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Volume XX, Number 4
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September 22,1994
Tonya Hubart/The Pendulum
It's ereek to me
students sign up for sorority open house last Tuesday night.
Former Elon student plea bargains
to 3 counts of assault on a female
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Mary Kelli Bridges
Senior Reporter
GRAHAM - A former Elon
College student who had faced five
felony counts of sexual assault and
a possible sentence of 51 years will
spend no time in prison.
Under a plea agreement, Rob
ert M. Narvaez, Setauket, N.Y,
pleaded guilty Monday in
Alamance County Superior Court
to three misdemeanor counts of
assault on a female.
“I wanted to fight it,” Narvaez
said Tuesday night.
Narvaez, 21, said he accepted
the plea agreement because a trial
would have been expensive and
because he was told thatifhe didn’t
accept the plea, another charge
would be added.
Narvaez received a six-year
suspended sentence, including five _
years of supervised probation.
He was originally charged with
sexual assault of two women and
attempted sexual assault of another
woman.
All three women are Elon Col
lege students.
Narvaez faced a maximum 12
years for four of the charges and
three years for the fifth charge.
Assistant District Attorney Ricky
Champion said.
Narvaez is the first man to be
charged with a sexual assault on
Elon College’s campus since at least
1990. Nine rapes and one attempted
rape on campus have been reported
to police or college officials since
1990.
Judge Orlando F. Hudson or
dered Narvaez to pay reasonable
medical expenses for the victims.
He was ordered to undergo a men
tal health evaluation, counseling
and substance abuse treatment.
Hudson ordered Narvaez not
See Narvaez, Page 4.
Narvaez, 21, said he accepteu
College to seek faculty with doctorate
decrees for "Investing in Excellence
^ “Most of the new faculty will A concern about Elon’s dr
Activities planned for families
Linda Findley
Reporter
“Most of the new faculty will A concern about Elon’s drive
comethroughreplacingpeoplewho for more highly educated pro es-
retireorleave,”saysTomTiemann, sors, is what will happen to tn^
Jeff Wirick
Reporter
"That’s Italian" is the theme
for this year’s Elon Family Week
end. which takes place Friday
through Sunday.
There have been several ac
tivities added to "better meet the
interests of a wider variety of
people." said Amanda Harless, di
rector of Greek Life and Special
Programs.
One difference this year is that
family members can register at the
Koury Center both Friday, from 3
p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday mom-
mg. Guests and students can also
tour the Koury Center throughout
the day.
Friday night’s entertainment
is scheduled to be the Blenders.
This vocal quartet, which onginated
in North Dakota, will be perform
ing at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Faith
Rockefeller Model Center.
Saturday's activities include a
"Picnic Under the Oaks," which is
a buffet lunch by McEwen Dining
Hall, Elon’s second home football
game of the year against defending
national champions Carson-
Newman at 2 p.m., an Italian meal
served at '.he Model Center, and a
Collage Concert in Yeager Recital
Hall.
The Model Center will host
"That’s Italian," the Italian meal on
Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The
musical ensemble. La Roma
Musica, will perform for the audi
ence during that time.
That evening the Collage Con
cert will be given at Yeager Hall
from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Students will
perform dances with original cho
reography, present scenes from
contemporary drama, and sing
songs from the Broadway stage.
Several church services will
be offered throughout the week
end. The Elon Gospel Choir will
perform at the College Worship
See Weekend. Page 4.
Jefferson Pilot professor of eco
nomics. “It is unlikely that anyone
will get fired because of a lack of a
terminal degree.”
The increase is one of 17 goals
of the Elon Vision. Some others
include new buildings, new equip
ment and the recruitment of stu-
faculty who are already here and
may not have these higher de
grees.
An option, said Jo Williams
vice president of Development, is
for professors who are already
here to gain their higher degrees
now. Under some circumstances,
professors can take time off to
earn degrees or possibly get n-
Elon College recently revised
its faculty requirements as part of
a $40 million plan for the
institution’s continuing improve
ment.
The plan, called the Elon Vi
sion, is an extension of the Invest- mem anu uic ictiuuiu^^ui u. o...
ing In Excellence campaign which dents with higher grade point aver-
has raised more than $ 19 million, ages and SAT scores. earn ^"r‘Howments,
The new plan hopes to continue “The strength of the faculty is nancialhelpthroughendo
this achievement by improving the the strength of the college, said „ concept
quality and the image of quality of Nan Perkins, dean of Admissions faculty is not just an blon
an Elon education. and Financial Planning. “When said Clair Myers, vice p
A strong focus for achieving people come to the campus, they
want to see a lot of Ph.D.’s and
M.F.A.’s”
Most Elon Vision committee
members agree that a professor w ith
a terminal degree is not necessarily
better, but on the average, they have
the experience needed for teaching lor. wncn i ini'-^
as well as an in-depth knowledge make sure they understan
of their subject. continuing education is a p
“When you get your terminal the job,” Myers said.
affect who the school hires, but it degree, you immerse yourself in The marketplace that
may also have an impact on the your subject. You learn to peel back the change, however, is no
faculty currently employed by the layers and gain a deeper under- sarily controlled by currei^
Elon. standing,” Tieman said. See Poctoratc, ^—j
this “new image” is a goal to raise
the percentage of faculty mem
bers with terminal degrees in their
1 fields.
Currently about 75 percent of
Elon faculty members have the
highest possible degrees in their
field. The Elon Vision calls for
85-90 percent by the next century.
This increase will not only
affect who the school hires, but it
ScUU V^lOii .
and Dean of Academic Affairs
Myers said most instructors plan
on advancing their degrees, u
now it becomes less of an option
and more of a necessity.
“The marketplace determines
a lot of what we are now lootog
for. When I interview people^