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Volume XXII, Number 19 Pendulum Informing the Elon College Community March 13,1997 INSIDE miTORlAU/ UlIERS 2-4 COMICS NEWS What activities do Cam pus Recreation have planned for He^th and Welltiess Week (March ld-21)? Find out A&E ^Private Parts” reviewed 10 PEOPLE Tiffany Scobey ^12 ' ^ SPORTS Men’s and Women^s Tennis Highiights. IB the Pendulum editors pick the Final Four, The men's basketball team Takes on Elizabeth City State in the NCAA Division . 0 Tournament 20' ' Elon Breaks Its Way Into a New Future Michelle Cater Asst. Managing Editor More than 100 people wit nessed the beginning of the next step of the Elon Vision at the groundbreaking for the new science building Wednesday morning, “We are about to embark on a new chapter in the history of the science program,” said Rosalind Reichard, dean of science and math ematics. Gail Drew, a member of the Board of Trustees, said, “I think it’s really exciting. We need a new sci ence building. Until I toured Duke Building a year and a half ago I didn’t realize how badly we needed one. It’s been a priority of the board and we are now seeing it start.” The groundbreaking celebra tion, which took place at the corner of Haggard and O’Kelly avenues featured music by the Emanons. College coffee was served and commemorative T-shirts and but tons were distributed. Mark McAdams, who laid the first brick for West Dormitory in 1906, was the first person to break ground for the new building. “I’ve loved this college ever since I first came here,” said McAdams, who graduated from Elon in 1924. President Emeritus and chem istry professor Earl Danieley, who has been involved with Elon for see BREAKING, page 5 Board of Trastees Holds Spring Meeting Michelle Cater Asst. Managing Editor The Board of Trustees met forits annual ?pringmeetingTues- day and Wednesday, While at Blon the Trustees participated in the groundbreaking celebration for the new science building. The Trustees were expected to vote on the budget for the 1997* 9S academic year. The proposed budget consisted of a tuition in crease of $845 and a 10 percent pay increase for faculty and staff. At the meeting theBoard was also expected to vote on whether to approve fmancitig the rest of the Elon Vision, which includes building a new library and a foot ball stadium. Voting to approve financing forsmallerprojects, such asreno> vating West, continuing wiring the residence halls for Internet access, creating new intramural playing fields and relocating the health center were also on the agenda* Ihe board also heard a re port from the tenure task force. This group, consistingof faculty, administration and members of the board, has been examining the tenure system at Elon. Write-In Winners Still Out of SGA Jeff Wirick Editor-in-Chief Ashley Hayes is mad. The cur rent sophomore class vice president followed the rules and was voted out of a position in next year’s Stu dent Government Association, On the other hand, several students didn’t raise a hand and were voted into the SGA Senate as write-in candidates during the Feb, 24-25 elections. However, the senate voted not to allow these write-in candidates PendulumRY.I into the SGA for a second con secutive week. “If I had known I could have asked seven of my friends to vote for me (into a vacant SGA posi tion) I would have,” said Hayes, wholostto Jeff Angel in the junior class presidential race during the Feb. 24-25 elections. The senate also voted down a motion by Religious Life repre sentative Matthew Plaster for the SGA to refer the decision back to the elections committee. SGA adviser B arb Carlton said see SGA, page 5 Andrew Brlckey/I/je Pendulum The Great Strides Walk, held at Elon Saturday, raised more than $900 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. About 35 people participated in the walk, which started at Bakatsias Soccer Field. Pictured is Sophia Mandraaouras sionina ud for the event. r ' WHY 3&tiice: Pendtiltini survey Lights, Camera, Action: Elon Students Can Now Study Film Giselle Pole A&E Editor Students interested in making movies as a career can now declare a film concentration as part of the communications major at Elon. Faculty members voted in the new major during last Friday’s meeting. Students can begin taking classes for the concentration as early as next fall semester. With this new addition, the school hopes to attract more stu dents interested in film. “We are trying to build on the fact that North Carolina is the cen ter for filmmaking—we’ re the third largest," said Ray Johnson, coordi nator of film studies. There won’t be any additional fees because students will use a nonlinear editing system, which the college has already committed tc purchasing, Johnson said. The school is in the process ol hiring a professor to teacl screenwriting and film productior classes. Students such as junior Jor Campbell, who majors in broad cast communications, are pleaset with the new film concentration. “I think this will bring abou great things for the school,” he said
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