Volume XXIV, Number 4
Informing the Elon College Community
September 17,1998
INSIDE
In Every Issue
Academic Update ,
page 5
Organization Briefs
page 8
Staff/Faculty Profile
page 9
Horoscopes
page 15
Elon at a Glance
page 16
Comics
page 17
Opinions
President Young discusses
El Centro de Espanol
page 3
Mem
^£ion lauttckes United Way
' campaign
page 6
Eeatores
Harden features vegetarian
dishes
page B
Spoils
Intramural games of the
week
page 22
Presidential finalists named
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
The search for Elon’s next
leader has been narrowed down to
two people.
The Presidential Search Com
mittee announced the two finalists,
Thomas F. Flynn, acting president
and provost/vice president of aca
demic affairs at Millikin University
and Leo M. Lambert, provost and
vice chancellor for academic af
fairs at the University of Wiscon-
sin-La Crosse, earlier this week.
“We saw seven candidates for
two hour interviews and these two
gentlemen rose to the top as every
thing we had been looking for from
the beginning,” Mark Richter, Stu
dent Government Association presi
dent and the student representative
to the search committee, said.
Both candidates will be mak
ing visits to campus later this month
to meet with the committee as well
as students, faculty, staff, parents
and alumni. The purpose of the visit
is to introduce the candidates to the
campus and to allow students, fac
ulty, staff and other interested par
ties to meet the candidates.
“It’s liow time for the college
as a whole to see them, to meet
them, to interact with them and give
some feedback,” said John Sullivan,
one of the faculty members on the
committee.
Flynn has a bachelor’s de
gree from Boston College and a
master’s and doctorate from the
University of Michigan,
Flynn began his career at
Mount Saint Mary’s College in
Maryland in 1979, In 1993 Flynn
was named provost/vice president
for academic affairs at Millikin
University in Decatur, 111, He was
named the acting president on Aug.
15, 1998.
John Nelson, who graduated
from Millikin University in 1998
said, “He (Thomas Flynn) is a very
conservative, political person. He
knows the game very well,”
Lambert has a bachelor’s de
gree from State University of New
York, College of Arts and Sciences
see FINALISTS, page 5
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Emily MacDonnell/T/ie Pendulum
Four enthusiastic Elon fans cheer on the Fightin' Christains at Burlington
Memorial Stadium last Saturday. The Fjghtin' Christians defeated the
Delaware State Hornets 37 to 15 in the first home game of the season.
Elon will play the Western Illinois Leathernecks at home this Saturday at 2
p.m.
Town makes
blading legal
Heather Hulick
Contributing Reporter
OnTuesday, September 8, rollerblading
was made legal in the Town of Elon College
due to the persistance of one student.
Tiffany Rosenfeld felt strongly about
what she believed and was persistent in hav
ing the ordinance of no rollerblading in the
Town of Elon College lifted.
“The cops really pissed me off and my
anger brought me to the town with a petition
to change the ordinance,” said Rosenfeld.
With rollerblading being Rosenfeld’s
form of transportation she was Sick and tired
of not be able to rollerblade to class without
being stopped by the town police.
The Town of Elon College has had an
see ROLLERBLADING, page 5
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Marketing survey reveals how others see Elon College
Katie Bonebrake
The Pendulum
Elon conducted a year-long
study concerning the factors that
influence Elon students. Several
|ypes of surveys were used to obtain
information reg^ding various as
pects important to the college. Ex
tensive telephone interviews were
conducted with prospective stu
dents. About 657 high school se
niors that were on the admissions
niailing list were interviewed over
the phone. This was a blind study,
so they did not know that Elon was
the college conducting the survey.
They were asked general questions
such as where had they applied,
who influenced their college deci
sions and how did they hear about
the college that they were attend
ing. Also, they were asked some
questions about a few colleges, of
which Elon was included.
“We found out that Elon has
a very positive academic reputa
tion,” Nan Perkins, vice president
for enrollment management, said
jobs and they liked the size of Elon;
it is large enough to offer many
opportunities, but still small enough
to provide a community environ
ment. *
The major factors that influ
enced students that didn’t decide to
come to Elon were its distance from
their home and the cost of attend
ing. Also, it was discovered that
most students had not heard of Elon
before their sophomore year of high
school. Therefore, the communica-
Other information concluded tion from and the recruiting style of
from the survey results include that Elon influenced those that did de-
prospective students like the fact cide to attend,
that graduates from Elon get good “We compete with everyone.
some institutions know who they
are competing with,” commented
Perkins regarding the communica
tion style,Elon has with prospective
students. Since the student body is
so varied, communication must re
late to all different types of stu
dents.
A group of 60 high school
counselors were also interviewed.
They were asked questions regard
ing their knowledge of Elon. They
were asked what came to their mind
when they thought of Elon. Many
counselors commented on how,
“Elon has a niche for the B+ stu
dent, and this is a very important
and good niche,” said Perkins.
Focus groups of students and
faculty were also interviewed. It
was found that students spent a lot
more time on their extracurricular
involvement with clubs and various
organizations that they did with their
studies. Also students saw them
selves as more eager to learn than
the professors thought they were.
Some parents were inter
viewed and most were very satis
fied with Elon and thought of it as a
good value, Perkins said,
“The results are going to in-
see SURVEY, page 5