Volume XXIV, Number 6
Informing the Elon College Community
October 1,1998
INSIDE
In Every Issue
Academic Update
pages
Organization Briefs
page 8
Staff/Faculty Profile
page 9
, Horoscopes
' page 15
EioaataGIance
page 16
Comics
page 17
Qpiaions
SOA President Mark
Richter discusses the S0A
Gripes Fonim’^
page2
Bfott looks a{ regisfiatioa
chaBgs$
page6
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Celine Dion concert
reviewed
page 10
^cohol series: Part I
pge 12
Meet Outs Hines of
Uglitliotise fame
page 13
Sports
FooIMI preview
page 18
^^^sand women^s socce*;
; Elon volleyball
page 20
Sr. class president impeached
Bree Myers and
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
On Tuesday Emily Matesic,
the senior class president, was im
peached after being charged with
neglect of senatorial duties, in this
case missing more meetings than
allowed by the Student Government
Association constitution.
The SGA rules state that
members must attend all meetings
and be in charge of one committee,
among other duties as senator. Three
absences at meetings are allowed.
Eric Hurwitt, head of the five-
person senate judicial committee
said the committee deemed
Matesic's absences to be unexcused.
On September 24, SGA’s ju
dicial committee held an informal
hearing session to determine if for
mal proceedings would be neces
sary. It was decided that Matesic
would have a formal hearing in front
of thejudicial committee. This hear
ing, which was closed to the public,
was held on Monday.
At these September 24 hear
ing, Senator Nilaja Koram gave an
account of five instances where
Matesic did not attend meetings and
an SGA retreat because of obliga
tions to soccer. Matesic attends
Elon on a soccer scholarship.
Senator Tracy Cournoyer
spoke on behalf of Matesic on Sep
tember 24. She said Matesic’s ob
ligation to soccer is one of the rea
sons that she is at Elon and her
season will end on November 1.
see MATESIC, page 5
Schedule to
change in fall
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
A change in the Elon College class schedule will
give faculty and students more time to interact with
each other.
The change, which takes affect in the fall of
1999, leaves over an hour of meeting time available for
students and faculty on Tuesday and Thursday after-
ise
tee
noons.
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Mary Wi
said the faculty had requested more time for committ
meetings. On the current schedule there is no orga
nized time for faculty to meet.
“In a school that’s run democratically, there’s a
lot of committee work,” Wise said.
The meeting times, which are scheduled from
3:50 until 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, will also
allow Elon to hold campus-wide events, such as Con
vocation, without disrupting the class schedule. Wise
said this time also allowed faculty and students more
time to get together outside of class for mentoring and
see CLASSES, page 5
The Power of the Presidency?
Photo courtesy of College Relations
Elon College presidential finalist Thomas Flynn shares a laugh
with President Emeritus Earl Danieley and current President J.
Fred Young at College Coffee Monday morning. Leo Lambert, the
other presidential finalist, was at College Coffee on Wednesday.
This gave students, faculty and staff a chance to meet the
candidates.
Presidential candidates visit Elon
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
The two presidential finalists,
Thomas Flynn and Leo Lambert,
visited campus this week to meet
with students, faculty and staff and
to get a feel for the Elon campus and
community.
Flynn, who is currently the
actingpresidentatMillikinUniver-
sity in Decatur, II. was at Elon from
Sunday through Tuesday. While at
Elon he met with current president
j Fred Young, members of the Stu
dentGovemmentAssociation.st^,
adihinistiatbts and faculty. He also
met with members of the Board of
Trustees.
Lambert, the provost and vice
chancellor for academic affairs at
the University of Wisconsin-
LaCrosse visited Elon on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. His
schedule was similar to Flynn's.
Flynn spent much of his meet
ing with the SGA discussing the
importance of community at Elon.
He also discussed the importance of
interactive learning and the role
organiuzations and social interac
tions play in learning.
Another key topic for Rynn
w^ what he referred to as the “Elon
expectations.”
“We have the Elon Experi
ences. Not it’s time to look at the
Elon expectaions,” he said. -
Rynri defined the Elon ex
pectations as what students, par
ents, alumni and faculty want and
expect out of the college.
Flynn has seen a copy of the
goals and objectives that came out
of last spring’s Academic Summit.
He said many of these goals fit in
with his policies of eduacation and
teaching.
“It shows a lot about Elon, as
an institution, that students and fac
ulty can get together and write a
document like this,” Flynn said
about the summit.
Lambert met with members
of the SGA for breakfast on Wednes
day morning. Lambert talked to the
students about increasing Elon’s
national reputation and visibilty.
“Elon is truly a great college
and more people need to know about
it,” he said.
Lambert also addressed the
Academic Summit and the goals
that were set, especially the con
cern over the mixture of the social
and intellectual aspects of college.
see CANDIDATES, page 5