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Informing the Elon College Community
November 19,1998
Volume XXIV, Number 13
INSIDE
In Every Issue
Organization Briefs
pages
StafffiPacalty Pmfile
page 9
Horoscopes
page 15
HJonmaGtatice
page 16
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page 17
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Meet Homeeoiniiig
King and Qoeen
page 3
Colonuades gets a new look
page 14
Qpinioas
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page 22
Science building named in honor of donor
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
The Elon College Board of
Trustees recently decided to name
the new science building after tex
tile manufacturer Dalton
McMichael. McMichael’s gift of
$3 million to the college in 1996 is
the single largest contribution in
school history.
“He’s just been one of the
grandest friends this institution has
ever had and he wanted to make it
possible for us to go ahead with the
Elon Vision,” said President J. Fred
Young.
“He’s a wonderful person for
our students to emulate.”
McMichael said that he did
not make the donation in order to
have the building named after him,
and actually hoped someone would
make a larger donation for that rea
son.
“I’m very flattered,” he said.
“But I do not think that it was nec
essary.”
McMichael has a long his
tory with the college. He said he has
been playing golf with Young for
years. His daughter, Gail Drew, is a
member of the Board of Trustees
and his grandson William gradu
ated in May.
“I’ve been very pleased I
made the contribution. I think it
meant a lot more to Elon than it
would have to other institutions,”
McMichael said.
McMichael recently visited
the $17.2 million science building
see BUILDING, page 5
Faculty and friends remember A1 Carpenter
Michelle Cater
The Pendulum
When Elon College faculty
and staff talk about math and com
puter science professor A1 Carpen
ter the word devoted is often used.
“He was fully devoted to his
students and the college,” said Ri
chard McBride, the college chap
lain.
Carpenter, 45, passed away
Saturday night after being hospital
ized Thursday with a cerebral hem
orrhage, or bleeding in the brain.
His co-workers say Carpen
ter was very dedicated to the col
lege and to the students he worked
with.
“A1 was the most devoted fac
ulty member I’ve ever know,” said
Rosalind Reichard, the dean of math
and sciences.
“He lived and breathed Elon
and teaching.”
Richard Haworth, a profes
sor of mathematics, describes Car
penter as “passionate and commit
ted to what he thought was impor
tant in the lives of the students and
the life of the college. He wanted to
see students committed to them
selves as learners and respectable
human beings.”
Carpenter, who has been at
Elon since 1983, had a reputation
for excellent teaching and for car
ing for his students. This reputation
helped him to win the Daniels-
Danieley award, Elon’s highest
honor for teaching, in 1989.
“This speaks very highly of
his ability,” said former Elon pro
fessor Joyce Speas, who knew Car
penter well.
“Both students and faculty
thought highly of him.”
Carpenter was also instru
mental in the creation of April’s
Academic Summit and played a key
role in the Summit’s success.
“He was one of the ones to
raise the issue of academic stan
dards and high expectations,” said
Vice President of Academic Af
fairs Julianne Maher.
“It was really his determina
tion to keep asking the questions,”
that helped create the Summit,
Maher added.
There was more to Carpenter
than what was seen inside the class
room, though.
“I don’t want to use the word
‘workaholic’ because that doesn’t
describe Al,” said McBride.
see CARPENTER, page 5
Lecture series to entertain and educate college community
Alan Medeiros
The Pendulum
The Academic Council and
the Student Government Associa
tion recently announced that a lec
ture series highlighting faculty and
staff will soon be returning to Elon.
The SGA and Academic
Council have come together to at
tempt to fulfill pne of the compo
nents discussed at the Academic
Summit last spring.
The lecture series will consist
of two parts. The first part will
focus on faculty.
A member of the faculty will
be asked to give a lecture, based on
the premise that it would be the last
lecture they would ever give.
The idea is to allow students
and faculty to learn from each other
in a less formal environment than a
classroom.
The second part of the series
will focus on greater understanding
of issues that affect our world to
day.
After each lecture, there will
be an opportunity for questions and
answers with the guest speaker.
The first lecturer scheduled is
Paul Miller, of the Elon health,
physical educationand leisure de
partment. Miller will be making a
presentation on Creatine and other
performance enhancing substances.
Other professors scheduled
include Joyce Davis and Kyle
Torke.
Barb Carlton, student activi
ties director and SGA adviser, feels
that this series will create opportu
nities for faculty and student inter
action outside of the classroom.
The Student Government
Association is responsible for orga
nizing the series. The lecture series
will be held once a month at Col
lege Coffee, where refreshments
will be served.
Any ideas or suggestions for
the series should be directed to SGA
Academic Council chairman Matt
Syno.
The lecture series is set to
begin in the near future. Syno hopes
that the series will continue for the
remainder of the year, and possibly
next year.