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THIS WEEK
□ Residence Life is
sponsoring an open forum
discussion on sexual activity,
Sept. 30 in tiie Harper Center
Lounge. A health educator
from the Alamance County
Health Department will be the
featured speaker.
□ On Oct. 1 Banks and
Shane, a banjo and guitar duo,
will be in concert in McCrary
Theatre at 8 p.m. Admission
is by ticket only: $10 or Elon
ID.
□ The Black Cultural
Society is sponsoring the 1st
Annual Miss Black Cultural
Society Pageant on Oct. 3.
The event will take place in
Whitley Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Admission is $1.
□ On Oct. 4 Woody L.
Durham, the “Voice of the
Tarheels” will speak in
McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Durham’s lecture is titled,
“You Get Out of It What You
Put Into It.”
THE PAST
Fifteen Years Ago: Pop
music group Hall and Oates
performed at Elon on Oct. 1.
Sixteen Years Ago:
WSOE went on the air for for
the first time on Sept. 29,
1977. The station began with
a jazz, classical, and popular
music format.
Seventeen Years Ago:
Brown and Co. opened its
doors for the first time during
the first week of October,
1976.
INSIDE
□ A closer look at the Student I
Health Center, pg. 6.
□ Cypress Hill review, pg. 7.
□ A look at the new Athletic
Center.
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Gov. Dreyfus headlines convocation
Sheila Kendall
Asst. Managing Editor
The Elon College fall
convocation festivities welcomed
Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus to the
celebration under the oaks on
Sept. 22.
The Elon College Pep Band
opened the ceremony and senior
Nicholas Cooper gave the
invocation. This was followed
by the Chamber Singers
performing “Guadeamus Igitur .
The welcome address was given
by G. Melvin Palmer, vice-
chairman, Board of Trustees.
■ Junior April Desreuisseau
I enlightened the audicnce_onJje^
educational experience at the
Washington Center last summer.
Dreyfus, who was the
governor of Wisconsin from
1979-1983, titled his address
“Strength Through Diversity.”
Dreyfus addressed the majority
of his speech to the Elon
students. He emphasized that a
student’s first job after college
can determine the rest of their
life-career path, marriage, and
locality."
He admitted his jealousy of
the students for the time they live
in. “You could not have picked a
more exciting time to live. I
envy you because of what you
will see.”
Dreyfus also focused on the
issue of diversity.
“Our key distinction is our
diversity, you name it we have
it...We are heading into a
different world,” said Dreyfus.
“We have the greatest flow of free
ideas in the world.”
Chaplain Richard McBride
organized the convocation
ceremonies and acknowledged the
help of Glen Raven Mills in
bringing Gov. Dreyfus.
Edmund Gant, owner of Glen
Raven Mills, a locally owned
fabric business, brought Dreyfus
to North Carolina. Gant proposed
the idea of having Dreyfus be the
convocation speaker to McBride.
See Dreyfus, page 4. .
Students
approve fee
hike; 49-32
Tiffany Edmondson
Staff Reporter
Elon students had a voice on
Sept. 23 when they voted in Long
Student Center on a referendum to
raise the student government fees
from $45 to $65 per semester.
Fewer than 100 students voted
and the Student Government
Association would like to
publicize the referendum and hold
a revote in two weeks. However,
the voting results on the
referendum were in favor of the
increase, 49-32.
SGA voted on this referendum
last spring and it was passed, but
there was not enough time to let
the student body vote, so the
voting was held last week. If the
student body passes the referendum
it will be voted on by the Elon
College Board of Trustees on Oct.
11 or 12.
These fees are combined
together into the SGA budget and
arc used to help fund programs for
all organizations that are
recognized by the school. The
two main reasons for the increase
are that organizations are in
constant need of funding for
programming, and the new student
based facilities, such as the
athletic center and the new student
center, will need money for new
programs as well. There are also
new organizations being formed
every year. Last year 12 new
organizations were started on
campus.
SGA President Shannon
Moody is very much in the favor
of the increase.
“This increase will allow
organizations to do more
programs. If the students vote it
down it is only because they do
not understand where the money
goes,” Moody said.
SGA fee is included in tuition
and if the referendum is passed it
will be a $20 increase for each
semester.
See Student fee hike, page 4