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Serving the Eton College community
JOHN HOYLE
Editor
CARRIE TOWN
Associate Editor
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BLOOM COUNTY
Temporary dorms not wanted
Picture this; you wake up from a nights sleep and when you look
out your window all you see are temporary college dormitories.
Because of those cheap dorms, your land and home value has decreased
ten percent. That afternoon your child wants to play in the backyard
and the obscene and vulgar talk of some Elon coeds, fills your childs
head. At night as you are ready to fall asleep, the sound of a blasting
stereo riK'ks your windows.
This is exactly what Elon town residents that live on Arcadia Drive
arc worried about. The dorms in question are like those of the Oaks.
As you may have noticed they are not like the traditional Elon buildings
like the New Area and main campus.
The Oaks are pre-fabricated, temporary buildings that are to last
for only 50 years. If the schcwl is going to pay for additional housing
then they should spend it on buildings that are going to be around
for the next century and beyond.
The student population is not going to decrease anytime soon, so
why build something that’s going to have to come down in a few
decades. It's great that Elon wants to build more housing but lets get
something that's going to last and something the Elon College com
munity can agree on.
by Kathy Meadows
Managing Editor
“Closed!" It’s got to be the most
dreaded word in the vocabulary of
the Elon College student,
especially during the weeks of
pre-registration. This past week
has been no different. In fact,
things seem to be worse.
Not only have students had to
contend with the hassles of clos
ed classes, but also with the sud
den realization that changes have
been made in the number of hours
required for class status.
It appears that this change has
set back a number of up
perclassmen in their classifica
tion. As a result, some up
perclassmen are having to pre
register with students of a lower
class ranking.
In past years. 84 credit hours
were required for senior status,
whereas it has been changed to 93
as of this semester. Likewise, 57
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credit hours used to be necessary
to be a junior. Now it takes 60
hours.
Although this change was bad
on everyone it involved, the
would-be juniors seem to be the
most affected. After two years of
getting in the pre-registration line
at sunrise, pulling their hair out
because they couldn’t get into
classes that were prerequisites for
advanced courses in their majors,
then eventually settling for what
they felt were worthless classes,
just to have a minimum of 12
hours, these students were look
ing forward to a break.
But instead of getting that
break, they were broken by the
news that these classification re
quirements had gone into affect,
and they knew nothing about it!
In a recent survey of some
juniors and seniors, one out of 10
was aware at the end of last
semester of the change.
Why weren’t these students in-j
formed? Was it because they miss-1
ed a few classes? No. Was ii]
because they didn’t check if
mail boxes often enough? No. ^
it because they weren’t officiallji
informed by the college? It surel
seems that way!
It’s almost as if no thought v
into the plan. Although the a
ministration has logical reasoni
behind the decision (one beiij
that it is more realistic for a seni
with 93 hours to obtain
necessary 126 hours to gradui
than for someone with 84 hoursjJ
a little more planning mighthwj
allowed the administration
foresee the problem that'^
occurring.
By implimenting the plan wiSj
this year’s freshmen only, thep
blem would be solved,
everyone would eventually
satisfied.
Blacks make electoral gains
in south, especially in N.C.
from the Winston-Salem Journal
Blacks continued to make
significant electoral gains in the
South last year, led by North
Carolina, eventhough the rise in
the number of black elected of
ficials nationwide was not as great
as in the previous two years, a
survey found.
The Joint Center for Political
Studies, in its annual survey of
black elected officials, found that
the number of black officeholders
in the United States increased by
4 percent, from 6,424 in 1986 to
6,581 in 1987. That compared to
a 6.1 percent increase in 1986 and
a 6.2 percent increase in 1985.
The center, a non-profit in
stitute that researches issues of
concern to blacks, said that North
Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi accounted for 142 of
the 257 new black elected officials
last year.
From 1986 to 1987, the number
of black officeholders increased
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0.5 percent in North Caroii
by 11.2 percent in Alabama,
percont in Georgia and by 5.2
cent in Mississippi.
Although the number ofbl;
officeholders continued to
crease, the center said that bl
still hold less than 1.5 percent
all elective offices in the coui
They make up about 11 percei
the total population.
In Alabama, where bl:
comprise 22.9 percent of
voting-age population, bl
hold 10.8 percent of all local,
and federal elected offices,
highest percentage in the nati
Ranking behind Alabanu
percentage of elected offices
by blacks are Louisiana. 10.7
cent; South Carolina. 10-5
cent; Mississippi, 'O'*'
Georgia and North Carolina
percent.
Mississippi, with the natii
largest proportion of voting
blacks at 30.8 percent, has
largest number of black el'
officials at 548. Louisiana i
second with 505, followed
Alabama with 448. Georgia
445. Illinois with 434 and
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