The Pendutum
Volume XVI, Number 22
Serving the Elon Ck)Uege eommimity
April 26,1990
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Photo by Heidi Bayfleld
Many Homeless seek, shelter and struggle to survive on the streets of Washington. See
page 5.
Media Board selects editors, managers
Lee Marshall
^he Pendulum
The Elon College Media
^oard met Monday, April 16, to
'^ote on the student editors of
Pendulum, Colonnades,
"hi Psi Cli, and the station
^^^gerofWSOE.
According to Gerald Gibson,
professor of communications and
'oting member of the Media
^^d, seven applications were
'^iewed for the positions. The
'^edia Board’s decision was based
the applicant’s grade point
average, faculty and staff recom
mendations, experience, and
personal interviews.
Rick Snyder, a junior, was
chosen for the station manager's
position at Elon’s radio station,
WSOE. Snyder has worked at
the station for three years. He
started out as a DJ, produced Dr.
Tom’s Eighth Day Review," and
was chief announcer.
The Pendulum's new editor
is Kelly Potter, a junior. She is
majoring in Journalism and has
had prior experience as editor of
her higli school newspaper. _ , ,
Cathy Miller will be the
editor of Phi Psi Cli, Elon's
yearbook. Miller is a sophomore
and has worked on the yearbook
staff here at Elon for the past two
years as sports editor.
Chandra Crawford, a junior,
will be the new editor of
Colonnades. Colonnades is
Elon's literary magazine made up
of student's work submitted to be
judged. Crawford is majoring in
English. She has worked on
Colonnades for two years and
has been the p)etry editor. ^ ^
Students get
more visitation
Kelly Potter
The Pendulum
Rob Whiteside, the SGA
senator who led the visitation
committee, began his crusade
against the current visitation
policy in late August. Since
then, he has come up with six
diffrent proposals.
During that time, he
produced a survey on the
visitation policy and distributed it
to the student body. He recieved
949 surveys back with various
responses to the proposals,
including still questions and
concerns about security and
privacy.
Whiteside's final proposal
consisted of visitation extended
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Suday through Thursday, 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Friday and
Saturday and 24-hour visitation
for Jordan Center.
The decision was made on
Tuesday, April 24, concerning
"I went through
all the red tape. I
feel like I got a
slap in the face."
Rob Whiteside
SGA senator
SGA's proposal to extend the
visitation hours. An extension
of the current hours has been
approved and will be as follows:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. -
1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
This policy will regulate all
campus residence space with the
exception of East Campus
Apartments. The new policy
will be in effect at the beginning
of the 1990-91 academic year.
Whiteside said he is grateful
See Visitation, Page 9
lOOth senior class is
ready for graduation
Lee Corbett
Special to the Pendulum
"It’s going to be the best day
of my life!” said John
McCormick. McCormick and
529 other Elon seniors, the
largest commencement class in
the college’s history, will collect
their diplomas on May 19th. For
the students, the day marks the
culmination of years of work; for
Elon, the class of 1990 marks the
100th class to graduate from the
college.
Preceded by a century of
commencement speakers, Dr.
Earl Danieley, the current director
of planned giving at Elon and
former president of the college,
will deliver the 1990
commencement address.
Appropriately, Danieley has seen
quite a few of the past graduation
ceremonies. He has been a
member of the faculty since
1946, establishing him as the
person with the longest
association with Elon. Danieley
served as dean from 1953-56 until
at the age of 32, he became one
of the youngest presidents in the
country. In 1973, he returned to
his original vocation, professor,
and resigned his position.
This years’ commencement
ceremony will also include the
presentation of the honorary
doctor of laws degree to the well-
known North Carolina
businessman and former
legislator Irwin Belk. The officer
of several N.C. companies,
including the Belk Group Stores,
has been very supportive of
See Graduation, Page 9