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Volume XX, Number 10
Informing the Elon College Community
November 10, 1994
Five people assaulted in
West by unknown males
Mary Kelli Bridges
Senior Reporter
Five or six men entered West
dorm Saturday night and assaulted
students and someone visiting the
school, according to a memo from
the associate dean of students.
Chief of Campus Security
Terry Creech said he thinks the
incident is serious, but was blown
up bigger than it actually is. Creech
described the assault as a “disor
derly conduct that got out of hand.”
Residents of third-floor West
reported the incident to Campus
Security at about 11:30 p.m.
It isn ’ t clear how the assai lants
entered the east end of the building,
JanaLynn Patterson, associate dean
of students, wrote in a memo Sun
day to the residents of West and
Virginia dorms.
“After a brief verbal exchange
with some of the residents and their
guests, one male knocked down
one of the residents, grabbed an
other resident by her throat and
■ struck the male guest of one of the
residents," according to the memo.
“A female resident and her female
guest were also sprayed in the face
with mace.”
Creech said he didn’t know if
the women were sprayed with mace.
One of the women who said she
was sprayed, did not have swollen
eyes or a red face, the normal symp
toms of being sprayed with mace,
Creech said.
“The assailants are described
as African-American males of me
dium height with muscular builds,"
according to the memo, “It is be
lieved the assailants were students."
Creech said he did have sus-
pccts. At least one is not a student.
Creech said.
The incident was not reported
to police. Campus Security will
conduct the initial investigation.
“As information develops, it
will be turned over to police for
investigation by their staff,"
Patterson said.
The hall’s Community Devel
opment Coordinator Wendy
McConkey said she called security
after hearing “a lot of commotion
going on." McConkey said she saw
the assailants for a “brief moment.”
McConkcy said the hall was
safe. However, she said, “I keep
my door locked at night.”
Patterson said Monday that the
See Assault, page 4.
Former Winthrop director of
Development to replace Williams
Mary Kelli Bridges
Senior Reporter
Elon College hired anew vice
president of Development.
John C. Earner, the executive
director of Development at
Winthrop University, is replacing
Jo Watts Williams, who an
nounced in April that she would
be stepping down.
Earner is expected to begin
his new job by Jan. 2.
Overall gifts to Winthrop in
creased by more than 50 percent
during Earner’s first fiscal year,
according to aNov. 7 press release
from Pat Kinney, directorof Pub
lications and Public Information.
Earner has been at Winthrop
since 1992, Kinney said Tuesday.
While he was associate direc-
torof Developmental Colgate Uni
versity from 1988 to 1992, “the
annual fund donations reached
record levels, and the percentage of
alumni who made donations to the
university exceeded 50 percent,
well over national averages," ac
cording the press release.
At The College of Saint Rose.
Albany, N.Y., Earner was director
of undergraduate admissions from
1985 to 1986 and director of De-
velopmentfrom 1986to 1988.“The
college’s annual fund grew by
$130,000 in one year, gifts by first
time donors rose by 20 percent and
the number of volunteer workers
increased by 50 percent," accord
ing to the press release.
Earner graduated from Siena
College, Loudonville, N.Y. He re
ceived his master’s degree from
The College of Saint Rose and com
pleted graduate studies at State
University of New Y ork at Albany.
Earner replaces Williams, who
John C. Barrier
has served as vice president of
Development since 1979.
Willianii said in April that
she did not want to take on the
long-term commitment of raising
See Development, page 4.
Homecoming '94
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Tonya Hubart/The Pendulum
And the winners are ...
Bridget Gibson (Alpha Xi Delta) and Talt Arend (Kappa Sigma) were
crowned homecoming queen and king during the football game.
AOn wins sixth homecoming
Shannon Prater
Staff Reporter
Polyester and disco music
made a brief comeback at Elon
College last weekend and they
were not alone. Hundreds of
alumni returned to campus and
joined students and friends of the
college to celebrate Homecoming
'94 and watch Alpha Omicron Pi
win six out its seven Homecom
ings
Although planning began, in
some cases, months in advance,
festivities began Oct. 31 when stu
dents gathered in Scott Plaza for
the Philanthropy Rally and the
presentation of the Homecoming
king and queen nominees.
From then until Saturday
morning, various campus organi
zations incorporated this year’s
theme, “Those Funky ‘70s," in
their pursuit of bragging rights as
this year’s overall winning group
during Homecoming. The com
petition included: best banner,
float, and theme night skit as well
as a money drive.
Points were awarded in each
individual category based on such
things as originality and creativ
ity or, in the money drive’s case,
the total amount of pennies col
lected minus the amount of dol
lars and silver coins. Each group
also received points based on the
success of their king and queen
nominees. Points were awarded
to nominees based on profile in
terviews and a popular vote.
The results were announced
See Homeconiing, page 4.