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Volume XIX, Number 21
THIS WFEK
B Celebrate Earth Day today
with various bands performing
by Lake Mary Nell from 4-
6:30 p.m. Last of the
Mohicans will also be shown
at 7;30 p.m. tonight in
Whitley.
■ Zoo Run, the North
Carolina Zoological Society's
annual 8-km race and one-mile
Fun Run, will be held Saturday
at the Asheboro Zoo.
Registration begins at 7 a.m.
in the zoo parking lot, with
proceeds going towards the NC
Zoo. Prizes will be awarded.
® Applications are now
available in the Financial
Planning Office for students
wishing to apply for loans and
college work study for the
summer sessions.
• The Wellness Program is
offering two adult CPR classes
for faculty and staff on
Monday, April 26 and
Thursday, April 29. For more
information, call Debbie Perry
at 584-2759.
• As part of the International
Festival, McEwen Dining Hall
will host an international
dinner on Wednesday at 5:30
p.m. on the second floor. For
reservations ($4 or meal
card/Elon Card), call Cindy
t>uke at x2224. The evening
will include foreign dishes and
dancing.
The past
Pour Years Ago: Former
President Jimmy Carter was
the keynote speaker at Elon
College's Centennial
Convocation on April 25,
1989.
Seven Years Ago: Dr.
barren Board, provost of
J^alamazoo College in
J^alamazoo, MI, was named
''ice president of academic and
, student affairs in April 1986.
twelve Years Ago: A
^peat election was held in the
^Ga presidential race in April
1981 after allegations that a
Candidate had solicited votes
Outside the polls.
'Nside
^ Dean Francis answers
'Questions on the 4.0 hour class
^hedule. See page 4.
Serving the Elon College Community
April 22, 1993
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Several class
^ offices go
unopposed
Courtenay Houston
The Pendulum
In this year's SGA class
officers, election, four offices
went unopposed with two other
positions still vacant.
The unopposed positions
included senior vice-president
Natasha Jones, junior president,
Beth Point, junior vice-
president, Renee Fedak and junior
secretary, Megan Jones.
Point said that she has
several goals to work on during
her vice-presidency.
"I'd like to see us get a voice
on the town council and more
lighting in the residence halls. A
lot of things that we are trying to
do this year, I want to see
finished up next year," Point
said.
See Election, Page 6
Bill Harvey/The Pendulum
Presidential candidate Shannon Moody addresses the crowd at Ckjilege Coffee on Thursday.
Moody captures close race
Moody narrowly
defeats Smith by
only 24 votes
Courtenay Houston
The Pendulum
A sunny Thursday afternoon
was the setting for Shannon
Moody’s narrow defeat of Charlie
Smith for the office of SGA
president.
Moody ended the day with
334 votes from the student body
while Smith trailed by only 24
votes.
“1 am excited and surprised
by this victory,” Moody said. “I
am ready to go and I feel very
happy about this.”
Moody served as junior class
secretaryAreasurer this year and as
a senator her sophomwe year.
Both candidates were out
early Thursday morning for a
grueling day of last minute
campaigning.
“I was out here at about 8:30
this morning just saying hello
and reminding people to vote,”
said Smith.
Moody’s main goal for
1993-94 is to create more unity
on Elon’s campus.
I want to unify the campus.
I don t want it to be Greek versus
non-Greek or black against white.
I want us all to work together,”
Moody said.
‘ I think that the way we can
accomplish this is through
community service. That way,
we can kill two birds with one
stone. We can unify ourselves
and help out the community at
the same lime,” Moody said.
Moody added that an
increased awareness of the SGA
and its function would be one of
her goals.
“I just want to represent the
students the best that I can and
listen to what they have to say,”
Moody said.
Khalil Ekulona will assist
Moody through his new found
position as SGA vice-president.
Ekulona received 427 votes
and was unopposed.
“It is kind of a shallow
victory because I had no one
running against me,” Ekulona
said.
Ekulona’s main goal is to
bring the AIDS issue into the
forefront.
“I want to increase AIDS
awareness and education on the
disease. I also want to see an
increase in safety for women and
See Moody, Page 6
Black Excellence
Awards honor
star students
Tonya Taylor
The Pendulum
The first Elon College Black
Excellence Awards Banquet was
held on Sunday to honor the
academic achievements African-
American students on campus.
The idea originated with
Associate Director of Admissions
L’Tanya Burch. Burch saw the
need for the African-American
student to be recognized. An
eight member Black Excellence
Awards Committee was formed
and they worked toward creating
the event.
“It was a banquet that will
challenge black students to
continue to achieve and inspire
them to great heights in the
academic arena,” said committee
member William Walker.
The committee also included
two other students, Tanya Davis
and Ajuma Khalil Ekulona, along
See Awards, Page 6