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bme XX, Number 22
Informing the Elon College Community
April 20. I9V5
fate of faculty representation on
)oard in the hands of trustees
Amy Logerwell
pst. Managing Editor
he Academic Council had re-
J a proposal for faculty repre-
bon on the Board of Trustees.
|Members of the council wanted
cuss the proposal more.
|But a council member side-
led her peers by bringing it to
culty for a vote April 7.
“I had actually proposed it last
|and the council had done re-
about it,” said English Pro-
lor Ann Cassebaum. “It had run
urse and the next step was to
It up."
Faculty approved the proposal
lice-vote at the monthly fac-
meeting.
Trustees have been notified
[the faculty want a say on the
a spokeswoman for Presi-
Fred Young said Tuesday.
ommg board chairman L.M.
I" Baker will decide whether
^ve an executive committee
Wing to discuss the matter or
Auntil the October meeting, said
Susan Klopman, assistant to the
president.
Baker was out of town Tues
day and could not be reached for
comment.
Of 13 private, four-year North
Carolina colleges and universities
with enrollments between 1,000 and
5,000, 11 have faculty and/or stu
dent representation on their trustee
boards.
SGA President Larry Williams
said that within the next two weeks
he will ask Student Government
senators to write a bill proposing
student representation on the board
“I want to do this before 1
leave,” said Williams, a graduating
senior. “It’s a good thing and it’s
important. I would like to see it get
done.
“I’m not really sure what the
procedure is to get this done for
students,” Williams said. “We may
go straight to the board also.”
Under the faculty’s proposal,
faculty would have a non-voting
position on the board.
The proposal was drawn up by
the Faculty Governance Commit
tee, a sub-committee of the Aca
demic Council. Members of the
committee arc Ann Cassebaum, Ric
Holt, Jane Wellford and Bill
Hightower.
The council discussed the pro
posal at its February meeting. Sug
gestions were made to reword the
proposal, said communications Pro
fessor Don Grady, chairman of the
Academic Council.
Grady said that because of
schedule conflicts, the council could
not meet in March. Members de
cided to discuss the proposal over
E-mail.
Fine arts professor and council
member Mike Sanford said,
“Tilings of this much importance
need to be discussed much more
seriously, and E-mail was not suf
ficient enough.”
Grady said the council defeated
the proposal by E-mail. He declined
to reveal how the council members
voted.
“She (Cassebaum) was
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Students plan to "Take Back
Jeff Wirick
Staff Reporter
_ Tonight's third annual “Take
k the Night March” will call
'ial attention to date rape, said
nizer Melissa Herron.
“It’s not really (designed) to
e Elon College for the fact
Jt's not safe for a woman to
k around alone at night,” said
on, a junior at Elon.
'"Rather, it’s to protest that no
‘r where we go, we will live
constant fear of the night and
potential for violence at any
jHerron added, “The march is
■ce for everyone in the com
ity to reclaim the night. And
e first time this year, we will
be able to walk around the campus
community without the fear of be
ing hurt, or looking over our shoul
ders."
The march was started at Elon
in 1991 by Silvia Pasintino because,
according to Herron, Pasintino
wanted to do something to help
fnends that had been victims of
date rape.
"She (Pasintino) didn't think
that the college was doing as much
as needed to be done,” Herron said.
Many other universities have
independently held similar events
over the past couple of years to
promote awareness of this much
overlooked crime.
TTie march will start at Scott
Plaza, near Fonville Fountain, at
6:30 p.m. today, where a live band
will play until 7:20 p.m. The band
the Night”
will be followed by speakers from
the community, and the march
around campus is scheduled to
begin around 8 p.m.
The crowd, which included
more than 300 people last year,
will then walk back to the foun
tain where the final activity will
be the open-mic session.
During the open-mic period,
victims will share their personal
experiences with date rape with
the crowd.
“After being in an atmosphere
where people are very supportive,
a lot of people like to talk about
their own experiences," Herron
said.
Herron added, “This march
is designed to call awareness to,
and protest, the lack of safety on
campus, especially for women.”
Reach for the Stars!
Terrence Vincent sits on the shoulders of Williams High School
student Joey Schoeneck during the Special Olympcs Apnl 12
Former Prime Minister speaks
at Elon’s spring Convocation
Jeff Wirick
Staff Reporter
Margaret Thatcher, the former
Prime Minister of Great Britain,
will speak at Elon dunng the spring
Convocation on April 28 Themain
purpose of this semester’s convo
cation will be to honor academic
excellence, said Pat Kinney, direc
tor of College Relations.
During Convocation the Class
of 1995 and all Dean's List students
will be honored with a procession
before Thatcher presents a speech
about the challenges of the 21st
Century
A North Carolina businessman
and philanthropist Frank H Kenan
and TTiatcher will both receive hon
orary degrees from Elon
“We are trying to reach a new
level of excellence," said Susan
Klopman, assistani to the president
"Our guest really exemplifies this
type of excellence ”
Thatcher is scheduled toartive
ai 9:55 a.m on campus, where she
will meet ihe Model, Moseley and
Koury families and officially dedi
cate the buildings that Elon named
after them
Convocation sians at 11 a m
in Alumni Gym Students can pur
chase their tickets in Mosley 209.
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