The Pendulum
Thursday, September 18, 1986
Volume XIII, No. 3
Breakthrough to victory
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The Fightin’ Christians opened the 1986 football season against Femim College Saturday night
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Baxter residence
houses freshmen
By Laura Keller
Staff Writer
The research for alternative
housing for the overflow of
students this semester has led to
a famiKar campus landmark. The
newly renovated Baxter House
has b^ome home for 16 freshmen
girls.
In previous years the Best
Western Motel in Burlington has
been used to house male students
who unfortunately did not receive
a room on campus. According to
Valerie Luko, assistant dean of
student affairs, the admissions
procedures were concluded
earlier this year to avoid using the
motel for housing purposes.
This lessened the problem but
did not solve it completely.
Renovations were needed all over
campus and some temporary liv
ing arrangements were set up for
students.
At least 20 rooms were added
on the main campus by changing
lounges into rooms in several of
the dorms.
Assigning three to a room is not
an uncommon situation. In both
Smith and Carolina dorms, many
rooms are being shared by three
people. This situation should be
resolved within the next few
weeks as students are placed in
vacant and converted rooms on
campus.
The Baxter House is one of the
last additions to the housing situa
tion. The 16 freshmen women
now living in the house, which is
located across the street from
Carolina Dorm, are enjoying their
unique arrangement.
See Housing, p. 2
Winter in England: culture, travel for credit
r _ „ _ . arts/music, historv. math/educa- students will concentrate on con- Elon has been sponsoring i
ill*!
Evf
By Greg Zaiser
Staff Writer
’ teigine traveling to another
oattJT to study its culture and to
foy the sights and sounds of a
__Jfsrent way of life. Imagine
ending an entire winter
rm in England. For Elon Col-
students this type of ex-
V'iience can become a reality
rough the Study Abroad
:onOr- William G. Rich, director
Ijji; the Study Abroad Program,
recommends this “ex-
riential learning,” for all
idents because the program is
/Mox. more than just a trip to
other country.
The program includes courses
communications, English, fine
arts/music, history, math/educa
tion and religion: Each student
will be enrolled in one of these
courses and if successfully com
pleted, will earn three semester
hours.
Dr. Robert Nowell, assistant
professor of communications, will
be joining the program for the
first time this winter. Visits to
various radio and televisions sta
tions will emphasize the dif
ferences between England’s media
system and our own.
Dr. Kathy Lyday-Lee, assis
tant professor of English, is
involved m the program again
this year. She will focus her class
on differences in American and
British dialect.
Dr. Arlene Goter, assistant
professor of music, and her
students will concentrate on con
temporary trends in British arts as
well as other traditional cultural
offerings.
Mrs. Lela Faye Rich, assistant
professor of history, will explore
the role of women in British
society.
Joyce Speas, assistant professor
of math, and her class plan to visit
various banks and the London
Stock Exchange. They will com
pare differences between
American and British activity in
these areas.
There will be a group of
students exploring the contribu
tions of the Church of England to
English culture led by Dr. James
Pace, associate professor of
religion. Visits to several
cathedrals will be included in his
study.
Elon has been sponsoring
Study Abroad for 19 years.
Students pay $1,625 for this op
portunity. This fee includes air
fare, hotel acconmiodations and
daily breakfast. The group will
spend most of January in
England.
Among the many other land
marks that students will visit are
the Abbey Church, Stratford-
on-Avon (the home of playwright
William Shakespeare), Stone
henge, Canterbury and the Holy
Trinity Church where Shakes
peare is buried. Students will also
have the opportunity to attend a
concert by the London Philhar
monic Orchestra, see a perfor
mance of The Nutcracker and a
Shakespearean play. English
Shakespearean play. English
pubs, which Rich is quick to point
out, are a “social, cultural
gathering place to eat, but not a
bar,” will be visited.
This year, students will spend
a weekend in Edinburgh,
Scotland, which is known for its
St. Giles Cathedral. The trip
home will also be unique, because
this winter students will return via
Amsterdam and have two nights
and three days in Holland.
An average of 80 students par
ticipate in the program each
year. Students tly non-stop from
New York to London. There they
will stay at Westminster Hotel,
which provides easy access to the
“tube,” London’s subway.
The last week of the trip will
be allocated for those studens
desiring to travel elsewhere in
Europe.
See England, p. 2
en VS. Women
Game show parodies sex roles I
in symposium
New facility
progresses
Completion expected
in Summer of 1987
R7
Christians’
victory
Elon beats Ferrum in season
opener
P. 9