Student charged with
larceny of an Elon
College police car.
Hootie & The Blow-
fish swim into the
mainstream and on
to Eton's campus.
A look at Elon’s
women's basketball
1994-95 season.
Trick or Treat, smell my
feet, give
me some
thing
good to
eat.
THE
Pendulum
Volume XX, Number 8
Informing the Elon College Community
October 27, 1994
Homecoming turns into
"a war against the greeks"
Mary Kelli Bridges &
Andrea Schmidt
Staff Reporters
Four fraternities and sororities will not
have either a queen or a king nominee for
Homecoming Nov. 5 because their nomi
nees didn’t have a high enough grade point
average, the Homecoming Committee Chair
man said.
Because mandatory deadlines were
missed, one fraternity will not be able to
participate, one fraternity will have points
deducted and one fraternity will not be able
to win any points, the chairman said.
Also, a change involving the money
drive has some sorority members worried
that Homecoming will become “a war against
the greeks.”
This year three fraternities and one so
rority will not have either a queen or king
nominee for homecoming because their nomi
nees did not have a cumulative grade point
average of 2.25 or higher.
Students will be able to vote for candi
dates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The Homecoming Committee gave a
deadline of Sep. 30 to organizations to regis
ter to participate in Homecoming, Home
coming Chairman Michael Rodgers said.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Kappa
Alpha Order and Sigma Pi were among the
organizations that did not make this dead
line.
A second deadline of Oct. 7 was set by
the committee for organizations to register
and pay a $25 registration fee. Sigma Pi and
Kappa Sigma met the deadline, but Kappa
Sigma was penalized by a reduction of 50
See Homecoming, page 4.
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Spreading the Word
Tonya Hubart/The Pendulum
Student Alex Pickens (right) receives a Gideon's Bible last Thursday in front o( Long.
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State universities: Elon’s biggest competition
Jon Campbell
Staff Reporter
Students that are accepted to
Elon College, but chose not to
attend prefer state universities, ac
cording to a survey sent out by the
college.
The survey revealed that
many students went to the larger
state universities instead of the
.smaller private institutions.
Of the 1,500 surveys that
were sent out by the college, 475
were returned. One question on
the survey asked students to state
their reason for choosing another
school over Elon. The most com
mon answer was the cost of tuition.
Although Elon’s tution is av
erage for most private institutions,
many students stated that the cost
was too high. Many of these stu
dents chose to go to the less expen
sive public schools.
Nan Perkins, the dean of ad
missions, feels that emphasis needs
to be placed on scholarships and
tuition.
“It is important that the stu
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dents and the parents perceive that
they are getting their money’s
worth here at Elon,” Perkins said.
"Money needs to be raised to make
more scholarships available, and
we have to keep the cost of tuition
from rising.”
The second most common
reason for going elsewhere was
Elon’s small size. Many of the
students chose the larger public
schools over Elon. Growth has
been under discussion in order to
compete with the larger universi
ties, Perkins said.
Perkins said that in order to
bring more students to Elon, it has
to offer many of the same oppor
tunities that the larger schools of
fer, while maintaining its small-
school atmosphere.
“We have to avoid losing
sight of who we are,” Perkins
said.
In the past, Elon’s primary
competition has been in-state in
stitutions such as East Carolina
University, Appalachian State
University, N.C. State University,
or UNC-Chapel Hill.
See CcHnpetitlon. page 4.
Yearbook might face changes
Mary Kelli Bridge.s
Senior Reporter
Next year the yearbook might
become a magazine.
TTie Media Board is expected
to decide if there will be a yearbook •
m the future, and if there is, if the
format will remain the same as it
has been in the past.
The Media Board is also look
ing into if the yearbook can negoti
ate with other companies for pub
lishing and photography.
There was not a quorum at the
last three Media Board meetings
Oct. 13, Oct. 18 and Oct. 21 to
make any decisions about the year
book. The next Media Board meet
ing is scheduled for Nov. 18.
The status of this year’s year
book is still the same.
Some options discussed were
if the yearbook should be canceled,
if it should be institutionally done,
if it should be linked with a class or
if it should be in a magazine-style
format.
Another issue discussed was
that the Media Board has been told
that it couldn’t look elsewhere fora
contract because former trustee
Max Ward, of Lifelouch National
School Studios, Max Ward Divi
sion, Inc., a photography firm, is
currently under contract with the
yearbook, said Chris Fulkerson,
associate director of the La Rose
Resources Center.
In the past. Media Board Chair
man Rex Waters has echoed the
same sentiment: that the yearbook
was not free to negotiate a new
contract because of who was repre
senting Jostens Printing and Pub
lishing.
Fulkerson said that the search
for companies has not been com
petitive in the past.
The Media Board asked the
administration if it can look else
where for companies, but has not
received an answer, Fulkerson said.
However, the situations of the
companies has changed since the
yearbook signed its contract three
years ago.
At the time, W. Hunt Ward,
son of Max Ward, represented both
Lifetouch and Jostens. But Hunt
Ward doesn’t represent Jostens
anymore. Hunt Ward also said that
See Yearbook, page 4.