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JpEtiliuium Volume VI Number 19 Elon College, Ellon College, N.C. 27244 p. 3—Local dentist P. 4—Women P. 5—Trash man P. 6—Vet. P. 7—Emanons February 28, 1980 Submerged ‘Monitor’ to be lecturer’s topic by Janet Spoon Research on the submerged U.S.S. Monitor will be the topic of the annual Phi Alpha Theta program on Thursday evening, March 6, in Mooney Theater. The lecture will be given by Gordon P. Watts, Jr., head of the N.C. Division of Archives and History’s Underwater Archaeological Research Unit. Watts has been involved with research on the Union ironclad which fought the Confederate’s Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Va. during the Civil War. This researcher has worked to develop a program to identify, investigate, and manage the state’s submerged cultural resources. He was principal investigator on the cruise of the R.V. Eastward that resulted in the location and identification of the Monitor. Watts has participated as a consultant in the investiga tion of the Revolutionary War shipwrecks in the York River in Virginia and in the Mullica River in New Jersey. In July and August of 1977, he served as consulting ar- cont. on p. 8 Phones to be removed by Craig Harris According to David Joyce, assistant dean of Student Affairs, the PBX phone system (the extension hall phones) is being removed sometime soon. This is not a punitive measure, but one of economics, he says. They were to have come out this summer anyway. One of the reasons for advancing the phone removal was that the college has been billed for $1,700 in phone repairs up to winter term. The administraton has refused to pay until they Icnow what items they’re being charged for. Dean Joyce says that peo ple are unplugging the re ceivers so that the phones won’t ring and bother them. When the Bell repairmen come and plug them back in, they charge the full repair price. This comes out of the security deposit paid by each dorm student, until the de posit is used up. Vandalism repair costs in the residence h^s also come out of this. The destruction in and around Alamance comes out of their budget and ultimately causes tuition to rise. Joyce stated further that cont. on p. 8 The epic fight of the Monitor and the Merrimac revolutionized naval warfare. This print of the battle is slightly inaccurate, as the sinking of the “Congress” and “Cumberland” were not at the battle scene. Photo from “A History of the United States to 1877,” by Williams, Current, and Friedel. Original print from Library of Congress. Students like new constitution by Keith Nelson A new Student Govern ment Association constitu tion was approved by stu dents last week. Jacqueline Gregory and Paul Aiello were elected as third precinct sena tors; both were unopposed. The new freshman president is Lora Kay Arrington. The constitution was ap proved by an expected land slide, 1542 in favor and 20 against. It now goes to the dean of Student Affairs, Campus Life Committee and ratification by the faculty. SGA President, Bryant Colson said, “I’m pleased with the outcome of the vote and the turnout of the student body. The students took an interest in a very important document of which I’m proud. Their interest in the document pleases me just as much.” He added, “I’d like to thank all those who voted and those who worked the poll.” King White, SGA. vice- president, said, “I’m pleased and confident that the SGA and the student body will benefit from the new consti tution. This is a great day in the life of the SGA at Elon.” The chairman of the consti tutional committee, Jim Stephenson, said, “I’m glad it passed. It will give the cont. on p. 6 Joey Rickman, Janior music stndcnt here, took part in the Lake bugler. The anit he performed with has won first place at the Cary Photo courtesy Boriiagton TImes-News. Placid Winter Olympics as a Drums to Dixie competition. Bugler goes to Olympics by Joy Hamilton “It was nice and cold in Lake Placid— freezing would be a better word for it,” said junior music education major Joey Rickman. Joey was a participant in the winter Olympic games in Lake Placid, though not in the competitive sense. He played soprano bugle with the 27th Lancers, a drum and bugle corps from Revere, Mass. “It was exciting. We played for the opening cerenlonies and saw practices for speed skating and the 70 meter jump,” Joey said. Playing with the Lancers since November, Joey travels to Massachusetts to practice with them once a month. There are 128 people in drum and bugle corps, which includes drums, brass, flags, and rifles. Sixty members play the bugle, which is a two-valved instrument. Thirty-five members of the corps are percussionists, with both males and females participating in the group. Joey was in Lake Placid for five days when at one point the chill factor reached -70 F. “It was freezing cold out there— I don’t see how people could stand to stay outdoors,” said Joey. The Lancers stayed at a high school 25 miles outside of Lake Placid. “We just slept there,” explained Joey. “In Lake Placid, we saw i>eople from all over the world. Trading pins was the big thing.” Spare time was. spent participating in recreational cont. on p. 8 (
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