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Volume XVn, Nunsber 2
Serving the Mon Ckdl^^ Community
September 13,1900
Scenes of serenity
Pendulum staff
photographer Scott Lansing
took advantage of the final
days of summer. He captured
the newest members to Elon's
duck family lounging around
lake Mary Nell. Not many of
us have the time to relax by
the water as they do. Life
should be so easy.
Scott also took an artistic
approach to illustrate the
delicate aspects of nature.
He shows us how simple
things can be quite
interesting.
Poindexter takes
leave of absence
Kelly Potter
The Pendulum
Robert "Bob" Poindexter,
Vice President for Administrative
Services, has taken an indefinite
leave of absence.
Poindexter's absence is for
personal and professional rest, said
Pal Kinney, director of public
information.
Poindexter's leave of absence
began on Wednesday.
No one in particular will be
taking Poindexter's place during
his absence. His staff will assume
his responsibilities for the time
being, said Kinney.
Poindexter is a native of
Franklin, N.C. He came to Elon
in 1986. Prior to joining the Elon
staff, Poindexter was an
administrator for the Burlington
Poindexter
City Schools. He received his
B.A. and M.S. degrees from
Western Carolina University.
Poindexter is a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Burlington. He is also a
Councilman on the Burlington
City Council.
Book Gallery responds
to student complaints
Heather Whitehouse
The Pendulum
The Book Gallery encoun
tered angry and impatient students
last week after they waited in line
for hours to buy their books for
Glasses.
"The lines and the fact that
they ran out of books was
absolutely ridiculous," said Alison
Hoefer, a junior at Elon. "It was a
lot faster when the books were in
the campus shop. It was more
convenient"
Willie Williams, manager of
the Book Gallery, said he
anticipated long lines, but not the
hours of waiting.
The long lines were due to
register problems, according to
Williams, who said they had been
expecting new registers that had
not arrived.
"We had problems with the
old ones all along. So instead of
using four registers we only had
two operating," Williams said.
"At one point we only had one
running."
Mike Townsend, a senior at
Elon. said even before when you
had to wait for help you could try
and find your own bwks. "It took
only a quarter of the time then,"
Townsend said. "They need to hire
more people too."
Williams feels the problem
was not centered around a lack of
people working. "Space is limited
and the more people in there the
more running into each other they
do," Williams said. "We tried to
use a number of people for the
amount of space available."
Another student, Lara Lee
Marshall, a senior, said she did not
believe the new location was
efficient. "I don't like the fact that
someone else picks out my used
l)ooks. Some used books arc
worth having and others aren't,"
Marshall said. "As far as
See Book Gallery, Page 3