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Page 4 The Pendulum Thursday, March 27,^19 Features Panhellenic inducts Smith president for greeks By Dee E)ee Shugart Special to the Pendulum All the sororities were in alphabetical order facing the Alamance building. Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Mu, Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha were in rows with the beautiful foun tain behind them. Candles were burning all around the fountain. It was time for a new president of Panhellenic to be installed. Do you as President of the Panhellenic Association agree to the best of your ability to guide the Elon College Panhellenic ac cording to the constitution," the outgoing president of Panhellenic said. “I do,” said the new presi dent of Panhellenic, Lori Smith, who was enstalled last Sunday at 7 p.m. Smith, 21, is a junior from Chesapeake, Virginia she was elected Senior Panhellenic by her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha. When she was elected it meant that she would automatically serve as vice-president of Panhellenic and would eventually become president. Panhellenic has a rotation system meaning that the rotation of officers takes place once a year. This means every sorority will eventually have a President of Panhellenic. Organizing Fall and Spring Rush and specifying rush rules are some of Smith’s more impor tant duties. She also organizes the rush counselor program. This program involves two members from each sorority. They explain to rushees what sororities are all about and encourage them to take part in the greek system. Smith will help organize the greek banquet which is held every spring semester to recognize the outstanding greeks on campus. She also informs sororities of up coming campus events. In addi tion she will be responsible for suggesting service projects for Panhellenic . On April 20, Panhellenic and Inter Fraternal Council (IFC) wiU sponsor a danceathon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. They will also be sponsoring a Cancer Fund Drive throughout the same month. Anodier duty for Smith is to make sure inner ac tions between sororities are run ning smoothly. ‘ ‘I have to remain calm and un biased,” said Smith. “Rules are rules and in order for Patihellenic to run smoothly I can’t be partial to my sorority, that would not be fair.” Smith will be responsible tor conducting formal meetings every week. The sorority presidents and two other representatives from each sorori ty attend these meetings along with Smith and Pat Morgan, Panhellenic Advisor. Smith explained the importance of the advisors role in Panhellenic. “She advises the sororities to do those activities which are in their best benefit as well as that which the adminstra- tion would favor,” said Smith. These activites include such things as community service pro jects, inner sorority closeness and campus wide greek awareness. Students provide counseling By Rexanne Ayers Feature Editor A $7,000 grant was awarded to Elon this year for establishing a drug and alcohol abuse program. The grant comes from the United Church Board of Homeland Ministries and the Council for Higher Education of the United Church of Christ. The program is a peer drug and alcohol counsel ing program. Eight Elon students were selected from a pool of applicants and they spent winter term in training. They are available to present programs to groups on campus and lead discussions on the issues. This program is aimed at the smdents being more responsive due to the fact that it is a peer program. “I’m excited about the peer program because when I talk to sudents about drugs I am an authorotative figure, these programs let students talk to students and I think that makes all the difference,” said Pat Morgan associate dean of student affairs and facilitator for the program. The eight students ;yho were selected have the responsibilty to respond to requests for these types of programs and present them to their peers in a non-threatening manner. The peer Drug Education Counselor s (PDEC) are currently presenting two programs. The first is a film entitled ‘ 'Dave 'sDWI."H is about a student bemg arrested for driving impaired and being hand ed a stiff judgement by a judge. The personal ex penses and experiences are Ubulated as the film progresses. The second presentation is entitled "How to Helo “ ^'^S/Alcohol Problem”. It deals with the sWls and resources needed to confront a fhend with a problem and the personal considera tions to be taken into account before doing so. The students affairs staff is working on more Sbte'Zfhope ,0 h... A human services intern, Caroloine Mathews is acting as administrative assistant for the program. The eight counselors are Mauricio Arraya, Steve Ausherman, Shannon Bentley, Kevin Eberle Elenor Finger’ Kelli Henery, Jenny Nichols and Shen Olsen. They may all be contacted by contac- mg the student affairs office. The program ia available to all organizations and students who feel they might be interested in work ing m such a program should contact Pat Morgan. There will be a formal application process during the Fall of ‘86. Photo by Slua4 CANDLE LIGHT CEREMONY: Lori Smith [front center]. trates as she addresses the sorority pledges just before her ind as Panhellenic president. NOW LEASING 36 NEW APARTMENT UNITS ONE MILE FROM CAMPUS EACH UNTTiHAS: 1) Two bedrooms. 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