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ISSUE 7
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Queen Noor speaks at Fall
Convocation for Honors
Jessica Rivelli
News Editor
Her Majesty Queen Noor of
Jordan highlighted Elon’s Fall Con
vocation of Honors Oct. 12. Her
address in Alumni Gym reached
out to Elon students and faculty to
place education as the highest pri
ority. To approximately 2,800 lis
teners, she stressed the importance
of intercultural education and cross-
cultural interaction.
“The exchange of informa
tion between various countries, cul
tures, races and peoples is neces
sary to promote cross-cultural in
teraction and understanding and
promote tolerance and solidarity
among our multi-faceted global
community,” Queen Noor said.
Queen Noor was bom Lisa
Najeeb Halaby in 1951 to a distin
guished Arab-American family.
Her emphasis on multi-cultural
learning stems from both her family
background and her marriage to
King Hussein. “My own multi-cul
tural background and life-joumey
have strengthen my belief in the
importance of international ex
change and multi-cultural perspec
tives in the building of equitable,
productive and peaceful relations
among individuals and communi
ties,” Queen Noor said.
Queen Noor graduated from
Princeton in 1974. During the ad
dress, she spoke of her college years,
a time when she was actively con
cerned with issues such as social
injustice, poverty and the environ
ment. She placed a heavy emphasis
on a college education, stating that
her college education acted as a
catalyst, which caused her to act on
what she had learned.
“Colleges can foster an un
derstanding of international issues,
such as the environment, human
rights and global populations, while
teaching students to resolve con
flict without violence,” Queen Noor
said.
Students who attended the
speech had a positive reaction to
Queen Noor. At a campus-wide
picnic following, the celebration,
praise of the Queen and her speech
circulated fast.
“I thought she was breath
taking,” sophomore Lisa Purtz said.
“Her words touched on what I feel
Elon stands for - a quality educa
tion.”
During the convocation.
President Lambert announced the
establishment of the King Hussein
of Jordan endowed scholarship.
see “QUEEN” page 5
Photo courtesy of Dan Anderson
President Lambert presents an honorary degree to Her Majesty,
Queen Noor of Jordan last Thursday at the Convocation for
Honors.
Residence halls compete in Rectober Sportsfest
ball and a sling shot contest among The G-Bums also of Danieley and
Steve Earley
The Pendulum
Campus Recreation’s sec
ond annual Rectober Sportsfest
hosted 300 residents on 12 teams.
The three-day event had teams
square off in mystery events in
Beck Pool, three-on-three basket-
others. The competition, open only
to on-campus residents, culminated
with the tug of war championship on
Sunday.
When all was said and done J
Crew of Danieley Center were the
big winners, edging the Aquaholics
of North Area by a mere 25 points.
Team S from West Area rounded
out the rest of the top four. In the
area standings Danieley Center
again came out on top, followed by
North Area, West Area, East Area
and Loy Center.
see “RECTOBER” page 5
Presidential Debate
protests at Wake
Forest University
page 20
Hill iri
Inside
Elon Phoenix beat
Samford University
page 24
A tour of a
week at Elon
page 21