March 8,1990
Servinif the ElonCoUege community
XVI, Number 17
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Jason Graves
Pendulum
Since Thursday, March 1,
of us have been going
^bout our normal, daily routines,
kittle did we know that the
Person sitting next to us in class
the person we said hi to y
fountain knew something we
^dn’t.
It was on March 1 that
*^embers of the Student Union
^oard received the final contract
confirming a stop in Elon
College on the Smithereens
national tour.
Jim Bush, SUB president,
says this is the first big concert
on campus since Hall & Oates
performed in 1981. According to
Bush, SUB has been working on
plans for a concert of this size for
years.
SUB was not necessarily
searching for the Smithereens,
says Bush, but the student group
wanted to find musicians that
would draw attention to the
school.
Starting in the fall semester.
smithereens
Date: April 3
Tickets: $5 for students
$7 for others
At Door $8 tor students
$10 for others
On Sale: Monday- Friday
12-6 p.m., Long
Student Center,
1st Floor Lobby
SUB members found themselves
playing "grab-bag" with a
collection of names. Throughout
the search, the group had to
address three main problems.
First, only a certain amount of
money could be spent. Second,
not every band mentioned was
available. Third, SUB worried
that there could be administrative
apprehension about welcoming a
major band to campus.
By the beginning of this
semester, SUB targeted the
Smithereens as one of the bands
likely to be "mainstream" enough
for Elon. SUB put in its bid but
didn’t hear a response from the
band itself for 10 days. Then,
Elon
very
We’re
while she was at a convention in
Chicago, SUB advisor Maureen
Dougherty met with the bands
promoter. She called Bush and
left the good news on his
answering machine.
Now that the contracts have
been signed, Bush is more
enthusiastic than ever. "We’re
trying to reestablish a tradition at
... We bring a lot of other
very good acts to campus,
trying to reestablish a
tradition where students can
expect major concerts," Bush
says.
The Smithereens is
comprised of drummer Jim
Babjak, guitarist Dennis Diken,
vocalist Pat DiNizio and bassist
Mike Mesaros Each of the
group’s three albums have marked
the charts in a memorable way.
Their latest album, "Smithereens
11," has been rapidly progressing
up the charts. One selection
from the album, "A Girl Like
You," is currently resting in the
Top 40 and registered as the No.
1 song on commercial alternative
radio in recent weeks.
Campus stunned
by death of student
By Kelly Potter
The Pendulum
Lesia O'Hara used to drive •
home from her night class with a
close friend right behind her -
sort of like a buddy system. But
as of February 27, Lesia will be
driving home alone.
Her friend, Sherri King, 24,
of Roxboro, N.C., was robbed
and shot in the left side of her
chest sometime around 8:45 p.m.
She had been working at the
King Bee convenience store about
three miles south of Roxboro on
U.S. 501. She died shortly after
midnight at Duke Hospital in
Durham, according to the
Associated Press.
King was a non-traditional
student, carrying six semester
hours. She was working toward
a business major with an
accounting minor. She was
classified as a junior.
O'Hara and King had been
close friends for about two years
and frequently spent lime together
studying and socializing. O'Hara
described Sherri as "friendly and
nice. She didn't dislike anyone."
"She was very ambitious,
she had lots of plans," O’Hara
said.
Dr. Ernest Lunsford,
assistant professor of foreign
language, had King in his
Spanish 102 night class. As
soon as he heard the news,
Lunsford set up a session with
Chaplain Richard McBride to
come and speak to his class.
Most of the class members
had not yet heard of the tragedy.
Many were stunned. McBride’s
session on the grieving process
helped the students to understand,
Lunsford said.
The class took up a
collection and sent a wreath to
the funeral home in the name of
the Spanish class of Elon
College.
Lunsford thought King was a
positive contribution to the class
and thought very highly of her.
He thought she was "dedicated
enough, inspired enough to come
to Elon at night to try to finish
her degree. That's quite
admirable," Lunsford said.
"She had a positive
personality. She smiled a lot. I
liked her, I liked her a lot,"
Lunsford said.
Spaces available for summer
trip to Russia and Hungary
By Anna Wiliams
The Pendulum
Dr. David Crowe, professor
of history, is organizing an
academic travel abroad trip to the
USSR and Hungary. The
excursion offers students a chance
to travel abroad and gain three
academic credit hours.
Crowe has been organizing
study abroad trips since 1979 and
this will be his twelfth trip to
Russia.
Last year he organized a trip
to China and then had to cancel
the travel plans. "We were
supposed to be *n Beijing when
they had the big explosion
between the students and the
government," Crowe said.
The Russia/Hungary trip is
scheduled for May 19 through
June 3 and is available for
everyone, including non-students.
"We have 19 people who
have already committed and I can
take up to 27," Crowe said.
"Everyone that I have ever taken
to Russia has enjoyed it. In fact.
I’ve got three people going back
for a second trip."
Travelers are scheduled to
visit Leningrad, Moscow, Odessa
and Budapest. They will see the
Kremlin, palaces, museums and
See Crowe, Page 4