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Volume XXII, Number 5 Informing the Elon College Community September 26,1996 INSIDE EDITORIALS 2-4 ^ COMICS , 16-17 . / " CROSSWORD 20 -NEWS , Plam under way for new J : - library, - - y * I Habitat breaks ground on another house. 18 A preview of some new winter term trips. 19 [Students plan trip to see th AIDS QuUt in W^hington,] |D.C.($tudents,can help evei if they don't go) 20 PEOPLE Mark McGinnis and JudySweger 9-11 Chase reviews the new CD by Drill. ■ ■ 14 : WSGEtalksit^on Tuesdays. 11 SPORTS FootbaU; West Georgia says ’'No Soiip> For You!" (Another loss) 21 Volleyball and Cross Country rolled to victories last weekend. 20 Family Weekend Caribbean Theme Highlights Weekend Scott McCrary This weekend will bring par ents and siblings to Elon for the annual Family Weekend. The office of Residence and Greek Life has several activities planned for the weekend. High lights will include an address by President Fred Young and meet ings between parents and profes sors. Families can also take part in a tailgating party at the football game against Carson-Newman, as well as a “Collage Concert” sponsored by the Department for the Perform ing Arts, said Amanda Harless, di rector of Greek life. Friday afternoon will start with the family/student golf tournament at the Indian Valley Golf Course, registration arid open recreation at Koury Center. Other activities Friday include a Shabbat service and dinner in McKinnon Hall and the Collage Concert. “This is the first year we’ve had more than one Collage Con cert,” Harless said. In the past, there had been problems with seating all the family members interested in attending the concert. “This year we decided to have two. Even parents who don’t have children in the program come and see this,” Harless added about the concert. Saturday’s activities will con sist of breakfast and President Young’s address in McCrary The atre. During the address, sibling ac tivities, such as a college workshop geared toward high school students, will take place in Moseley Center until noon. Harless said, “This is the first year we’vedone sibling activities.” Sibling activities were added at the suggestion of a member of the Parents’ Council. It will consist of two sections. Brothers and sisters can par ticipate in a college search coordi nated by the admissions office. They will learn about the impor tance of a campus visit, the applica tion process and how to show their strengths in an interview. They will also tour the campus. “This is not a recruiting ses sion for Elon,” Harless said. “How ever, many will see the great things we have to offer through this work shop.” Elon’s Finest is sponsoring the younger siblings’ section. Fun and Games. This will feature sidewalk chalk art and a dance exhibition. The group will also teach the younger siblings a few dance moves and Elon cheers. Parents will have the opportu nity to meet professors following Young’s address. There will also be an open house for parents of honor students. Mini-classes on topics, such as NASCAR, will be taught Satur day afternoon. There will be ses sions on study abroad and parent • see Weekend, page 5 General Studies Dir. Hopes to Better Program Carriann Kuryla For Tom Tiemann, it was a compromise with his wife that brought him to Elon. Elon's new General Studies Di rector moved to North Carolina from St. Louis with his wife and three cats because he liked small schools and she liked larger ones. “So this area was perfect,” Tiemann said. While he teaches classes like Principles of Econom ics, Statistics and Global Experi ence, his wife works as a librarian at Chapel Hill. Tiemann chose teaching at the college level because he liked col lege the best as a student. His pro fessors taught him to expand his mind and he enjoys helping others do the same. “Teaching others how to expand their thinking is excit ing,” he said. As the new General Studies Director, he has moved into his office or “most of it” and has began working on a plan with others to evaluate the program. The General Studies program consists of the first- year core, liberal studies and ad vanced studies. Tiemann wants to be able to evaluate the levels of think ing a student goes through and where a student is in his or her thinking pro cess at the end of each year. “For example, freshmen usually see things in black or white," he said. "As they progress through school, however, they learn that things are ac tually in shades of gray. Once they recognize this, they have to deter mine what shade of gray every thing is.” When he finds the right way to Tom Tiemann Allison Poinsett/T/7e Pendulum assess the program, Tiemann wants to use his findings to “teach the faculty how to be better instruc tors.’ "The first time I taught Global • see Tiemann, page 5
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