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Serving the Elon College community
Thursday, April 6, 1989
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$700 tuition increase approved for next academic year
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by Murray Glenn
Staff Writer
The 1989-90 college budget in
cludes a $700 dollar increase that
raises the tuition at Elon College
from $5,400 to $6,100. This addi
tion caps a three-year run in which
tuition has risen 45%.
This increase raises the price of
an education for students living on
campus from approximately $8,400
to $9,100. Warren Board, vice
president of Academic and Student
Affairs, said, “Cost constantly in
creasing in cllege is a labor inten
sive field that relies on human
resources and other materials that
rise in value with the inflation
rate.”
Approximately one-seventh of
the extra funds will go toward
faculty and staff salaries. Bob
Pbindexter, Vice President of Ad
ministrative affairs said, “In our ef
forts to keep and acquire new quali
ty faculty members, we have found
that we have to increase our
salaries to compete in a very com
petitive market.”
The extra funding will also be
applied toward the rising cost of
employee health insurance, social
security, and federally mandated
employee pension plans.
The remainder of the monq^ nrill
be applied toward campus enrich
ment and student affairs.
A new automation system is be
ing installed in the library as well.
The school hopes to have its card
catalog completely transferred to
computer. This $100,000 project is
scheduled to be completed by the
1991-92 school year. Al Jones,
Library Director said, “ This new
system should be very helpful to
students. It will allow them to pur
sue more options when they are
researching a topic.”
The construction and
maintenance of six new greek
houses and upperclassmen apart
ments, the renovation of Hook,
Bamq^, and Brannock dormitories,
and the rising cost of campus plant
operations can all be attributed to
the tuition increase.
Student Affairs is working to ex
pand it’s resources. Five new
volleyball courts, a basketball court
in front of Hook, Brannock,
Barney dormitories, and the im
proved intramural activities are
some examples of how more
money is being appropriated
toward student activities.
Pbindexter said, “The increased
spending can be directly attributed
to the college’s desire to keep a
quality environment for it’s
students. We have found that a
higher quality environment at a
higher expense has produced a
higher number of applications. The
bottom line is that people enjoy
something that they are proud of.”
Styrofoam products banned from campus
Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead lead singer
‘Return of the living Dead’
by Kathy Meadows - Editor
by Elaine Phillips Copy Editor
Beginning August 15, styrofoam
materials will no longer be used on
campus.
At their last meeting, the Student
Government Association passed a
bill prohibiting any campus depart
ment; affiliation, especially ARA;
and organization from using
styrofoam. S.G.A. President, Rob
Boigstrom, said that he and senator
Tom Nikles spent a week resear
ching the ozone layer and the ef
fects of styrofoam on it.
Th^ found that the product con
tains chloroflourocarbons which
have been proven to destroy the
already-thin ozone layer.
by Lyn Linke
Staff Writer
Last Thursday and Friday
nights, the Grateful Dead came to
Greensboro after a five year
absence.
“Deadheads” from all over the
United States, not to mention
many Elon students, went to the
Coliseum to see the second set of
shows on the Grateful Dead tour.
Many students felt lucky to see
both nights because the shows sold
out in two hours. Some people
were unable to get mail order
tickets. Out in the parking lot and
on the streets, tickets were worth
the price of gold. Everywhere you
Borgstrom said they have been
working on the bill with ARA and
Bill Butler, director of dining ser
vices. Butler said there should be
no problems meeting the termina
tion date. “With the school year the
way it goes, August is an ideal time
for us. If we had to change over this
month, it might be tough.”
Butler said the styrofoam pro
ducts will be replaced with paper.
The biggest problem we’re going
to have is finding a replacement for
a hot cup, which is standardly
styrofoam.”
Butler added that ARA has its
paper suppliers investigating ways
to keeping the same line of pro
ducts but replacing the hot cup with
an unwaxed paper cup. “It’s
available; it’s just a matter of them
getting it into their supply system
so we can get it into our supply
system,” Butler said.
As for the cost difference bet
ween the styrofoam and the paper
product, Butler said that styrofoam
is cheaper, but the cost isn’t a fac
tor when it comes to what it is do
ing to the system.
Although this idea may be new
to much of the campus population,
Borgstrom said the administration
actually started the recycling pro
ject before they knew the S.G.A.
was looking into it. “They’ve
already started planning, and we’re
giving full support to them and
them to us,” Borgstrom said.
went, “Heads” were asking for
tickets and paying up to $50
dollars to see the show. There was
even a student who wanted to give
away a pair of car speakers just to
see Jerry Garcia sing.
Some people tried to get around
not having a ticket by making
counterfeit tickets. They never ‘
made it through the front gate.
When students arrived at the j
Coliseum, there was no room to i
park in the lot because of all the j
tents that were set up in place of :
cars. Instead, it looked like a flea j
market: people were selling tye- ’
dyes, jeweliy, food, and clothing. j|
Vendore in Greensboro had no | j SpOftS
problem selling what they had. I I
Inside
London news
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Editorials
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Op-Ed
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Entertainment
see page 6
see page 8
$100,000 scholarship to honor Eure
by Laine Mullen
Staff Writer
A Thad Eure scholarship fund
has been set for students in honor
of the former Secretary of State’s
46 years as a member of the Elon
College Board of Trustees. In June,
Eure will retire as chairman of the
college s board of trustees, a posi
tion he has held for 33 years.
The Commissioner of
Agriculture, James A. Graham,
chaired the Thad Eure Centennial
Scholarship Committee and the
committee s goal was to raise
$100,000 for the scholarship fund.
The actual amount raised was
announced at a recent luncheon to
honor Mr. Eure and also in con
junction with the 100th anniversary
of the charter of Elon College.
The campaign to raise funds for
the endowment began last
September when the college in
itiated its year-long centennial
celebration.
The Thad Eure Centennial
Scholarships will provide
assistance for talented students who
are participating in Elon’s new
Leaders for the Twenty-First Cen
tury Program, the umbrella title for
a three-component academic in
itiative including Honors Fellows,
Leadership Fellows and the North
Carolina Teaching Fellows.