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Burlington woman
honored with sculptures
Susan Duppstadt
The Pendulum
Four brand new sculptures
now grace Elon’s campus in the
west wing of the Faith
Rockefeller Model Center.
These sculptures were
dedicated in honor of a local
Burlington resident, Lyda Long
Miller. A dedication ceremony
was held November 12 followed
by a luncheon to honor Miller.
President Lambert took
part in this prestigious event by
dedicating the sculptures to
Miller.
Miller is an avid supporter
of the arts and attends cultural
events on a regular basis, often
encouraging friends to come and
join.
These four pieces of cop
per sculpture represent the basic
creative process found in all
forms of art. Miller was first
married to Nathan Long. After
Long’s death, she married Glenn
Miller, an alumnus of Elon, whom
is also deceased. Her children were
the ones to honor her by the gift of
the sculptures. Her four children
and families include Jerry and
Nancy Long, Pat and Buell Moser,
and Gene Long, all of Burlington
and Alan and Nancy Long of Ra
leigh.
After her children decided
they wanted sculptures to honor
their mother, the college commis
sioned artist Gary Gresko, of Ori
ental, N.C., to build the sculptures.
Gresko designed the individual
pieces of this work entitled, “Meta
morphosis of Creativity.” This
work shows the various phases of
the creative process, starting with
basic materials and random
thoughts, up to the final piece of art.
These wondrous works of
art are beautiful and add to the
beautiful scenery of the building. I
encourage all to stop in and take a
look!
Zenzele chosen as common reader
for the second year in a row
Sally Lynch
The Pendulum
Zenzele has unanimously
been selected as the common read
ing for next year’s class of incom
ing freshmen. This is the first time
in the history of Elon College _
that a book has been chosen
twice in a row for common
reading. The committee is ex
cited about the continuity pro
vided by using the book twice
in a row.
Monica Parson, Chair of
the Common Reading Commit
tee, said “Dr. Maraire was a —
fascinating speaker; the students
were spellbound as she spoke.” Dr.
Maraire ’ s effect on the students was
only one of the reasons for the rep
etition of Zenzele as the common
reading.
“To further help us make our
decision, the committee utilized in
formation from a survey on the use
fulness of Zenzele (by the Cultural
and Intellectual Programs Commit
tee). The data were useful to us as
we made our final decision,” said
Parson.
The Common Reading
Committe may be excited about us
ing the book as common reading for
another year, but freshmen do not
think it is a good idea. “After hear-
Monica Parson, Chair of the
Common Reading Committee,
said “Dr. Maraire was a fascinat
ing speaker; the students were
spellbound as she spoke"'
ing Dr. Maraire’s speech, I appreci
ated what she said in the book,” said
freshman Lauren Adams.
“However, I did not get that
impression from the book. It was
boring and painful to read.” Other
freshmen felt the. same way. “I
thought that the book was medio
cre, but the author’s speech was
amazing,” said Jenny Lamneck.
Anne Perin, another freshman.
agrees with Adams and Lamneck:
“I did not like the book when I read
it. After my College Writing class
discussed the book, I liked it a little
better. I would not want to read the
book again, though. I would never
recommend the book to a friend.”
The Common Reading Com-
__ mittee believes that by utiliz
ing Zenzele for an additional
year will better enable the
committee to take a different
approach for the following
year’s common read.
The committee will be
gin the book selection process
this spring, selecting from a
— large number of books, read
ing and eliminating those they
choose not to use, thus narrowing
the field to a smaller number of
possible selections.
At that point in the process,
all of the committee members will
read all of the books. They will then
make their decision early in the fall
semester of 2001 for a common
reading for the 2002-2003 student
body.
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Elon remembers
last January
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weather
forecast calls
for snow.
Photo by: Carrie Lancos/ The Pendulum