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December 13
Volume IX, Number 13
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, December 2, 1982
Survey: students say ‘no’
to raising the drinking age
{ by Vicky Jiggets
1 Staff Writer
A major issue in the Nov.
18 senate meeting was the
L question of raising the
[ drinidng age in North Caro
lina. At the present time, the
legal age for the consump
tion of beer and wine is 18.
The North Carolina General
Assembly will consider rais-
ing the age in the next
^ session.
A recent siu^ey done at
• Elon indicated that 76 per
cent of the students here are
opposed to raising the legal
age. Since people are consid-
ered legal adults at age 18,
li and legal duties of an adult
jt citizen begin at this age,
I then the legal rights of an
adult should also begin at
ot age 18, according to the
poll.
Elon College senate will
send a letter with the results
of the survey to North
^ Carolina’s governor, lieuten-
g, ant governor and local rep-
resentatives to the North
ig Carolina General Assembly
. and legislature and the com
mittee chairmen of the Gen-
* eral Assembly and legisla
ture.
Another issue discussed in
the Senate involved the ath
letic survey which the Stu
dent Government Associa
tion conducted. The results
showed that the students
would like the athletic facil
ity hours more publicized.
They feel that they are not
well-informed about these
hours and a posting system
of these hours is needed.
Although the hours are
written in the student hand
book, the Senate said that
students do not use the
manual that often. The sen
ate recommended that the
Athletic Department post a
large bulletin board outside
Alumni and East gyms stat
ing the athletic facility
hours.
Students in the West Area
expressed concern for their
safety by signing petitions
explaining the need for a
better fire alarm system. The
petition stated that the pres
ent alarm system is activated
only when heavy flames arc
on each floor. This places
the residents in danger, even
during a small fire. The
administration was advised
to make the necessary im
provements by instaiiing a
central Hre alarm system in
the West Area.
An issue from a previous
senate meeting concerned the
payment for the recent pur
chase of the student activi
ties van. The school purch
ased the van at a face value
of $11,420. The SGA wiU
replay the college the face
value less $2,500. This will
be the first of four payments
made semi-annually, no later
than Feb. 1 and June 1 until
1984.
The SGA will make the
first initial payment of
$2,230 before Feb. 1, 1983,
with the remaining balance
being $6,690. The remaining
amount of $1,730 will come
from the unrestricted funds
and $500 from the Presi
dential Discretion Fund.
A final discussion involv
ed the need for better light
ing on the tennis courts.
This was also indicated on
the athletic survey. The SGA
has spoken with administra
tion and faculty on this
issue. It has been recom
mended that a better lighting
system be considered. Coin
operated timers on the tennis
courts were also suggested
by the SGA.
long lines and last minute e'^tS.‘‘phJfo
tratlon. The Registrar’s Office declared it an overau sm
Kruppa.
Pre-registration runs smoothly
Winter T^rm. Fc
Pre-registration for the spring semester
Went smoothly last week, according to
Registrar Mark Albertson. For the upcom
ing Winter Term, 1,777 students were
preregistered, an increase of 180 students
over last year’s Winter Term. For the
Spring semester, 2,250 students were prereg
istered, an increase of 60 students over last
spring. o
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SWIMMING
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How’s the water?
A skeleton is helped out of the Fonville Fountain on
the morning of Nov. 23. He apparentiy wandered off from
his home in the Duke building. Photo by Gayle Flshel.
ODK taps members
Omicron Delta Kappa, the
national leadership honor
society, will induct 17 new
student members and two
faculty members in a special
ceremony to be held on Dec.
7 at 9:30 a.m. in Whitley
Auditorium.
These new student mem
bers are David L. Beahm,
senior, Luray, Va.; Patricia
L. Brammer, junior, Rock
ville, Md.; Kimberly E.
Daniel, senior, Charlotte;
Ellen L. Holland, senior,
Vienna, Va.; Pamela J. Jac
obs, senior, Burlington;
Deborah L.. Jones, senior,
Bennett; James A.Kou-
chinsky, senior, Tazewell,
Va.; F.W. Lewis, senior,
Stony Creek, Va.; Julie A.
McGhee, senior. High Point.
Also, Diane E. McSheehy,
junior, Plaistow, N.H.;
Marash N. Nikaj, senior.
New York, N. Y.; Aaron
K. Price, senior,
Asheboro; Angela D. Rakes,
senior, Patrick Springs, Va.;
Edward A. Reinheimer, sen
ior, Rockville, Md.; Pamela
T. Roach, junior, Reidsville;
Donna M. Stone, senior.
Long Island, Va.
The faculty members who
ivill be inducted are Mrs.
Selen H. Euliss, asociate
)rofessor of English, and
>. J. Michael Marr, associ
ate professor and chairman
of the Business and
Accounting Department. In
addition, Margaret C.
O’Connell, executive house
keeper of the physical plant,
will be inducted.
A new system of tapping
was used this year. The
selected persons were
“tapped” by one or two
members of ODK, at the
beginning of their 10:10
a.m. class on Oct. 11.
This national honor soci
ety, according to the Elon
college catalogue, “recog
nizes students, faculty,
alumni, and outstanding citi
zens for exemplary charact
er, scholarship and intelli-
genct, service and leadership
in campus life, good citizen
ship within the academic and
larger community, fellow
ship and consecration to
democratic ideals.”
This ceremony is open to
everyone. One college pro
gram credit is available.