News May 1,1997 '
Elon Students Make Difference in State Government
Adam Kriss
Pendulum Reporter
Believe it or not, the North
Carolina State Legislature is get
ting some help from Elon College.
Elon students who are mem
bers of the North Carolina Student
Legislature have written bills that
relate to actual statutes discussed
in the North Carolina Legislature.
“The bills our students write
go to the North Carolina Legisla
ture, and one-third will be passed in
some way,” said Chalmers
Brumbaugh, professor of Political
Science at Elon.
Students also learn Parliamen
tary procedure, writing and de
bating the issues and then coming
up with resolutions.
In March, chapters from all
around North Carolina met in Ra
leigh for an annual session where
the governor addressed the students.
“It gets me involved in the
state, and I learn how political pro
cedures work,” said Eric Helsley,
president of the Elon College chap
ter. He is a senior corporate com
munications major.
“I find this useful because it
tones my skills in sales,” he said.
This is the 60th year of the
NCSL, and Elon College hosted an
Interim Council in February. The
Interim Council is where all schools
get together to debate and pass bills.
Helsley won the award for the
year’s best president; Elon also got
the award for the most improved
chapter.
“I got involved for one semes
ter in my junior year and then went
to London for a semester, came
back and then became president in
November,” said Helsley.
Four of the last six governors
were once members of the Student
Legislature, including current gov
ernor Jim Hunt.
U.S. Presidential candidate
Jesse Jackson and two U.S. Sena
tors got their start in the North
Carolina Student Legislature as
well.
The Elon College chapter with
15 members meets once a week on
Mondays in Alamance 214. Stu
dents from any major can join.
The current Elon College chap
ter started up again about 10 years
ago after the preceding one folded.
Habitat for Humanity Has
One Final Push for Money
Leann Alfred
Pendulum Reporter
It’s down to the last weekend
of fund-raising for Elon’s Habitat
for Humanity and they still have
$10,000 to raise.
Habitat’s fund-raising goal is
$25,000 compared to last year’s
goal of $20,000. The money will
cover increased building expenses.
“Habitat pays for everything
except for labor, which is provided
by Habitat volunteers,” said Anji
Roe, president of Elon’s Habitat
for Humanity.
Throughout the year. Habitat
has been taking donations from the
“Square Foot Club” where students,
faculty and staff can purchase foot
age in the Habitat house.
“We haven’t had much sup
port this year from faculty and staff
and even less from the students,”
Roe said.
Last year students accounted
for $3,000 of Habitat’s donations,
but this year it is only $150, Roe
said.
“It is hard for any organization
to raise this amount of money,“
said Roe. ”We are just asking for
support.”
“Pitch in to Help Out” has been
a week-long event for Habitat where
students, faculty and staff can throw
money into the Fonville Fountain
near the Alamance building. Habi
tat for Humanity will be jumping in
the fountain to clean it out this
Friday at 5 p.m.
“What we really want to see is
$2.00 per student,” Roe said.
“I believe it’s one less beer
(per student) for Habitat.”
This Saturday, May 4, Habitat
is hosting the “Dean’s Car Wash,”
which will take place in the Moseley
parking lot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Deans and members of Student Life
will participate in this fund-raising
activity.
A garage sale will also be held
in McKinnon Hall this Saturday
starting at 8 a.m. The garage sale is
open to the college and commu
nity. Habitat is asking for the dona
tion of items to be sold in the garage
sale. Items may be dropped off in
the Office of Religious Life through
Friday, May 3.
Also on Saturday at 3 p.m..
Habitat will be dedicating this
year’s house located off of Ball
Park Avenue.
The ceremony will include
speeches from student volunteers
and the homeowners. Meg Duffany,
Habitat’s works project coordina
tor, will be handing over the key to
the homeowners.
“It’s a celebration of the
homeowners receiving their home”
Roe said. Any interested students
may attend and can obtain direc
tions in the EV! office or call Ext.
2102.
Despite the hectic week of
Habitat’s last fund-raising events.
Roe is still optimistic. “It’s really
hard not to feel like failures at this
point in the year, but we did it last
year and we can do it again,” Roe
said.
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Phi Psi Cli Makes
Its Annual Debut
Michelle Cater
Asst Managing Editor
The unveiling of the 1997 Phi
Psi Cli, Blon College's yearbook,
will take pkce in McKinnon Hall
Monday from 6-7 p.m.
The book will also be distrib
uted at a table near the Octagon
Cafe from noon until 2 p.m. next
Tuesday through Friday and at
college coffee Wednesday, May
liilll
Phi Psi Cli adviser Felicia
Massey said that despite the other
pick-up times, students should at
tend the unveiling if possible.
“Wereally want to encourage
people to come to the unveiling
because yearbooks are first-come,
first-serve,” Massey said.
Massey said that she and the
staff were looking forward to see
ing the book and viewing all their
hard work.
“I can’t wait to see how it all
comes together,” Massey said.
Arts and Academics Editor
Arna Majcher said, “Vm really
lookingforward to the book com
ing out. We’ve put a lot of hard
work into it and I think it will be
the best book ever.^*
The yearbook started ^e year
with two co-editors-in-chiefs, but
only sophomore Carilynn
Champey finished the year as
editor-in-chief. Champey said she
enjoyed working on the book*
despite all the hard work.
“It’s a lot of tedious details.
There are so many details that go
into putting together the book that
people don’t realize,” Champey
said.
Phi Psi Cli was first pub
lished in 1912 by the senior class
of Elon. Its publishing was sus
pended in 1918 and 1919 because
of WWI, but has only missed one
year since. It derived its name
from Elon's three former literary
societies.
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS AND
LRC MATERIALS
ARE DUE
TUESDAY, MAY 13,19^7