THE
Pet®ulum
Volume XIX, Number 15
Serving the Elon College Community
February 25, 1993
THIS WEEK
■ President Young will hold
an open forum on Tuesday,
March 2 at 3:30 p.m. in Whitley
Auditorium.
■ Dr. Elizabeth Welch will
present a panel discussion on
"The Longevity Revolution"
tonight at 8 p.m. in Yeager
Recital Hall.
■ Hypnotist Tom DcLuca will
perform Saturday night at 9 p.m.
in Whitley Auditorium.
■ Elon Baseball takes on
Shippensburg University at home
on Sunday at noon.
■ On Monday, the Gospel
Choir will perform in Yeager
Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
THE PAST
Sixteen Years Ago: Jimmy
Bullet and the Cora! Reefer Band
perlormcd at Elon. Tickets were
S5 in advancc and S6 at the d(X)r.
Sixteen Years Ago: Alpha
Sigma Alpha begins to colonize
at RIon College. The Delta Rho
Colony started with twenty girls
who chosc to pledge the new
sorority on campus.
Twelve Years Ago: The
board ol trustees voted on the
plans lor a new dormitory. The
S2.8 million funding was used to
build the three-story U-shaped
building known today as
Maynard, Colcolough, and
Chandler.
t'our Years Ago: Tennis
legend Arthur Ashe spoke at the I
Liberal Arts Forum. He addre.s.sed
the importance of good health
which was based from his own
expericncc, a near-fatal heart]
attack in 1979.
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Bill Harvey/The Pendulum
AOPi s Susan Smith, Tami Sherman and Mehgan Connolly await the new pledges at bid circle on Sunday.
Klepcyk moves to new position in human resources
INSIDE
■ Awareness group formed
to help victims of rape. See pagel
4 for the story.
M Lacrosse team gears up for
Season. See page. 10 for story.
DeeDee Carowan
The Pendulum
After more than 10 years of
work in the Department of
Student Affairs, Dean Ron
Klepcyk will soon be packing up
and moving on to a new position
on the Elon College campus.
After his contract as Dean of
Student Affairs expires on June
1, Klepcyk will become the new
Director of Human Resources.
““It’s a new challenge and I
like to be challenged,” Klepcyk
said. “This is an area that I’ve
always been interested in and
have experience in and wanted to
pursue.”
Klepcyk’s responsibilities
will include overseeing lElon
personnel, providing additional
professional development and
training, and dealing with staff
concerns such as wages,
wellness, retirement and
Affirmative Action.
Provost and Vice President
Warren Board is heading the
search committee to fill
Klepcyk’s position in Student
Affairs. , , .
Ron Klepcyk
“For some time I have
recognized the need for
strengthening the staff in human
resources,” Board said. “We
needed to move the operation to a
higher degree of
professionalism.”
Board said that the increasing
complexity of state statutes and
employee issues, coupled with
Klepcyk’s experience in this area,
brought about a natural
progression.
Klepcyk came to Elon in
January 1978 to work with a
grant program in planning,
management and development.
Four years later, he was hired as
assistant dean of Student Affairs,
then became Dean of Student
Affairs in May 1984.
“We reached ;• point when we
found an ir ividual whose
professional aspirations and
experience led him in that
direction,” Board said.
Klepcyk’s accomplishments
during his work with student
affairs ranged from increased
campus security to improved
health services and counseling to
the reorganization of Residence
Life.
Klepcyk said that from 1983
to present, student organizations
have grown in number from 38
to about 95. The Greek system
also expanded from 11
organizations in 1983 to 18
today.
“I will miss my contact with
students the most as I move to a
new position,” Klepcyk said. “It
has been personally rewarding to
see students grow and mature at
Elon, graduate, and then go on to
. K ; See Klepc>krPage9
Smoking ban
will reflect
national trend
.Ion Kimball
I'he Pendulum
Smokers beware! The
nationwide anti-smoking trend
has reached the campus of Elon
College.
Beginning next semester,
Elon students, faculty and sutfl
must adhere to a new smoking
ordinance designed lo protect
non-smokers.
The broad-basod policy
prohibits smoking un) w.horo on
campus, with the exception ol
student dorm rooms and outdoor
facilities.
Gerald Whittington, Vice-
President of Business and
Finance, helped design the new
plan.
‘The college is merely
rclleciing the rest ol the country
with what is happening with the
stale insiiiuiion.s, the federal
government and other busine.sses
and colleges,” Whittington said.
However, Whittington
believes the new plan will stil!
See Smoking, Page 9
Former student
loses her fight
against leukemia
Jennirer Hudson
The Pendulum
Last semester Elon joined
former student Julie Thomas in
her fight against leukemia during a
bone marrow drive at Elon
College Community Church.
Julie Lisa Thomas, lost that
fight on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1993
at Presbyterian Hospital in her
home city of Charlotte. It was her
21st birthday.
The fight against leukemia
doesn't end with Julie. During
Elon's bone marrow drive, 136
possible donors were added to the
National Marrow Donor Program
Registry.
"Her mom expressed
,1 5ec Thomas, Page 6