Elon student shares
his experiences at the
Million Man March.
Area haunted houses
and Halloween
attractions invite
local scare seekers.
Cross Country teams
set consistent pace en
route to regionals.
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THE
Pendulum
Volume XX/Number 8
Informing the Elon College Community
October 26,1995
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Justin Clark/The Pendulum
Midnight Madness!
The men's and women's basketball teams pumped up their preseason
with Midnight Madness Friday night. Activities including a slam dunk
contest were sponsored for spectators. Elon's season tips off Nov. 17.
Students seek to discover the
existence of auditorium ghost
Michelle Cater
Staff Reporter
Creaking of footsteps in the
balconies and the sound of heavy
breathing, and the mysterious flick
ers of light were seen in Whitley
Auditorium Monday night as four
Pendulum reporters attempted to
summon alleged spirits.
Stories about the haunting of
Whitley have floated around Elon
for many years. There are many
different stories and legends sur
rounding the building.
The legends are so strong that
they have even spooked the clean
ing staff. Deloris Bell, a custodian
for the college, said they only clean
Whitley during the day because it
is haunted.
One of the most common sto
ries is that there is a phantom piano
player who haunts the building. At
one time Whitley housed Elon’s
music department so it was not rare
for music students to be there late at
night practicing. These students
would often report that they saw
people sitting at the piano or heard
music being played when nobody
was there.
Anotherstory circulating about
Whitley is that a former music pro
fessor who died of a heart attack
now roams the halls searching for
his missing sheet music.
See Ghost, Page 5.
Board meets, pledges $100,000
Amy Logerwell
Managing Editor
The Elon College Board of
Trustees held their fall meeting Oct.
11 and received reports on the
college’s status and pledged
$100,000 for the annual fund to
ward operating the college.
The trustees reviewed the
progress of the 17-point Elon Vi
sion. Special reports were heard
concerning a new science building
and a new library, the development
of a master’s degree in physical
therapy, the public relations pro
gram to gain greater recognition
for the college, and a new trustee
orientation program.
The Elon Vision is thecollege’s
$40 million plan to strengthen re
sources, facilities and the qualifi
cations of students and professors.
The board Membership Com
mittee, chaired by Trustee Noel
Allen, outlined a plan to study board
membership including faculty and
student representation.
Allen said the membership
committee plans to collect infor
mation on how other boards deal
with membership issues and look
for hints to improve membership.
“We’re really fulfilling the
Elon Vision in the context of
strengthening the resources of our
board to enhance the college as a
whole,” Allen said.
In April, English Professor
Anne Cassebaum helped initiate
the issue of faculty representation
on the board.
“I had hoped they would have
decided at this meeting, but it is
early and I am still hopeful that a
favorable decision will be made,”
Cassebaum said.
Psychology Professor Tom
Green is representing the Academic
Council to keep the issue alive.
“There is no deadline for this,
but the council hopes it will happen
this academic year,” Green said.
“The board will probably take
some time with this and not jump
into it. We just don’t want it forgot
ten, but we expect it won’t happen
too quickly and don’t want to get
obnoxious about it.”
Allen said he could not specu
late when the board will decide
these membership issues.
Student Government Associa
tion President Michael Rodgers said
the SGA is not currently pursuing
student representation on the board,
however, there is a possibility it
will be considered.
“With two recent alumni and
reports from committees like cam
pus life, trustees are given a fairly
fresh perspective of what is going
on,” Rodgers said.
The board approved awarding
an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree to Madeleine
L’Engle, a nationally renowned
author and the 1996 Baccalaureate
speaker.
L’Engle has written more than
40 books, including “A Wrinkle in
Time.” She will give the Baccalau
reate address May 17,
Trustees also discussed the
1995-96 Institutional Priorities.
Reports were made on residential
life, concerning demands for qual
ity housing, food service, medical
and counseling services and issues
of personal freedom. Thecollege’s
Long Range Planning Committee,
chaired by Provost Gerald Francis,
is responsible for handling these
priorities.
A group of trustees, faculty.
See Board, Page 4.
Elon participates in live teleconference
Heather Sewell
Staff Reporter
Elon College is participating
in a national live teleconference
Friday, allowing various colleges
and universities to interact and dis
cuss issues facing students with
learning disabilities on college
campuses.
The Academic Advising De
partment is hosting the teleconfer
ence from 1 to 3 p.m. in Yeagar
Recital Hall.
The live interactive video con
ference will be anchored at Old
Dominion Univereity. Via-satel-
lite Elon faculty, staff and stu
dents may call-in questions and
take part in the discussion.
The passing of the Americans
with Disabilities Act in 1992 has
prompted both public and private
colleges to become more awrare of
the needs of their learning disabled
students. The conference will high
light methods of assessing and ac
commodating students with learn
ing disabilities.
Topics will include specific
strategies to assist these students in
foreign language, mathematics, and
testing environments. A pane! of
experts will provide strategies for
improving the educational environ
ment for learning disabled students.
“Anyone on a college campus
can help accommodate students by
giving them extended time for a
test or providing more time or a
different format for a test,” said
Priscilla Haworth, coordinator of
the teleconference.
ThoughElon College does not
have a formal learning disabilities
program, Haworth said academic
advising helps students with dis
abilities in preparing for selection
of classes.
“Even though we now have a
pretty good idea of how to educate
students with special needs, we
can never learn too much. Our
ultimate goal is to give these stu
dents equal access and opportu
nity in their fields of study,”
Haworth said.
*‘We want every college pro
fessional to be informed to know
how to work with them,”