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Weekend weather' Sunny to partly cloudy, slight chance of rain pmbulum Welcome Back Students Volume rV Number 1 Elon College, North Carolina September 4,1977 Elon awarded $2 million BY DANA HILL Elon College has been ap proved by the Department of Health, Education, and Wel fare as a recipient of a $2 million grant for an advanced institutional development pro gram under the provisions of Title III of the Higher Edu cation Act. It is the largest grant received by the college in its 88-year history. Dr. Daniel N. Moury, form er associate director of the office for state colleges. New Jersey Department of Higher Education, has been named coordinator of the program at Dr. Daniel Moury AIDP grant coordinator Elon. Moury, who assumed his new duties on July 16, will be directly responsible for the implementation of the nine programs outlined in the grant application and for the em ployment of the professional staff to serve the needs of the expanded program. Dr. Moury received his B.S. degree from Wake Forest University and hisPh. D. from Purdue Uni versity. Elon originally requested an award of $2.9 million. The U.S. Office of Education ap proved the final $2 million figure, with the funds to be spread over a five-year period. The college can draw from this total whenever money is need- ed. In addition to the $2 million from HEW, the college will funnel $1.1 million of its own into the program. The nine divisions of the program include curriculum revision, the formation of a learning resources center, and an academic enrichment pro gram. These activities are de signed to assist students from a variety of backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities to achieve their maximum aca demic potential. The grant will also fund a pre-professional and career preparation program and a career planning program to expand career opportunities for students. Also included in the plMS are programs for student life enrichment and non-tradi- tional students. These pro grams are designed to aid stu» dents from a variety of back grounds, including minority students, by helping them to achieve their optimum per sonal development. Another segment of the plan, called the institutional research and administrative improvement program, will give the college a chance to evaluate its programs and to stregthen its support services. The ninth portion of the program is the planning, man agement and evaluation system which serves to enable admini strators to assess needs and measure performance on a systematic, long-term basis. This part of the program is required by HEW. An addi tional administrator, to be paid for under Title III, will also be needed. Also a new computer will have to be acquired. A major part of the pro gram, the Learning Resources Center, will be headed by Dr. continued page 2 Tighter regulations for Greeks By DANA HILL On July 29, the Town of Elon College was denied an order which would have pre vented Elon College from using six off-campus houses as residences for 67 students for the fall semester. The ramifica tions of the hearing may, how ever, prove very unpopul^ with the fraternities and sorori ties at the college. After the three-hour hear ing, Judge William T. Graham announced that college offic ials had agreed to have pinball and drink machines removed from the residences, and to prohibit beer deliveries to these ? residences, occupied by fra ternities and sororities. Judge [ Graham said that he could see no irreparable loss for the town in continuing use of the ■ residences until a related suit, filed July 14, can be heard. He set the suit as the first case on Oct. 17, which is the next superior court civil term in the county. He further stated that the town has a “Nuisance pro ceeding and an extensive code” which may be used to alleviate situations about which some residents of the town have complained. In addition to the tovm’s contention that the fraternity and sorority residences are in areas zoned for single family residences, it also says that the college violates town parking regulations by failing to pro vide adequate parking spaces for the residences, and that pinball and vending machines constitute business use of the property. The town also offered affi davits from 10 residents who complained of loud music. THE TAMS will be one of four groups featured on Sept. 7 at 4:30 by the Student Goverenment in its “Welcome To and Welcome Back Concert.” Also appearing will be Bill Deal and The Rondells, Cornelius Brother and Sister Rose and Electric Funk. Student coordinators join Elon staff Is this to be a vanishing scene at E3on? drinking, parties, slamming doors, loud talking, and un sightly debris. The college denied any violations, and presented pictures of the six residences cited in the suit, other area property, and five affidavits. Some residents of the town lodged public protests in the news media with such comments as “the sorority (on West College Avenue) and the college have failed to set guidelines for conduct of stu dents.” Another complained of “cursing and pinball ma chines,” while yet another resident claimed that some students were “using the bath room outside.” One irate resident went so far as to say that they were “serenaded by mobs five or six times a year” and another, complaining of a sorority parking lot, offered that they “didn’t want to be hit by a stray bullet or any more beer cans than are already there.” Most of the complaints were received from the West Colon ial Avenue section. As a result of the hearing, it has been learned that the col lege has re-examined its policy toward fraternities and sorori ties. Visitation hours have been set, and excessive noise, pro fanity, and obscene acts are forbidden. In addition to these regula tions, parties at the fraternity and sorority houses may be held for members and their dates only, with the number of people attending not to exceed 30. No alcoholic beverage will continued page 2 By KEMP LILES One of the immediate im provements in student life that has taken place this fall under the Advanced Institutional De velopment Program is the de velopment of the offices of a coordinator for male dormi tory students and coordinator of commuter students. William T. Brown, who received his master’s degree in education from Bowling Green State University, has assumed the role of area coordinator with an office in the student center. The position of com muter student coordinator has been filled by Mrs. Teme Reice, who is located in the office of student affairs. Mrs. Reice received her master’s degree in social work from Michigan State. When contacted about her new position, Mrs. Reice said, “This job is relatively new in that only a few colleges have commuter coordinators.” Through this program we want to develop the thought and toling that there is something positive about being a com muter. The major objectives of this program are to leam the interests and needs of the com muter student through surveys and then stress these interests and especially the needs to the office of student affairs. “To be an advocate for the conmiuter students and to be available to talk to the commu ters and make themn an active and viable part of the campus life will be my main god,” Mrs. Reice said. As area coordinator for male dorm students and as sistant coordinator of student activities, Mr. Brown will be living on first floor in Hook dormitory. “I want first of all to dispel the idea that I will be a watch dog or controller over the students,” Mr. Brown re sponded. “The main objective of this program will be to make dorm life a vital part of a student’s college education.” This new program entails the establishment of a haU govern ment which Moll govern an educational committee, a so cial committee and an intramu- continncd on 3 Freshmen move to Ramada By KEMP LILES As in recent years Elon Col lege has again been forced to seek student housing in the surrounding community. This year approximately 50 male freshmen are living in Burling ton’s Ramada Iim. According to Dean of Stu dent Affairs William G. Long, “These students will hopefully be moved into dorm rooms as as soon as spaces become avail able. Until then, these students will have transportation to the campus provided for them by the college.” “The college, in the weeks preceeding the opening of school, sought to alleviate room shortage by tripling 24 rooms in Staley and by in forming upperclassmen that they could move off campus,” Dean Long said. There are 1257 students in residence on campus. Explanation for the room shortage was provided by Dean Long who said, “We want to avoid closing off educational opportunities to any student because of lackjof housi' ]
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