Parking restrictions
become a part of life
November 13, 1980 The Pendulum Page 3
“There are restrictions
everywhere,” says one stu
dent about the Town of
Elon College. These restric
tions are, however, necessary
because the town itself needs
the parking space also say
the merchants and the town
officials. The merchants who
have businesses along Wil
liamson Avenue feel that the
situation has improved since
one-hour parking has been
in effect.
“There are usually enough
spaces for our customers,”
says David Haddad who
runs Disc-N-Dat, a record
store. “But,” he continues,
“if one-hour parking were
not enforced, there would be
a big hassle.”
The customers of the
Priestley Fine Art Gallery
sometimes need more time
to look at the exhibits at the
gallery. Their customers
must fmd alternatives such
as along Lebanon Avenue.
This is a problem for them
because these spaces are
usually occupied by the stu
dents’ cars.
For this reason, the col
lege created a new paved
parking lot located beside
the gym parking lot. This
new facility cost the college
$200,000. More than 300
parking spaces are lighted
for evening use. From this
parking lot it is an easy walk
to the main campus through
the comer gate at Haggard
and O’Kelly.
This reporter has observed
that only about 70 cars are
parked in the 302 spaces at
any one time of the day, and
fewer are parked there in the
evening.
If students would use the
new parking lot more park
ing spaces would be avail
able for people who frequent
the merchants’ shops, go to
meetings at the Town Hall,
and who attend church ser
vices and meetings through
out the week.
The college has spent $200,000 for the new parking lot. Although the parking lot is
well-lighted with 300 parking places available, a poll showed that only 23 percent of the
spaces being used. Photo by Overstreet.
World teaching jobs available
Over five hundred teach
ing vacancies at home and
abroad are listed with For-
Frats to discuss escort service
by Ashley Taylor
Typical escort services
have been labeled “sinful”
but not in the case of Elon’s
proposed new service to as
sist young women across
campus.
Jack Murphy, head of
campus security, along with
Dean Joyce and the SGA
have discussed a system
where escorts can be called
upon for a certain period of
time at night. It has been
suggested that if the frater
nities agree to taking turns,
several members can be on
duty to work as escorts for
women.
The proposition will be
discussed at the next Inter
Fraternal Council meeting.
If the service does go into
effect, all fraternities must
participate. One week will be
designated for each frater
nity and during that week
different members will be on
duty. For the fraternities
that have no house, a station
will be set up at either
Harper Center or somewhere
in the dorms.
eign and Domestic Teachers
Organization.
The agency is seeking ap
plicants in all fields from
kindergarten through col
lege. Although they do not
guarantee every graduate a
definite position, they do
promise to provide a wide
range of hundreds of current
vacancy notices.
For free information and
brochure write to Foreign
and Domestic Teachers, Box
1063, Vancouver, Wash.,
98660.
(Information about this
organization may be ob
tained from the Portland
Oregon Better Business Bur
eau or the National Teach
er’s Placement Agency, Uni
versal Teachers,Box 5231,
Portland, Oregon 97208).
Chapel today
College drains water tank
by Cindy Violette
The high cost of living is
affecting the life style of
students and townspeople.
“More and more people are
staying at home,” says Mrs.
Roxie E. Hetzel, town ad
ministrator. Traveling is too
expensive, and more people
are having to economize.
Students are also having
to conserve. They are not
going home so often as they
have been in the past. For a
trip four to six hours each
way, one should plan on
spending $20 to $40 for gas
oline. Today’s students are
unable to meet these costs.
The townspeople are also
plagued with the high cost
of living. Utilities and water
prices are escalating. Every
one is being forced to
chi^e his habits. Conser
vation is now a household
word.
The change in life style is
most apparent in the in
crease of water used by the
town and college. “I just
didn’t anticipate the exces
sive use of water,” said Mrs.
Hetzel. In a six-week period,
300,000 gallons of water are
being consumed by The
Oaks alone. The maximiun
amount of water that has
been used by the college is
six million gallons, con
sumed in a two-month per
iod this fall.
The question being asked
is how much water does the
town have? Since the college
buys its water from the
town, and the town has in
creased its consumption
along with that of the stu
dents, how much water is
left?
At present, the town has
three wells, and more water
is being pumped by Bur
lington. Who knowrs how
much water still can be
pumped? So far, the town
and college have been lucky,
but how long will their luck
last?
NEWS
BRIEFS
Frat open house
Brothers of Sigma Pi,
Kappa Alpha, Tau Kappa
Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, and Pi
Kappa Phi fraternities will
hold open house Nov. 13
2:30-4:30 in second McEwen
Dining Hall. Light snacks
will be served.
Part-time job
Students: The Career De
velopment and Placement
Office is interested in know
ing your needs for off
campus part-time employ
ment. If you would like our
help, please come by Ala
mance 103. See Susan Phil
lips, Career Development,
Ext. 258.
Computer literacy
required for grads
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Study now for
coming exams
by William R. Parks
A new series of courses
will comprise the minor in
computer information
science beginning next fall at
Elon College.
The first course, Introduc
tion to Computers and Data
Processing, is open to any
student interested in learning
about computers in general.
The main purpose of the
course is to acquaint stu
dents with basic terminology
and concepts of computer
information science; howev
er, some programming will
be taught.
The main text, written by
Shelly and Cashman, is a
very colorful book with over
500 color photographs and
illustrations covering most
of the basic hardware and
software concepts needed for
computer literacy. This is a
new category of literacy in
today’s world. College grad
uates should have at least
one course on computers to
be computer literate.
This first course is de
signed to do just that —
make you a computer lite
rate person. It will also at
tract students to electives in
the new computer curricu
lum. Some students will take
two or three courses—others
will take all seven new
courses offerings and ac
quire a minor in computer
information science.
Job oi^rtunities are out
standing for students who
graduate from college with
some training in computers
and programming.
If you plan to wojrk in
business, industry, medicine
or education, you can be
sure of one thing — com
puter use is on the increase
in these fields. Knowledge
about computers can give
you a running start on other
job seekers. Employers to
day are looking for grad
uates who have a good
general education that in
cludes a few computer
courses.
Elon College has planned
well by starting the new
department of computer in
formation science. It will
serve and service all areas of
education here at Elon.