Voters in national election must register by Oct. 6 **
Any person who is at least
g years of age and has
fsided in North Carolina
jr 30 days prior to election
ay may register to vote.
I.e. courts have held that
residence” is where a stu-
ent lives, if he plans to
smain “an indefinite period
f time” and if a person has
0 “present intent to move
sewhere.”
According to the Ala
mance County Board of
Elections each person’s ap
plication for residency is
handled individually. If a
student goes about the usual
actions of a citizen , such as
banking and paying taxes
then they mav have a chance
to vote in Alamance County.
Some students don’t think
that local politics have any
effect on their lives at Elon.
But local government con
trols town development, the
water rates, police activity
and town zoning affecting
Elon students living off
campus.
Elon College students
spend three-quarters of each
year in the town and they
should take part in the
decisions that are made
there.
Students must be regi
stered to vote in the presi
dential election at 5 p.m. on
Oct. 6. Registration to vote
can be done at the Alamance
County Board of Elections
in Graham or at any of the
May Memorial library
branches.
For students who wish to
vote in their home towns.
they need to send in an
application for absentee bal
lots. This is done by writing
to their local election board
and requesting an applica
tion. Postcard applications
for absentee ballots, pro
vided by N.C. PIRG, are
available in the Elon SGA
office. State voting laws are
also available in the SGA
cont. on p. 7
folume Vn Number 4
Elon College, Elon College, NC 27244
Thursday, September 25, 1980
N. C. celebrates its
fndian heritage week
By MUdred B. Lynch
I Gov. Jim Hunt has
eclared Sept. 20-26 as
^orth Carolina Indian Heri-
i»ge Week. Activities and
^diibits commemorating the
^0,000-year history of North
^olina Indians are being
fid daily on the State
.apitol grounds in Raleigh.
Elon senior Milton Cum-
lings (Lumbee tribe) said in
recent interview , “I
rould really like to trace my
lunily tree.”
The Lumbees of Robeson
nd surrounding counties
umber about 30,000. They
Dmprise the largest tribe in
iie state and the second
U’gest tribe in the U.S.
forth Carolina has a pop-
fation of more than 50,000
ptive Americans, the largest
if any state east of the
Jississippi.
I According to Cummings,
Lumbees have probably
pne more in upgrading the
jandard of living in his
ometown of Pembroke,
I.e. than any other group.
(“Lots of people from
embroke go to Capel HiU
pNC-CH), to become doc-
^rs and lawyers, and then
a back,” he said.
He praised the outdoor
rama “Strike At The
Wind” for stirring an in-
srest among the Lumbees in
ttracing their heritage and
Hblicizing it.
, The Lumbee, Coharie and
^aliwa-Saponi tribes per-
j>rmed native dances, songs
Jid exhibited crafts on the
fapitol grounds earlier this
/eek.
Ion Student Recalls Incident
I Today from 10 a.m.— 1
.m. the Waccamaw-Siouan
re scheduled, and on Friday
the Cherokee will perform.
Bill Oakley (Cherokee) is
a freshman at Elon. He and
Milton shared some amusing
incidents.
“You’d be surprised at
the people who come up tb
me and ask if I live on
reservation, or live in a
teepee. Some even want to
know if I can shoot a bow
and arrow,” Bill said. “If I
tried to shoot a bow and
arrow at the front of that
building (Long Student Cen
ter), I might hit one of
you,” he said, indicating
Milton and the interviewer.
When asked about his
response to such questions,
he said, “I usually do a little
dance around them and tell
them ‘Sure, I live in a teepee
and have several squaws.”
Milton agreed. “Some
times at a dance people joke
around and say things like
‘Don’t dance too hard it
might start raining.’”
“If they’re just joking,
that’s all right, but some
people are really serious,”
said Oakley.
Week’s Activities
Activities this week in
Raleigh and in local Indian
communities will provide a
better perspective on the
Native American culture in
the past and present.
A slide program will be
presented daily through Fri
day at the Old House Cham
bers (Raleigh), and a display
tracing the history of North
Carolina Indians will be
exhibited during the month
of September at the Capitol.
The N.C. Museum of Art
in Raleigh is exhibiting a
collection of Indian art
through Oct. 23.
Alpha Chi taps 13
Tonight at 7
Tonight at 7 in Durham in
the East Duke Music Room
at Duke University, there
will be a cultural presenta
tion and movie. Gerald One
Feather, Oglala Sioux lead
er; Benjamin Winter, Native
American M.D. and Joan
Drake, Mohawk, public
health specialist will speak
on Indian health and medi
cine.
cont. on p. 7
By Beclcy Kimbrell
Thirteen Elon College
students were inducted last
night into Alpha Chi, the
honor society.
Dr. Robert Blake presided
over the ceremony assisted
by Dean Chris White and
Wendy Ford, president of
the N.C. Delta Chapter
here. Professor Janie Evans
introduced the inductees,
and the invocation was given
by Dr. Martin Shotzberger.
A reception was held af
terwards for those present at
the ceremony, including in
ductees, their parents, or
spouses, current Alpha Chi
members and invited mem
bers of the faculty.
The new Alpha Chi mem
bers must have junior or
senior status, must be full
time students and have a
GPA of at least 3.65.
New members and their
majors are Paul Aiello, En
glish; Mark R. Atkins, che
mistry and English; Jerome
D. Bailey, religion and phi
losophy; Julia A. Blevins,
biology and chemistry; An
gela D. Cannady, elementary
education; David D. Di
mock, economics and ac
counting; Evelyn L. Hatley,
human services; Deborah L.
Holt, math; Robert M.
James, biology; Karen M.
Wall, biology and math; Jan
M. Whitfield, elementary
education; and James T.
Whitfield, Jr., business ad
ministration.
Howard Sontheriand entertained tlie East Area conncU last Thursday by building one of his
famous 27*gallon ice cream sundaes. About 650 students participated. WSOE carried live
coverage of the event. Photo by Ed Huehn.