The Pendulum
Serving the Elon College community
Volume XV, No. 27
Thursday, May 11, 1989
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Students help out with ‘taxing experiences
by Krissa Holland
Staff Writer
Tax preparation time can be fran
tic for the Internal Revenue Ser-
'^ice, tax return preparers, and the
taxpayers themselves.
This year, several accounting
students donated some evenings
^nd weekends to help both the
community and fellow students
'''ith this tedious process.
This VITA (Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance) program is spon
sored by the IRS and was started
in 1969 with the appropriation
from Congress to provide free tax
assistance to lower income, elder-
non-English speaking, and han
dicapped individuals.
Professor Deborah Caldwell was
the volunteer coordinator for this
project. All students who par
ticipated in this program were ad-
' 'This service is
just that, it fills a
real need in our
community'\
-Prof. Caldwell
vanced tax students who went
through an IRS training program
before they were given a qualifica
tion test and certified as a VITA.
“This program was beneficial to
all concerned,” said Caldwell.
“More importantly, as a student,
you don’t have many chances to do
something lasting. This service is
just that, it fills a real need in our
community.”
After many hours at Holly Hill
Mall and Long Student Center, the
students proudly completed around
35 total returns and hope to in
crease this next year.
For donating their time, each
student received a certificate of ap
preciation from the District Direc
tor of the IRS.
make it bigger each year. As long
as there is a demand we’ll do it,”
added Caldwell.
Winners of awards announced
by Mindy Schneeberger
Editor
J. Albert Carpenter, an assistant
professor of computing, informa
tion science and mathematics is the
1989 winner of the Daniels-
teaching.
Carpenter, in a nominating let
ter from a student, was called
“very demanding of his students.”
“At the same time,” the student
continued, “he guides the students
and encourages them to constandy
push forward to meet their goals.”
On Friday, April 28, the Student
Government Association held its
^nn^iak awards ceremony. Bridget
Murray received the Senator of the
Year award, and the Gospel Choir
claimed the Organization of the
Year honors. Dr. Duane McClearn
was nominated Faculty Member of
the Year, and David Atkins col
lected the award for Administrator
of the Year.
Both students and staff were
honored at the Annual Awards Day
celebration on Friday, May 5.
The yearly awards ceremony is
sponsored by Omicron Delta Kap
pa honor society. Two of the socie
ty’s three new officers were sworn
in following the presentation of the
awards.
New professor expected
by Scarlett Orenstein
Special to The Pendulum
There will be a new addition to
the communications department
faculty starting next fall.
Karen Rudick was hired a few
weeks ago by the dean of academic
affairs. She is presendy working as
a teaching assistant at Perdue
University while pursuing her doc
torate degree in communications.
Rudick has also worked as a
teaching assistant at the Universi
ty of Georgia and as an instructor
at the University of Southwestern
Louisiana.
Rudick’s specialty is corporate
management, research, and design,
and she will be teaching classes
mainly in this area when she gets
settled at Elon.
According to the communica
tions department, during her first
semester, Rudick will be teaching
public speaking, survey of com
munications, and corporate com
munications.
Associate Dean Clair Myers ex
pressed his hopes that Rudick will
enrich, expand, and fulfill the
future needs of the corporate com
munications program at Elon.
Gerald Gibson, present cor
porate communications professor.
stated, “I think she will bring a
very strong presence ... to the
department.”
Rudick was hired in response to
the growing class size and enroll
ment in the communications field,
now listed as the second largest
major at Elon by the Academic Ad
vising Office.
The fact that she will hold a
Ph.D in communications will also
be a benefit.
The Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, an ac
crediting organization, requires a
college to have at least one pro
fessor holding a doctorate degree
in the field they are teaching to
teach a minimum of 25 percent of
the upper-level classes of that ma
jor. The communications field has
been lacking this requirement un
til now.
During registration, students
may have noticed some confusion
about which professors are
teaching which classes and how
many sections of each course arc
being offered.
This problem can be attributed
to the shifting of classes between
professors to include the new facul
ty member. These difficulties will
be worked out before the fall
semester begins.
The final letter home
by Kelly Pbtter
London Correspondent
As our time here in London
comes to a close, we are all filled
with the excitement of returning
home, but also a bit regretful to
leave all that we have discovered
here.
Our semester has flown by and
some readjustment when we return
to the states, being so accustomed
to the culture and habits of the
Brits.
We have enjoyed our abroad ex
perience immensely. I don’t think
it could have been run any more
group together and made us feel
comfortable and at ease throughout
our entire stay.
Our group this semester has been
one of the largest yet. This may
show the growing popularity of
Elon’s study abroad program.
I highly recommend this oppor
tunity to anyone who is even vague
ly considering spending a semester
or even a winter term abroad.
Never will you be offered such a
beautifijl opportunity as this to live,
study, and explore in such a way as
we have.
Where else can you discover new
territories, create new and lasting
friendships, or experience an op
portunity to live on your own in a
foreign country? It takes a lot, but
its well worth it!
We bid “cheerio” to London and
give a big, bright “hello” to the
USA. We leave London with
memories and special times that
can never be replaced and thank all
that made this experience possible.