Calling the frats
If the library seems mostly unpopulated by the female
species of students in the late evenings, it is because many
females are growing increasingly more wary of walking alone
after dark.
For the students at Staley, this can create a problem unless
they band together in groups. But even those students living
in Carolina should not venture to and from the library at
night.
One possible solution would be for males on campus to
form an escort service. This project would be an excellent
idea for a fraternity or other organization on campus. How
about it, guys?
If male students had half-hour shifts, this would be very
convenient for those students wishing to leave the library.
Perhaps the service could begin near 8 p.m., or whenever
darkness arrives. With half-hour shifts from 8-12, that’s only
about half a dozen trips. The fraternities could even
cooperate for this endeavor, each one escorting on a different
night. But there needs to be a main organizer.
Let’s admit it— the dorm can often be quite a noisy place
to study at night. One of the purposes of the library is to
provide a quiet place for study. Why should this be denied to
any student, male or female? The proposed escort service
may never save a life, but it could prevent an attack or
possible rape.
Plan schedule now!
NOW is the time to plan for pre-registration and to avoid
standing in line for hours on end. All students should
schedule conferences with their advisers as soon as possible.
Pre-registration forms have different layers and these
should not be separated. Current addresses and correct in
formation, inducting social security number, are necessary if
students are to receive grades.
For repeat courses, a student must fill out a repeat card,
and if a student wishes to take a course on a pass-fail basis,
forms for this must also be secived.
Students entering Elon in the fall of ’79 who expect to
graduate under the current catalog must have 36 hours of
300-400 level courses to meet degree requirements. It is the
unfortunate senior who realizes this only at the last minute.
Another thing that often creates problems, especially for the
transfer student, is the math and foreign language
requirements. Students are often admitted to Elon lacking a
foreign language background in high school. This deficiency
must be made up in college. Transfer students also have
trouble receiving credit for certain courses and should make
sure questionable courses transfer.
Many students unknowlingly schedule two classes for the
same time slot. A watchful eye can avoid this.
To avoid a lot of pain on drop-add day, it may be wise to
sign up for exactly the courses you want, unless they have
closed down. A lot of the hassle of pre-registration can be
avoided, but now is the time to plan.
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Letters to the Editor
Deficiencies delay graduation
Dear Editor;
There is a problem at
Elon about which few peo
ple are probably aware. This
is the problem of transfer
ring credits and fulfilling
general requirements. As I
approach my last semester, I
find others share my predic
ament.
It seems that advisers, the
registrar and admissions
have trouble informing stu
dents of their requirements.
Granted, a student should
take some responsibility for
keeping up with hours. But
in many cases, requirements
are not understood clearly
by the student or the student
assumes he has fulfilled the
necessary requirements for
his major.
Advisers should be aware
of what is and is not
required for a particular
major. They should also
inform students as to exactly
what courses are needed to
fulfill certain requirements;
i.e. two hours of PE (acti
vity) and not two hours of
he^th. It appears to me that
some advisers are not aware
of what courses are needed
to fulfill requirements.
Advisers should be aware
of these needs and, in going
over students’ transcripts
during pre-registration, point
them out to students. After
all, they are advisers.
The registrar also has a
strange habit of informing
students in their junior or
senior year that have a
deficiency in a certain area
such as math or foreign
language. This deficiency re
sults from not taking certain
courses while still in high
school. Students with this
problem must clear this defi
ciency, dating from high
school, before their college
graduation. More often than
not, graduation for that
student is delayed.
Admissions should take
the responsibility of inform
ing these students of the
deficiency when they are
admitted— not two or three
years later.
This school has a pen
chant for withholding this
sort of information until
students have completed two
or three years here. The
registrar should give transfer
students their record of trans
fer, what Elon has accepted
and this should include any
deficiencies.
Perhaps advisers, admis
sions and the registrar
should examine the issue.
They should get abreast of
the situation. I’ve already
heard people saying that the
whole idea is simply a ruse
to keep students here, pay
ing their fees.
Nancy Crutchfield
Homecoming
cent, from p. 1
and times that voting booths
will be set up.
Jeff Bowling and Sarah
Lewallen are co-chairmen of
the Homecoming Committee
Jeff says that he would like
for students to become in
volved in Homecoming.
The Homecoming Com
mittee feels that apathy will
destroy school spirit so they
are working hard to interest
and involve the student
body.