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Volume XXIV, Number 10
Informing the Elon College Community
October 29,1998
Demand high for new campus housing
INSIDE
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Academic Update
page 4
Organization Briefs
page S
Staff/Facolty Profile
page9
Horoscopes
page 15
Elon at a Glance
page 16
Comics
page 17
Opinions
A meeting with John Glenn
page 5
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Janet Jackson rocks
Raleigh
page 10
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How much do you know
about campus police?
page 13
News
AlookatESTVandWSOE
pages 18 & 19
Elioto Bssay
Elon in the fall
page 21
Giselle Pole
The Pendulum
The newest addition to stu
dent housing, named the Danieley
Center, is set to be complete by next
fall. The center will house up to 320
students.
The new housing is being built
in response to Elon’s two-year re
quirement, which states that stu
dents have to live on campus for
their first two years.
Named after former president
Earl Danieley, the center will in
clude not only the new housing but
the East Campus Apartments.
The units are being con
structed across from East apartment
buildings D, E and P. There will be
five residence buildings and one
commons building.
“It’s different than anything
we have on campus,” said David
Blackman, director of residence life,
about the housing setup.
Neil Bromilow, director of
construction management, de
scribed how the new housing will
be designed.
The five buildings will have
two suites— one on each floor—
and each suite will have four bed
rooms. The suites will have a living
see HOUSING, page 4
Campus dining
answers student
complaints
Katie Bonebrake
The Pendulum
Complaints about the food are certainly not a new
occurrence, but they have been abounding on campus.
In particular, students seem to be dissatisfied with
Harden dining hall. When students are asked to com
ment on the food, they seem to always make a face and
very rarely say something positive. Maybe this is just
due to the fact that it is does not come from their own
home or families and maybe they are too picky, but it
could also indicate a serious problem with the college’s
dining services. Students’ complaints range from lack
of variety and food temperature to eating raw chicken
and finding ants in their food.
Jeff Gazda, food service director, strongly sup
ported their dining program and was quick to offer proof
of its quality when interviewed. “We have been recog
nized as one of the best dining services in the country,”
stated Gazda. The ARAMARK Corporation runs the
dining services. All the products the college receives are
specified nationally. Several of the personnel are certi
fied in food sanitation and there is a periodic training of
see DINING, page 4
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Jenny Jarnecke/r/7e Pendulum
Zeta Tau Alpha Beth Sowinski hangs signs Sunday night in the
Sigma Chi house decorating contest. Seven sororities competed in
the Derby Days event.
Class of '98 surveyed about Elon pros and cons
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
The campus, the faculty and
class size are among the five best
things about Elon, at least accord
ing to last year’s senior survey.
Every year members of the
senior class are surveyed on their
experience at, and satisfaction with,
Elon College. This survey is used
to help see what is important to
Elon students and to see what area
the college needs to focus on im
proving, said Brooks Cates, direc
tor of institutional research.
Susan Klopman, assistant
dean of admissions, said the senior
survey is a vital tool for the work
admissions does. “We use it not
only to improve our department,
but to get the correct the statistics
on things like campus involvement
to give to our potential students and
to see what areas we need to mar
ket.”
Over 80 percent of the class
of ‘98 said they would choose Elon
again and almost 80 percent said
they would chose the same major.
Those seniors who wouldn’t
choose Elon or their major again
gave many different reasons why.
One art major said, “I feel
like I went through another four
years of high school. The social
aspect only caters to Greeks and I
felt forced to pledge.”
“I would look for a place that
would give me more money for
scholarships,” said a business ma
jor.
Several students also men
tioned cost as a factor.
Among the favorite aspects
to Elon were the campus (54 per
cent of students ranked it as the best
thing about the school), the faculty
and friends.
One female communications
student said, “The chance to simply
stop by a professors office and talk
is priceless and I really believe that
is one of the greatest things about
Elon.”
The size of the college and
the size of classes also ranked high.
Despite the opening of the science
building parking lot at the end of the
Spring semester, nearly 32 percent
of seniors said parking was the worst
thing at Elon, this was an increase
of 12 percent from the year before.
Volunteer work was a popu
lar activity for last year’s seniors,
with nearly 74 percent participating
sometime during their time at Elon.
Almost 63 percent of the class had
an internship or co-op while at Elon
and 44 percent of the class of ’98
studied abroad while here.
A female art major said, “My
study abroad experience in London
was incredible — that is definitely
one of Elon’s strongest programs.”
Last year’s senior class was
also very involved in campus orga
nizations. Only three percent of the
see SURVEY, page 4