The Pendulum
Volume XIII, Number 25
Thursday, AprU 30, 1987
Housing
Changes
By Amy Andrews
Staff Writer
lln order to accommodate a
her number of students who
ish to live on campus, Elon will
making some noteworthy
|anges in Chandler, Maynard
Colclough dorms before
Ldents return in the fell.
lEight suites, housing 16 persons
Jch, will be built in Maynard and
ihandler to house Greek
banizations, according to
Blerie Luko, associate dean of
|«dent affairs.
other suites will be
modeled, making the current
f person suites into eight-person
and making the current
ihi-pcrson suites into 10-person
, Luko said. There will no
ifer be a conunon area lounge
le suites.
ne benefit to students will be
the college will provide
Ntorial services for all suite
mrooms in Maynard, Col-
Mgh and Chandler, Luko said.
I She said these conversions will
leate room for about 50 more
Uenis who wish to live on cam-
»s,
I “With the closing of fraternity
•uses, 22 more males will need
ee on campus,” she noted.
: Proctor, North Area coor-
)r and assistant for housing
peraiions, said the additional
See Housing, page 8
ACTING THE PART! Norman Dietz gave a one man pl^ on the
life of Jesus, in Whitley Auditorium last Wednesday night.
Photo by Matthew Howell
Graduation
schedule
revisited
By Michele Lashl^
Special to the Pendulum
Elon College’s Ninety-seventh
Commencement Exercises will be
held outside under the oaks this
year on Saturday, May 23 at 11
a.m.
The ceremonies will take place
on the lawn between Whitley
Auditorium and McEwen Library.
This will be the second time in
Eton’s history that graduation has
been held outside. The last time
was in 1939 after fire had
destroyed the main campus
’ buildings.
Due to the fact that Commence
ment will take place under the
oaks, the breakfast on Saturd^
morning will be held around Scott
Plaza at 8:30 a.m.
Seniors must be in Whitley
Auditorium promptly at 9:45
a.m.with caps, gown and hoods.
The presence of all graduates is
required. If anyone is late, im
properly prepared or attired he or
she will not be allowed to
graduate.
Caps and gowns will be
available in the campus shop after
May 1. A “Cap and Gown
Survey”, which will be sent to
seniors the Placement Office,
must be completed in order to
receive academic regalia.
See Graduation, page 8
New peace and justice organization formed
By Carrie Ibwn
Arts Editor
[“Faculty members say that
bts todi^ are apathetic and
“they don’t care about issues,”
Jil senior Amy Mintz of Elon
lents for Peace and Justice
“That’s wl^^^w^^start^
this organization.”
“We want to be an educational
and an activist group. Activist in
the things that go against the
ideals of the group, such as the
KKK,” Mintz said.
Representatives of the group,
comprised of about 25 students.
participated in a peaceful protest
against apartheid in South Africa
and American intervention in
Nicaragua on April 18 in
Washington, D.C.
A crowd of protestors estimated
at 75,000 people gathered outside
the White House while speakers
New fraternity started
See page 4
such as Rev. Jesse Jackson and the
singing group Peter, Paul and
Mary spoke about the conditions
in South Africa and Central
America.
ESP’s first protest activity was
against the Ku Klux Klan, which
marched in downtown Burlington
last fall. Mintz said, “We passed
out balloons that read ‘Love Your
Neighbor.’”
Both faculty and students pro
tested the KKK march.“It was
very sad because most of the
See Peace, page 8
Men’s tennis team advances
See page 6