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THE NDULIM September 4» 1992 Serving the Elon College Community Volume XIX, Number 1 THIS WEEK ■ The-first senior class meeting will be held today in the Fine Arts Theatre at 1:30 p.m. . Registration for Job Fair '92 will be explained. ■ Organizational Fair will take place today at 1:30 p.m. Under The Oaks. New students can find out more about campus organi zations that interest them. ■ Dillon Fence, a popular band from Chapel Hill, will be performing at the Lighthouse tonight. THE PAST Four Years Ago: The new Jimmy Powell Tennis Center was dedicated on September 14, 1988, featuring an exhibition match between tennis professionals Tim Wilkison and Eddie Stewart. Twelve Years Ago: "The Oaks," now Jordan Center, was opened in September 1980 to house upperclassmen, originally 144 women. Fourteen Years Ago: The first television course began in September 1978, which featured a 13-week series of TV shows and lectures as a religion class. INSIDE ■ Hurricane relief efforts in Alamance County send aid to Florida. See the story on page 3. ■ Enrollment of new students is the third highest number in the college’s history. Check page 3 for the story. ■ Jim Macy speaks of the loss of his son to drinking and driving. Turn to page 4 for the story. ■ U.S. Senator Terry Sanford brings his campaign for re-election to Elon. Read the story on page 6. ■ The popular music group of the 1960s, the Kingston Trio, will perform at the Fine Arts Theatre on September 10. Check out the story on page 7. a DeeDee Carowan/The Pendulum Dsmocrat'ic backers chaarsd for president'ial nomine# Bill Clinton during his speech in Greensboro. The race is on Clinton makes his first N.C. stop as nominee DeeDee Carowan Tonya Taylor The Pendulum GREENSBORO — The signs proudly proclaimed ‘Tarheels Love Bill Clinton,” “Just Say Noe,” “Pro-Choice, Pro-Family,” “Read my lips! No more Bush!” The writing was on the wall for Republicans in Washington and the winds of change were blowing at Piedmont Triad International Airport on Wednesday as Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton blazed his campaign trail through the Piedmont. Supporters perhaps even saw it as divine providence when a rainbow appef^ overhead prior to Clinton’s speech. The message of change that Clinton and running mate A1 Gore have preached throughout the campaign met enthusiastic cheers and chanting fro*" Bill Clinton predominantly young crowd of more than 3,500 people. “1 believe that we’re all here because we know that the American Dream hasn’t failed, but Bush’s policies have and it’s time to change them,” Clinton said. Touting his economic record as the twelve-year governor of Arkansas from the back of a flatbed truck, Clinton attacked the GOP for neglecting economic issues in what he called the “cynical manipulation of people’s feelings with slogans like ‘family values.’” Crippling economic policies are adding to the desuiiction of the American family, Clinton said. With his collegiate supporters in force, Clinton emphasized that the success of economic policies rests largely on the availability of higher education for all citizens. “The doors of a college education should be available to all Americans,” Clinton said. ‘The only thing that’s gone up faster than health care in the past ten years is the cost of college.” Clinton proposed an alternative to the current student- loan program where' any citizen can borrow money to attend college, without question. When their education is complete, the recipients may pay the government back through a percentage of their income when they begin work or through two years of public service, “rebuilding America.” “It would be the best money See Clinton, Page 6 Native American speaks out Ashley Stone The Pendulum The plight of the Native American will be chronicled this semester in Elon's Fall Symposium Series. Doris Leader Charge, the uanslator and language coach for the Academy award-winning film Dances with Wolves, will be the speaker for this year's Fall Convocation on Thursday at 11 a.m. Under the Oaks. In the film. Leader Charge played the role of Pretty Shield, the wife of Chief Ten Bears, as well as serving as the dialect coach. She teaches the Lakoia language and culture at Sinte Gleska College on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. In a speech titled Beyond Dances with Wolves, Leader Charge will speak on the preservation of the Lakotan See Convocation, Page 3 Recycling is mandatory in Alamance Heather McGlothlin The Pendulum Recycling is no longer just a nice notion for tree-huggers and the environmentally conscious. Now it's the law. Alamance County is breaking new ground in its recycling program by recently becoming the first county in the state where recycling is mandatory. On July 1, Elon College implemented a mandatory recycling program, with all students now responsible for separating their trash into recyclable and non-recyclable See Recycling, Page 4
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