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Page 6 News March 15, 2001 SGA’s Phoenix Phair set for April 8 hope the event will prove to be an Activities at these booths exciting and community building Sally Lynch Reporter Student Government is sponsoring the Phoenix Phair April 8, from 12-6 p.m, on the intramu ral fields. This event is open to all Elon students and residents of the surrounding community. A main purpose of the phair is to enhance and build upon the community atmosphere between members of the school, commu nity, and between the institution and the town of Elon and sur* rounding areas. “One reason SGA decided to host the Phoenix Phair is a mis sion to maintain and enhance com munity atmosphere here at Elon with the students and the commu nity," John Gardner, former SGA Executive President said. “We event that students can looks for ward to year after year.” The Stu dent Government Association hopes that the phair will become an annual event. Craft vendors will be at the phair selling a variety of items. Food vendors will also sell food throughout theday,includingpizza, funnel cake, Italian sausage, ham burgers, and candy apples. Three professional bands, Nine Days, The Virginia Coalition and Blue Yard Garden, as well as Leon’s a capella group. Twisted Measure and William’s High School’s Big Throated Chimney will perform. The Elon Dance team will also pro vide entertainment. More than 25 student organi zations will hold booths at the include balloon darts, face paint ing and a dunk tank. Time Out Productions will provide inflatable rides and acti vates for the event including a two-lane Bungee Run, Pedestal Joust, Hoop ‘N Shoot, Velcro Obstacle Course, Wacky Wax, Sumo Wrestling, Orbitron, Giant Slide, Paintball Shooting Gallery, Moonwalk, Cameron the Cater pillar, Sea of Balls, Rock Wall and Frisbee Art. Admission to the phair is $6 for everyone, including Elon students. This price includes un limited rides. Crafts, food and student organization booths cost extra. Advanced tickets sales will begin April 2, downstairs Moseley. E N I X Amnesty International official to lec ture March 29 An Amnesty In ternational U.S.A. official who special izes in women’s hu man rights will visit Elon for a 7:30 p.m. lecture, March 29. Dr. Sheila Dauer, director of Amnesty Interna tional U.S.A.’s women’s human rights program, will deliver a lecture titled “State-Spon sored and Private Actor Violence” at the Elon Community Church. The lecture is free and open to the public. Former U.S. President Bush visits Elon, ApriMO Former U.S. President George Bush will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate during Spring Convocation at Elon College, April 10. Bush’s appearance at the invitation-only event will celebrate the successful con clusion of the Elon Vision, a strategic plan launched in 1994 to ensure Elon’s posi tion as one of the premier undergraduate institutions on the Eastern Seaboard. The $40 million Campaign for the Elon Vision has exceeded its goal. The convocation also recognizes the academic achievement of Elon stu dents. In addition to delivering the keynote address, Bush will meet with selected stu dents and faculty for conver sation and to answer student questions. Broadway Casting Director Auditions Stu dents Dave Clemmons, a noted Broadway casting di rector, auditioned more than 50 Elon students Monday. Clemmons was on cam- ts pus auditioning students in Elon’s music theatre pro gram for roles in “The Lost Colony.” The outdoor drama on the North Carolina coast commemorates the birth of Virginia Dare, the first En glish child born in the New World. Clemmons will also conduct a master class for senior music theatre stu dents, sharing his knowledge and insight about life as a Broadway actor. “I like to bring New York down to the students,” Clemmons says. Nominate an Elon Employee for Staff of the Year Students have the unique opportunity to nomi nate Elon employees for the Staff Member of the Year awards. Staff members can be nominated for physical plant, office, and adminis trative awards. The deadline for nomi nations is March 30. Nomi nation forms can be found at the Office of Human Re sources, ext. 5560 Students prepare to raise awareness of homelessness Lauren Vilis Business Manager Students met earlier this week to prepare for “One Homeless Night,” an event sponsored by Elon Volunteers that hopes to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness nationwide. “One Homeless Night” will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday, April 19, location TBA. Participants will have the opportu nity to spend one night “homeless” Various speakers will be on hand to discuss the current is sues of homelessness and give par ticipants a better understanding of the hardships faced by thousands of Americans. Iterns from a canned food and clothing drive to be held before the event will be donated to Allied Churches of Burlington, an organization that offers a shelter and soup kitchen. Other events are being planned to entertain partici pants throughout the night. Students who have partici pated in “One Homeless Night” in the past have slept in boxes or sleep ing bags outside to experience homelessness firsthand. For more information contact Elon Volun teers at extension 7251. Court knocks swearing professor out of classroom Matthew McGuire TMS Campus The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found Macomb Com munity College had the right to sus pend a professor who used "objec tionable" language in his classes. The court overruled a lower court's decision to grant English professor John Bonnell a tempo rary injunction to continue teach ing. Bonnell was suspended after he continually used profanities while teaching classes at the school, which is located in Mount Clemens, Mich. Macomb administrators also battled with the 61 -year-old profes sor over his decision to distribute a student's complaint and other writ ten correspondence to the college community. Bonnell sought the in junction, claiming the suspension was a violation of his civil and first amendment rights. The situation began in No vember 1998 after a student filed a written sexual harassment com plaint with the school because Bonnell used "lewd and obscene comments" during class. Bonnell subsequently deleted the student's name from the complaint and dis tributed copies to students in all six of his classes. After being told by the Macomb administration that school policy was to keep all student com plaints confidential so that other students wouldn't be afraid to come forward, Bonnell distributed the complaint to more than 200 faculty members at the college, along with a four-page letter titled, "An Apol ogy: Yes, Virginia, There is a San ity Clause." After an administrative hear ing, the college suspended Bonnell for three days. Bonnell later distributed cop ies of letters from the college's ad ministration about his suspension to local television stations and a local newspaper. The college again suspended Bonnell, with pay and benefits, while it investigated his distributing the complaint to the media. Bonnell subsequently filed a six-count complaint claiming that he was not given due process and that his civil rights were being vio lated, along with his first and four teenth amendment rights. A lower court denied his request for a pre liminary injunction and sent the matter back to the college for an administrative hearing. When Bonnell declined to attend a hearing, the college found that Bonnell "breached confidenti ality and retaliated against the com plaining student" and suspended him for 14 days in Aug. 1999. The college then filed for an appeal to Bonnell's injunction, which the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently granted.
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