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Scott Plaza construction to begin March 19 Ralph Scott by Bob Moser Construction of Scott Plaza is scheduled to begin Friday, March 19, the first day of Spring Break for students. The plaza will be located in the front campus in the circle near the Alamance, Duke and Powell buildings. Former State Senator Ralph Scott donated the funds to begin the project, whose centerpiece will be a fountain in the memory of Scott’s late wife, Mrs. Haze- lene Scott. With construction of the plaza, scheduled for comple tion in the fall, a new network of brick sidewalks will be built. Also, 15 new lights will be installed to improve the lighting system. There will no longer be a parking lot or driveway in that section of campus. According to Larry McCauley, physical plant di rector, the first two weeks of work will consist of demoli tion of sidewalks, the park ing lot in front of the Alamance Building, the cir cular drive around the front of campus, and much of the brick wall that line the front part of campus. While construction is going on in the fall, some temporary gravel paths will be built to replace the old ones. The inconvenience of walking around the con struction site will be well worth it, according to McCauley. He expects Scott Plaza to beautify the campus as well as eliminate drainage and other maintenance pro blems now existing. Scott represented Ala mance County for many years in the General Assem bly. He is the brother of the late former Gov. W. Kerr Scott and uncle of former Gov. Bob Scott. Good Luck Oa Mid'Terms Volume Vin Number 18 Elon College, E^on College, N.C. 27244 Thursday, March 4, 1982 Elon students receive eviction notices from apartment owners Artist’s drawing of new dorm New dorm to be ready for fall by Tom Westenhiser Students of Cedar Grove apartments in Gibsonville received eviction notices last week by the owner of those apartments. Mike Neal, who rents those apartments through Huey Realty, said, “Vacant apartments have been van dalized and used for party rooms.” Neal, who has been rent ing Cedar Grove apartments for three years, said the “destruction and garbage has been getting worse and worse each year.” Eviction notices given on Feb. 2S sent approximately IS students scrambling for new housing. Dean Joanne Soliday has been attempting to rescue the students by calling local rental agencies and persons who rent to students for housing. “I think this is horrible,” Soliday said. “As long as realtors give a 30 - day no tice, they can get away with murder.” Soliday said she planned to put an advertisement in the paper to see where housing may be available. Some students have al ready succeeded in finding housing. John Brockington and his two roomates have found a house in Gibson— ville. Henry Adams and his two roommates are looking into a townhouse that is also in Gibsonville. Mike Childs and Lou Blakey were lucky to have already been moving at the time of eviction notices and are moving in with a friend in College Garden apart ments. Chris McCracken and his roommates were also for tunate to be moving into a house in Elon College at that time. Eric McDonnell and his roommate lucked out by finding living quar ters at the O’Kelley apart ment complex. Most students are eager to move out now because they have to be out of Cedar Grove by March 30, which is right after spring break and mid- terms. Neal was asked if he, as rental agent, could extend the deadline to the end of the term. “There is no way I can extend the deadline,” he replied. “There has to be a breaking point somewhere. I hate to do it as much as anyone else.” Some students are happier with their new locations. The O’Kelley apartments are much cleaner, McDonnell said, “and they are within walking distance of school so I won’t have to drive any more.” Livingston The Student Union Board of Elon College will present a dual performance of guita rist and singer Livingston Taylor and mime artist Tim Settimi on Monday, March IS at 8 p.m. on the second floor of McEwen Dining Hall. by Richard Anderson This fall, 300 resident students will find themselves living in Elon’s newest resi dence hall. The “hall,” act ually a complex of three buildings, should be com pleted by this June and will be ready for students to move in by September. Each building will consist of three “floors,” with each floor divided into suites hou sing eight students each. Each suite will open to the outside and will have four bedrooms, a luge bathroom with two showers, two toil ets, four sinks and a living room. Furniture for the Taylor, the brother of recording star James Taylor, has recorded four albums on Epic and Columbia. They are “Echo,” “In Har mony,” “Man’s Best Friend” and his most recent, “Three-Way Mirror.” He will appear here as a soloist. rooms has not yet been purchased, according to Jim Hackney, coordinator of residence life. “We’re trying to get good, quality furniture that the students will hke,” he added. Several styles have been considered, including one made of wood and another made of metal. In addition to the suites, the facility will have space for student organizations to hold activities. A large kit chen and a recreational area will be included in this space, along with the area coordinator’s apartment. The facility will be “one In addition, brother Alex Taylor and sister Kate Tay lor have had singing and recording careers. The Taylors are former residents of Chapel Hill. Livingston Taylor recently recorded the North Carolina National Bank commercial, “We want to be the best of tne finest anywhere,” said Hackney. He also ex plained that this will be a residence hall and not a dormitory. “A dormitory is just a place to put beds. This will be a place for students to live,” he said. The increased Uving space the new hall will provide should also improve the quality of life in all areas on campus, according to Hackney. “We are going to try to ‘de-triple’ most of the rooms on campus,” he said. “We don’t anticipate having to use the motel (the Best Western) next year.” bank in the neighborhood.” Settimi’s performance will follow Taylor’s. Settimi has been called the Red Skelton of the 1980’s. Students, faculty and staff at Elon will be given the first chance to get free tickets, and $2 for non-stu dents at the door. Taylor to give free concert here
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