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Informing, entertaining and inspiring tiie Eion University community sincel974 Volume: XXIX ISSUE: 20 D A T E : 3 / 7 / 0 2 Administration changes housing application process PT"V • '• '- ^'-fr Annette Randall/ Photo Editor The Academic Village will be built in time for students to select it as one of their housing options. Jennifer Hildebrand Reporter Numerous cosmetic and proce dural changes have been made to the way students choose their hous ing arrangements for next year. Students received their housing packets in their campus boxes this week, and the first change is the setup of those'packets. “The packaging of housing in formation this year has definitely changed,” said Tara Morlando, di rector of residence life operations and information management. “It is more user friendly. We want the materials to be helpful to all stu dents.” While all forms and a basic de scription and floor plan of all avail able residences were placed in cam pus boxes, the rest of the pertinent housing information is on the Resi dence Life Web site. “A companion piece [to the packet] is on the Web,” Morlando said. “People will be able to use that information to help navigate the housing process.” . The changes made to the hous ing materials came from numerous discussions with students, with the main focus being how to make the product match the basic needs of and solve the problems of students during the housing process. “The packets were helpful be cause they allowed you to see the housing options in such a way that it was easy to figure out what parts were applicable to your housing situation,” sophomore Katy Wright said. “It was a lot more concise and self-explanatory than last year.” Another change in the housing process this year is the opening of five new residences on campus. Another building of flats will be opening in Danieley Center, two upper-classmen apartment build ings will also be available in Danieley and the Honors and Inter national Pavilions in the Academic Village will house students starting in the fall. For students who may not know where they want to live next year or for those who want to explore their options. Residence Life has four information sessions in the coming weeks. Two sessions about apartments and two about basic housing will answer any questions students may have. “We have found that these ses sions are very helpful,” Morlando said. “Students can come to these sessions and learn more about what is available and what they would need to do for those areas.” Housing selection is phase- based this year, and these four phases are completed in a steplad- der format so everything will run smoothly. One difference this year is the way the third and fourth phases are done. The third phase, in-area room selection, and the fourth phase, open-room selection, are now done on a face-to-face ba sis with Residence Life. “We have moved away from pa per in that section of the process,” Morlando said. “It is easier for ev eryone this way, because we can be more flexible.” Elon receives positive feedback from SACS and NCAA Erin Cunningham News Editor The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Associa tion gave Elon positive feedback during visits Feb. 25-28. The two groups were examing the academic and athletic criteria for becoming an acredited institution. SACS is a regional accrediting association. “Every 10 years, SACS reaffirms accreditation through a two year process,” George Troxler, director of cultural programs, said. If the university was to receive a marginal evaluation, it would be given a year to meet SACS regula tions. However, this is an unlikely scenario, according to Troxler. “It was a positive evaluation,” he said. “They were very complimentary of the institution and its growth.” Accreditation is a process all master’s level institutions must go through. Without proper accredita tion, there could be no federal work- study, the institution would not be able to borrow money and credits would not transfer from other ac credited institutions. A self-study was created by Elon in prepearation for the fourteen SACS representatives. Their task was to evaluate and validate the in formation provided in the study. “They could tell by reading the re port what type of institution they were coming to,” Troxler said. The self-study reports on four focus areas: wholeness of the cam pus, centrality of the arts and sci ences, connecting knowledge and experiences and technology. “The SACS representatives are here to validate what is in the state ment,” Troxler said. For example, they validate that the percentage of faculty members holding a certain degree is the number published in the report. “We say we do,” Troxler said. “They randomly check to see that we do.” To validate the information, a large amount of documentation was hauled to Moseley 215. Everything from summaries of faculty evalua tions to class syllabi was looked through. Library material, circula tion figures and the financial infdr- niation supporting the documenta tion were also of interest to SACS representatives. The compliance team was in charge of looking through records. “The compliance people expected to have it on paper,” Troxler said. “A lot of time went into gathering information for them.” ' The focus team gathered infor mation by interviewing groups of students and faculty. The self-study covers every as pect of the institution; Elon was spe cially approved to perfomi an alter native self-study. Five percent of overall institutions choose this method, according to Troxler. There were four committees in vestigating the four focus areas for the future direction of the university. See SACS page 8 I N T HIS IS SUE Student goes ^ skydiving, p0ge 16 Peking acrobats at Elon, page 18 Men^s h^hall splits gcmes in Big South, page 24
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