Celebmilng 25 Years
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Volume XXV, Number 7
Informing the Elon College Community
October 28,1999
INSIDE
Opinions
Response to the Mascot
name change
pages 3-4
News
Homecoming 1999
schedule of events
page 19
Focus
Examining Elon’s tradition
ofvolunteerism
pages 12-13
A&E
Emmet Swimming rocks
the Lighthouse
page 11
Sports
Shattering misconceptions
about Pro Wrestling
page 22
Football loses home game
versus Hofstra
page 24
Danieley Center to
receive expanded tram
service, more parking
Emily MacDonnell
The Pendulum
Danieley Center residents and
visitors will begin to see an im
provement in their transportation
and parking problems with the ex
tension of current tram service and
the addition of 78 parking spaces.
Campus Safety and Security
is also in the process of hiring one
new security guard to work specifi
cally in Danieley Center from 7
p.m. until 3 a.m. every night.
The guard will be there to
provide a faster response to the needs
of students living in Danieley. He
will also be responsible for driving
a new seven-passenger Cushman
vehicle throughout Danieley dur
ing the hours he is on duty.
The tram will be available to
transport students from Danieley to
the parking lot behind the
McMichael Science building.
“For students who walk the
path at night, this is a new means of
transportation,” Allen Poe, head of
campus security, said. “Getting a
new security person and the tram is
something that has been in the works
for awhile. We have also listened to
what students have said about the
tram and security in Danieley.”
' see DANIELEY, page 6
A Weekend of Madness
Above: Men’s basketball team member Larry McSwain
goes in for a jam during the Slam Dunk competition at
Friday Night Madness Oct. 22. See page 21 for more
pictures from the kickoff of the basketball season.
Right: AXA brothers (1. to r.) Mike Scali, Josh Lee and
John Gardner coach Sigma Kappa’s Katie Sheffler (r.) in
the pumpkin tossing competition at the third annual
Lambda Chi Alpha PumpkinFest Oct. 23.
Photos by: Emily MacDonnell/TTie Pendulum
Health Center to offer meningitis vaccination
Emily MacDonnell/T/ie Pendulum
Aon sisters Heather Myers, Amy Grzeskiewicz
Marianne Smith prepare their Homecoming
banner for competition Tuesday at College Coffee.
Alan Medeiros
The Pendulum
Due to the recent press cover
age of meningococcal meningitis
cases among college students, Elon
College, through the R. N. Ellington
Health Center, is working to pro
vide the vaccination for this disease
to its students.
The college is working with a
company to provide the vaccina
tion through a campus-wide vacci
nation clinic in early February to
those students who elect to receive
the vaccine. , .
According to Kitty Parrish,
Director of the R. N. Ellington
Health Center, students may order
the vaccine at any time through the
Health Center.
The cost is $75, and there is a
waiting period of a week to ten
days.
While the vaccination that
will be administered in February
will also be $75, there will be no
waiting period, as there will be sup
plies of the vaccine on campus.
“We are encouraging students
to talk with their own doctor before
making a decision [as to whether or
not to receive the vaccine],” said
Parrish.
Meningococcal meningitis is
an infection of the fluid of the spinal
cord and the fluid that surrounds the
brain.
The most common signs of
meningitis include high fever, head
ache and a stiff neck.
Other symptoms may include
nausea, vomiting, discomfort look
ing into bright lights, confusion and
sleepiness.
. , ?ee meningitis, page 6