News
March 28,1996
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Elon greeks participate in Easter Eggstravaganza
Tony Carrick
Staff Reporter
Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority
and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
will participate in the Easter
Eggstravaganza that will take place
at the historic depot in downtown
Burlington on Saturday, March 30,
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Sigma Sigma Sigma and
Lambda Chi Alpha will provide 30
volunteers for the Easter event. The
students will help with various
children’s activities.
Tracy Anderson, assistant di
rector for the festival, recent Elon
alumni of the Sigma Sigma Sigma
sorority, said she felt this was a
good opportunity to involve Elon
greek life with the community.
Anderson said the sorority is
always searching for ways to in
volve themselves in the commu
nity.
Scott Dehorty, a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha, said the frater
nity tries to involve themselves in
the community as much as pos
sible.
“Some of the things we have
involved ourselves in are highway
clean-up, fundraising for churches
and helping out at retirement cen
ters,” Dehorty said.
The fraternity became involved
with the Eggstravaganza through
Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Dehorty said the fraternity is
glad for the opportunity to get out
into the community.
We enjoy involving ourselves
in the community and helping
Burlington’s kids,” Dehorty said.
This is the Eggstravaganza's
fifth year.
This year’s festival will offer
more than ever.
“We have brought in more en
tertainers for this year's event,”
Anderson said.
Clyde Jones, an artist from
Bynum, NC, will be presenting his
artwork at the festival.
Jones creates what he calls
“critters” from recycled wood and
various other materials.
Jones has artwork on display
at the North Carolina Museum of
Art in Raleigh, Folk Art Jubilation
in Richmond, Va., and the High
Museum in Atlanta.
The Eggstravaganza will also
include hands-on art demonstra
tions, magic shows, face painting,
music and free give-aways.
The Eggstravaganza is free and
open to the public.
Orientation weekend: new students get a taste of college life
Tamara LaMassa
Staff Reporter
A record 400 prospective stu
dents are expected to attend Spring
Orientation Weekend March 29-
30, said Susan Semonite, associate
director of admissions.
This is the seventh year spring
orientation weekends have been
held. Last March, 352 students
attended.
All students who attend the
orientation weekend have been ac
cepted and have paid the $200 en
rollment deposit, Semonite said. A
high percentage of students who
attend an orientation weekend en
roll, Semonite said.
Approximately 35 orientation
leaders will help out during the
weekend assisting students in
choosing fall classes and answer
ing new students’ questions, said
Christy Barefoot, a member of the
New Student Orientation Staff.
“Orientation leaders gave us a
student’s point of view,” said fresh
man Calvin Choi. He said the most
worthwhile part of the orientation
weekend was talking with the ori
entation leaders. He found out
what teachers are good, what teach
ers are more difficult and what to
do at night, Choi said.
Choi will be an orientation
leader Friday and Saturday. He
said he is looking forward to it. “I
wanted to be an orientation leader
because my orientation leader did
an awesome job and I wanted to
help new students,” Choi said.
Ashley Stevenson, a freshman, said
orientation helped her find out what
classes she needed to take and she
got to know the campus better.
Stevenson also said she found the
Architects for new library
to be chosen soon
Michelle Cater
Letters Editor
Within the next few weeks,
the library planning committee
will choose the architects and
plans for Elon College’s new li
brary, said Gerald Whittington,
the vice president of finance.
Clair Myers, the head of
Elon’s subcommittee on planning,
said that the new library will be
more than an “archive of books”
but it will be a “center for learning
and technology.”
“The facility is meant to be
the academic center of campus,”
Myers said.
The committee is hoping that
the new library will be more tech
nologically advanced than the cur
rent library. There is also the pos--
sibility that the LaRose Resources
Center, the writing center and aca
demic computing will also be
moved to the new facility. It does,
however, depend on the size of the
new facility, Myers said.
The selection of the architects
began in January when 10 firms
from all along the Eastern sea
board were invited to Elon to tour
the campus and hear the college’s
ideas about the library. These 10
firms were then cut to four.
The final four firms delivered
presentations to President Fred
Young, Provost Gerry Francis,
Whittington, Vice President of
Academic Affairs Julianne Maher
and library representative Chris
Fulkerson.
Those four candidates were
carefully reviewed and.two final
candidates were chosen.
small group discussions most ben
eficial because she found out what
to expect her freshman year.
Students and their parents ar
rive between 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Fri., March 29, check in and regis
ter at the Moseley Center. Campus
tours of the academic facilities by
members of the Elon Student Ad
missions Committee are available
between 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Each
tour lasts approximately an hour.
Information sessions covering
the majors at Elon will be hosted by
deans and department chairs at 3
p.m. and 4 p.m. New students will
find out information about their
course of study and the career op
portunities in their field of interest.
A workshop called How to Survive
in College will be presented sepa
rately for students and parents. The
workshops will be held at 4 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m.
The parent workshop will be
presented by Joanne Soliday, vice
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lege in McCrary Theatre of the
Faith Rockefeller Model Center for
the Arts. The student workshop
will be presented by Barry
Bradberry, associate dean of ad
missions and financial planning in
McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center.
Students will be able to learn more
about athletics and campus recre
ation at Elon in McKinnon Hall at
6:45 p.m.
Students and their parents are
free for the remainder of the evening
to eat dinner and participate in ac
tivities of their choice.
The new students are invited
to the Shades of Gray Semi-Formal
sponsored by Elon’s Finest 8 p.m.
to midnight in McKinnon Hall in
the Moseley Center. The tickets
cost $5 per person or $7 per couple.
New students who were not in
attendance on Friday may check in
and register from 8:30 a.m. to 9
a.m. Saturday in Alamance Build
ing Rotunda. A continental break
fast will also be served. Students
will be placed in small-group aca
demic advising sessions where they
will work with freshman advisors
and student assistants to choose
their fall courses from 9 a.m. to
10:15 a.m.
After a refreshment break at
Fonville Fountain, students will
participate in a session called For
Students Only: An Inside Look at
Elon from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Orientation leaders and members
of the student admissions staff will
talk about their experiences and
answer questions.
While students are busy with
their planned activities, their par
ents will attend a session called For
Parents Only: A View from Stu
dents and Advisers.
Incoming students are invited
to attend the Widespread Panic Con
cert in Alumni Gym, Koury Center
7 p.m. Saturday, March 30.
The next spring orientation
weekend will be April 26 and 27.
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