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Volume V Number 16
Elon College, North Carolina
February 15, 1979
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EhM itadeits eajoycd tke fint mow m far tkb winter. Activities inchidcd sledding and
snowball throwing, as demonstrated by these students who were caught in the act by the
photographer. Photo by John Hurd.
Panel discussion highlights month
by Joy Hamilton
February is Black Cultural
Month at Elon, expanded
from the usual week of Black
history events.
Black Cultural Month start
ed off Feb. 13 at college
programs when the BCS pre
sented a skit to explain why
one celebrates Black Culture.
On Sunday, a van will be
going to the N.C. Museum of
History in Raleigh where a
play entitled “Yellow Is
Another Shade of Blue” will
be presented. The program,
free to all students, will focus
on the jazz and blues artists
Bessie Smith, Billy Holiday,
and Dinah Washington. The
van leaves at 1 p.m. and there
is room for 15 people.
Feb. 19 a film will be
shown on Black Jews in the
large student lounge. On Feb.
“Pursuing the Dream,” a
“film for Blacks and women
that gives them hope in
pursuing dreams,” will be
shown. The film features
Shirley Chisholm, famous
Black leader.
On Feb. 21 a panel will
discuss the dilemma of emerg
ing middle-class Blacks. The
panel will include Prof. Re
gina Bowden, Mike Owens
and Jim Gripper from Guil
ford College and Clea Sellars
from the state department of
higher education. The dis
cussion will begin at 7:30 in
the large lounge.
Feb. 22 a Mr. Ebony Pag
eant will be presented “to
glorify Black masculinity.”
According to Ms. Van Tur
ner, it is “open to any male
on campus who is tired of
having queens always glori
fied.”
Feb. 23 a disco dance will
“celebrate the different kinds
of music that Blacks have
contributed to our culture.”
The disco will be at the Back
Door of Harper Center at 9
p.m.
A banquet open to faculty
Positions to open at station
How would you like to be a
®sc j(xkey, a news person,
or write and produce station
“nouncements? Those are
just a few of a multitude of
open for students at
the campus radio sta
tion.
.Prof. Thomas Keller, ad-
for the radio station,
**ys any student who is in
terested in filling these or
any other jobs may reach him
(at Ext 419, Carlton) or stu-
are dent manager Bill Zint (at
E). Students are also
me to come to the
WSOE station any night from
to find our more, he
Parking, dorms and
arts center top list
and members of various clubs
on campus is set for Feb. 2S.
Aav ‘•^'rested should
contact Ms. Van Turner,
room 203, Long Student Cen
ter.
On the 27th, a mini-mu
seum called “ Expressions ” will
be exhibited in the large stu
dent lounge from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Pictures, artifacts, and
antiques will be displayed.
Feb. 29 is the international
food festival from 11 to 1
upstairs in McEwen. There is
an admission charge of 99
cents to sample the food from
other countries.
Future plans of the BCS
include a leadership confer
ence in March, hosted by
Elon and Guilford Colleges.
The BCS also has planned a
trip to the Black Historical
Conference Center in South
Carolina, and while there they
hope to visit an area where
the people preserve the Afri
can culture and customs.
by Bryant M. Colson
Plans are in the offing for
parking spaces for several
hundred cars, renovated
men’s dormitories, and a pos
sible fine arts center sooner
than expected.
Elon College has recently
expanded its boundaries east
ward as it has purchased the
former Elon College Middle
School — the East building,
as it is now called, and the
surrounding eight acres.
The building has been
zoned for college use and is
now being used to host many
intramural basketball games.
A committee to make rec
ommendations on the possible
uses of the building consists
of Dr. Dan Maury as chair
man, Dr. Walter Westafer of
the Fine Arts Department,
Dr. Alan White of the Phy
sical Education Department,
Larry McCauley, director of
the physical plant, and Dr.
Chris White, academic dean,
has been appointed.
An ardiitect has been hired
to help with assessments. If
engineers give complete ap
proval of renovation, hope
for the fine arts program
being moved there either
temporarily or permanently is
in the clear, says President
Young. This still leaves open
the option of a new fine arts
buildiiDg. Renovation, accord
ing to President Young,
should be completed within
this calendar year.
The East building was one
of three major topics dis
cussed in a recent faculty
meeting. The second was ren
ovation of Smith and Caro
lina dorms. The plans are
now being completed by ar
chitects, according to Presi
dent Young. “Remodeling
will consist of new tiling, a
complete rewiring ,and hope
fully telephones will be in
stalled in each room,” says
President Young. Expansion
of telephone services beyond
these two dorms is not fea
sible at this time with the
present Southern Bell facilities
in Elon College. When asked
about the rumored suite-like
remodeling of the two dorms.
President Young replied,
“The cost of suite-like re
modeling exceeds the present
funds available.”
The third topic of im
portance was the enlarging of
the gym parking facilities.
According to the President,
landscape designers recom
mend the enlargement
towards the present football
practice fields. This, he says,
will add several hundred
peu'king spaces in a centrally
located part of the campus.
“Completion should be in
time for fall use,” Dr. Young
says.
6-12
says.
Professor Keller also said
that the new Federal Com
munications Commission
(FCC ruling) which now re
quires WSOE to operate 36
hours minimum per week an
nually, will provide the sta
tion with the opportunity to
serve students in the commun
ity during winter and summer
sessions. Coinciding with
cont. on page 5 .
Sopbonora Caroline Maciin and Marie Barrett manage ZTA
valentine message service in Long Student Center.