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feniiulutn- Laok for SGA election re- ■rtts in next week’s Pendu- Volume Vin Number 26 Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244 Thursday, April 29, 1982 Congressmen answer Senate’s letters By Loukia Louka The April 22 meeting of the senate began with a readins of the responses to mocr?tic U.S. Rep. Bill Hefner and Republican U.S. Rep Eugene Johnston. Also responding was KepuD- lican Senator John East. The letter dealt with the senate’s concern for students whose education might be threatened by the currently proposed cuts in financi^ aid funding to college stu dents for 1983-84. SGA Vice-President Paul Aiello said, “By writing Hast, Mefner, and Johnston, and Martin, the SGA hoped to accomplish two things. First and foremost, the SGA wanted to increase students awareness of potential re ductions in federal financial aidprograms.” Aiello added, “Second, the SGA wanted to use one of the oldest, most effective, yet least used political tools, that is direct communication with our representatives. “Overall, the SGA wanted to have some impact on the upcoming feder^ fmancial aid program decisions. We believed that a letter from the Student Senate would carry far more weight than letters from scattered indivi duals.” “At this time, the senate has received three responses to the four letters it has written. Two of the three responses contain the opi nions of politicians whose education and budget poli cies match ours. Congress man Johnston and Hefner are truly opposed to federal fmancial aid cuts. “Senator East, on the other hand, does not share our sentiments. He believes that conditions are such that we no longer have the luxury of funding all govern ment programs, no matter how worthy they may be.” The results of the SGA executive office run-offs an nounced Rodney Beebe as successor to out-going vice- president Paul Aiello. Mary Watson was reelected as treasurer of the SGA. New business included passing a bill to recognize the accomplishments of the 1981 Elon College football team. With this bill, the SGA will formally congratu late the football team for winning their second NAIA Championship. The bill will be presented to the 1981-82 Head Coach, Jerry Tolley. Also passed was a bill to allocate $750.00 to the F.lon College Lacrosse Club. With this monev. the Lacros se Club will be able to purchase needed equipment. Future freshmen have fun Melvin Wilkins, future resident counselor for Harper Center, helped hand out Freshman Day volunteers and prospective students. In photo below Donnie Dyer, Bill Jessup and Barry Kavanaogii eqjoy tiie lunch and sunsuney weilther. Photographs by Nader Itamidponr. IjVFOUMATfOIV JNmUMAifON tmmMATioN Lights investigated By Jo Craven The campus lighting sys tem has caused concern among some Elon students. Apparently, many feel that |he present system provides inadequate lighting. This year’s freshman class ! has bwn trying to call j attention to the problem and j is working on a solution. As a class project, repre sentatives led by Senate member Tim Saunders con ducted three tours around tht campus to study the problem. After several meetings, the students drafted a report ^d a map specifying areas needing new or improved lighting. On April 6, Saunders met with head of maintenance L.D. McCauley Sr. McCauley told the com mittee to redraft the map and indicate only areas which need lighting the most. When the group com pletes this task, a new map will be submitted with hopes of getting an improved light ing system. Although the first map was rejected. Speaker of the Senate Paul Aiello believes that the project is “very important.” If the problem is not de^t with, Aiello said that it will be brought up again. Saunders and McCauley were not available for com ment. Jim Hackney resigns from Elon has accepted position at NCSA By Sherri Moore Coordinator of Resident Life Jim Hackney has re signed from his position at Elon to accept a similar post at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Wins - ton Salem. Hackney, who has been at Elon since August of 1980, said that the position at the North Carolina School of the Arts is a big promotion for him. The position Hackney will take at NCSA is similar to the post he holds at Elon, but no security work will be involved. He will be totaUy in charge of resident life and chief budget director. Because Hackney is affili ated with the North Carolina Housing Officials, he was sent a copy of the job description of the NCSA post. He applied and got the job. “People here at Elon have been overwhelmingly sup portive—students, faculty and staff alike—when they discovered I was leaving. It was a humbling experience when I found out I did have so many friends,” Hackney said. And, according to Hack ney, the people at NCSA are just as supportive of him taking the position at their school. “They offered me the position in January, but I felt I had to finish up the semester here and they un derstood that I couldn’t leave in the middle of a semester,” Hackney conti nued. Associate Dean Ron Klep- cyk will take Hackney’s place. Hackney, who has a B.A. from Wofford College and a M.A. from Yale University, will take his po sition at NCSA effective June 1.
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