Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / Dec. 1, 1988, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
v> The Pendulum Serving the Elon College community XV, No. 12 Thursday, December 1, 1988 Elon College Carden, Ballard resign as coaches Macky Carden by Norman Perduk Sports Editor Two of Elon College’s most respected coaches unexpectedly resigned last week. Both the men’s and women’s soc cer teams and the football team are without head coaches, and the campus is without answers as to ex actly what happened. Macky Carden, head coach of the Fightin’ Christian football pro gram for the past five seasons, left with a prepared statement issued by the office of the Athletic Director. Dr. White, athletic director at Elon said, “We appreciate the ser vice Macky Carden has rendered to our program during the past twelve seasons, both as an assistant and head coach. He has handled his responsibilities well, and con ducted himself in a highly profes sional manner.” Carden said, in reference to leav ing his coaching position, that he felt it was in his personal best in terest and also that of Elon football to resign at this time. Getting information from team members was extremely difficult. It mostly brought the response, “It’s not our pl^ce to discuss the reasons behind the resignation of Coach Carden.” Carden’s health problems and recent death of his mother were also common responses. Carden leaves Elon with an overall career record of 34-17, for see Resign page 3 Steve Ballard sculpture to be chosen for permanent viewing in front of FAC Iff Writer the Fine Arts ^ith‘ ^ look. L '''ill select an art piece f tK placed in front ^ building. 'as committee of seven, which administrators and chosen to ^ ^ ttlC Qrf ^ 2o a ■ piece. Approximate- burg contacted and en- fsutne^*^ send slides and committee. After artists and their ^ts ar- fOrl(^ th its ^ ^onimittee chose four Hach proposal. Nie submitted a small of their proposed can be seen and -ach Pine Arts lounge. Card accompanied by •ch describes its propos- photos retaken Tuesd. ed scale and tells you a little bit about it and its artist. There are also response cards which let you evaluate each sculpture in order to help make the final decision. In the future, there are plans for each new proposed work to be accompanied by response cards to encourage more group participation. According to Claire Myers, chairman of fine arts, there was not time to get students directly involv ed with this project, but efforts will be made in the future. He said he would like to have students par ticipate in deciding what types of exhibits they would like to have and what types of policies should be set for these exhibits. There are two exhibits of sculptures scheduled for next semester, as well as a faculty and photography exhibit, which he would like to see students involv ed in. The recent vandalism of sculp tures doesn’t seem to be having any effect on the commission of the new sculpture. “There is just some danger in whatever you do at any school,” said Myers. However, the permanent sculpture will be more durable than those that were previously exhibited and it will be planted in cement. college photo by Mike Vorndraii Work of art: About 20 artists submitted work to be considered for use in front of the Fine Arts Center. One will be chosen from these four which are on view in the Fine Arts lounge. Enrollment of predominately black schools rising ay weren’t able to pictures made for the ^^ernK Tuesday, OO 6 from 10:00 a.m. - fe cost to have your pic- ^^•"ait u but prepaid 'All are available. ^ you are not satisfied, '''ill be refunded. ^ ^^^1^ payable to Max Studios. Inside Editorials see page 4 Op-Ed see page 5 Features see page 8 Entertainment see page 10 by John Hoyle Senior Writer The increase in enrollment at traditionally black schools is one reason why black enrollment at Elon is at a record low. Earlier this semester The Pen dulum reported that Elon is ex periencing the lowest number of black students in over 13 years. Registrar statistics say 3,314 students enrolled at Elon this year, of that, 149 were black. The college administration and faculty are concerned about the low figures, and they are taking measures to increase black enroll ment. But, there is no pin-pointed reason why the black students are not coming to Elon. According to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Educa tion, enrollment has risen at many black colleges across the nation this fall. The Chronicle reports, “a preliminary count at 35 of the 42 colleges in the United Negro Col lege Fund, showed that total fall enrollment is up by 3.4 percent compared with 1 percent a year ago. Freshman enrollment is up by about 7 percent for the second year in a row.” Elon experienced the highest number of black students in 1983. That is when blacks made up 9.5 percent of the Elon student body. Elon vice president, Warren Board, stated in an earlier Pendulum arti cle that his personal goal is to see the college reach that level again. The early 1980’s was a time when black students were moving away from the traditional black col- see Enroll page 3
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 1, 1988, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75