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Books from page 1
lose a significant amount of money,
because the bookstore will always
have the monopoly on the upper-
level books.
Lisa Hall, Elon Campus Shop
manager, said the reason she op
poses the buy-back program is not
because the campus shop might
lose money, but because the plan
could hurt the students.
Hall explained that with the pro
posed system, students wouldn’t
give their peers the same kind of
service that the bookstore current
ly provides.
One Elon SGA officer said that
even though students are simply
“investigating” the buy-back pro
gram the administration’s response
has been “paranoid.”
Police from page 1
Schmidt said this was the first
time in the town’s 96-year history
that the town hall will be complete
ly owned by the town and not leas
ed.
The building was contracted at
$540,000 and will be 8800 square
feet, Schmidt said. The police
department has been allotted 2200
square feet which is more than
twice the size of their present
building.
King from page 3
eludes Elon is losing an important
part of its student body.
Latanya Burch, was hired in the
advising center last year to help
change the current status. She is
responsible for helping to recruit
more black students and develop
ing programs to attract more black
students.
The enrollment of blacks used to
be around ^and that is Elon’s goal
to reachieve. Elon is predominantly
a white school with less than yof
the students being black and only
two black faculty members. This
makes it hard for blacks to get ad
justed, or anyone for that matter
who is outnumbered by that
degree.
Elon hosted a scheldule of events
that began on Sunday January 15 to
honor the late Martin Luther King
Jr.. A tribute to Dr. King was held
in the Recital Hall of The Fine Arts
Center on the 15th.
The Black Cultural Society Held
a peace walk that gathered around
the fountain in front of Alamance
on January 16. A film, in
remberance of Martin Luther King
Jr., was shown that evening in the
Recital Hall.
The B.C.S. also hosted two guest
speakers to Elon to speak and
remember Dr. King. They were
The Rev. John Mendez and An
tonio Blow. Both men spoke on
January 15th to remember Dr.
King, his accomplishments and his
60th birthday.
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Salaries too low
Working for a living
by Marybeth Smokovich
Special to The Pendulum
Salaries at Elon College are not
equal to other schools of its kind.
In universities and colleges across
the nation there has been a much
needed effort to increase the wages
of faculty.
According to the American
Association of the University Pro
fessors, in 1988, the average facul
ty pay raised 4.9 percent in a year
to $37,000. Last year’s AAUP
report ranked Elon the 7th lowest
out of 9 private schools in the area.
In May, the Chronical of Higher
Education reported that Elon’s
salaries ranged from $31,000, for
professors, to $19,500, for instruc
tors. In a report taken in July, out
of the 475 private institutions, the
average salary was $31,715, $6,015
more than Elon.
Elon’s faculty and administration
have been working together to find
a way to raise teacher salaries to
meet those of the average regional
wage.
A facu^y.J^j^t ^9mipitl;^,^as
formed to coordinate and collect
data on Elon’a standing. The goal
of the committee is to make El^’’
“third, of private colleges, in
region,” Dr. Gill, a member of
study committee, said.
There have not been any figuf^
released on the amount of the
However, new salary figures
be released in May before teach^^
contracts are signed.
“Elon’s salaries are somewl^'
favorable to those of other chuf^
related schools,” Rosal**'
Reichard, a member of the stU'
committee, said. “But it would
to be able to broaden its standii’'^’
throughout the Southeast.”
A major factor that keeps
from obtaining such a position
money. “Because there is little
dowment, Elon needs tuit>‘’,
money,” Jeffery Pugh said. '
tuition driven,”
Elon’s budget relies on tuit>f|
cost. The budget constraint
determine the raises alloted.
Sohiething stressed by each co'^
mittee member was that there
a very positive and coordinated
fort between the faculty and
/tninisjration to delever a rais^ |
salary to the faculty of Eloa^^
lege.