The Penduiwm
Volume XVI, Number 15
Serving the Elon College Community
Februaiy 22,1990
Mike Vorndran / The Pendulum
Too eramped for cramming
Library facilities too small for the number of students
By Kelly Potter
The Pendulum
It’s exam time. You don’t
feel like studying, but you have
to. You can’t study in your room
and your residence hall lounge
has become a pool hall. The
thought of studying where; you
eat lunch isn't very appetizing, so
you forego the study hall in
Harden . Alamance doesn't seem
appealing because you figure you
devote enough time to the
classroom. *
So you head over to the
library, the most common study
area of all. The library ... a
place of serenity, eternal
quiemess and the answer to every
question. The castle of
knowledge.
Although the library may be
a shrine of historical information
and valuable resources, it does
have its share of problems as
' well.
A1 Jones, head librarian,
recently produced a study based
on the Association of College
Campus pet struck
by car and killed
Yes, the rumor is true.
Elon’s campus dog is dead. Call
him what you will — Billy,
Barney, Buddy, Fred, Hey-You --
the dog that has come to
symbolize Elon College was hit
by a car Thursday, Feb. 15,
around 10:15 a.m.
"Barney" was obeying the
light and crossing as he always
did, said Assistant Dean of
Student Affairs David Atkins.
The car, which was leaving the
parking area near Alumni Gym
and turning left onto Haggard
Avenue, hit the dog as he
crossed.
Missy Greaves was a witness
to the accident. "Personally, I
thought the car hit the curb. But
then the dog started whining,"
she said. "I believe the car hit
his back right leg." The driver
stopped the car and got out,
Greaves said.
"I knew what had happened
as soon as I heard (the tires),"
Barney
said Mike Nixon, a senior who
saw the aftermath of the accident.
Nixon was leaving Alumni Gym
when he reached the crosswalk on
See Dog, Page 8
A winning combination
Virtually unknown team is successful
and Research Libraries standards.
Jones demonstrated how Elon
stacked up to the standards,
focusing on three main areas:
collection, staffing and space.
Jones discovered that for the
number of students currently
enrolled at Elon, the library
needed a minimum of 167,500
volumes in its collection. Elon
has almost 200,000 volumes.
No problem there.
Secondly, concerning staff-
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By Dana Manley
The Pendulum
Elon has a good chance of
being Collegiathon champions
again this year.
Collegiathon champions?
Again? Yes, there is a little-
known team of athletic
intellectuals who may ^ heading
for their second Collegiathon win
in as many competitions.
"I’ve learned it doesn't hurt to
try anything," Scott Oakes, an
Elon senior, said. "It pays to be
well-rounded." Oakes and his
seven teammates compete in a
combination of nine athletic and
academic events — a little of
everything.
The Collegiathon is a team-
oriented competition in which
Elon competes against seven
other private colleges, including
Erskine and Mars Hill. Teams
compete in tennis, golf,
swimming, bridge, chess, a non-
trivia quiz, volleyball, running
and the team grade point average.
Team members choose two male
and two female teammates to
represent them in each
competition.
The Collegiathon, held every
other year, schedules the events
throughout the academic year.
Each event is hosted by one of
the colleges. The volleyball
competition will be held at Mars
Hill on Feb. 25.
Elon won the first
Collegiathon in 1988. Dr. Mike
Calhoun, the team’s coach, said
ihc team has a good chance of
winning, but adds that it will not
be easy this yeiu*. "The team is
actually better, but we aren’t
scoring as well because all the
teams arc better," Calhoun siiid.
Shelly Mueller has been a
competitive swimmer for 10
years but was unable to compete
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