Volume XXV, Number 15
Informing the Elon College Community
February 17, 2000
INSIDE
Opinions
.Burlington’s tasty treats
page 2
News
Jack Bernhardt Profile
page 9
Alumni Weekend
page 20
Focus
College stress: Rules
Regulations
pages 12-13
A&E
Rock band Kiss
says goodbye
page 10
Look at dating reality show
page i 1
Sports
School Spirit: A new per
spective
page 23
Elon beats UNC Ashviile
page 24
Historic Mooney reopens with modern conveniences
Elizabeth Sudduth
The Pendulum
“Out with the old and in
with new,” or so the saying goes.
With the completion of the new
library it is sometimes easy to over
look the other additions and reno
vations taking place on campus.
Mooney as most people
know, was closed this past fall se
mester due to renovations, but now
construction has cleared and the
renovations have been completed.
This past Friday, a special Rededi
cation Ceremony was held to offi
cially open the new Education
Building.
The ceremony started in
McCrary Theater with addresses
from two esteemed guests, Carole
Kennedy, the Principal in Residence
at the U.S. State Department of
Education and Michael E. Ward,
State Superintendent of Education
in North Carolina.
Both speakers commented on
the necessity for good, strong teach
ers. “Good teachers make a differ
ence.” Kennedy said, “Across the
nation, 2.2 million teachers will be
hired in the next decade, and we are
relying on institutions like Elon to
provide us with these teachers.”
The ceremony continued as a
crowd gathered on the South En
trance of the Mooney Building. The
building was rededicated by Dr.
Leo Lambert, President of the col
lege and accepted on behalf of the
Board of Trustees by, Mrs.Gail
Drew, Chairman of the Broad of
Trustees. As the scissors were past
by President Lambert, Mrs. Drew
cut the red ribbon to officially open
the building.
Mooney, named for the Rev
erend Issac Mooney, father-in-law
of Michael Orban Jr. of Whittier
Calif, the building’s principal do
nor and a member of the Elon Col
lege Board of Trustees, was first
dedicated to the college on October
3, 1926. It was “the first building
wholly devoted to Christian educa
tion on any college campus in the
world.” With three-stories, it con
tained classrooms, offices, confer
ence rooms and a small auditorium.
In addition, it housed the only pas-
Guests chat and snack
at the Mooney reopening.
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senger elevator on campus, which
was large enough for only one per
son. The building became home for
many different departments and
services as well as the most recent
LaRose Resource Center, provid
ing academic and tutorial services
for students.
The current renovation to the
24,000-square-foot structure is for
the Education Department. The
building now has 11 classrooms,
including an observation classroom.
There are two computer labs each
with 31 computers. An expanded
Curriculum Resources Center was
added, providing more than 7,000
items representative of grades K-
12. Five faculty and administrative
office suites and a conference room
for faculty and students to work
together outside of the classroom
also make up the building.
The ceremony ended, “an
other part of the Elon Vision is
complete,” Drew added, as the
crowd gathered for a tour of the
building, followed by a reception.
Housing selection process underway with new residences
Ed New
The Pendulum
Residence Life has started
the wheels in motion for “March
Madness” 2000-2001 Housing Se
lection.
This year’s selection process
hopes to be hassle-free with more
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options for students.
Housing selection packets
were distributed via campus boxes
of students living on campus last
Friday,
Students are advised to thor
oughly review the packet before
making any decisions or approach
ing the Office of Residence Life
with questions. Residence Life is
committed and required to house all
Freshmen and rising Sophomores
on campus.
Off-campus students can
leave their name in Residence Life
as someone interested in living on
campus, however priority goes to
those students currently living on
campus.
Priority goes to Juniors and
Seniors with housing points for the
spaces available on campus
Several new housing options
will exist for the ‘OO-’Ol academic
year.
See HOUSING, page 5
Elon hosts second annual Service Learning Institute
Jessica Rivelli
The Pendulum
Today, Elon College is
hosting the second annual Service
Learning Institute for colleges and
universities offering or interested
in being involved with service learn
ing programs.
The North Carolina Campus
Volunteers Coalition, a group of
institutions that represent faculty,
staff and students who are active in
learning and teaching through ser
vice, is holding this conference to
allow schools from across North
Carolina to collaborate and reflect
on their programs.
The coalition focuses on mak
ing an impact on communities
through college and university stu
dents.
The coalition is based in
Elon’s Kernodle Center for Service
Learning, and Elon’s own John
Barnhill chairs the group.
During the 1998-99 school
year, approximately 65 percent of
Elon students were actively in
volved in service.
Also, the Kernodle Center for
Service Learning assists professors
with integrating service into their
academic courses.
Kathy Manning, the director
of service learning at Elon, said that
the conference includes intense
workshops and roundtable discus
sions on different aspects of service
learning programs, such as reflec
tion, working with community agen
cies and assessments
From 9am-4pm, over 50
representatives, mainly faculty and
staff, from North and South Caro
lina colleges and universities will
be attending the conference in
Moseley center.
The seminar is just one of the
many ways Elon heads the state in
community service.
Other areas of Elon commu
nity service include service groups
like Elon Volunteers!, Alpha Phi
Omega, Habitat for Humanity, Si
erra Club and Epsilon Sigma Al
pha.