanical compatriots have
mastered the art of releasing
the balls from the trough by
means of a small wire touched
and jerked to just the right
angle. Again our cause
triumphs as the game rooms
lose profit, much to the
displeasure of the company
who supplies the equipment.
in. Continue to bring beer
into the game rooms. Skillfully
camouflage your beer cans
when you enter the game
rooms, but leave the empty
cans visible in the trash cans or
on the window sills as a stroke
of blatent disregard for
authority. This strategy is
food stamps. "It’s harder to
live on social security,” said
one, noting the steady rise of
prices. “All costs are up,” he
said. “Food is high, insurance
is high, rent and heating oil’s
high.”
In the light of the rest of the
town he said of the economy;
“It’s bad for me—I don’t know
about anybody else.”
powerful as a weapon for our
cause as it touches the moral
fiber which is as sacred to the
administration’s ideology as a
new hat on Easter Sunday.
IV. Continue to sit on the
pool tables. At present we have
made great strides in this area;
destruction is evident. A side of
one pool table is gloriously
loose and the pockets are now
removable.
V. Continue to make difficult
shots by positioning yourself on
the table. A shot taken while
sitting backwards looks profic
ient, and your belt buckle and
the brads on your jeans are
effective in tearing the carpet
on the table. Ignore the bridge
placed at the base of the table
which is generally used for such
shots; it is unnecessary.
I submit to you these tactics.
Feel free to employ these and
any other methods to quench
efforts to provide Elon students
with something to do. If we
remain united and achieve our
purposes, the administration
will be forced by the
amusement supply company to
remove the pool tables, the
footsball machine and the
pinball games; boredom will
prevail, greater than ever.
SAM Golf Tourney
The Society for the Advance
ment of Management of Elon
College will sponsor a golf
tournament in last April which
will be open to faculty, students
and staff. The 1975 golf team
members will be asked not to
participate due to the advant
ages that would be incurred.
Letters
Continued From Page 2
when the majority wants the
rule changed, then the rule is
not for the people, but against
the people.
John Zinunerly
Students Gather
Continiied From Page 1
student unhappiness, and a few
misunderstandings have been
cleared up. With future
meetings of this sort, maybe
more understanding will fol
low.”
The Pendulum will strive to
investigate and report » all
sides and ratimiales of the
decisive issues.
New Community Services
Major Approved for Fall
Billiard Champ Jack White
Challenges All and Wins