THE
NDULDM
Volume XIX, Number 11
Serving the Elon College Community
November 18, 1992
THIS WEEK
■ You will have a second
chance to participate in the
Bone Marrow Registry Drive
dn Friday, Nov. 20, at the
Elon College Community
Church from 12-3 p.m. There
is a $30 testing fee.
■ Don't miss the
Christmas parade in downtown
Burlington on Saturday, Nov.
21, at 10 a.m.
■ Don't be a turkey. Sign
up now in Long for a shuttle
ride to and from the airport for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Shuttle service to Greensboro
airport is offered Nov. 24 and
25 at 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m.,
4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Service
from Greensboro airport is
offered on Nov. 29 at noon, 3
p.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
■ The Mobile
Mammography service will
hold breast cancer screenings in
the Isabella Cannon Room on
Tues., Nov. 24. Tests for early
birds begin at 7:30 a.m. There
is a $50 test fee unless you are
covered by Elon's insurance.
THE PAST
Thirteen Years Ago: Elon
students rallied on campus
showing their concern for the
49 hostages remaining in Iran
in 1979.
Fifteen Years Ago: Alex
Haley, author of Roots, came
to Burlington in November
1977 to speak about his
research for Roots. He spoke
at Cummings High School.
Seventeen Years Ago;
The Black Cultural Society of
Elon College was established
in 1975.
INSIDE
■ The Beastie Boys make
a concert stop in Raleigh. See
story page 7.
■ Elon students jumped at
the chance to skydive. See
story page 12.
Habitater Trade Pile braves the wind and cold in her cardboard box.
Steve Messinetti/The Pendulum
Living in a box
Habitat
still needs
Elon land
DeeDee Carowan
The Pendulum
While Elon’s chapter of
Habitat for Humanity has yet to
hit pay dirt in its quest for land,
their sleep-out last week opened
new eyes to the crisis of the
homeless.
What began with only the
four executive leaders of Habitat
on Monday ended «with 35
dedicated supporters sleeping out
in cardboard boxes in front of
Fonville Fountain on Wednesday.
Habitat Week was intended to peak
on Thursday, with the entire
campus and the media invited to
join the sleep-out, but was cut
short due to rain.
The ultimate goal of the week
was to find someone willing to
donate land within the town limits
where the organization can build
its next Habitat house. Although
they have no definite leads on land
ti
Leslie Groves/The Pendulum
Students hope to get a land donation in Eton for their efforts.
yet, the event received quite a bit
of local media attention and
Habitat members have also
contacted the Elon Town Council,
a realtor and local businesses
about their pursuit for land.
Although Thursday night was
rained out. Habitat is calling the
event a success, especially in
terms of awareness.
“It’s exciting to see people
buy into a vision and do
something with it,” said
Coordinator of Volunteer Services
John Barnhill. “It shows that Elon
students are not all apathetic.”
While living out of a box,
students were able to experience a
life outside of the comforts of
their dorm room or apartment.
“Every morning at 7:00, I
went back to sleep on my bed,”
said freshman Kevin Gilmore.
“People really in that situation
don’t have that option... It makes
you think about, as college
students, the separate world we
live in.”
Student Coordinator Brant
Woodward gained a new sense of
gratitude after this experience.
“I thought about how cold it
was and that people really have to
live in these conditions,”
Woodward said. “Everyone should
try this just once.”
Rash of
break-ins
reported
Allison Cooke
The Pendulum
Between November 4 and 14,
a rash of 15 break-ins occurred on
campus, with stolen items and
damages totaling more than
$3,000.
Car windows were smashed
in and convertible car tops were
slashed by the vandal or vandals
to retrieve the "goods."
According to Elon College
Police Detective Mike Woznick,
the main items stolen were car
stereo systems and radar detectors.
Woznick said the vandalisms
occurred randomly around the
campus.
Police records show that the
cars involved were parked from
the library parking lot to the
parking lot at Harper Center.
Records showed that the crimes
occurred on four days: Nov. 4, 8,
11 and 14.
See Break'ins page 4
Students
assaulted in
apartment
Jennifer Hudson
The Pendulum
Brent Griffin, 19, of Brittany
Apartments was hit in the mouth
with a beer bottle Friday while
visiting friends at Ashley Oaks,
Elon College police reports said.
The blow broke two upper
teeth and one lower tooth and
caused Griffin to receive 11
stitches in his lower lip.
The other victim, Mark
Furphy, 19, of Elon College was
hit in the hand with a beer bottle
when he tried to intervene.
Christopher Jones, 22, of
Ashley Oaks Apartments was
issued a warrant for an assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
See Assault page 4