The Pendidxittt
Volume XVI, Number 8 r
Serving the Elon College community
Pliptos by Richard Thomas
A firefighter shuts off water supply after controliiiig blaze that destroyed apartment.
Fire disrupts students' lives
By Mindy Schneeberger
The Pendulum
Chip Lupo has had a really
bad week.
While other students may be
struggling to study for tests, get
up in time for class, or find the
right thing to wear for
Homecoming, Lupo is dealing
with something much worse. On
Thursday, October 19, his
apartment caught on fire. Since
then, he's been trying to cope as
best he can.
Lupo was in The Pendulum
office when he heard the sirens go
by. The sports editor says he
thought to himself, "Yeah,
they're probably going to my
place." Ironically enough, he
was right. Lupo left the office
around 3 p.m.
When he got home, he saw
people standing in the yard
behind the house that served as a
residence for Lupo, his
roommate. Will Monahan, and
five others. "The smoke was just
coming out of the top of the
roof."
"It didn't hit me so hard until
I went to the front of the house.
You see your entire bedroom
This residence, located at 301 Haggard Avenue, has
been abandonned since the fire.
reduced to ashes. I just kind of
lost it then."
Lupo was allowed back into
his apartment about 90 minutes
later. He and the other residents
gathered a few belongings and
went to find places to stay that
night. Lupo didn't have much to
gather, though.
"I lost all my clothes, my
bed, my blankets and pillows,
and $175 in cash." The cash was
supposed to pay his rent. Lupo
says his landlord, Richard Parker
Police still searching
for Cannon sculpture
of B.C. Parker Agency, will
probably pro-rate the amount of
rent he owed for the month.
"Presently he's working on
getting us another apartment to
stay in," says Lupo, who will
wait for a few more days before
he begins searching on his own.
Everybody who lived in the
house, which consists of four
individual apartments, ^'as been
evacuated. Lupo thinks the entire
structure, located at 301 Haggard
Sec Fire, Page 12
By Michele Rowe
The Pendulum
A bust of former Raleigh
mayor Isabella Cannon was
stolen last Thursday night after 9
p.m. and was not discovered
missing until 8 a.m. Friday. The
bust was taken off the wooden
pedestal in the Isabella Cannon
room in the Fine Arts building.
Pat Kinney, director of
publications and public
information, said the English
honor society had a dinner in the
room that night and ARA cleaned
up afterwards. It was believed
that someone left the door to the
Isabella Cannon room unlocked,
but Terry Creech, head of campus
security, believes it might be
someone with a key.
Kinney said a lot of keys
were distributed when the Fine
Arts Building was first opened.
When it was discovered that too
many keys had been given out
the locks to the outside doors
were changed.
Ray Johnson, a
communications professor,
thinks security should spend
longer periods of time in the
Bust of Isabella Cannon
building at night. "Obviously I
have a great deal of concern for
security because we have all of
this TV equipment down here,"
Johnson said. Johnson also
thinks that better quality locks
need to be put on the doors.
Dan Ingle, chief of policc,
and Creech both said they are
investigating the case.
See Cannon, Page 3
Homecoming activities
planned through weekend
By Linda Adamson
The Pendulum
Elon's Homecoming '89
kicked off Wednesday in Whitley
Auditorium with a skit
competition, and activities will
continue through the weekend.
On Thursday between 5 and
7 p.m., the organizations will
hold a carnival or fundraising
night. They will set up games
and activities, and prizes will be
awarded. The goal of each
fraternity or sorority is to wind
up with the most tickets at the
end of the night.
Points are given to each
organization for placing between
first and fifth. Points are accum
ulated and put toward the organi
zation's homecoming represen
tative in hopes of having her
crowned as Homecoming Queen.
Alumni activities are planned
from Friday to Sunday, begin
ning with the annual golf tour
nament at Quarry Hills Country
Club. Tee-off limes are available
between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
At 3:30 p.m. Friday, the
sculpture "Orphic Dream #9" will
be dedicated. It is a gift of alum
nus William H. and Kathryn M.
Duncan.
At 8 p.m. the Emanons will
perform a "Salute to the Big
Bands" in Whitley Auditorium.
See Homecoming, Page 12