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Vol. II No. 11
Elon College, North Carolina
April 15,1976
Spring Symposium takes a look at the South
by Susan Love and
Kay Raskin
Today elections for next
year’s officers are being
held in Harden and Long
Student Center. As of press
time, two students had declared
candidacy for president, Sam
Moore and Barry Smith; four for
vice-president, Steve Eanes,
Bill Gortney, Tom Shaw, and
Ron Osborne; and one for
treasurer, David Nichols. Any
student could have declared
candidacy before 4:30 on
Monday, April 12. The new
secretary for the SGA will be
appointed by the candidate
selected as president.
Barry Smith is a rising
senior who has served the
student government for two
years. Barry is the junior class
secretary-treasurer and a
political science and history
major. He says that he feels
more student involvement is
needed. He also says that the
entertainnjent situation needs
to be "re-worked” and that Elon
needs more entertainment.
Barry stresses the need to
improve heatih care services
and states that he has a bill in
by Fred Caudle, Jr.
This year’s Liberal Arts
Forum Spring Symposium will
be held April 20, 21, and 22. The
continuing tradition of
promoting the humanities and
cultural interests at Elon
College will focus this time on
Style and Substance in the
Southern Experience.
Although the symposium
carries the central theme of the
South, which is appropriate for
this Bicentennial year, it will
have two distinctive features: a
focus on style and a respect for
humor. "We will look to the
style of southern living as a
mirror of regional values," Dr.
John Sullivan, Forum adviser,
says. The Forum hopes to
present the "mirror of style"
with a touch of Southern humor.
Opening the symposium on
Tuesday, April 20 at 3:30 p.m.,
Dr. David L. Smiley will speak
on "The Problem of the South."
A native of Mississippi, Dr.
Smiley is known widely as an
authority on Southern history
and is a professor at Wake
Forest University. According to
a recent student of his, 'T)r.
Smiley’s Southern wit will send
you into the aisles with
laughter!”
At 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
Hubert Shuptrine will present a
program entitled "An Artist’s
Images of the South.” Mr.
Shuptrine is an artist who,
through his travels, has
attempted to capture the soul of
the South. His recent
accomplishments include
co-authorship of the book,
Jericho: The South Beheld with
James Dickey. His presentation
will be based on slides of his
paintings, mainly watercolors.
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30,
the Honorable Thad Eure,
Secretary of State for North
Carolina, will speak on "Stories
of Southern Politics.” Mr. Eure
will focus on story-telling as an
art with Southern politics as his
central theme.
Later in the evening, at 8:00
o'clock, Dr. Stephen A. Marini
will speak about "Religion and
Sports in Popular Culture." A
member of the faculty in the
Religion Department at
UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr, Marini
will explore the ways that
sports relate to a regional
identity, especially in the
South.
On Thursday, April 22, the
afternoon lecture features Dr.
Annette LeSiege at 3:30. Her
presentation is entitled
"Country Music as a Mirror of
Values" and will deal with the
different labels of folk and
country music. Dr. LeSiege is a
member of the faculty of Wake
Forest University.
Ending the series of
presentations will be the North
Carolina Central Dance Troupe
on Thursday evening at 8:00 in
"The Black Experience through
Dance.” This dance ensemble is
under the direction of Prof.
Nancy D. Pinckney of N.C.
Central University in Durham.
All afternoon programs will
be in the Mooney Little Theatre
on second floor and all evening
presentations will be in Whitley
Auditorium. Each program
carries college program credit.
Chairperson of the Forum,
Leslie Carter, urges all students
to attend these programs. 'The
members of the Forum have
worked extremely hard this
year in putting together the
best Symposium yet. We are
proud of our program and hope
all will support us as we take a
look at the &uth,” she said.
This is the kind of
opportunity the Liberal Arts
Forum is offering in this
symposium. "We cordially
invite you to look into the
mirror, to smile and frown, and
to celebrate the South,” said Dr.
John Sullivan, adviser to the
Forum.
Fire strikes Carolina dormitory
Jericho artist, Hubert Shuptrine, will capture "An
Artist’s Images of the South” through slides of his
paintings on Tuesday evening.
SGA elections today
at Long and Harden
the senate now pertaining to
this. Barry believes that
"everyone wants drinking on
campus” and that one of the
main problems is the lack of
participation in voting.
Sam Moore, also a candidate
for president and a rising
senior, is a chemistry and
English major. Sam is in the
TKE fraternity and has served
in the senate and on the
Communications Media Board.
Sam’s main goal is "to get more
communication between SGA
and the students." He also
wants to make better use of the
entertainment funds, to change
the emphasis of the SGA from
entertainment to political
activity in the school and
community, and to upgrade the
honor system and professor
evaluation. Sam wishes to
"provide more services for
Student Government" by
changing to a bank that will
cash out-of-town checks and to
improve the parking situation.
Steve Eanes, a candidate for
V.-P. and a rising junior, stated
his qualifications in an earlier
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by Mike Christie
Elon’s entertainment
committee learned the answer
to a mind-boggling question
that has plagued them year
long. The question is "How do
we get a large turnout at
campus activities?” With last
Thursday night’s 'Towering
Inferno,” Elon style, their woes
seemed to have been solved.
The day started off with the
weather forecast calling for
unseasonably warm
temperatures, and before the
day closed, most of Carolina
residents agreed thoroughly
with the prediction. Some even
going as far as saying, 'It's hot
as hell."
When calls were made
reporting the fire, Elon College
Volunteer Fire Department
(ECVFD as they prefer to be
called) responded immediately,
arriving at least 20 minutes
after the call, spending most of
that time circling our fine
campus. Our local firemen seem
to be rather friendly and
talkative characters, as many
were heard many times saying,
"Where’s that fire?" Before the
evening ended it was quite a
social gathering for local
firemen as Mebane, Graham,
Altamahaw-Ossippee,
Burlington, Alamance County,
Greensboro, and, of course, Elon
College were all represented.
Several fire trucks were parked
in the old parking lot across the
Fire trucks from several surrounding
areas gutted the parking lot and
neighboring streets of Carolina dorm as
firemen attempted to quench the flames.
(Photo by Robert House)