Thursday, November 6, 1986
The Pendulum
Volume XIII, No. 9
Thursday, November 6, 1986
Preregistration
conferences
are under way
It’s that time again.
Preregistration for the Winter
Term and Spring Semester 1987
begins next Wednesday, and up
perclassmen know that
preregistering as early as possible
is tiie best way to get the classes
they want and to avoid the hassle
of filling out a course schedule in
the Alumni Gym in winter.
The^ademic Advising Center
recommends that students make
an appointment with their
academic advisers right away. The
student ^nd adviser will discuss
the student’s progress and deter
mine the courses to be taken.
Then the student will take the
completed preregistration form to
the re^trar’s office at an ap
point^ |time.
Seniors whose names begin
with the letters A through Q will
get first ^ot at courses, from 8:45
a.m. to'noon next Wednesday.
Last^ear 2,494 of 2,929 Elon
students—approximately 85
percent—preregistered for the
Spring ^mester 1986.
On the campaign trail
IS. Jim Broyhill did some campaigning for her husband at the College Coffee last Thursday, as Dr.
Earl Danieley looks on. Jim Broyhill ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s elections, but
St out in the race to Democratic candidate Terry Sanford.
Photo by Mike ConfortI
This time, you
may tear up bill
About those phone bills you
campus residents received this
week;
They’re wrong, and Buck
Bayliff says you can tear ’em up.
Bayliff, director of auxiliary
services, including the campus
telephone system, reports that
students have been billed twice for
long-distance calls they made bet
ween Oct. 21 and 24. Bayliff said
the double-billing is the result of
a computer malfunction in the
system operated by the Share Net
Co. of Atlanta, which handles the
billing for Telecom, the Elon
campus system.
“Students started coming to us
to make adjustments after they
began receiving their phone bills
on Monday,” Bayliff said. “But
some people might not even
notice they had been double
billed. To avoid all the confusion,
we just decided to tell students to
throw away the current bill.
They’ll receive a new and correct
bill in a few days.”
The Pendulum hopes that
everyone involved in this mess
will get a lot of pleasure-for
once-out of tearing up a bill they
don’t have to pay.
Vjariety of activities planned for Homecoming
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By Carrie Town
Staff Writer
H^ecoming has been extend
ed to a week-long event this year
with)tttivities, including a com
edian, a Casino night, a skit com
petition and even a night to throw
pies at Selected faculty members.
“It^ill give students more of
a chance to participate in
HcM oniing,” said senior Ed
HA
Da\^oii, Homecoming Com
mittee Imember.
The method of selecting the
Homecoming Queen is also dif
ferent this year. In the past, any
bonafide campus organization has
been allowed to have a represen
tative on the Homecoming Court.
Some recent courts have contain
ed as many as 26 women. The
Queen was the representative
who received the most student
votes.
This year student votes will
count only 35 percent towards the
selection of the Queen. The other
65 percent will be determined by
the participation of the sponsor
ing organization in the week-long
Homecoming events and from a
Homecoming float competition.
‘ ‘I think it is a step in the right
direction for the clubs that can’t
compare in size,” said Mary
Ellis, Homecoming represen
tative for Alpha Sigma Alpha.
Proceeds from the entire
week’s activities will go to the
United Way.
“The new voting procedure
gives all organizations a chance
to be involved, instead of the
largest one winning by popular
vote,” Davidson said.
The theme for Homecoming
this year is “Prohibition Under
the Oaks-Elon’s Still Here.”
Davidson said the theme
originated because of the changes
in campus life brought about the
state law raising the legal age to
21.
“Prohibition in the 1920’s
made a big deal about the drink
ing laws, and that pertains to to
day’s emphasis on the laws,”
Davidson said. “Students who
complain about there not being
anything to do will see us trying
to do something about it.”
On Thursday, organizations
will be setting up booths for Car
nival night at East Gym. At 9:30
p.m., the organizations will be
performing skits based on the
theme of prohibition. “We have
See Homecoming, page 3
Sally Rogers
A review
P. 5
Christians fall
G-W defeats Elon 33-31
P.6