li
■ 1
mil
mil
SBSi
/
The Pendulum
Thursday, October 13,1983
Volume X, No. 6
White delays MBA vote
Faculty approves foreign language major
By Loukia Louka
Associate Editor
In a surprise move during
last Friday’s faculty meeting
Vice President for Academic
and Student Affairs Chris
White delayed the faculty vote
for an MBA program.
In an interview Monday,
White said he postponed a vote
until the faculty meets next
month because “There are a
few faculty members who felt
that the proposal had come too
fast. I’m not sure the issue is
one of quality, as it is of speed;
so rather than forcing an action
I delayed it.”
The faculty did, however,
unanimously approve a foreign
language major for Elon. White
said, “A curriculum committee
proposed a foreign language
major that was scheduled for
the faculty meeting last May.
Even though I favored the
proposal, I sensed the time
wasn’t right then.
Previously, Elon had a fore
ign language major in French
and Spanish that was unsuc
cessful in the early 1970’s. “It
was a sort of suicide,” White ex
plained. “There were no stu
dents and the professors didn’t
seem to have a concept of how
to get students involved.
“The college sent through
the mid-1970s with virtually no
foreign language instruction at
all. There were just 100-level
cotirses taken by students with
foreign language entrance de
ficiencies.”
Several years ago, faculty
members in the language de
partment as well as other in
terested faculty members de
cided to make an effort to try to
bring the languages back to
Elon. This was achieved by
nurturing classes at higher
levels and hiring experienced
faculty to teach the classes,
white said. “We knew it would
take some time, but we hired
some pretty sharp professors.
See Faculty Page 2
Board of trustees
to meet next week
Pucker up
Elon students put their lips to a real test as they attempt to pick up lima beams
through a straw. This event was one of many that took place during SUB’s Anti-
Suitcase Weekend last week.
The Elon College Board of
Trustees will meet here on Oct.
19. The biggest issue facing the
board is whether to formally
announce the PRIDE II cam
paign. This is a major fund
raising campaign to provide fi
nances for college projects.
The PRIDE II campaign is pri
marily associated with funding
for the proposed fine arts
center.
Commenting on the cam
paign, President Fred Young
says, “The preliminary (un
announced) gifts are substan
tial, and we hope the board will
go ahead with a public kick-
off.”
Other matters facing the
board are deciding whether to
approve the MBA program, a
report on the Safe Roads Act
and the implications on col
leges. Also on the agenda are
the routine items of financial
and admission reports and an
introduction of the new faculty
and staff.
Thad Eure
At 84, veteran N.C. secretary,
Elon trustees chairman going strong
By Doug Norwood nized their secretary of state, tion in 1936, they have re- known as “king of the ramps,”
Staff Writer Thad Eure, by the straw hat elected Eure, who ia also dean of the United States’sec-
For nearly a half a century and big bow tie he always dons, known as “the oldest rate in the
North Carolinians have recog- Every four years since his elec- Democratic barn.” He’s also See Eure Page 7
Happy 10th to us
Today’s issue marks the
10th anniversary for The
Pendulum. The first issue,
published on Oct. 14, 1974,
was four pages long. The lead
story was about consumer
advocate Ralph Nader, who
was a guest speaker at Elon.
The inaugural issue also
announced a station mana
ger for “the proposed cam
pus radio station.”
Needless to say, we feel
that the campus media have
grown substantially in the
past 10 years, and hope that
they will continue to surpass
what we have now by leaps
and bound.
Editor of
The Nation
speaks here
p. 6
A look at two legends
Christians stop Terriers
Elon break
Wofford
streak
P. 9
m • rtnn'Wa —
The Grateful Dead,
Neil Young
Reviewed
p 6 y 8