THE
Pendulum
Volume XX, Number 16
Serving the Elon College Community
March 17,1994
Elon purchases Wilburn’s Tire & Auto Center after 41 years of service.
College buys Wilburn's Tire & Auto
plans to replace building with grass
Mary Kelli Bridges
Staff Reporter
Elon College has purchased
Wilburn’s Tire and Auto Center at
Haggard and Williamson avenues
to make way for a green space.
The college will take posses
sion of the garage on May 1.
Aaron Wilburn, son of the
owner, said the school paid just
under $500,000 for the business,
less than half the asking price. But,
Wilburn said, there were other in
centives
Elon College has hired Wilburn
as a mechanic. President Fred
Young said the position had been
open for some time.
Another benefit, Wilburn said,
is that his three children and his
brother’s five children can attend
the college for free. -
Wilburn said he also will be
able to take classes at no cost.
WUbum said be was satisfied
with Eton’s offer. “It was a very
attractive deal.
“You can’t put a price on edu
cation,” he said.
According to the faculty hand
book, the college’s policy is to
reimburse spouse and dependent
tuition costs “to all permanent Elon
College employees who normally
teach at least 21 semester hours
per academic year.”
Young called Wilburn’s Tire
and Auto Center an Elon College
“community center and tradition.”
WUbum said he was told that
Elon College plans to raze the
building and replace it with agrassy
area.
See WUbum, page 4,
SGA conducts elections Tuesday
Sarah Clarke
Staff Reporter
This Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 4
P n». in Long Student Center, vot-
for the Student Government
elections will take place.
It is time for the students to
'decide who should take over in of
fice. The ExecuUvc office candi-
^tesrunning for [wesidentareFloyd
'^arant, Charlie Smith, and l>arry
Williams.
Vice president candidates are
^cndal Rasniike and Catherine
Sparks.
Zuni Johnson, who is currenUy
studying abroad in London, is the
only student running for the posi
tion of treasurer.
Tliere are no candidates run
ning for any of the senior seats, the
junior offices, and one junior sena
tor.
This fall there will be an oppor
tunity for the empty positions to be
filled when the freshmen elections
are held.
Candidates running for junior
senators arc Rachel Dugger, J Neil
iWomen's basketball,
tennis coach resigns
Rob Mancuso/The Pendulum
Angie Riley
Sports Editor
Jackie Myers, Elon College
I head women’s basketball and ten
nis coach, resigned last Thursday,
effective at the end of the school
I year.
Myers said Tuesday the ad-
I ministration forced her to resign
after nine years so it can hire two
people for less money.
Coach Jackie Myers
“My biggest frustration is the fact that I am an alumnus with an
unblemished record.
“I felt they could have done more to work something out for me,” said
Myers, a two-time South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year.
Athletic Director Alan White refused to respond Tuesday to Myers’
conmients.
“All of us are proud for Jackie in her accomplishments at Elon and
wish her well in her new pursuits,” White said in a jwess release last
See Myers, page 4.
ELon i^ision
Grindstaff, Holly Sunshine Farrell,
Robin Mace, Robin Moats, Kate
Ruth, and Mike Sutterlin.
Michel Rogers is the only
candidate running for sophomore
class president.
Candidates running for sopho
more vice president are Bryan
Kobos, Kelley Parker, and Lewis
Small.
April Montano is the only can
didate running for secVtreasurer.
Senators running are Kendrick
Bradsher, Andre Campbell, Ryan
See Election, page 4
Mary Kelli Bridges
Staff Reporter
Elon College trustees last week
I setinmotionalO-yearplantomake
the school one of the best in the
I region - and for others to know it.
The three-phase, $40 million
I Elon Vision plan, ^proved by the
1 Board ofTrustees on March 9, calls
I for:
■ An on-campus stadium,
■ Renovations to the Powell
Building for the math and computer
I science departments,
■ Renovations and an addition
I to the hbrary,
■ A facility for the journalism/
communications department.
■ A new science facihty,
■ A building for the Love
School of Business,
■ And a building for a school
of education.
Under the plan, the curriculum
will be expanded to include:
■ A school of education,
■ An environmental science
major,
• A graduate and undergradu
ate program in special education,
B A master’s in physical
therapy,
■ And a master’s in liberal
studies.
Not all of the proposals will be
See Vision, page 14
INSIDE
I
I Athletic Center
named for Koury
family, See page 8.
Elon Volunteers!
receives $50,000
grant, See page 14,
Tennis wins South
east Region Tourna
ment, See page 11.