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The Pendulum March 24,1977 Anne Ponder Ms. Ponder to teach speech and radio Speech classes at Elon are now under the tutelage of Anne Pbnder who comes here &T>m the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Ponder replaces Dr. Pat Yesulaitis, who, after several years at Elon, has taken a position in Chapel Hill. The new assistant professor will also teach radio and assist with the radio station. The radio class was taught by Mrs., Maijorie Long who resigned to take a position as director of the United Fund in Burlington. Anne Ponder holds the A.B. and M.A. degrees in English from UNC-CH and is currently working on her Ki.D. in English which she hopes to complete during this year. Ms. Ponder has taught 20th century literature and drama, has worked in dramatic art and speech for the stage, and has taught film criticism and film history. While at Chapel Hill, she won the Betty Smith playwriting award for 1971. She was a member of the Order of the Valkyries, the highest honor for women on the campus. In addition, she served as the women’s attorney general. Ms. Ponder also won the Carolina Drama Association’s distinguished acting award. She is married to Christopher Brookhouse who teaches at UNC-CH. RECORDS and TAPES New LP Releases on Sale Bad Company Burnin'Sky America Harbor Marshall Tucker Band Carolina Dreams Steve Gibbons Band Rollin'On Kenny Nolan Hall and Oates No Goodbyes Minnie Riperton Stay in Love The Miracles Love Crazy Bach-Turner Overdrive Freeways Tavares Jesse Collin Young Love on the Wing Fleetwood Mac Rumors Manhattans Feels So Good John Miles Stranger in (he City Pink Floyd Animals Nils Lofgrin I Came To Dance REO Speedwagon John Denver Live Greatest FHils You Get What Vol. II You Play For STUDENTS and PROFESSORS: Present I D. (we will not ask) and get any $6.98 list IP in slock for $4.99. Located between Brown and Co. and Elon Grill across from the college. Political science majors will conduct a survey for seminar by Bill McKinstry Sixteen political science majors, involved in a project entitled "The President, Congress, and Public Policy,” are working to arrive at a successful method of communication and feedback between the students, faculty, and administration at Elon College. During a recent weekly meeting the group began discussing policy within the college. Dr. Fred Watts, instructor for the course, expressed surprise at the amount of erroneous information the students had heard through the grapevine concerning administrative policy. Each student in the class is now working to come up with some proposals for a better method of communication and feedback so that every member of the college community can be better informed on college policy and procedure. Once these proposals are formulated, the students will talk with other students on campu.s to hear their views on the sample proposals. The class will then discuss their findings with one another and try to draw up a master proposal from the suggestions made by the students. College-zvide fast will be held to raise money for Relief Service The problem of world himger will not go away by ignoring it One way to gain insight into the needs of others is by experiencing their deprivations, even if on a small scale. By denying oneself, it may be easier to understand how it actually feels to be hungry. For this reason, Elon is going to hold a college wide fast on Wednesday, March 30 from &00 p.m. to 12KX) p.m. the next evening. The fast will last 30 hours. This does not mean, however, that one who fasts must inevitably "starve” himself for that length of time. Whenever he cannot physically cope he can quit and tell his sponsors how many hours he completed. The person who signs up to fast is asked to get people, organizations, businesses, churches, etc., to pledge a certain amount for each hour he goes without food up to 30 hours. The money raised is going to the CROP organization which is a Church World Relief Service that gives money, seeds, tools, and such to those in need. There are information tables set up in the cafeteria and student center, and if they are not available, contact Carol Dragoe at extension 320. On the day of the fast, each faster must register between 1:00 and 5:00 in the student center. A record must be kept by each participant to show how much is to be collected and from whom. The fast will officially start at 6:00 p.m. with the director of CROP, Terry Bonnette, leading a discussion in Mooney Theatre. The fast will be covered by newspaper, radio, and television, and everyone is invited to participate by fasting or sponsoring a friend. The S.G.A. is sponsoring their president Sam Moore for $100 if he lasts the 30 hours. Also, ARA director Howard Southerland is contributing 50t in place of each meal the student misses. If one goes 30 hours (or four meals) that comes to $2. At this rate, Elon is certain to break the state record of $3,300 set Wake Forest University in 1974. -Letters to the Editors- (Continued from Page 2) while at Elon will never be able to cope with adult life or assume a respectable role in the business world after graduation. Third on my list is the fact that if Miss lawman has been so imfairly and unjustly treated and is so dissatisfied with things here at Elon, why hasn’t she left and completed her education elsewhere? Perhaps if she had, she might have really found out what it is like to be just a "paying customer” and receive no understanding or consideration as an individual with a problem I have had several problems with my scheduling, registration, and class sizes while at Elon too. But in all fairness and honesty, I must step forward and say that Mr. Harper has always shown concern for my problems and tried to work Aings out on an individual basis with me while, at the same time, playing no favors which he could not afford every other student at Elon. I also feel that Mr. Harper’s "Registration by Mail” program has done much to alleviate the hassle and inconvenience t» students at registration time. I feel that Mr. Harper and his staff should be commended for all they do to try to accommodate the students at Elon in the most efficient and fair manner possible. In closing, I would like to say that if the students would have a little more understanding and consideration for the registrar £ind his assistants and of the burden placed on them at registration time, these students might become a little more tolerant of the inconveniences and errors which occur. A college education is designed to do more than just give a'student "brwk sense” — it offers a student the opportunity to mature and adjust to coping with problems, thus easing their transition into the business world. Any self-serving senior who cannot cope gracefully with a few minor scrapes in college is not ready to graduate in May whether they get all the courses they need or not I believe the students might be amazed at how cooperative Mr. Harper could be, if they would be a little more honest direct, flexible, and patient with him! Elizabeth H. Crosby Bad Manners Dear Editor, This letter is directed to those collegians who feel that they are above conunon courtesy and good manners. The music major who turned off the power during a movie in Whitley last fall, the young lady (?) who was throwing ice off the balcony during assembly Tuesday, the rude people that come to a program through the front doors of the auditorium after a program has begun. Finally, but not least to those who come in half way through a program and then seemingly make enough noise to cause the football team to sound quiet after a victory. The poor manners of the above persons, and those in the same category I have not pointed out have continually gotten worse in the four years that I have been a student here. The conduct of these folks has been a source of embarrassment to some of us. I’he talking while an artist regardless of how one feels personally, is just indicative of the immaturity of this student body. Some of the people I have seen violating common courtesy surprised me greatly. The boorish, dull, asinine conduct is really what 1 would expect of the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. They acted better than most of our people. There are two solutions to this problem The first is to restructure the college programs credit to resemble a class with a teacher and require a ref)ort on each program. The second would make a course in manners and etiquette a prerequisite to any CP credit Both of these would gewrally be required of the children in the elementary grades. Only self control and a mature attitude toward the programs would be enough to eliminate the need for corrective action. I have not been able to cover all of the infractions of the past year alone, 1 only hope these CHILDREN will grow up fast. 1 would not be siu-prised to see the privilege of an ea.sy hour disappear, quickly. B. L. Walker
Elon University Student Newspaper
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