A look back
The politicking,
shooting &
marching that
was 1992-93
The year brought Presidents
and psycho killers, hurricanes and
snowfall, policy changes and
consu-uction, debate and activism.
Here’s an official hitting of
the highlights that touched the
Jives of Elon students this year of
1992-93.
■ September: Students
return to a campus under
construction. A county-wide
mandatory recycling program is
implemented. Presidential
hopeful Bill Clinton makes his
first campaign stop in the sia^e in
Greensboro. President Bush
addresses local businessmen in
Greensboro. Local residents
protest the construction of the
Cook Road bypass. Native
American Doris Leader Charge
speaks out at fall convocation.
■ October: Clinton, Gore
and their wives visit the Elon
■ November
AOPi takes Homecoming.
campus on a bus tour across the
southeast. Bush brings his
whistle-stop train campaign
through Elon on his way to
Burlington. Alpha Xi Delta
sorority begins colonizing.
■ November: Home
coming is set to a controversial
Disney theme and boasts the first
male candidate for “queen.”
Columnist Jack Duval proposes
mass annihilation of Elon’s
squirrel population. Habitat foT*
Humanity sponsors a sleep-out
by Fonville Fountain during their
land drive. Producer of The
Silence of the Lambs Kenneth
Utt is presented with a
distinguished alumnus award.
■ February: Elon mourns
the death of freshman Danie
Rokely in a memorial service.
The plus-minus grading system
is approved.
■ March: Dirt flew at the
groundbreaking for the new
campus center. The Safe Rides
program gets underway, inspired
by the death of Chad Macy.
■ April: A local Winn
Dixie employee is killed after
opening fire in the groccry store,
killing a co-worker and wounding
two others. Some 600 men and
women “took back the night” to
protest violence against women.
UNC-Chapel Hill wins the
NCAA basketball championship.
The controversial 4.0 hour class
schedule is approved. The town
of Elon College celebrates its
100th birthday.
■ October c\
The presidential campaign trail blazed through Elon College wn®
■ September
Burlington joins in the relief effort for Hurricane Andrew victims.
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The local Winn-Dixie became a war zone after one employee shot and killed another
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