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iiikim w,ei0fi.eap/iiserifW i Volume XXIII, Number 7 Informing the Elon College Community October 9,1997 INSIDE milQEIAlS 2-4 COMICS _ 15 Tlie$OAIia$a carryover fund for student organizations. Find out how your >rganiza^on can get money Take a look at the four credit hour sye^ni and how it*s workmg» ^t a behtnd4he-^ue$ *ook at the Student Union Board as they prepare for Coolio^ *^ooEo rocks Alumiil Gym IIIIIIIM^ SgQEIS football loses to the Liberly Flames 18-19 ^olf team drives throu^ eompetiiton J9 Elon prepares for new Spanish center Sarah Smith Contributing Reporter The best way to leam Spanish is to go where it is spoken. This fall Elon provides that place — all you have to do is walk across campus. The Centro de Espanol de Elon, referred to as el Centro for short, is scheduled to open mid-semester in the former Art Lounge on the first floor of Moseley Center. The room will keep its lounge atmosphere, but an interactive computer sta J tion, salsa music and a heart dose of Spanish will be added. Anticipated hours will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. This is to accommodate fac ulty and staff who work during the day. “I think there is a really strong growing influence of Hispanic cul ture in this area,” said Kevin Gilmore, who was the summer in terim director. “This is Elon saying we recognize that.” Stephen Hyde and Tracey Herling, student coordinators, have taken over where Gilmore left off. “El Centro will be open to ev eryone, regardless of Spanish speaking level,” Hyde said. “We want this to be a fun place for the entire campus to become bilingual.” One ideal audience for the cen ter is students traveling abroad to Spanish-speaking countries. Jessica Chatham, a sophomore who will spend winter term in Costa Rica, said she thinks the center is a great idea. She studied German in high school and, in her own words, “doesn’t speak a word of Spanish.” “I will definitely take advan tage of it,” Chatham said. “And others will too that don’t speak Spanish and need to learn before leaving.” see SPANISH, page 5 Basketball teams slam into a new season £enduluixi RY.L— Plan on Returning? Percentage of Elon Freshman who stay for ^inter term and a second year. S0% Emily MacDonnell/TA7e Pendulum n«rmn Lowe and Mindy Pinnell sell sweatshirts at the Festival of the Oaks. This Xfal festival was held in downtown Elon College on Oct. 4. For more photos from L Festival of the Oaks see the photo essay on page 13. Chrissie Taylor Pendulum Reporter Imagine being able to win $11,000, roundtrip airline tickets, free pizza and coke and also being able to see great basketball. Alumni Gym doors will be opened to kickoff the 1997-98 Elon basketball season at 11:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, with the fourth annual “Friday Night Madness.” “‘Friday Night Madness" isatime to catch up on everything after fall break and to see and be seen,” Tripp Durham, director of promotions and marketing in athletics, said. At “Friday Night Madness” stu dents can check out the 1997-98 editions of the men’s and women’s basketball teams and register to win many great prizes. Guard Adam Robert’s father, Dave Roberts, will begin the pre event music at 11:15 p.m., and the first 500 fans into Alumni Gym will receive a free coke. Men’s basketball coach Mark Simmons said he is excited about this event. “We are hoping to get the same kind of support as in the past. This is a big event because it gives us a chance to introduce new players and get the students on campus see BASKETBALL, page 5 Retention rates crucial to finances IjFreshman Staying Winte Btreshman Retention pi Jon Campbell Kristy Rawls Contributing Reporter Freshmen retention is a seri ous issue at Elon College because if a freshman doesn’t return for his or her sophomore year, the college essentially “loses” money. Both graduation and retention rates have increased in the past seven years. The freshman class of 1989 had 76 percent retained. In 1990 and 1991 it dropped to 75 percent but rose in 1992 to approximately 80 percent retained and has re mained at a plateau for five years. Brooks Cates, director of in stitutional research at Elon, said he believes the freshmen attendance in winter term makes a difference in the retention rate. In the past six years, the aver age of freshmen attending winter term has been about 78 percent. Most students do stay for their entire freshmen year. About seven percent of freshmen have left dur ing that first year from 1989 through 1996. “The students who leave Elon are usually not involved in any clubs or organization and simply did not latch onto the campus, Cates said. “This is why organizational fairs and Elon 101 classes were brought to Elon in hopes of helping the freshmen become integrated on campus.” Cates has conducted surveys for freshmen at both the beginning and end of the year, as well as for seniors and alumni. By researching he said he hopes to increase the retention and graduation rates even see RETENTION, page 9
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