Vkitation Policy ^
Campus Life gets green light
Robin Moser, a very pleased SGA president.
by Joy Hamilton
Weeicend visitation may
soon become a reafity foi
Elon College, according to
SGA President Robin Moser,
“The Campus Life Commit
tee of the Board of Trustees
voted unanimously to request
a review of the current visita -
t ion plan.”
At their March 7 meeting
the Campus Life Committee
voted unanimously to recom
mend the following to the
Board of TrusteesiThat the
Board of Trustees delegate to
the Campus Life Committee,
working in close conjunction
with the Administration of
the College, responsibility for
setting residence hall visita
tion policy.
Robin Moser approached
the committee with senate
resolution 79-2.1, that would
permit visitation on week
ends. At present, visitation is
allowed only on Sundays
from 2 to 5 p.m. and on
specially designated weekends.
She also presented the results
of a random survey conduct
ed by the SGA on visitation.
The survey was sent to par
ents. Of the parents surveyed,
an average of 59 percent felt
current visitation was inade
quate and 63 percent support
ed Senate Resolution 79-2.1.
Ms. Moser is hopeful that
the bill will go into effect as
early as next fall.
According to SR 79-2.1
visitation hours will be 5-12
p.m. on Fridays, 2 p.m.- 1
a.m. on Saturdays, and 5-10
p.m. on Sundays. Article I of
the resolution states, “Visita
tion at Elon College will
include a local option specify
ing that only certain dorms
and halls will increase their
visitation hours while other
dorms and halls will remain
closed to members of the op
posite sex.” Therefore, visita
tion will not be forced upon
those who don’t desire it.
Career planning
Large student lounge
Tomorrow
All day
Womanless beauty
Pageant
March 20
8 p.m.
Whitley
Volume V Number 20
Elon CollcKc, North Carolina
March 15, 1979
Help is more accessible
as 70 % receive aid
President Fred Young [pictured here] delivering opening remarks at the 90th anniversary tree
dedication ceremonies last Monday. Dr. Stokes spoke on the50th anniversary tree which is
directly in front of Mooney on th quad. The 90th anniversary tree was planted adjacent to
Whitley Auditorium. In the background is Robin Moser, the Rev. William Sharpe, Dr.
Danieley, Dr. Hook and Dr. Stokes. The singing of the Alma Mater “So Here’s To Dear
Old Elon,” concluded the ceremonies.
Womanless
pageant set
M.E.N.C. chapter No. 773
will present the third annual
Womanless beauty pageant oi
Tuesday, March 30, at 8 p.m.
in Whitley Auditorium. Ad
mission for students will be
! one dollar.
Last year’s beauty pageant
^ winner was “Curly Maddox”
; representing Phi Mu sorority,
i Many other contestants from
other student organizations
competed in swimsuit, even-
i see Pageant p.3
On
the
Inside
EditoriaL
Letters
New8.....3
Features.....3
Sport8.....4
by Robin Adams
New developments in the
financial aid department are
helping to cut the price of a
college degree. These new de
velopments liberalize the old
programs and make money
available for more students.
The Middle Income Student
Assistance Act helps liberalize
financial aid in two areas:
The Basic Educational Op
portunity Grant (BEOG)
makes it possible for students
from higher-income families
to receive help. The maximum
award has gone up from
$1,600 to $1,800 a year. A
family still has to show need,
but the definition,of need has
been liberalized.
Secondly, Federal Insured
Student Loans are easier to
get. Any student in good
standing at an approved in
stitution is eligible to receive a
loan. Uncle Sam will pay the
interest while the student is in
school.
More students are also re
ceiving awards on the basis of
academic achievement, with
out showing need.
Barry Simmons, director of
financial aid, encourages
everybody to fill out financial
aid forms and to be accurate.
Some students, said Mr.
Simmons, had problems with
BEOG awards last year be
cause of the new system of
“edit checks.” These are
areas that are checked to root
out fraud and abuse. Mr.
Simmons says there’s “very
little cheating,” only instances
where people aren’t complete
ly accurate.
Seventy percent of all stu
dents at Elon receive some
type of financial aid. This
percent includes gift and self-
halp awards.
Elon works on a first come,
first serve basis, and Mr.
Simmons advises everybody
to get applications in early.
The applications can be found
in the financial aid office. If
assistance is needed students
may ask Mr. Simmons or
Mrs. Leach for help.
Trip offers credit and free time
Stonehenge, Edinburgh.
Tower of London, Big Ben.
These are all common
names to a growing number
of students who have partici
pated in Elon College’s Bri
tish Studies Abroad Program.
Increasingly, however, new
names have cropped up in the
Elon travel vocabulary:
Rome, Pompeii, Amsterdam,
Paris, Versailles, and the
Alps. The reason for this new
interest in European travel is
the discovery by Elon stu
dents of a fact long known
to English tourists: Europ
ean travel in January from
London is inexpensive and
free of tourist crowds.
This fact, combined with
the liberal free time allowed
students at the end of the
British Studies Abroad Pro
gram during the winter term
each year, has enabled a
growing number of students
to spend this portion of the
trip on the Continent.
In fact, travel in Europe
during the January 2-25, 1980
winter term trip should be
better than ever, according to
Dr. David Crowe, director of
the Studies Abroad Program.
He has already begun to de
velop several European travel
programs for students who
wish to use their free time for
this purpose.
The cost for the British
see England p. 3