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Volume XXIV, Number 21
Informing the Elon College Community
March 18, 1999
Trustees discuss tuition, stadium plans, technology
that the main expense that the col
lege incurs is faculty and staff sala
ries.”
Currently, Elon College has
the fourth highest paid faculty
among private schools in North
Carolina.
see TRUSTEES, page 5
INSIDE
Opinions
‘ Jedi Knight’ explores the
mystique of Star Wars
page 3
News
Part two of the series on the
Kemodle Service Learning
Center
page 7
gocus
Exploring the validity of
opinions
pages lO'l 1
A&E
Review of the Jimmy Eat
World concert
pa^l2
Sports
Editors’Final Four picks
page 18
mmmi
Equality for women’s sports
page 19
Alan Medeiros
The Pendulum
During their March 10 meet
ing, the Board of Trustees voted on
several issues affecting the college.
The Board voted to increase
next year’s overall tuititon and room
and board costs to $17,447, an in
crease of 5.4 percent.
According to President Leo
Lambert, the increases are to be
used primarily for a 4.25 percent
salary increase for faculty and staff.
In addition to the pay raises
for the faculty, the College is also
creating 34 new faculty positions.
The increases are also intended for
increases in financial aid and to
help accomplish the technology ini
tiatives.
President Lambert noted that
Elon must raise tuition in order to
stay competitive with faculty sala
ries.
“A (college) is different from
any kind of economic enterprise in
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Contestant Robin Roberts (1.) and new Miss BCS Jamesia Hale
accept prizes and applause at the Miss BCS Pageant March 13.
Jamesia Hale was crowned 1999 Miss Black Cul
tural Society (BCS) at the pageant held Saturday, March
13 at 7:30 in Whitley Auditorium.
Hale, a freshman, was one of five contestants for
the crown previously held by sophomore Anika
McMichael.
Tiffany Bryant, who was selected as first runner-
up, Jaya Martin, Robin Roberts and Florencia Smith
were also contestants in the pageant.
The competition began for the contestants at 10
a.m. Saturday with a breakfast with the three pageant
judges, one of whom was the original founder of the Miss
BCS Pageant. The breakfast was followed by a 20-25
minute interview with the panel of judges.
During the pageant that evening, the five women
participated in an opening dance number followed by
competitions in career and evening wear, a talent compe
tition and an impromptu question-and-answer session.
“We all were talented in different areas so I can’t
say that I was better or worse than anyone else,” Hale
said. “We just excelled in different areas,”
The women were judged on poise, interviewing
skills, articulation, grace and appearance throughout the
morning session and the pageant. During the impromptu
questioning, they were judged on the content of their
responses and their articulation.
see BCS, page 5
SGA holds budget hearings for 1999-2000
Carrie Lancos
The Pendulum
The Student Government As
sociation (SGA) held budget hear
ings for 1999-2000 March 1,2 and
4. The Senate will be voting on the
budget at the March 18 meeting.
The SGA is responsible for
the distribution of student activity
fees, which are included in the cost
of tuition, to the recognized clubs
and organizations on campus. This
responsibility is assigned to the
budget committee.
The budget committee, made
up of current executive president
Mark Richter, executive president
elect John Gardner, current execu
tive treasurer Jeff Angel, executive
treasurer-elect Jim Crotts, SGA
adviser Barb Carlton and the four
class secretary/treasurers, heard
budget proposals from representa
tives of clubs and organizations.
“People gave great presenta
tions and everyone did a very pro
fessional job,” Crotts said. “Mem
bers of the committee were actually
taken aback by the professionalism
of organizations in defending their
budgets.”
“We had enough money to
give out this year such that we didn’ t
have to cut organizations’ budget
requests just for the sake of being
cheap,” Angel said. “But we were
still conscientious in that we did not
give organizations all the money
they requested just because they
knew we had more money.”
“The SGA is frugal since they
know they are accountable,” Carlton
said. “They want to make sure that
organizations spend their money the
way they said they are.”
see BUDGET, page 5