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The Pendulum
Thursday, September 25, 1986
Volume XIII, No. 4
Heres how to relax
These Elon students aren’t practicing their Nazi salutes; they’re doing exercises to control stress
as developed by author Jerry Teplitz (at left). See the story on page 7.
Photo by Cord Finley
Big turnout expected
for Parents Weekend
By Carrie Town
Staff Writer
An estimated 800 to 1,000 parents are expected to participate in
Parents’ Weekend activities, Friday through Sunday, says William
G. Long, director of parents and alumni relations.
This annual parent pilgrimage to Elon is taking place earlier this
year than ever before. This is due to scheduling problems with the
Elon football schedule and the South eastern Furniture Market that
occurs at almost the same time. Long said. This date allows parents
to find hotel space that they would be unlikely to find on any other
weekend, he added.
He said officials had some initial concern about participation on
a weekend so early in the school year, but respxjnse is even greater
this year than ever before. “There’s always a part of you that wants
to see mom and dad. That’s why parents come,” Long said.
Five-hundred seats are already reserved in Whitley Auditorium for
the Family Showcase on Friday night, and 500 out of 600 tickets have
been sold for “The Fifth Quarter” social held at the Alamance Coun
try Club, Long said. The outstanding response to the Family
See Parents, page 2
Voting ends today in fall SGA elections
By Marie Milliken
Staff Writer
uljToday is the last day for voting
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the fall elections for Student
ovemment Association offices.
gu(jP«iing the ballot are five can-
for president and five can-
jjjjidates for vice president of the
^jnfamn class.
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which began Tuesday, are
j^aiators from the campus’ three
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ong Student Center, McEwen
^jbmg'iHall and Harper Center
iriiig lunch and dinner today.
^ votes will be counted tonight
the winners announced
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Candidates for freshman class
president are Mark French, Scott
White, Jeff Viers, Jim Bush, and
Eric Sanders.
Candidates for freshman vice-
president are Phillip Murdock,
Barri Greenberg, Kim Salter,
Brad Mitchell and Bill Kelly.
Candidates running for
senators of the first precinct (in
cluding Sloan, West and Virginia
dorms) are freshmen Beth Pear
son, Bill Bunkett, Neal Vick,
Keith Armstron, Sharon Paul and
James Campbell and sophmore
Kent Pond.
Running for senators in the se
cond precinct are freshmen Dan
Worrel, Robert Tigani Jr., Laine
Mullen and Scott Weiss, and
senior Vinnie Price. The second
precinct includes Brannock,
Barney, Hook and all fraternities.
Running for the third precinct
senate seats are freshmen Knstina
Dachtera, David Graham, Graig
Yardley and Kris McDowell, and
junior Doug Payne.
Scott Ward, SGA president,
said he is pleased that there are
more candidates than usual in this
semester’s race. Every year in
April a second SGA election is
held for student body president,
vice president, vice president and
treasurer and for senators.
Ward said SGA needs a strong
senate to act upon reforms desired
by the students. One change Ward
would like to see is more securi
ty and longer visitation hours.
The SGA president said he
fevors remodeling the Varsity
Grill and setting up new activities
for students who have to live far
from home. Another of his ideas
is to build an every night non
alcoholic bar, which he said will
benefit many students on campus.
Ward said he is open to
students’ suggestions. “I’ll tend to
go with the flow,” he said. “It’s
impwrtant for students to let us
know if anything is going wrong.
For instance, last year there had
been complaints about the finan
cial situation, and some help was
always available from the senate.
In the past, the senate has almost
been used as a bank,” he added.
Waid said he is optimistic that
this year will be a productive one.
The present officers have already
begun thinking about a
Homecoming parade and the
social life on campus, he said.
Among the freshmen who are
running for office, Neal Vick
said, “I’d like to represent the
people. I don’t want to tell them
what to do.” Another first-year
student, Kris McDowell, said, “I
have met so many people and it
makes me feel as if I am involv
ed.”
8 Special rocks
A review
P. 6
Stressed out?
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Seminar shows how
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to relieve tension
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Christians win
Elon stomps Guilford 41-7'
P. 8