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Sept. 13, 1979 The Pendulum Page 3 Phoshow reviewed Review by Robin Adams Tom Keller’s untitled black and white photographs get my blue ribbon in the first “Phoshow” in McEwen Library gallery. His photo graphs, which range in size from tiny scenes to large blowups, are breath-taking. Keller’s No. 16, which I call “Tractor Driver,” rates No. 1 with me. Other fine works include John Hurd’s “Nice Night;” Miriam Holland’s “Face” and “Uncle Howard’s Room;” Jamie Clapp’s “Chessboard;” and Phyllis Swank’s warm color photo graphs of “Grandma B” and “Grandma D.” The viewer sails through the Grand Canyon at sun rise and reaches out and cuddles the soft animals, smells the flowers, feels the pine cones, and holds con versation with the portraits of people. Miriam Holland, who coordinated this show, says that the Phoshow will be held again next year, “and we hope to increase its size and to grasp more talent.” The show features 54 pho tographs taken by students, staff, and faculty of Elon. There are 33 black and whites and 21 color pictures in a variety of sizes. The lighting and quietness of the McEwen gallery provide a perfect setting. Contributors to this first Elon photographic show in clude also Craig York, Ro bert N. Watson, Herb House : Vicki Buckner, Ann Skip per, and Randy Buckland. The Elon community may see the exhibition through September. Walk to feed hungry If any religion professors limp by on sore feet, they may be preparing to walk for the hungry in the world. A Walk-a-thon for World Hunger will take place Sun day, Oct. 7. Several check points and rest stops in a 10 mile route are being worked out at present. Dr. Carole Chase, assis tant professor of religion says, “I would like to chal lenge and invite the students, faculty, staff and admini stration of Elon to walk 10 miles on Oct. 7. If someone cannot walk he can sponsor a walker for this worthy cause. Persons interested in en tering the Walk-a-thon should secure sponsors as soon as possible. Sponsors may contribute by the mile or set a fixed amount. Walkers must sign up with a member of the religious life committee and secure enve lopes from them. These members are Dr. Carole Chase, Ext. 450; Prof. June Looney, Ext. 443; Dr. Ho ward Higgs, Ext. 447; Dr. Lamar Bland, Ext 406; Mike “Radar” Robinson, Ext. 321; Nan Pearson, Pat Branch, and Tami Wil liams. Aa fall flBaOy Mts to tkc Hoa Campos, mhered in by Hnnk«iie D«yld, stndents most face rain and cooler temperatnrcs than tiiey’ve been nsed to. At least the dog has fur to warm herself. Photo by Craig Stanfield. Dispute over toxic wcistes remains by Mike Robinson A firm which disposes of toxic chemical and radioac tive waste has decided not to push their bid to purchase a site on 1-85 any further because of intense citizen opposition to their locating in Burlington. Round one is over and it appears some local citizens have a clear victory, though whether their victory is only tem porary is yet to be seen. ^Rights and responsibilities’ To deal with tenancies A Guide to Off-Campus Housing in the Elon College Area,” is being released today by Elon College Chap ter of the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NC PIRG). The 19-page booklet, available from the office of student affairs, contains a 12-page section entitled “Landlord-Tenant Rights and Responsibilities” and several pages listing every apartment complex in the area and giving all the im portant rental information for each complex. “A similar guide pub lished by NC PIRG three years ago proved extremely useful to Elon students, so the PIRG chapter decided we would continue to pro vide this service,” said Jor dan Fryar, Elon PIRG state board representative and chief author of the pub lication. “It’s just the be ginning of our work in what we hope will be a great year for our organization.” Fryar added that any in terested students who would like to work with the PIRG chapter on environmental or consumer issues should leave a note for him with Frank Mianzo on the second floor of the Long Student Center a the student activities of fice. In addition to apartment listings, the handbook tells the student how to deal with such problems as lack of repairs, deposits, eviction, leases and housing inspec tions. The student’s respon sibilities are also spelled out in detail by the guide. Religion courses cont. from p. 2 the classroom. On the other hand, the Department is aware that extreme attempts to avoid the danger of indoctrination may prevent a just apprecia tion of religious beliefs and attitudes, and that a strin gent objectivity may be a deterrent to a genuine en gagement with the vatialities of religious experienre. The Department of Religion sim ply maintains that no one form of religious commit ment vnll be the precondi tion for instruction in reli gion at Elon College and that instructors will handle with as little distortion and prejudcial treatment as poss ible subjects upon which they may have deep convic tions. Many residents, including some members of the Burlin- ton City Council, opposed a plan by RAD Services, In corporated to purchase the vacated Associated Trans port site and to dispose of toxic chemicals and radioac tive waste. The fear engendered by the accident at Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania doubtlessly had an influence on the decisions of many local peo ple about the RAX) plan. In fact, RAD does not handle waste of any high level of radioactivity such as that produced by a nuclear power plant. They only deal with toxic chemicals such as those produced by many Alamance firms and low level radioactive waste from medical and research facilities such as hospitals. Dr. Earl Danieley, Elon professor of chemistry, be lieves that the people of Burlington are “victims of a misconception” and that such a facility in Alamance County would be safe and of great benefit to the peo ple of the area. ording to Dr. Danieley, in 1978 Alamance County had 1,112,000 gallons of stored chemical waste, some of which could be handled by a firm such as RAD. At present there are few legal ways to dispose of this waste safely. Alamance Coimty Hospital now dimips low level radioactive waste down ^e drain. This is the legal and considered safe but would probably be better handled by a firm special izing in waste disposal. Dr. Danieley feel that RAD or another company would greatly enhance the business climate of Ala mance County. Many firms need to have a service of the type supplied by RAD. Dr. Danieley also pointed out that because RAD had no intentions of disposing of any of this waste in Ala mance County, the firm’s presence shouldn’t be of concern. The need for a company such as RAD in Alamance County is great, and one locating here would be very profitable, as well as being a public service. For these reasons Dr. Danieley stated he believed that RAD or another firm specializing in waste disposal would locate in Alamance County within a few months, so it appears that the war isn’t over. Players cont. from p. 6 They extend an open invi tation to everyone to “come out and enjoy entertainment at its best.” For ticket information, contact the Alamance Arts Council, Graham, or go to Priestley Fine Art Gallery, 100 N. Williamson Ave., Elon College.
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