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Pcnliulutn Today’s iuue of The Pea-' dnlnm U the flnal newipa* per of the 19S1-S2 school year. Publication will re sume with an orientation issue at the beginning of Fall 1982 semester. See you then! Volume Vin Number 29 Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244 Thiu^day, May 13, 1982 Marvin Stone to speak at graduation By Doug Norwood Marvin Stone, editor of U.S. News & World Report, will deliver the Elon College commencement address on Sunday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m. in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. More than 300 seniors are expected to receive degrees in the largest graduating class in the 93-year history of the college. Stone’s 35 years in journa lism span every phase of news gathering, from daily newspaper to wire service to news magazine. During his career, which began as a police reporter on the Hunt ington (W. Va.) Herald-Dis- patch in 1942, he has cover ed four wars, interviewed a score of world leaders, re ported from major interna tional conferences, and filed dispatches from 35 coun Mania Stone, editor of U.S. commencement. News And World Report, Elon’s cadets honored with ROTC awards By Doug Norwood The Department of Mili tary Science’s Awards Day was held May 6 on the Elon campus. A number of cadets were cited excellence in leadership, academics and ROTC. Cadet Stephen Rabon re ceived the Retired Officers Association Award for out- stlmding leadership poten tial, good academic and ROTC standing and poten tial to become outstanding officer. Cadet James Bulla, an MS-III, received the Associ ation of the U.S. Army Award for contributing “most toward advancing the standing of the military sci ence department.” The Daughters of the American Revolution Award went to Cadet Hampton E. Hite for “outstanding ability and achievement,” and- demonstrating “qualities of loyalty and patriotism, de pendability and good charac ter. Cadet Christopher Fish re ceived the Military Skills Proficiency Award for recei ving a “GO” at all substa tions in military skills test ing. He was tested in map reading, communications, weapon proficiency and first aid. Cadet Robert Gorrell re ceived the Military Order of World Wars for his good standing in all military as pects and scholastic grades, and a marked improvement in both and exhibiting a desire to serve his country. the 1983 tries. Stone was named editor of the U.S. News And World Report in April 1976. The editor joined U.S. News in 1960 as Pentagon correspondent and shortly thereafter moved up to asso ciate editor on military and scientiHc affairs. His activi ties included traveling with Presidents Kennedy, John son and Nixon, witnessing major U.S. space shots, and on-site reporting of the Viet nam War. He became executive di rector, managing the maga zine’s full spectrum of na tional and world news cove rage, in February of 1973. He accompanied President Ford to China and President Carter to Europe and Asia. He was one of the four distinguished journalists cho sen to question the presiden tial candidates in the Carter- Reagan debate. He continues to write the magazine’s weekly editorial. Stone was bom in Bur lington, Vt. He is an honors graduate of Marshall Uni versity in Huntington, W. Va., and Columbia Univer sity’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he won a Pulitzer Traveling Fellow ship. His education was in terrupted by three years of service in the Navy during World War II, in which he saw combat action as an attack boat officer in the Pacific. He is past president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan and of the Columbia Journalism Alum ni Association Region South. Among the honors he has won are the Home’s Award for coverage of the Indo-China war, an hono rary Doctor of Letters de gree from Marshall Univer sity, inclusion on the Colum bia journalism’s school’s 50th Anniversary Honors List, three Freedom Founda tion Awards, Legion of Honor from the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, and the National Distinguished Alumnus Award of the American Association of State Colleges and Universi ties. He is on the executive committee of the American Society of Magazine Editors. A reception honoring the Class of 1982 will be held Saturday, May 22 from 5 until 6 p.m. on the second floor of McEwen Dining Hall. A college worship service will be held that afternoon at 4 at the Elon College Community Church. Residence halls will close for undergraduates at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 19. Graduated students should vacate their rooms by 3 p.m., Sunday, May 23. It^s that time of year a^ain As finals draw near once again, students are at long last beginning to sit down and do some serious studying. Tbese Elon students found a quiet place to do some homework at Hardee’s late one night. While all students may not prefer to study in this method, one thing is for sure, with finals starting this Saturday, much studying will occur on campus this weekend. But after those finals are those nice long beach tripsi Photo by Nader Hamldpour.
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