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Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
April 17, 1980
Elon PIRG men
offer energy tips
“President Young said he
would go over the 18-page
PIRG paper on energy and go
before the Board of Trustees
and see what would be
feasible and economical for
Elon to undertake,” said Les
Turlington of the Elon Col
lege Chapter of the North
Carolina Public Int;rest Re
search Group (NC-PIRG)
The paper studied energy
alternatives and conservation
strategies at the college. The
report was presented by stu
dent authors Les Turlington
and Richard Alford to college
President J. Fred Young and
other officials March 24.
Les Turlington said, “The
report is not the final word on
energy alternatives and con
servation at Elon, but we do
hope that it will spark a new
awareness of ways to save
energy at Elon.”
The first section of the
report deals with the solar
potential at Elon, including
economically feasible solar
water heaters, passive solar,
and the imaginative proposal
of the possible use of the
southern face of the Harper
Center as a solar collector.
The report commends the
current efficient operation of
Elon’s own power plant.
Alford and Turlington praise
the work of physical plant
director Larry McCauley in
increasing Elon’s energy effi
ciency. The NC-PIRG report
recommends a search for
possible alternative fuels for
the boilers, including a com
bination of a lighter grade of
fuel oil and alcohol, conver
sion from natural gas to
methane, or the use of a new
but feasible source of energy-
wood pellets.
“We have studied specific
buildings at Elon, suggesting
where outside air-condition
ing units need shading, where
windows need caulking,
where upstairs windows
might be opened on summer
nights for natural cooling,
where the hanging of double
doors would be energy-
efficient, and where trees and
shrubs should be planted for
cooling during the summer
and as windbreaks during
the winter.”
The NC-PIRG study also
pinpoints the essential role of
students in conserving energy
at Elon and recommends a
student energy conservation
Dr. Fred Watts, newly elected president of NC>AAUP, is
chairman of Elon’s Department of Soda! Sciences. The
conference, hosted by Methodist College and Fayetteville State,
was also attended by Drs. Mary Brittain, Jim Pace, and Mary
Hlen Priestley. File Photo.
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Les Turlington and Richard Alford present an 18-page study on energy conservation to
President Fred Young. Turlington and Alford, members of the Elon Chapter of PIRG
prepared the study. ’
monitoring system.
A final suggestion would
save significant energy as well
as making the sleepiest stu
dents happy: Elon’s classes
now start at 8 a.m., which
means the heaters must come
on at 5:30 a.m. This is the
coldest part of the day.
Beginning class time at 9 or
9:30 would give the sun a
chance to help heat buildings.
Professor
elected to
NC-AAUP
Dr. Fred Watts became
president elect of the North
Carolina Conference of the
American Association of
University Professors at the
annual spring meeting held in
Fayetteville April 11 and 12.
Drs. Mary Brittain, pres
ident of the Elon College
Chapter of AAUP; Jim Pace,
president elect; and Mary
Ellen Priestley, convenor of
the independent colleges and
universities in NC-AAUP,
attended the conference
which was hosted by Metho
dist College and Fayetteville
State.
The Elon College Chapter
has accepted the project of
surveying and analyzing the
promotion, tenure and dis
charge poUcies at the inde
pendent colleges of the state.
cont. on p. 3
Media Board corrections
Due to an error in infor
mation the March 27 issue
was incorrect in naming the
newly appointed media heads
for the WSOE radio station.
Colonnades, Phi Psi Cli, and
the Pendulum.
WSOE’s station manager
will be Dwight Terlinger, and
program director will be Fred
Goehringer. Kim Steenken is
the Colonnades editor, and
Joy Hamilton will be the new
Pendulum editor. For the Phi
Psi Cll, Mary Lib Moore is
the new editor with Ann
Wickham as the associate
editor.
Freshman Day planned
Between 300 and 350 par
ents and prospective fresh
men will arrive on campus
Saturday, April 26 for the-
annual Freshman Day activi
ties.
The day starts at 8:30 and
includes a picnic by Harper
Center Lake. Thelma Cheek
of the Admissions Office
says, “It’s an opportunity for
parents and students to come
to Elon and meet the staff
and see the campus.”
■Newsbriefs-
The Black Cultural Society plans to have a career counseling
session at Crumpton Center of Roxboro.
The proaram, entitled “Future Outlook for Job Oppor-
tumties,” will be presented by Brenda McKinnon and Susan
Phillips. The session will be followed by a meal and leisure
activities. Departure time will be at 9:30 on April 25. For
further information, contact Tracy Taylor, president, BCS.
Deadline for the library’s contest to guess the number of
books circulated this week is Saturday, April 19. Winner gets
100 free copies on the copy machine.
An open meeting on “Rape Crisis” will be presented by Lt.
Doug Frazier of the Burlington Police Dept, and Chief Ralph
D. Seagroves of the Elon Public Safety Dept, on April 24, at
7:30 p.m. in the Elon College Town Hall.
This program, including a film showing, is sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Elon College Volunteer Fire Dept.
College students, faculty and staff as well as townspeople
are invited to attend, says Mrs. Beth Hetzel, member of the
auxiliary and town administrator.