j
i^fn.p. offices left unfilled
Few vote in senate races
In last week’s Student
Government class elections,
Patti Brammer was elected
senior class president and
Tammy Jackson was elected
secretary/treasurer of the
senior class. There was no
candidate for the offlce of
vice president.
For the junior class,
Michael Nutt was elected
president, Mouche Maggio
vice president, and Nancy
Cale secretary/treasurer.
Robert Morabito won the
sophomore class presidency,
and Patricia White was
elected sophomore class vice
president. There was no
candidate for the treasury.
The first precinct senators,
who will represent students
from Carolina, Smith, Phi
Mu House, Zeta House,
Hook, Brannock and Barney
are Harold Gwyn Smith,
Tripp Owen, Agnes Janney,
Jimmy Carter and Karen
Long.
The second precinct sen
ators, who will represent
students from West, Virgin
ia, Sloan, Kappa Sigma
house, Sigma Phi Epsilon
house and the Sigma Pi
house, are Cindy Lawson,
Heidi Gross, Ron McKaskel,
Tony Lupo and John
Murray.
In the third precinct, rep
resenting Staley, Moffitt,
North, the Oaks, Tau Kappa
Epsilon house, and the new
dorms are Beth Overstreet,
Janet Porter, Maureen
Sweeney, Loukia Louka and
Daimy Sprinkle.
Vice President Rodney
Beebe says that there was a
higher interest in some of
the offices than others, but
that the voter turnout, as
with the executive elections,
was low. The positions not
filled during this election
will be run again in the fall.
Pentiulum
Activities encourage
responsible drinking
by Vicky Jiggetts
Staff Writer
Many people believe that drinking alcoholic beverages is
just a part of college life. Whether it occurs in public places
or in the privacy of the dorm, too much drinking may harm
those who do it, as well as innocent people who don’t.
Suzanne Stevens, area coordinator of Harper Center, has
planned an entire week of activities to encourage more
responsible drinking. The week is entitled “So You Think
You Know Everything About Alcohol?”
“The majority of college students do a lot of drinking,”
says Stevens. “The question is, do they drink responsibly?”
She is quick to explain that the program is not an
anti-alcohol campaign, but that it is designed to stress the
importance of “responsible drinking” to those who choose to
drink.
The idea for such a project comes from the reports of
vandalism, discipline problems, and DUI’s, which are all
alcohol-related. “Students need to be more careful about
drinking, because there are consequences to face. This is the
first time that such a project has been on campus. We are
recognizing the problem and trying to help solve it.” Stevens
also says that she was motivated by an alcohol prevention
activity in Greensboro. “I don’t feel like I’m on a
bandwagon to end alcohol at Elon, but I just wish that
people would drink with more responsibility.”
The entire week consists of movies, speakers, and a Booze
Bowl. On Monday, there was amovie, “99 Bottles of Beer.”
Another film, “Alcohol: How Much Is Too Much?” was
shown on Tuesday. The films concluded on Wednesday with
“Father Martin’s Chalk Talk.”
See Alcohol week on p.5
Volume IX, Number 26 Elon College, 27244 April 28, 1983
Up With People delivers musical message
by Jo Crmveii
Editor
"That’s a grueling time,
Aat month,” said Bruce
jomain of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada. “It’s Tucson’s hot-
st time of year.”
Oermain, a cast member
of Up With People, was
referring to the four weeks
of training he and the other
nembers of the Up With
People casts undergo.
Up With People, an inter
national performing group
l>»sed in Tucson, Ariz., has
•>een aroimd for about 15
years. It is divided into five
rasts of 110 people each.
Cast members are from vari
ous countries, and the
organization’s goal is to
•favel through different
countries and become
involved in communities.
Positive ^ergy
Blanton Belk, the brother
of Elon’s Mrs. James Mon-
^e, started the organiza-
[ion which was incorporated
in 1968. “Belk saw youth
“sing a lot of energy in a
n^ative sense,” Fitzgerald
^d. He looked for a way to
convert this energy into
something positive and
decided to use music as a
''ehicle.
Fitzgerald described Up
"ith People as “a bunch of
young people going around
to find out about cultures.”
She said they use the two-
®our show as a way to make
‘I'ler services more attrac
tive.
Elon and surrounding
communities will get a
®*nce to see Up With
*ople on May 6 at 8 p.m.
in the Alumni Gym. Admis
sion will be $4 for students
and senior citizens and $5
for adults.
Although the organization
charges admission for its
performances, it qualifies as
a non-profit organization
because all profits go back
into running the $8 million
corporation, Fitzgerald said.
The show is a “Las Vegas
review type show,” Fitzger
ald said, with dancers, sing
ers and a 12-piece band.
Song And Dance
It includes international
song and dance medleys,
original music and popular
medleys.
The show changes every
two years, and the 1982-83
show recaps the 1960s with
the music of Bob Dylan, the
Beach Boys, Diana Ross and
the finale of “Hair.” Some
favorites from past shows
will also be included.
“It’s a very high energy
show,” Fitzgerald said.
During their training in
Tucson, cast members work
six days a week for 10 to 12
hours of “constant singing,
dancing and seminars” that
coach them on what to
expect during their travels,
Germain said.
After completing training,
the five casts are ready to
travel, give a “top notch
show” and become involved
in the communities they
visit.
“We don’t claim to cure
the world’s problems,” Fitz
gerald said. “We have a
definite message: to p'ant a
seed of hope in tomorrow.”
Fitzgerald and Germain
said their community proj
ects have included such
things as visiting prisons and
singing, playing games in
children’s homes or visiting
nursing homes. Fitzgerald
said that what they do is
“nothing that blasts you out
of the water — just things
that are noticed.”
Up With People accepts
members from the ages of
17 to 26. Anyone interested
in joining the group may be
interviewed after a perform
ance. Usually about 40 or 50
people respond after each
show Fitzgerald said, but
only about 600 people make
it per year.
Personality Gauge
Interviewees are judged on
personality alone, Fitzgerald
said, adding that “We have
people with two left feet.
You can do as much as you
want, it you are capable.”
Tuition is $5,300 to travel
for one year with Up With
People as a cast member.
This helps cover tne costs of
housing, costumes and food.
Those accepted can only
be a cast member for one
year, but may interview to
return as a staff member.
Germain and Fitzgerald
are approaching the end of
their year with Up With
People, but both have plans.
Gtermain plans to become
a professional performer,
and his experience with Up
With People should help.
“Along the road you estab
lish excellent contacts. You
see people, people, people,”
he said.
Fitzgerald has applied for
a staff job with Up With
People. She is a broadcast
ing major, however, and if
she doesn’t get the staff
position, she said she will
“seek employment in that
field.”
Housing Needed
A full cast of tip With
People will arrive on May 4
and will leave May 7 and
must find housing with host
families. Any student or
community members inter
ested in offering a member
housing for the three even
ings should call 584-2213.
f Up With People give an energetic
Uhow in a Las Vegas review style.