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Volume VI Number 26
Elon College, ELon College, N.C
April 24, 1980
Cost of living drives up
demand for campus housing
by Don Fisher
Students seeking campus
housing have discovered that
rooms are limited. They are
facing waiting lists, lotteries,
full dorms and the possibility
of having to move off
campus.
David Joyce, assistant dean
of student affairs, attributes
the difficulties of finding
campus housing to higher
apartment rents, rising costs
of utilities, food and gaso
line.
“The number of students
migrating to off-campus
housing is lower than usual
this year because of the rising
costs of living off campus.
Students are fmding it more
economical to live in the
dorms,” Dean Joyce says.
In an effort to relieve the
shortage of housing, the
administration has studied
the policies of colleges and
universities around the coun
try to come up with a plan
suitable for Elon. There are
approximately 1400 spaces
for campus housing in all
dorms, fraternity and sorority
houses.
Originally, it had been
plaimed to allocate the spaces
providing 41 percent of the
rooms to upper classmen and
59 percent to incoming fresh
men. Because the demand
for rooms was greater than
the cut-off percentage, it was
necessary for President
Young to open 100 more
spaces to upperclassmen. De
spite these additional 100
spaces and the 100 extra
spaces provided by the new
modular dorms, a waiting list
for housing is growing daily.
Rooms are sure to become
available through graduation,
transfers, suspensions, and
the hiring of resident coun
selors, so students who are
looking for campus housing
must be patient, Dean Joyce
says. Room deposits should
be paid and applications for
housing taken to the Office
of Student Affairs. The room
deposit docs not guarantee a
room, and it is necessary to
apply for housing to be put
on the waiting list.
Dean Joyce is willing to
talk to anyone who is not
clear about what he or she
should do about housing, and
any ideas or suggestions will
be gladly considered.
Obscene caller apprehended
by John Ferguson
“The whole key to the
apprehension was that the
students and officers worked
together,” said Chief R.D.
Seagroves referring to the
long awaited capture of the
Staley dorm obscene phone
caller who made one too
many phone calls last week.
The allege caller, Robert
Day, was arrested because of
the cooperation of a student
who lives in Staley Dorm and
the Elon College Public Safe
ty Department. Last Wednes
day night when the women
received another call, PSO
Kevin Crowder was on hand
to listen in on the conver
sation. Crowder heard ob
scene language and then lis
tened as Day suggested the
girl meet him at the elemen
tary school on Haggard
Ave. Crowder asked for the
girl to assist him and she did.
The officers, dressed in
plain clothes, escorted the
woman down to the school
and wited for the man to ar
rive. When he arrived and
saw police, he tried to get
away but was caught and ar
rested before he could get too
far.
Day was taken to Ala
mance County jail and will be
tried for a federal offense in
district court. Day, if con
victed, could serve as much as
two years in jail, be fined, or
both.
The arresting officer, PSO
Crowder said, “I’m glad we
caught him — the number of
calls he was making was
ridiculous.” Crowder also
said the girl was very helpful
and did a great job. “She
didn’t seem to mind coming
along, and without her, the
man could not have been
caught.”
Pi Gamma Mu
Fourteen new members
were inducted into Pi Gamma
Mu, the Social Services
Honor Society on March 26.
Layla Al-Habib, Anthony
do la Fe, Rodney Barbee,
Vickie Cole, William J. Fray-
ar, Martha Fulcher, Ray
mond Jackson, Dina Mc
Pherson, Bruce Patram, Ma
tthew Payne, Ava Marie
Power, David Ray, Mark
Trickey and Robert Williams
became members.
Officers were elected for
the spring and fall of 1980.
Ellen Tickle became presi
dent, Rodney Barbee, vice
president; Debbie Smith, re
cording secretary, and Layla
Al-Habib, corresponding
secretary.
Spring worship tonight
Dr. Emmett O. Floyd will
be the guest minister tonight
at Elon’s annual Spring Wor
ship Service.
Sponsored by the Religious
Life Committee, the service
will begin at 7:30 in Whitley
Memorial Auditorium. The
Elon College Choir will sing
imder the direction of James
Glenn, with Richard Apper-
son as organist.
Dr. Floyd is the senior
minister of the Congrega
tional United Church of
Christ in Greensboro. He was
recently elected Conference
Minister of the Southeast
Conference of the United
Church of Christ, effective
July 1.
Following the service, there
will be a reception in West
Dorm Parlor.
Presidential run-off next week
A SGA presidential run-off between John Sadler and Ken
Whitley will be held May 1 and 2. Norman Whittington won
over Jerry Hooker to breome vice-president-elect. Dan Daly
beat Jim Johnson for treasurer-elect.
The candiates could not be reached for comment.
Skaroa Doaglas aad loka Vestbead help a chUd from the
Special Olympics on the balance beam. Many Elon students
assisted with the Special Olympics, held last Friday at Fairchild
Stadium. [Photo by Whitmore]
Freshman Day Events
8:00 a.m.
Schedule of Events
WSOE-FM Broadcast [on the air] 89.3
8:30—9:15 a.m. Check-In/Registration
9:15—10:00 a.m. Welcome
10:00—11:00 a.m. Departmental Fair
11:00—12:30 p.m. Options-Your Choice
...Activities Fair
Front, Alumni
Gym. Rain:
Foyer Alumni
Gym
Alumni Gym
12:30—1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Options-Yonr Choice:
...Jogathon
...Baseball Game
...Tours [Self-Gnided]
Jordan Gym
The Quad,
between
Alamance and
Student Center
Rain: Jordan
Gym
Student Center
2nd Floor
Student Center Patio.
Rain: Student Center
Grill
Student Center Patio.
Rain: Student Center
Foyer
Alamance Building
Rotunda
.Athletic Programs Alumni Gym
.Soccer Game Soccer Field by Lake
Harper Center Lawn.
Rain: Harper Center
Cafeteria
...Commuter Student
Reception
...Coffeehouse
...WSOE-FM
Remote
Broadcast
...Tonr [Guided]
Lnnch with the
EMANONS
Track
Baseball Field