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The Pendulum Thursday, February 6, 1986 Volume XII, No. 16 Ford, Chisholm to speak at Elon in spring semester ' Gerald Ford By Todd Taylor Special to the Pendulum “With Spring Semester conies Spring pro gramming,” says David Atkins, director of student activities. This year the programm ing committees have joined forces to bring Elon students the best in varieties of pro grams, concerts, and performances. On Feb. 25, Former President Gerald Ford will deliver a speech entitled “The Future of the Republican Party and Campaign Spen ding” at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Gym. Ford has been spending a lot of time touring the coun try speaking to full houses on his party and how today’s candidates are spending fortunes on their political campaigns. The lecmre is be ing sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum and the S.G.A. The month of February is rounded out by a performance of The Chuck Davis and The African-American Dance Ensemble on Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. Davis, a native of North Carolina, directs his own dance company as well as the African-American Dance Ensem ble in Durham and portrays his message “Peace,love, and respect for everybody.” The event is being sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum and the Student Union Board. On March 19, the S.G.A., B.C.S., and the Liberal Arts Forum will present Shirley Chisolm in “Women and Politics” at 8 p.m. Chisolm served seven terms as con gresswoman and was the only Black and on ly woman to serve on the House Rules Com mittee. In 1972, she also ran for the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States, being the first black woman to seek the highest office in the nation. Shirley Chisholm Elon investments conform to Sullivan Principles By Jane Kid well Editor In October, the Elon College Board of Trustees decided to withdraw the college’s in vestments from companies doing business in South Afirica which do not subscribe to the Sullivan Prin ciples of equal employment op portunity. At the time there were three such companies: Air Pro ducts and Chemicals, GTE and Square D. But according to John Mitchell, vice president for administrative services. Air Products and Chemicals has since been sold and the directory “Foreign In vestment in South Africa and Namibia” recently listed GTE and Square D as new subscribers to the Sullivan Principles. That means that Elon’s current holdings only include firms which, if they do business in South Africa, have agreed to the Sullivan Principles. Therefore, in keeping with the Board’s deci sion, the college will not have to divest any of its holdings. When asked for an opinion about the outcome of the issue of whether Elon would or would not divest. Dr. Bruce Waller, pro fessor of philosophy, said, “I thought we got more positive publicity than we deserved. We didn’t do nearly enough. Waller went on to say, “I’m not sure how Contrived it (the decision) was. If the Board in fact knew that they were only dealing with two investments, and that those might not be a problem anyway (because they might agree to the Sullivan Principles), then claiming to take a stand against apartheid would’ve been hypocritical.” He also said, “I’m not sure they knew.” “I think the entire faculty was disappointed. They asked for total divestment and letters to the com panies explaining the reason for the divestment, but they (the Board members) were not willing to do that,” said Waller. ”If they had been willing to write and im mediately divest it would’ve been something,” he added. “I don’t think Elon ought to be credited with some super-moral move on this because we haven’t made one,” Waller said. 5. Africa symposium to examine apartheid On Sunday, Feb. 16, a South African symposium will begin at Elon College. The symposium will be similar to the one that was held on Central America last fall and will represent speakers from all areas of the South African government. The symposium will open with a play by Walter Norfleet and Thomas McDonald. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium on Sunday. On Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.. South African Consulate Som- merset Morkel will speak on “South Africa’s future: The Government’s view.” At 4 p.m. that afternoon, William Jacobson will speak on “America’s Role in South Africa’s future.” Jacob son represents the U.S. State Department. At 4 p.m. on Feb. 18, Chaboku Motlalepula will contribute to the symposium with a presentation of “The Death and Rebirth of South Africa.” The symposium will close at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 with an address by Vilakazi on the “Opinions for South Africa’s future.” This symposium is being held to educate people about the simation in South Africa. Elon goes on the air P-5_ Making their move Elon grapplers are upward bound p.6
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