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Volume 16, Number 4
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Serving the Elon College community
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September 21,1989
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tranquil Moments
Beihard tcacfics his dog to retrieve.
photo by Scoll Lansing
Don’t walk alone ... pick up the phone
VyiA L W Ci^aX ^ Greek houses," said L
Michele Rowe
^taff Writer
Don’t keep thinking that
security officers are just
Suys who only try to bust
^^ple fOT visitation and under
drinking.
This year, security is
I^onaoting an emergency phone
^**d escort service to keep
^fentssafe. •There have been
^ ®sccMts so far this year," said
Creech, head of camp“S
"All security office
escorting and there are an
average of three officers on duly
^h night"
Creech wants to stress that
emergency phones are not
J*jsi emergencies. They are
^ for students who need
Two emergency phones
Snter* parking lot *>y the
walkway to the Greek lodgK.
Emergency phone c^ls g
Hi«^ilv to the security office and
^'^ol^rout. Ifnoone^we^
Uie emergency pho_"e ^ •
automatically "beep®
officer, -me officer usually t^“
less than ten minutes to g
'nbeard a lot about tl«
in
T" *id /enn Peer, a
“T; -rmnrtexacUykeen
freshman. ^ "‘’ .r night,
on walking by
Lnecially since most of ^
‘^Ticrfark Ifs also good
campus IS oant.
because you have a niA and
friendly person to k“P y®“
company and they always thank
you for calling the escort
service."
Jecuritv officers say that a
,0. ^people call the e»ort
service for added safety. As long
as people take the first step m
ealUng for an escort, they will
jcach their destination safely.
-A lot of my friends are
security ofncers and 1 never
hesiute to call *1“
servfce.-saidCristyGoodson. I
hardly ever used it last year
because it wasn't publicized as
much. I don't '•'‘® “*
anywhere at night Uatis_ unlit
a«l a lot of campus IS dark.
"TTie escort service is good
for people walking to and from
the Greek houses," said Lynne
Rambo, house manager for 2^ta
Tau Alpha. "The walkway
baween the Greek houses and the
Harper Center parking lot is
totally wooded and lights haven't
been put up yet"
Director of Housing Lee
Proctor said that if peqple are
intoxk:ated, security will not hold
that fact against them. The
security officers are not
attempting to get students in
trouble. In fact, the officers just
want to get people home safely,
no matter what condition they are
in.
For more information about
the program or for an escort
anywhere on campus, call
extension 2407.
Students
stunned
by robbery
by Murray Glenn
Staff Writer
Wednesday September 14,
1989 is a date that the suitemates
of Chandler 302 will never
forget Chris Patera, Ken Seek,
and five friends were spending a
lazy evening watching television.
At approximately midnight the
group was joined by two men
who said they were searching for
an Elon student named "Tony
Moore."
-.The men entered the suite
and made "small talk" with the
group. After a short time, one of
the visitors asked for change for a
10 dollar bill. Patera led one of
the men back to his room so he
could get his wallet Moments
later, the second man entered
Chris’ room. He was armed with
a shotgun.
The visitors ihcn proceeded
to rob Patera Seeking $12.
"I was in my room studying
when they came in. My first
reaction was to knock the gun
away from my face. At the lime,
1 did not realize what that may
mean." said Seek as he looked
back at the event
The suspects escaped, but
Elon College Police Dan Ingle
said. "We arc making a great deal
of progress in the invesligalitMi.
We have some suspects and
anticipate making an arrest
soon."
The police think that the
robbers approachcd the coUcgc
area with hopes of attaining drug
money. They intended to the
Pantry but they were diverted
because there was a policeman at
the convenience store, police
speculate.
The suspects then drove to
the Fine Arts Building parking
lot and then proceeded to
Chandler dorm to search for
victims.
Chandler Resident Assistiuil
Frank Fannan commented. "1
See Robbery. Psage 8