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The Pendulum Thursday. November 3, 1983 Talent Show succeeds The annual Student Union Board Talent Show last Friday was an exceptional success in Elon’s student programming. The show attracted a larger audience than any other event offered this s0mGstGr. The Talent Show was held in Whitley Auditorium. The au ditorium was packed, and for good reason: all of the acts dis played much talent. Although the majority of the acts were singing acts, they pro vided a varied musical cross-section from gospel to pop and rockabilly tunes. Some of the performances even featured ori ginal works. The two acts that strayed from the vocal exhibi tions included a baton-twirling routine and a dance trio, which won the $100 first prize. What united these students was a quality of performance. The audience responded to this with applause and often with It is remarkable that this conglomeration of amateur talent attracted a much stronger audience than performances by pro fessional acts and lectures which traditionally have drawn sparse audiences at Elon. On the night of the talent show, both the lower part of the auditorium and the upper level filled until there was standing room only. Part of the reason that the audience was so large was because parents were visiting the campus for Parents’ Weekend, and attended the show. However, they can not be totally credited for the impressive turn-out. Many students who did not have visiting parents attended the Talent Show also. The audience was composed of a variety of students including Greeks, non-Greeks, blacks and whites, presenting a cross- section of the entire student body. This suggests that although students are not attracted to most of the professional talent brought to Elon in various forms, their interest is aroused by the performances of their fellow stu dents. Perhaps the success of the talent show will encourage more programs to employ student talent, a resource that is seldom incorporated in programming at Elon. MO ONvSl&AirD LtITEl^/Sro^lE5 ACCEPT£D_J1: “I want to submit an anonymous manuscript. 6UT3 rs TO coiieqe 6H0 Letter to the editor Prof approves of Clark’s nomination To The Editor: It seems to me that S G A President McSheehy is quite oblivious to the political facts of life in her criticism of the nomination (the President nominates, appointment is contingent upon Senate approval) of William Clark to the post of Secretary of the In terior. He was nominated for exactly the same reason that some environmentalists oppose him; his loyalty to the President. President Reagan wants to have his policies car ried out and he is reasonably sure that Mr. Clark will do just that. There may be plenty of room to criticize-the President’s view of Department of the In terior policies on what’s best for the U.S., but the nomination of someone upon whom you can rely to carry out those policies should be expected, not a sur prise. Why not praise someone who has the ability to pass the bar exams after dropping out of law school? F.T. Watts Jr. Associate Professor of Poli tical Science Correction The name of Michelle Morgan was inadvertently omitted from the articled entitled Thurber plays come to life in Mooney in the Oct. 27 edition of the Pendulum. Morgan was a principle player in the Readers Theater production. We apologize for this omission. The Pendulum Staff Editor-in-Chief Jo Cravea Associate Editor Loukia Louka Head Photographer Paul Harris Editorial Editor Features Editor Arts Editor Sports Editor Adviser Carol Nix Penny Thomas Felicia Fogleman Tom Westenhiser Robert Nowell The Pendulum welcomes letters, li mited to 250 words, from our readers. Longer material may be submitted as opinion articles. All letters submitted must be signed, and a phone number given so that the letters validity can be checked. Editors reserve the right to edit for length, libel, good taste and accuracy. Our office is located in 208 Long Student Center, phone 584- 2331, The paper is published by the Com munications Media Board of Elon Col lege. Founded on October 14,1974, as the student newspaper serving the Elon College community. The Pendu lum is published each Thursday dur ing the regular terms except for ex amination and holiday periods. The Pendulum is printed by The Burling ton Daily Times-News.
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