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Volume XXII, Number 8 Informing the Eton College Community October 24,19% INSIDE editorials/ LETTERS 2-3 3 COMICS 12-13 news' Homecoming volunteers are still needed. New group is there to listen to you. 5 A trip to D.C. educates students on the AIDS Quilt. 10 Crimewatch 11 EEQPLE New PhD. Brad Hamm discusses willingness to help students. 6 Coffee business booming at Elon? ■■ .8; Inge looks at the cultural values of comics 9 SZQRTS VOtWYBOO: WAliOWffW ToWWAirfKT AT wont. vi 15 ^^W^omen's soccer is . ^ undefeated in SAC. ■: 16" ■ ■ A 'Money Mind’ Visits Elon IVacey Stark Managing Editor At 99, Philip Garret has seen France from the cockpit of a Sopwith Camel, two great stock market crashes, 19 total solar eclipses and much more. Add to that a visit to Elon Col lege and the Love School of Busi ness and one could say that his life has been very full. Carret, the founder of Pioneer Fund and later Carret and Com pany, will be a guest of Elon and participate in a show similar to “Wall Street Week” today. In the afternoon he will take part in the placing of a time capsule 1 SpGdkiny out Andrew Brlckey/TTiePendiy/u/n SGA Vice President Matt Belardi addresses the crowd at the student issues forum last Thursday night Students Bring Gripes to Forum Jeff Wirick Asst. Managing Editor Mad about the hours in the cafeteria? How about the lack se curity lights around campus? Not enough time to write papers in the computer labs? For students with gripes about Elon, last Thursday night was their time to put up or shut up. About 50-60 students attended a student life forum on Oct. 17 at Whitley Auditorium to discuss stu dent complaints on a variety of topics. The Student Government Association sponsored the forum, the first of its kind to be started by students. “Everything went really well,” said Heather Baldwin, SGA’s per sonal relations director and of one of the mediators for the event. “People are actually willing to voice their concerns and that’s the only way that change is going to (hap pen).” Two of the hottest topics were school spirit and the purpose of The Pendulum’s Crimewatch. Other topics students brought up were Harden Dining Hall’s time zones, computer lab availability, the safety around campus at night and why Elon is building the library and science building before the foot ball stadium. To the surprise of some stu- in the Moseley Center to celebrate a belated 100th birthday of Elon and an early 100th birthday for him. For Garret, this won’t be his first 100th birthday celebration. Worried that he would miss the big party, he has been celebrating his centennial since he turned 92. His actual 100th birthday will be Nov. 29. This visit is the result of an invitation issued by Registrar Mark Albertson. Albertson was watching “Wall Street Week” and saw Carret as a guest. He later saw an article about see CARRET, page 4 Elon Buries Time Capsule Today LeannAlfr^^ After six years, the wait is over ibr the centejintal time Elott will bury the copper box filled with reminders of 19S9 to* day on floor Moseley Cett- t6rat4p.«j. Students and staff are invited to attend the celebration that will iftoliide a cake in the BroyhilJ Foyer» Hie ceremony will begin with & speech from financial legend Bbilip Carret, who wiJI celebrate his lOOth birthday Nov* 29* The time capsule will be placed underneathBlQn*$$eal and will be opened in the year 2089, Carret started the first mutual fund in 1928 and e$tablished his own money management company in 1964 Be is still veiy active in the finance business, Carret was not only chosen for his outstanding achievements, but for his upcoming birthday, “We hope everyone will join us for this canjfpus-wide celebra tion,’* said Amanda Harless, di rector of Greek life and assistant dean of student$ for special pro- grains. ^*We are thdlled to beaf»!e to honor this greattnan by Ita^ng him place our centennial lime snle**' Hie time capsule w;^ (he idea of a former student organiafato known as Writers Bloc. In 1989^ Elon was celebrating its centen nial and the group wanted a time capsule to commemorate the College’s success* The Ume capsule itself is a custom-made copper box* Stu dents in 1989 were asked to do>* nate items for it* Some of the items Included a 1989 student calendar, several lo cal publications as well as a copy of the campus newspaper, an aca demic catalog, the compact disc '^Simple Minds/’ minted coins and a silver dollar from 1989. On May 4, 1989, the time capsule was officially completed and sealed. The time capsule remained sealed and was left unburted until the perfect restingplace was found* The College wanted the cap> sule inside of the future student center, which in 1989, was not yet built. dents, one topic not discussed was Spectrum, the new club open to those supporting gay and lesbian rights. The student who wrote a letter to the editor in The Pendulum (Oct. 3) arguing that SGA shouldn’t fund Spectrum, did not attend the forum. Because there was no set agenda, forum mediators Jennifer Hamblen and Baldwin relied on students to start discussions. “I think it was good because (the forum) gave a flavor for what students are thinking,” said Dean of Students Smith Jackson. Past forums were started by the admin istration to get feedback on spe cific topics, Jackson said. Director of Student Activities and SGA Advisor Barb Carlton was see ISSUES, page 11
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