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April 30,1998
News
Career Services offers
job search for seniors
Carolyn Lampila
Pendulum Reporter
Once again, Career Services
is trying to help students find a job.
Elon is hosting its first annual job
search conference from May 19
to21. The conference will be open
to all seniors who are still job search
ing.
“The rationale for running it,
and this late, is that a national sur
vey from NACE [National Asso
ciation for Colleges and Employ
ers] in 1997 showed that only 45%
of college students will have a job
upon graduation," Director of Ca
reer Services Bob Orndorff said.
Orndorff added that Elon of
fers a Securing a Job course avail
able fall and spring and that career
services department counselors are
available to students on a daily ba
sis.
Each student who partici
pates in the conference will be
given a mentor and will develop
a detailed job search plan,
Orndorff said it is unrealis
tic that students will obtain a job
in three days, but they will be
more prepared and have more
confidence as they search for a
job during the summer.
The event opens on Tues
day, May 19, with keynote
speaker and nationally renowned
author, Bradley Richardson.
Activities will include a pre
sentation on job search strate
gies, students creating and imple
menting their own job search plan
and an alumni panel to talk with
the recent graduates.
Students will meet in
groups with their mentor several
times throughout the three days.
Committee starts search
for Elon's new president
Michelle Cater
Editor in Chief
The presidential search com
mittee set up a schedule for finding
a replacement for current Elon presi
dent Fred Young on April 23 at its
firstmeeting. Young announced his
retirement in February.
Executive Assistant to the
Search Committee Sara Peterson
said that much of the meeting was
spent establishing a timetable for
the search and scheduling the re
maining meetings of the members.
The committee also worked on an
ad which should begin appearing in
the Chronicle of Higher Education
next week,
Peterson said the committee
is expecting to receivebetween 80
and 125 resumes efore the cutoff
date of July 20.
Addicts tell their real-life stories
Allison Feeney
Sarah Douglas
David Dykes
Ryan Riggleman
Contributing Reporters
For Jane and Joe, being re
ferred to a substance abuse treat
ment authority last year seemed to
signal the end of the road.
Today, they’ll say it was the
highway to the rest of their lives.
Jane and Joe, not their real
names, are long-time Burlington
residents who slipped and slid into
the world of cocaine and alcohol.
Life wasn’t pleasant for them
or their families.
Their first step on the road to
recovery was assisted through the
Judicial Services TASC (Treatment
Alternatives to Street Crime) pro
gram, a subdivision of the
Alamance-Caswell Area Mental
Health Developmental Disabilities
and Substance Abuse Authority.
TASC helps patients identify
and assess levels of education and
treatment services.
Most patients are court re
ferred and seek assistance in con
trolling substance abuse problems.
“TASC treats between 400
and 500 patients each year,” said
Gary Cole, criminal justice coordi
nator for TASC.
Jane, a 45-year-old African-
American mother of three, is a re
covering cocaine addict and alco
holic. . . - , . ,
‘ - *‘4nvaS‘aivaHcing e©rpse,‘but-
now I am alive,” Jane said.
Jane was referred to TASC
by the Burlington Judicial system
after receiving two DWI’s in one
month.
Jane stole from her employ
ees and children to support her drug
habits.
She owes her re
covery to
TASC,
who
r e -
ferred
her to
Resi
dential
Treat-
m e n t
Service
(RTS) and
paid for it.
RTS
is a live-in re
habilitation
center that of
fers support
through meeting ‘
and counseling
sessions.
Jane has been
clean for six months now which is
the longest she has been off drugs in
lOyears. Jane holds twojobs, owns
a car and remains active in her
church.
She attends weekly group
sessions at TASC in addition to
Alcoholics Anonymous and Nar
cotics Anonymous meetings.
, , , Jane attritjute^hejsiiccessfu!
pecovetytolhe-individualsatTASG-
“God is over everything. He
puts people on this Earth to help
other people like me,” Jane said,
Joe, a white 35-year old fa
ther of one, started drinking at 11,
With a thick New York ac
cent, Joe explained how in 1993 he
was found guilty of two DWI’s in
one week and was put on probation.
Because of drinking, he has
had considerable damage to his
esophagus and liver,
“I got to a point where I
wanted to drink ‘till I died,” Joe
said.
After many unsuccess
ful attempts at trying to quit
on his own, he turned to his
probation officer for help.
His probation of
ficer then turned toward
TASC.
“You have to be
honest with
yourself..,alcohol
makes you insane,”
Joe said.
TASC re
ferred to the Alcohol and
hig Abuse Treatment Center, a
state operated facility in Butner,
NC.
Joe completed a 31 day treat
ment program.
After finishing the program,
he attended weekly meetings at
TASC and continues to do so on a
monthly basis,
Joe, who has been sober for
over two years and has lost 130
pounds after he quit drinking, now
educates others by, telling his sfoiy. ^
In late July the committee will
select between 12 and 15 candi
dates to run a reference check on.
Of those candidates, five to eight
will be invited to a confidential in
terview in a neutral location.
Those interviews will take
place in mid-September, During the
weeks of September 21 and Sep
tember 28 the finalists will be inter
viewed on campus.
The committee will present
no more than three names to the
Board of Trustees at their fall
meetingin October, The Board will
make the final decision.
At their meeting the commit
tee also discussed the presearch re
port written by consultant Barbara
Taylor after meeting with many
groups including students, faculty
and alumni.
While the finishing touches
still need to be made to this docu
ment, which will be distributed to
candidates to help them learn more
about Elon, Peterson said the report
contained no surprises.
“This is an institution that
feels pretty good about itself and
that shows through in the report,”
Peterson said. "The person that
comes here (as the next president)
can expect to be fully supported and
welcome.”
The report will be finalized at
the search committee’s retreat May
8 and 9. Peterson said the report will
then be made available to anyone
wishing to see it.
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