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Elon College, North Carolina
November 18,1976
New town plans promise to beautify Elon
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The Town of Elon College has
undertaken two major civic
improvement projects that it
hopes will make the town a
more pleasant place in which to
live, work, or simply visit Town
Alderman Shirley White is the
chairman of the committee
supervising the downtown
improvement project, and
Alderman Robert Olsen heads
up the committee concerned
with water system
improvement in the town.
According to Ms. White, the
plans for the downtown
improvement were started two
years ago by the town’s
Bicentennial commission. The
project itself is being handled
by Muldower and Patterson of
Atlanta, Ga. (the same company
that is carrying out the
downtown project in
Burlington X The town hopes to
make the village area more
inviting to a variety of
businesses. The town and the
College are working closely
with each other to make both
more attractive.
Pedestrian area
The downtown plan calls for
elimination of six parking
spaces on Williamson Ave. and
making the area an almost
completely pedestrian one. The
plan also calls for possible
curbing and guttering on the
street on which "Bill’s Blue
Room” is located. The business
buildings are to undergo a
simple facelifting, a
requirement for all new
occupants. A basic color pattern
and design will be suggested for
all buildings. With the approval
of the telephone company, the
poles along Williamson Ave.
will be moved to the rear of the
block. Duke Power has already
given its approval for having
the lines moved.
The project will be financed
a proposed federad grant of
$50-75,000. One requirement
that a locality must meet before
it can receive a grant is to
assure Washington that the
money will provide public
works jobs. Because Alamance
County has a high
imemployment rate, Ms. White
believes the chances of the town
being approved for the grant are
very go^ She says, "With a
little co(^ration, this could be
one of the nicest college towns
around.”
Traffic congestion
The problem of traffic
congestion is also being studied
by the board of aldermen. In
1974, traffic volume on
Haggard Ave. ran anywhere
from 7,500-8,100 average daily
vehicles. By 1995 the volume of
traffic is expected to be in the
11,400-14,300 range for average
daily vehicles. These figures
also include a large volume of
through truck traffic, which is
even more evident on
Williamson Ave. The bo^d of
aldermen believes that this type
of traffic can be stopped through
application of state law. A town
bypass is in the works, but this
project will not be feasible for
15 to 20 years.
The second major project
concerns the upgrading of the
town’s water system. The plan
calls for a new 200,000-gallon
water tank to be constructed at
the end of the Johnson St.
extension. Also included in the
plan is the purchase and
installation of 4,800 feet of new
pipe and three new fire
hydrants. The project will take
approximately two years to
complete. The cost of the project
is $347,900. A bond referendum
approved by the voters of the
town will pay $200,000 of tte
total. State contributions will
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PIRG states facts on college rights
by Kay Raskin
Elon College PIRG in
conjunction with NC PIRG
recently published the results of
a study concerning the rights
and rules of private colleges.
Four msgor questions the study
investigated were 1. "Does a
private college stand in loco
parentis to its students?” 2.
"Does a student by enrolling in
and attending a private
NOTICE
The series on Woman in
Life and Art continues
tonight at 7:30 in Mooney
Theater on "Woman as
Martyr.” On Tuesday, Nov.
23, at the same time in
Whitley Auditorium the
topic will be "Woman in
Judaic-Christian Traditions”
and on Tues., Nov. 30,
"Woman in Literature
(college credit).
university contractually agree
thereby to follow all rules and
regulations promulgated by the
college?” 3. "Must
administrators of a private
college observe the procedural
safeguards dictated by the due
process clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment in establishing
and enforcing rules and
regulations?” 4. 'Is a student's
status at a private university
protected from arbitrary
deprivation imder the common
law which guards the status of
members in private
associations?”
Concerning question one, in
loco parentis is a legal term
referring to the endowing of
parent substitutes with the
authority to discipline children
left under their supervision
without being liable for injuries
occuring during or as a result of
this discipline. When applied to
private colleges, in loco parentis
allows colleges to expel students
even on the basis of rumors.
Although courts have upheld
this concept in the past, in loco
parentis is no longer used by the
courts in regard to colleges. In
loco parentis endows colleges
with rights most parents never
or no longer exercise, and most
college students are 18 years of
age or older anyway.
Concerning question two, a
student upon entering a private
college signs a contract stating
the rules of the college. In this
"the student contracts away the
right to due process when he or
she enrolls in a university
whose regulations state that a
dean has the power to expel a
student summarily for any of a
list of possible offenses." In all
fairness now the courts require
that no student should be
"suspended, expelled, or
otherwise subject to college
discipline unless: I. the contract
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The fine arts committee of the Student Union Board is sponsoring the UNC-G Dancers tonight
at 8 in Whitley Auditorium. The dancers were enthusiastically received here last spruig. They
will perform a full-len^ presentation of ballet and modem dance. DouWe college program
credit will be given for attendance at the performance.