Volume Vin Number 14
EHon College, Elon College, NC 27244
Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981
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Out-of-state students cite
improvements for Elon
OUT-OF-STATERS — Stadcati talk «boat the proi aad
com of attending a small North Carolina school. Top to
bottom: Carmen Pascarella, Colleen O’Brien, Nancy More-
ton, Olga Patthoff, and Mark Landschoot. Photo by Nader
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ODK
names
inductees
Omicron Delta Kappa, the
national leadership honor
society, inducted 18 new
student members and two
faulty members in a special
ceremony held Sunday after
noon.
These new student mem
bers are Margaret Adams,
Charlotte Alford, Julia Ble
vins, Kyle Campbell, Rae
DiProfio, Stephanie Hamp
ton, Marty Hardison, Bob
James, Kevin McCauley,
J^alph Mueller, Tracy
Owens. Kevin Robinson,
Kun Steffen, Bill Tippett,
Vic Vickers, Miguel Viso,
Teresa Warren, and Ann
Wickham. The two faculty
inductees were Dr. RusseU
Gill and Dr. Herbert House.
ODK places emphasis
the development of the
*nole person, both as a
present member of the
college community and as a
prospective contributor to
society.
by Loukia Louka
Although the majority of
Elon students come from the
local areas of North Caro
lina, quite a few students
attend Elon from states as
far away as Connecticut and
Florida. In interviews with
out-of-state students to fmd
out why they chose Elon and
how they like it so far, the
students expressed similar
reasons for their choice and
agreed upon possible im
provements and changes that
would enhance student life.
Freshman George Chrys-
anthopoulo of Sayerville ,
N.J., has a brother who is a
junior at Elon. When
George visited him at Elon
he liked the friendly atmos
phere, and the milder
weather. Another appealing
aspect that he found after
actually becoming a student
is the accessibility to pro
fessors.
Chrysanthopoulo points
out that the one undesirable
aspect of Elon is that there
is not enough to do on
weekends. He says, “There
should be more social activ
ities and a slacker visitation
policy. I’d really like to see
kegs on campus, too, so the
parties would Ix more like
the ones the frats have.”
“Sometimes it’s hard to
get socially active when you
aren’t a Greek because a lot
of their activities are cen
tered around each other and
some parties are closed to
people who aren’t mem
bers.”
Carmen Pascarella of
Northrose, N.Y., and Mark
Landschoot of Clifton
Springs, N.Y., knew each
other before coming to
Elon. Pascarella, a resident
counselor for second floor
MofHtt and a senior, trans
ferred to Elon from Fred-
onia College.
He had two friends who
attended Elon and he
learned about Elon through
them. “After hearing them
talk about Elon, I wanted to
And out all I could about
the college. I heard that
Elon had excellent business
and accounting departments,
and a good golf team, too.”
Landschoot says, “Both
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Carmen and I are from
small towns, and we wanted
to go to college in a place
that was like our home
towns, just in a warmer
place b^use it really gets
cold up in New York.
“There really aren’t any
‘in-between schools’ up
north either. You either have
a community college or huge
universities where you are
just a number. There really
should be a low ratio of
students to professors for
more individual attention.”
Pascarella says, “But your
choice of professors in a
particular department at
Elon is really limited, but
that’s true for any small
school. Sometimes if there’s
a professor you’ve already
had and want another, there
isn’t anyone else to teach
it.”
Landschoot says, “So
cially, everything is formed
around Greeks. I’m not
down on them by any
means, but if you aren’t a
brother, then it’s hard to get
involved. I’m involved with
the East Area Council, and
we’re doing the best we can
to get people socially moti
vated with activities like
roller skating parties and bus
trips to events.”
“I had three schools that I
wanted to attend, and after
visiting them, I liked Elon
the best — its size, the
course offerings, and the
friendly people,” Nancy
Moreton, a freshman from
Windsor, Cotm., says about
the things she found most
appealing about Elon.
“I also like having a dorm
right on the main campus.
It’s in the middle of every
thing. The cafeteria and the
classrooms are close by and
everyone on the hall is really
tight; you can talk to any
one.
“At first it’s hard being
away from home; money
gets low and you have so
many more responsibilities,
but, my parents help me out
and I’m getting used to
being alone. Sometimes,
though, it’s hard to meet
people outside the hall be
cause there aren’t many
social events.”
Senior Michael Bowling
from Kentucky transferred
to Elon last semester from
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