Elon Ready For AIDS Quilt
Jeff Wirick
Editor-in-Chief
With the arrival of a portion of the AIDS
Quilt just a week away, preparation is in full
swing. The AIDS Quilt, a national symbol of
the fight against the AIDS virus, will be at
Elon April 24-26.
Most of the money needed to bring a
section of the Quilt to Elon has already been
raised, but volunteers still need to be signed
up, said the event’s co-chair Michael Ulrich.
Ulrich said he hopes to have 300-400
volunteers, but only 50 have done the paper
work. “There’s a lot of people who I think
want to volunteer, but just haven’t gone
through the proper procedure,” Ulrich said.
People who want to volunteer need to
fill out a form that says what they will do and
when and where they will do it.
Students can volunteer for the following
areas:
•Set up: Help unload the Quilt, display
equipment, lay out the display and set up
tables,
•Quilt monitor: Monitor an assigned
area of the quilt, provide assistance to visi
tors.
•Merchandise sales: Assist with sales
of NAMES Project merchandise.
•Information: Provide general infor
mation about the display and The NAMES
Project.
•Unfolding: Help unfold Quilt for dis
play, fill-in as quilt monitor.
•Greeters: Directing and counting visi
tors, collecting donations.
•New panels: Help panelmakers at
check-in and help with readers.
•Volunteer support: Help check-in and
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•Breakdown: Take down display, take
inventory, pack supplies.
•Emotional support: Professionally
trained counselors to offer support.
Ulrich said various organizations have
raised more than $10,000 to bring the Quilt
to Elon.
Among some of the larger contributors
were the Student Union Board, which do
nated $1,000, and the Student Government
Association and Greek organizations, which
donated $3,000 each.
Smaller groups helped raise money as
well. Last Thursday night a communications
senior seminar class, taught by communica
tions chair George Padgett raised more than
$750 for the cause.
“We’re right on target with the fund
raising,” Ulrich said. “But we could always
use more.”
Several people who wished to add a
section to the AIDS Quilt participated in a
panel making session Saturday afternoon in
the Moseley Center.
English professor Kathy Lyday-Lee and
Elon senior Rafael Solanes assisted anyone
who wished to make a panel.
Despite a small turnout, Lyday-Lee said
there should be several additions to the Quilt
next week.
“We have sent letters out to AIDS ser
vice organizations in the area,” she said.
“Some of them are having panel making
session in their own areas. And we are en
couraging them to bring the panels here
when the Quilt gets here and have them
dedicate it.”Anyone who would like to vol
unteer for the Quilt ceremonies can call Ulrich
at Ext. 2397. students
party at West End
Station for an AIDS
Quilt fund-raiser.
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Elon English professor Kathy Lyday- Andrew Brickey/7?7e Pendulum
Lee prepares a quilt or panel in honor of a person who has died of the AIDS virus. Lyday-Lee and
several others will add their creation to the AIDS Quilt, which will be at Elon April 24-26.
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Maher Seeks Student
Jeff Wirick
Editor-in-Chief
Vice President of Academic
Affairs Julianne Maher addressed
the Student Government Associa
tion last Thursday to get student
input on a five-year academic plan,
a set of goals on how to improve the
academic atmosphere of Elon.
“We don’t want to wave a
wand and make you nerds,” Maher
told the SGA. “But we do want to
improve the educational atmo
sphere on campus.”
Maher spoke to the group for
about 40 minutes about the plan,
which is in its first year of imple
mentation. She emphasized the im
portance of getting student input
for the plan and other activities the
school plans.
“We need the partnership of
the students to make this plan
work,” she said. “As students, you
are very unaware of your power.
You will be heard if you are part of
an organized group and communi
cate with the faculty or administra
tion.” Maher also said a copy of the
revised honor code system will be
distributed to campus organizations
for approval this week.
“We’re hoping to resolve the
situation so that students can get
involved in the decision making
process,” she said.
New Senators
SGA President Ashton
Newhall appointed candidates for
three seats to the senate during last
Thursday’s meeting. They were all
voted in by the senate.
Junior Kristin Downes was
voted in for the arts and humanities
seat on the Academic Council; jun-
ior Heather Coffee was voted in for
a senior class senate seat; and jun
ior Robin Brame was voted in for
the math and science seat on the
Academic Council.
All of the candidates expressed
a desire to make an impact on cam
pus during their speeches to the
senate.
“I think a lot of students don’t
know where to voice their opin
ions,” Downes said. “And I would
like to be that voice.”
Homecoming Themes
The SGA will vote today on
themes for next fall’s homecoming
today. Several of the candidates
include Fame (the television show),
the Star Wars, Gangster’s Paradise,
a futuristic theme and Mardi Gras.