The Pendulum
Serving the Elon College community
Volume XV, No. 16
Thursday, February 9, 1989
^ ; Elon College
riealtn officials preparing for state measles outbreak
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John Hoyle
Senior Writer
The nurses at the Elon health
Services department have been on
stick to see if you need to be
*tuck.
They have been checking all stu-
^®nt, staff and faculty health
records to if we need to be vac
cinated for the measles. There has
been an outbreak of measles in the
state since the first two cases were
reported in Rowan County last
November.
However, Alamance County has
yet to report its first confirmed
case. Janie Salter, nursing director
of the health services department,
says they are hoping to get ahead
of the game.
“By checking the records, we
will be able to let people know if
they need a vaccination in the event
of a case on campus,” Salter said.
“We will be sending out letters this
v^k to let people know.” Not
everyone will get this information,
however.
Students who enrolled at Elon
prior to July of 1986 were not re
quired to give vaccination informa
tion on their health records. Accor
ding to the state health services,
363 cases of the measles have been
reported in North Carolina.
Fifty-five of the state’s 100 coun
ties have had confirmed cases.
Nancy Pekarek, assistant director
of public affairs for the state, says
it’s hard to predict the future of the
disease but there are signs of its
slowing down.
“We think it is decreasing in in
tensity across the state,” Pekarek
said. “There are only sporadic
cases of the disease now.” So, how
would an outbreak effect a college?
Duke University got a chance to
find out last month when three peo
ple were confirmed having the
measles on campus. County and
state health officials immediately
set up a clinic on campus and gave
vaccinations to students, staff and
faculty members who had not been
immunized.
Dr. George Jackson, director of
employee occupational health ser
vices at Duke, says things are get
ting back to normal. “The outbreak
came at a time when there were few
major events on campus, therefore
see Measles page 2
Emanons return home
Y-w photo by Pat Hobin
|»VSOE staff adopts a highway
^ Kathy Meadows
Editor
Everyone’s heard of adopting a
'^fiild or even a pet, but how about
^^opting a highway? That’s what
6 WSOE staff has done. They’ve
Adopted” a two-mile stretch of
J^ad from the corner of William-
and Haggard avenues out to
highway 70.
The process began the first
'jeek of January when WSOE ap-
'*ied to become part of the adopt-
'highwdy program. By the end of
month, the paperwork was ap
proved, and WSOE was the official
“parent” of the road of their
choice.
Although the application process
was fairly quick, the idea to
become involved in the program
wasnt. Darren Cubell, executive
staff member, had been thinking
about it since November.
But what are the advantages to
being in the program? “We wanted
to help our community. It’s our way
of getting involved with the town of
Elon College as well as the
school,” said Brian Moore, station
manager.
Moore also added that another
plus is the publicity that the adopt-
a-highway program provides. As
a member, WSOE is responsible
for cleaning up the road three
times a year.
They are required by state
regulations to watch a video tape
about the Do’s and Don’t’s of the
clean-up process before they
begin.
“Once everybody can get
together and watch it, we’ll be
able to start cleaning up,” Moore
said.
by Rena Mauldin
Staff Writer
The Emanons, Elon College’s
Jazz Ensemble, will have a
welcome home concert tour Tues
day, February 14 in the Fine Arts
Theatre at 8 p.m.
The jazz performers recently
returned from a concert tour entitl
ed “Centennial Road Show.” The
group traveled to cities in North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
and New Jersey.
They enlightened their audience
with smashing sounds of Old Big
Band Swing, of Modern Big Band
Jazz, arid of the top 40. A majori
ty of the music from the tour will
be selected and played that night.
John Fedchock of the Woody
Herman Orchestra will be the guest
soloist. The leading trombonist
will ignite the crowd as he dazzles
them with his instrument. Fed
chock, composer and arranger.
iears-Roebuck grants $25,000 to N.C. private\colleges
unrestrif'tprl oranft 1 • 1 \
Unrestricted grants totaling more
$25,200 have been distributed
23 privately supported colleges
^ universities in North Carolina
The Sears-Roebuck Foundation,
'Pokesperson said.
Alamance County, Elon Col
lege received grants totaling $2,100.
The North Carolina colleges and
universities are among 735 private
accredited four-year institutions
across the country which are shar
ing in $1,200,000 in Sears-Roebuck
Foundation funds for the 1988-1989
academic year. Funds may be us
ed as the colleges and universities
deem necessary.
In addition to its unrestricted
grant program. The Sears-Roebuck
Foundation each year conducts a
variety of ori^r programs in
elementary, sec^dary and higher
education.
Altogether, the Foundation had
expenditures of more than
$3,400,000 in 1988 for its education
activities.
wrote some of the music that will
be performed by the Emanons.
Fedchock was a performer with the
Woody Herman Orchestra for the
last seven years. He is now a
freelancer in New York.
For the love ones who want to
take time out during the concert to
gaze in each other’s eyes, the
favorable tune My Funny Valentine
will be played just for you. The
concert is not only for love birds,
but for anyone who appreciates
great music.
Popular tunes of artists Anita
Baker and of the Miami Sound
Machine will be played. For those
who enjoy sounds of Old Big Band
Swing, In the Mood Pennsylvania
6-5000 will excite and bring on
pleasurable esteem.
Inside
Valentine feature
see page 3
Editorials
see page 4
Entertainment
see page 6
Sports
see page 8