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The Pendulum Serving the Elon College community Vol ^ XV, No. 26 Thursday, May 4, 1989 Elon College Crreek Week competitive? Gagnon The Petif ^ eve ^*"^°sphere at Elon’s Greek off. , The Greek Week i ^ hoped for the decrease in a hy the addition of f ^^ght” events, including a ^ tricycle race, in c ^ decrease ^^petitiveness,” said a member system.” Atkins added, “Most of the time, it’s too competitive and it does more damage than good.” Many people believe that the organizations’ relations return to normal as soon as the games end, but that’s not the case. Atkins said, “It doesn’t get back to normal after the games. Sometimes a com petitive grudge is held for years. Greek games at other schools have more independent school in- % the end of the week there are always a few peo- ^ ^ who are fed up with all the cotnpetitioti. -Billy Scott I Sigma fraternity, Billy I vanisjj there is no way it will ®nd of the week there are i ^ people who are fed up I tinugjj^g competition,” con- I ^avid Atkins, head of Student supervisor of the ^''ents, said, “Greek Week’s increase awareness togetherness in our Greek volvement, according to Atkins. It can make a system shine to other independent students. Therefore, these events are also useful as a rush tool,” said Atkins. Also related to Greek Week is an abundance of parties. However, Police Chief Dan Ingle said, “It was the most quiet weekend dur ing Greek Week in five years.” There was only one arrest over the weekend for excessive noise. Introducing: ‘theme suites’ % Kelly McBride JC 225 the fall, according to Lee Pro- director of housing, Brannock * J serve as a female residence ^ 1. the new East Campus Apart- I will be ready for occupan- New Area suites will have transformed into “theme suites.” 1 ^^annock is currently a male fe^^’ ^ changed to thi^^f^ housing for upperclassmen are^^ ^ast Campus Apartments liv students who want to ® off campus. Each apartment che^"^ ^^rooms, two baths, a kit- and a living room, Greek housing is being ^ t behind the New Area, and the ^^k suites in Maynard and ^ andler will change to “theme ^ The theme suites’ purpose to emphasize the “growth and f^elopment”. of students, accor-. ^8 to a brochure the college has prepared. Pamphlets on the suites are available at the housing office. Whereas the new apartments have been filling only slowly, ac cording to Proctor, the new theme suites are proving popular. “We will open up the apartments to two sophomores per apartment, Proctor said. “They must live wUh a junior or senior, or then can live by themselves. A suite’s activities may be oriented toward academic projects, social issues, or special issues and experiments. “A theme suite should provide its residents with the op portunity to work with each other toward the development of a theme of the group’s choosing,” the brochure continues. “It is hoped that the students liv ing in a theme suite will learn more about their chosen theme as they work on projects throughout the year . . . Groups are required to share some of their ideas and pro jects with the Elon College com-, munity” photo by Cheryl Kern Look up...The Phi Mu sisters pull with all their might during Sunday’s^ug-of-war competition in Greek Week. Spence named to Board of Trustees Royall H. Spence Jr. of Greensboro, N.C. was elected chairman of the Elon College Board of Trustees at the board’s an nual spring meeting on March 8. A 1942 graduate of Elon and the current vice chairman of the board, Spence will take office on June I. He will replace former Secretary of State Thad Eure, who is retir- vice president of academic and stu dent affairs. Scott Lesmes, a senior from Purcellville, Virginia, was elected youth trustee. Lesmes is an Honors Fellow ma joring in business administration and economics. A member of Alpha Chi Academic Honor Socie ty, he holds a Presidential Scholar- “His interest in the college is lifelong and his leadership proven...” -Dr. Fred Young, ing after serving as chairman for the past 34 years. “We are gratified that Royall Spence will assume the leadership of the Elon board,” said President Young. “His interest in the college is lifelong and his leadership proven. Elon is fortunate to enter its second century under the guidance of this able leader,” President Young con tinued. Other officers elected at the meeting are W^lace L. Chandler, vice president chairman; Thomas E. Pbwell, ni, M.D., secretary and treasurer. Mr. Robert Poindexter is Elon’s vice president of administrative services and Dr. Warren Board is ship and the Dudley Ray Watson Scholarship. He has been a member of the baseball team since 1986, was pit cher’s captain in 1988, and is the team captain for 1989. Royall Spence Jr. received his degree from Elon in business ad ministration and history. After serving in the Air Force in World War II, he joined his father, the late Royall H. Spence Sr., in business in Burlington, N.C. In 1952 they purchased the Canada Dry Bottling Company in Greensboro, where Spence Jr. cur rently serves as president. Appointed to Elon’s Board of Trustees in 1959, he has served as vice chairman for the past 15 years. He was named Alumnus of the Year in 1977, and in 1981 the col lege conferred upon him the honorary doctor of commercial science degree. Among the generous gifts of Spence Jr. and his wife, Luvene Holmes Spence, a 1943 graduate of the college, are the Spence Library Collection of more than 47,000 volumes. The collection was donated in 1975 in honor of his father, and a $250,000 library endowment was established by them. They also made a generous gift to name Colclough Residence Hall in honor of his friend and mentor, the late George D. Colclough. INSIDE Editorials page 2 Photo Essay pages 4 & 5 Features page 6 Sports i ... . page 8
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