October 8,1998
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Fall Br^akiS nearly upon us» kiddies, and weknowyou’reprobably
more than ready to clear out of this brick-infested cesspool
Your eyes are glazed, your brains are southern-fried and that
puddle of drool accumulating under your chair in history class would be
a stretch for Moses to cross, much less your classmates.
During one of the frequent philosophical ramblings brought on by
midterm-induced overdoses on Dr Pepper, perhaps the question arose
among students: Are the good people of The Pendulum ready for the
break?
Sweet mother of mercy, yes.
The majority of you don^t work for the newspaper. The majority
of you go about living your lives on Tuesday nights, studying, socializ
ing, drinking, scoring or doing whatever it is that the kids do these days.
And God bless you for it
Up here in Moseley 233, the story is a wee bit different, Take this
past Tuesday, for example...
Apparently every computer in our office went on its Fall Break
sometime last Wednesday, however we took this little setback in stride.
At last county the score for Macintosh Dodgeball was Team Eds: 16^
Team Frosh: 12,
Each editor had his or her own way of dealing with the stress of
the failed computers, overshot deadlines and the constant reminders
of papers left unOnished and midterms yet to be studied for... although
some were more creative than others.
Our jiews editor quickly claimed the couch for her own personal
nap schedule while our editor in chiefs features and sports editors found
comfort on the phone with civilians or b the scrumptious spread of
lukewarm Chinese food congealing on the coffee table.
Somewhere between 9 p.m. and II our photo editor devel
oped a raging God Complek and* in a fit of i^lteM creativity, bestowed
a third eye upon the forehead of our assistant sports ^itor. Photographic
proof of this ocular miracle will be presented upon request.
Hie opinions editor was last seen curled up in the fetal position in
a comer, insulting her computer's mother and wondering aloud how th6
A&E editor escaped so eariy.
Fall Break could not have come any sooner.
* The Pendulum editorial staff
Opinions
Informing the Elon College Community
Editor in Chief
Michelle Cater
News Editor
Julie Koch
Features Editor
Giselle Pole
Sports Editor
Chrissie Taylor
Asst. Sports Editor
Troy Adams
Opinions Editor
Carrie Lancos
A & E Editor
Erik Akelaitis
Photo Editor
Jenny Jamecke
Advertising Manager
Cathy Woelfel
Advertising
Andy Dietrich
Office Manager
Melissa Pasternack
Online Editor
Bill Monken
Adviser
Byung Lee
Reporters
Alison Abbey
Lauren Bigge
Marie Blackett
Katie Bonebrake
Ashley Brown
Patrick Donovan
Stefanie Fox
Suzanne George
Carolyn Lampila
Johannah Lawrence
Letitia Lee
Lisa McChristian
Alan Medeiros
Bree Myers
Josh Phoebus
Jonathon Rutan
Stephen Ryan
Hillary Sherman
Tammy Tripp
BradTurnage
Jessica Vitak
Photographers
Megan Anderson
Emily MacDonnell
Crystal Pape
Jennifer Swink
Kristy Wolfgang
Columnists
Brie Bittenbender
Rich Blomquist
Stephan Dignan
Andrew Hludzenski
Ethan Pell
Chris Rash
Anna Thysell
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'It's different to be a bystander'
Two Pendulum reporters met
with current president Fred Young
to discuss his feelings and reactions
towards the search for anew presi
dent. These are his responses to
those questions.
Q: What kind of experience
has it been for you to be at Elon
while they look for the next presi
dent?
A: It’s been absolutely pleas
ant and interesting. It’s different to
be a bystander, which I have been in
this process. I’ve watched every
body else and I’ve watched myself
react to everybody else and it’s just
been more interesting and pleasant.
When you retire everybody’s nice
to you.
It’s different because I’m an
observer and not a participant, yet
I’m highly interested in the out
come, not in controlling it or influ
encing it. I want this institution to
have the finest president in the
world, and I would certainly want
to get that.
Q; Do you have a personal
preference?
A: No, not at all. Obviously,
I don’t know them. I haven’t exam
ined their credentials. I’ve only met
one of the candidates, and they said
they have hundreds of applicants.
I don’t have a personal pref
erence because I have no informa
tion, and in some ways that’s inter
esting, because I don’t have the
responsibility, but I am observing,
and I am interested.
Q: What characteristics
would you consider are the
most important for Elon’s
next president?
A: I really don’t think
you can bottle a president
Dr. J. Fred Young
Elon College President
with characteristics. It’s the
total package of the person.
S ome people think thi
characteristic orthatcharac
teristic is indispensible, but
I think you have to look at the total
package, the whole person, the lead
ership skills, the intellect, the knowl
edge, the judgement, the relation
ship skills and how they package
together.
Q: What do you want the new
president to do with the Elon Vi
sion?
A: I anticipate that the new
president will finish the Vision and
gain the experience and knowledge
to lead the community in establish
ing the next vision.
That’s sort of a dual purpose,
to finish what is 80 percent com
plete and while that’s being done,
gaining the knowledge, establish
ing the leadership base, getting to
know the community and being able
to lead the community in develop
ing another strategic plan which
will carry Elon well into the next
century.
Q: Would
I you consider your
self a lame duck
president right
[now?
A: I didn’t
luntil about two
weeks ago. I be
came a lame duck
in my mind because
the work of this of
fice is about a year
ahead, and once
this academic year
started. I’m finished with my plan
ning work for this year.
My work as president is to
look at what we are going to be
doing next summer and next fall,
which renonvations, which curricu
lum changes, etc.
When I realized that there was
no next year for me to plan for, then
I essentially became a lame duck.
...I’m not generally an emo
tional person. I love this institution,
I like the students, I like the com
munity to the extent you can love a
community and feel a part of it.
I guess by now 15 students
have said to me “you promised to be
there at 10:30 on graduation.” That
has been one of the really sentimen
tal things that I have felt.
Fall Break
What are your plans for Fall Break?
Randy Miyaoka, sopho
more: I’m going home and hang
ing out with some friends who went
to colleges far away. The Virginia
Tech marching band is going to be
in town this weekend, so I’m going
to see some of my friends who are
in the band play.
Ashley Overbey, freshman:
I’m going home to visit my best
friend whom I haven’t seen in a
year, one of my best guy friends is
taking me out and it’s my brother’s
birthday. It’s also Homecoming at
my high school, so I’m going to the
game.
Alison Kandzer, fresh
man: I’m going to a Van Gogh
exhibit in Washington. I’m get
ting up at 4 in the morning, sitting
on the street and camping out for
tickets. I’m going clubbing too.
Jay Bryan, junior: We’re heading up to Baltimore and going to see the play “Rent.” Then we’re going
to chill in Baltimore, maybe go down to D.C.
Leigh Wheeler, sophomore: I’m going to be a counselor for a retreat with my old church youth group
back home. Then I’m going to hang out with my family and spend a little quality time with them.
compiled by Carrie Lancos with photos by Eiistjr Wolfiganp