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Volume XVn, Number 11
Serving the Elon College Commimity
November 29,1990
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Heather WhitehouWThe Pendulum
'Tis the season
Tree lighting, love
feast are scheduled
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Ion College will celebrate the holi
day season with a series of events
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tance.
Before heading out for the holidays to
celebrate with family and friends, the Elon
College community has the opportunity to
share in the celebration of Christmas - Elon
style.
Annual Christmas concert
"Make We Joy Now in this Place,”
Elon’s aimual Christmas concert, will be
presented by the Elon College Concert
Choir, Chamber Singers, Dance Ensemble,
and Brass Ensemble, Friday, Nov. 30 and
Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Fine Arts Theatre at
8 p.m.
This year the audience will play an
important part in creating the magic of the
evening.
Dr. Stephen Ten Eyck, artistic director,
will direct the program. Tickets are $5 at the
Fine Arts Box Office.
Moravian Love Feast
A Moravian Lx)ve Feast will be held
Sunday. Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Elon
College Community Church. Moravian rolls
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Heather Whitehouae/The Pendulum
and coffee will be served during the multi-
denominational service. It will be a special
service of singing, candle lighting.
Lighting of Scott Piaza
The annual lighting of Scott Plaza,
around the fountain, will be held on Dec. 4
at 7 p.m. Lights will sparkle from the
dogwood trees,along with 1,000 luminaries
lining the sidewalks.
There will be hot chocolate and
Christmas caroling during the traditional tree
lighting ceremony. The tree lighting
represents Elon's Christmas greeting to the
community.
Come join in the celebration of the
Christmas season.
Health center visits
rise since last year
Murray Gienn
The Pendulum
During the months of
September and October, R.N.
Ellington health center has had
3,458 student visits. This figure
represents a 532 student increase
over last year’s figures
In October alone, the average
number of student visits climbed
from its 1989 figures of 76.72
visits per day to 92.39 visits per
day. These figures do not represent
the 465 flu vaccinations that the
health staff administered in the
earlier part of the school year.
Student enrollment has
declined. According to health
center records, the total number of
students enrolled for the 1990 fall
semester is 3,263. This number
represents a 105 student drop in
enrollment from last years
statistics.
According to head nurse,
Mary Jane Salter, student visits
range from u-eaunents of ailments
and illnesses to counseling. She
said flu vaccines arc not included
in these numbers.
These figures represent an
increasing demand for health care
at the college. The total number of
visits by students, faculty and staff
has grown from 11,817 in the
1987-88 school school year to
13,542 visits in the 1989-90
school year.
The 1990-91 school year
could be another record setting
year if the number of daily visits
continues.
Statistics on the number of
visits to date in the month of
November are not available
because the figures are tallied at
the end of the month.
See Center, Page 4
Professors were aware of
contract details, Francis says
Kelly Potter
The Pendulum
Last week’s Pendulum ran an
article on the issue of the
nonrenewal of contracts for
particular faculty in the English
department
One professor wrote a leuer to
the editor dispelling myths as to
why she was leaving. Others
expressed concerns and grievances
about the issue. Students voiced
feelings about how much the
mentors will be missed.
Gerald Francis, dean of
academic affairs, said his office
consulted with the English
department chair before and offered
the faculty three year conuacts in
1988, which they agreed to. "I was
aware, the faculty was aware and
the department chair was aware of
the deuiils of the continct," Francis
said. "They entered into it
honorably with eyes open.”
The professors were hired
knowing that their contracts were
for three years only. "It’s
misleading to continue to rchire
and then all of a sudden say,
•goodbye*," Francis said. "It’s not
fair to have someone in a
temporary position think it's
permanent"
The overriding feature was
that Elon wanted to upgrade the
writing program, he said. It
wanted to change several part-time
positions to full-time master’s
positions, with the opportunity to
plan for further degrees, he said.
The intent was to improve the
positions so that they were held
by people with Ph.D’s, the
{Mpofessional standard for education,
he said.
The professors involved do
not hold Ph.D's. This is a
question many of them had in
regard to the renewal of conu*acts.
Because the professors will
not be replaced with people with
See Contracts, Page 4