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The Pendulum Sewing the Elon College community Volume XV, No. 2 Thursday, September 8, 1988 5AT’s rank second in new admissions ^ Sharon West (iaff Writer i; jGrades, rather than SAT scores, ^re the primary basis for admit- freshman this year at Elon ])llege, according to Joanne Soli- iy> Dean of Admissions and ^lancial Planning, j ‘We just decided that one or two iturdays out of the history of a [ident is not nearly as indicative I their capabilities as their high ihool experience,” said Soliday. Approximately 550 out of 850 'shman at Elon had a 2.5 or pve grade-point average. According to Soliday, SAT’s are ^little use when admitting inter- ^ional students. “A lot of people that the SAT’s are not fair foss all cultures. We are now ad- itting more international students 1^0 haven’t had the SAT test.” jfhe admissions staff at Guilford ^llege has placed more emphasis on grades when admitting freshman for at least 25 years, ac cording to John Bell, the Associate Director of Admissions for the col lege. “Grades have always been more important to us,” he said. Bell added that “in a lot of cases, we will reject people with very high SAT scores if their grades are lower.” Soliday believes that a student’s high school academic record is a good indicator of their future in college. She says the Elon College Admissions Department hopes to build a more motivated student body by admitting students with a good academic record in high school. “We’re trying to get students who have worked hard in high school so that they will come to Elon wanting to work hard,” Soliday said. television studio ^ replace black box Ksthy Meadows iter r^t year when students went in- vhat was called “the black box” e Fine Arts Center, what they nd was just that-a completely ^ room. But this year, a brand V television studio will take its ce. ^ new tile floor has been add- well as a lighting grid system which 36 new lights will ‘g. control room is above the and a separate audio room ' so be added. “People are go- to Walk in here and really be •ressed,” said JMC professor Johnson. ^son said four curtains will ^ as backdrops. One will be I one black, one green, ® cyclorama which is a neutral Much of the equipment, such as the cameras, will be basically the same, although some new things have been ordered. Johnson said the project should be complete in about one month. “We’ll be able to tape groups in here that we couldn’t in the other (studio),” he added. Elon College ♦ % ^ % t Breaking in the courts: Tim Pacitto, Kelly Spillane, John McNielty, Aaron Hook, and Louis Wharton (1-r) gather outside Hook, Brannock, and Barney dorms for a game of volleyball on the new facilities. Photo by Nicol Husemeier Former Yale chaplain to speak William Sloane Coffin, Jr., former chaplain at Yale University will be the keynote speaker at the Centennial Convocation next Thursday morning at 11:30 am. Heralding brass will call the community to gather under the, oaks in front of West Residence Hall. Dr. J. Fred Young, president of the college, will preside over the morning events^which will include highlights of Elon’s history as well as a preview of special events scheduled for the Centennial year. Student Government Association President Rob Borgstrom will in troduce William Sloane Coffin, Jr^ whose remarks will center around the issue of global responsibility as an essential mission of higher education. After the Convocation there will be a picnic on Hagard side of West dormatory Inside New dean Del Suggs performance Tennis stars y Class times will be changed because of the Centennial Con- vocation.Thursday, September 15, the 8:00 - 9:20 classes will be 8:00 - 9:00, the 10:10 -11:30 will be 9:10 - 10:10, the 11:40 - 1:00 will be 10:20 -11:20. The afternoon classes will be as scheduled except for the 12:30 labs will be at 1:30 and the 2:30 labs will be at 3:30. “ William Sloane Coffin’s passion for a human existence that is both safe and of real quality is boundless,” noted Elon Vice Presi dent Warren Board. “His message - consistently thoughtful and ar ticulate, often troubling, ever pro vocative - demands that we view our role in the world community through new spectacles.” The Elon College Gospel Choir will conclude the convocation with a choral benediction. Following the morning events will be a pic nic on the college grounds. Coffin - a musician, educator, minister, and activist - was bom in 1924 to a wealthy New York City family. According to author John Leggett, Coffin always traveled in “chic circles.” Piano lessons with none other that Nadia Boulanger, marriage to the daughter of Arthur Rubinstein, Peace Corps work in Puerto Rico . supported by ^Bockiiiiristcr’Fuller - his life is a ibi^raplty of the best.' Coffin attended Phillips Academy and Yale. His undergraduate degree was to be in music until WWII sent him as a liaison officer to the French and Russian armies. After that experience, he chang ed his major to government and received a B.A. degree. From 1950-53, Coffin worked abroad for the CIA training anti- Soviet Russians to be dropped in the Soviet Union to see if “they could make any difference.” When he returned to the States in ’53, he changed careers and entered Yale Divinity School, ear ning a bachelor of divinity degree in 1956. After a stint as chaplain at Phillips Academy and Williams College, he was named chaplain of Yale in 1957. During that 18-year chaplaincy, Coffin served as an advisor to the Peace Corps and as co-founder of Cler^ and Laity Concerned for Vietnam. In the 60’s, he solidly grounded himself among this country’s most articulate and bold activists. Always a spokesman for the op pressed and downtrodden, he join ed civil rights marches in the south, college protests of Vietnam, and hostage vigils for those in Iran. ■ ‘ see \kle pajge 2
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