Twenty-five student selected for Who’s Who
The 1983 edition of Who’s
Who Among Students in
American Universities and
College! will carry the names
of 25 students from Elon
College who have been sel
ected as being among the
coimtry’s most outstanding
campus leaders.
They are David L. Beahm,
senior, Luray, Va.; Sara A.
Beeson, senior, Winston-
Salem; Erin P. Boyle, sen
ior, McLeansville; Donna B.
Cates, senior, Burlington;
Tamara J. Cook, senior,
Graham; Sharon K. Foster,
junior, Elon College; Bas-
sam S. Ibrahim, senior,
Rockville, Md.; Pamela J.
Jacobs, senior, Burlington;
Nancy A. Marchman, sen
ior, Clayton, Ga.
Also, Terry C. Martin,
senior, Roxboro; Julie A.
McGhee, senior. High Point;
Diane E. McSheehy, junior,
Plaistow, N.H.; Sherri L.
Moore, junior, Burlington;
Ralph O. Mueller, senior.
West Germany; Lisa E.
Newbold, senior, Greens
boro; Tracy L. Owens, sen
ior, Virginia Beach, Va.;
and Donna M. Phillips, sen
ior, Burlington.
In addition, Angela D.
Rakes, senior, Patrick
Springs, Va.; Edward A.
Reinheimer, senior, Rock
ville, Md.; Pamela Roach,
junior, Reidsville; Donna M.
Stone, senior. Long Island,
Va.; Craig A. Tucker, sen
ior, Mooresville; Teresa A.
Warren, senior, Burlington;
Mary E. Watson, senior,
Woodstock, Va.; and Ann
T. Wickham, senior, Ridge
way, Va.
Selection is made on the
basis of scholastic achieve
ment, participation and lead
ership in extracurricular act-
ership in extracurricular ac
tivities, service to the col
lege, and potential for future
success. Students to be listed
in Who’s Who are selected
each year by a committee
composed of faculty mem
bers, administrators and stu
dents.
She Pcnbulum
Publication of
Tke Pendulum
will resume Dec. 3.
Happy Thanksgiving
Volume IX Number 12
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, November 18, 1982
^Ipha Chi requires
tough standards
by Loukia Louka
News Editor
J There are 10 honor societies at Elon that recognize
academic achievement in various majors and programs at the
college. Of these 10, Alpha Chi is the most prestigious
, honor society on campus.
; “The objective of this national scholastic society is the
stihiulation, development and recognition of scholarship and
I those elements of character that make scholarship effective
j_for good',” according to the Elon College catalo'g.
To be eligible for membership, a student must be a»jumor
or senior in the upper 10th of his class, must be of good
standing, and must have distinguished himself by academic
kt accomplishments of a high order.
H Alpha Chi predicates its membership upon accomplishment
' rather than mere interest or participation. It is a general
t honor society that admits to membership students from all
academic disciplines rather than a single area of study.
Alpha Chi maintains three levels of organization which are
I local chapters, regional councils and a national council. A
I local chapter operates imder a chapter granted by the
■ National Council.
Any accredited four-year college or university granting
^ traditional baccalaureate degrees is eligible for a local chapter
as long as it remains in good standing with its regional
accrediting association,
g ^ Members of a local chapter elect their student officers and
P two of their faculty sponsors. Dr. Robert Blake has been the
% faculty sponsor of the Delta Chapter of Alpha Chi at Elon
since 1977. Dr. Chris White is the associate sponsor.
Members participate in a variety of local programs
designed to enhance the intellectual life of the campus, as
well as in regional and national programs.
Scholastic Awards
Each year Alpha Chi presents a scholastic award to the top
person in the graduating high school class at the area high
schools. This includes Burlington’s Williams and Cummmgs
high schools. The valedictorian of the four county schools,
including Southern, Western, Easter and Graham High
Schools are also awarded.
A regional council is composed of two representatives, a
faculty sponsor and a student member, from each loc^
chapter in the region. The Elon Chapter of Alpha Chi is
classified into region eight, which includes the southeastern
states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and the District of
Columbia.
During even-numbered years each regional council meets
on or near the campus of one of the local chapters in the
y cont. on p. 2
ROTC honors veterans
THE ROTC CADETS of Elon College conducted a Retreat Ceremony at !»cott Plaza last
Wednesday. The ceremony paid tribute to Veterans Day and marked the beginning of the
cadets of E3on assuming the role of raising and lowering the national, state, and school
flags. Senior cadel Mark Kemp was commander of cadets and Ira Credle, also a senior,
was the commander of the color detachment. Photo by Pam Overstreet.
Elon stabbing suspect released
Charges have been dismissed against an
Elon College student accused of the Oct. 24
stabbing of a fellow student.
Jay Cee Peaks Jr., a 24-year old resident
of Oaks dormitory, was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill, inflicting serious injury, in the stabbing
of Michael L. Ferrel, 19, also an Oaks
resident.
According to an employee of the Ala
mance County Office of Criminal Records,
the charges against Peaks were dismissed
because a subpoena could not be served on
the witness, Ferrel. The employee said court
officials thought Ferrel was in Virginia
on the Nov. 9 trial date.
According to a Burlington Daily Times-
News article, Ferrel was found stabbed in
the chest on the stairs outside his dorm at
1:59 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Ferrel was
taken to North Carolina Memorial Hospital
in Chapel Hill, but has since been released
and is now back in school.
Peaks was arrested at his girlfriend’s
house in Greensboro later that morning.
Elon College Police Chief Sam Jones told
the Times-News that a motive in the
stabbing had not been established, but that
Ferrel had been involved in a fight at a
dormitory party held that night that both
students had attended.
Peaks was held under SI0,000 bond
in Greensboro. When he was returned to
Alamance County, bond was increased to
$20,000.
Peaks has since left the Elon campus,
and Ferrel refused to comment on the
incident or the events after it.
Another stabbing occured the same night
in the Elon College Hardee’s parking lot.
Three Burlington men were charged with
simple affray in the stabbing of another
Burlington man. None were connected with
Elon College. There was no apparent
connection in the two incidents.