Thursday, September 19, 2002
Vol. 28, Issue 5
Elon University
Elon, N.C.
If it matters to you, it matters to The Pendulum.
Global issues hit home
Erin Cunningham
News Editor
Benazir Bhutto, the exiled for
mer prime minister of Pakistan,
discussed global issues, Sept. 11
and acceptance during her address
Wednesday at Fall Convocation.
“I return to America one year
after the terrible tragedy of [Sept.
11],” Bhutto said during her
speech, “Democracy; Tlie Never
Ending Battle.”
The effects of the terrorist
attacks “still reverberate across
the world,” she said to the filled
Alumni Gym.
When naming the many vic
tims, real and abstract, of Sept.
11, Bhutto described the image of
the Islamic people and democra
cy. “Democracy was sacrificed
for expediency in Pakistan,” she
said. “The world is a very differ
ent place from what we dreamed
in the time after the Berlin Wall.”
Tliis is a frightening and dan
gerous time in the political life of
Pakistan, she said, referring to the
emergence of the military regime
as the ruling party in her native
country and the group that over
threw her.
“They are criminals,” Bhutto
said. “Their actions contradict the
teachings of Islam.”
But, she said the image of the
attack on the World Trade Center
would forever be connected with
the Islamic people.
“The world tumbled out of a
See BHUTTO p. 7
Student reports intruder
Erin Cunningham
News Editor
After hearing noises in her
Haggard Square apartment Sept.
14, an Elon student reported an
intruder.
“She heard somebody and
became alarmed,” said Jana Lynn
Patterson, associate dean of stu
dents. “She could tell somebody
was in the other room.”
The incident occurred at about
3 p.m., and the student called her
friends before alerting the author
ities. “She called her friends about
40 minutes later,” said Chuck
Gantos, Elon Campus Police
chief. “Her friends looked outside
to see if they could see anyone or
find anything.”
There was no sign of forced
entr>' or items taken from her res
idence, Gantos said.
Police officers searched the
area but didn’t find a suspect,
Patterson said. “She never saw
who it was,” Patterson said.
Police have no leads at this
time, according to Gantos.
Contact Erin Cunningham at
ecunningham@el(m£dii or 278-
7247.
Elon rankings
continue to rise
Tim Rosner/Photography Editor
Benazir Bhutto addressedgloballssues, religion, Sept 11 and ter
rorism in her address Wednesday during Fall Convocation.
Erin Cunningham
News Editor
Like the Phoenix, Elon’s rank
ings continue to rise.
The university’s move to No. 8
in U.S. News & World Report’s
“America’s Best Colleges” guide
among 131 Southern master’s-
level universities
is Elon’s high- ✓ ✓
est ranking in li
the magazine,
which annually
recognizes distin
guished colleges
dedicated to
enhanced learning
and successful
students.
Elon tied for
the eighth-best master’s-level uni
versity in the South with Mercer
University.
Last year, Elon was ranked as
No. 9 and has gained seven places
in seven years. Institutions ranked
above Elon in this year’s rankings
included the University of
Richmond, Rollins College,
James Madison University,
Stetson University, Samford
University, Loyola University of
New Orleans and The Citadel.
A number of factors play a part
in the national rankings, including
graduation, student retention and
acceptance rates, class size and
student-faculty ratio, said Dan
Anderson, director of University
Relations.
Among each division, schools
are ranked on several standards.
Elon is fourth among southern
universities in academic reputa
tion, third in freshman retention
rate and fifth in graduation rate.
U.S. News added new cate
gories to the rankings for 2002.
It is one things to say they
are educating a student and
another to say how they are
doing it.
—David Hibbard, News
Bureau director for
University Relations.
“Elon shows up in three of the
eight new categories,” Anderson
said.
Elon’s first-year programs for
students tied for 14th with Beloit
College among the 1,400 colleges
and universities in the United
States. Elon’s service learning
program, which allow students to
perform volunteer
service at Elon
and the surround
ing community,
tied for 14th, with
the University of
Southern
California and
Elon’s study
abroad pro
gram ranked
31st along with
Boston College and Grinnell
College.
“We are proud that Elon’s out
standing programs for new stu
dents and those involved in serv
ice learning and study abroad
have earned the praise of our
peers,” Elon President Leo
Lambert said.
Elon-specific, first-year pro
grams, which led to national
recognition, include spring and
fall orientation, Elon 101. the
first- year core curriculum and an
academic early-warning system.
PreSERVE, which brings in a
group of incoming freshmen to
participate in building a Habitat
for Humanity home, and a sum
mer CD mailing, providing stu
dents with essential computer
software, also played a role in the
ranking.
“It is one things to say they are
educating a student and another to
See RANKINGS p. 7
INSIDE
Ceil phone etiquette, page 12
Chorale performs at convocation, page 18
Cross country preps for weekend tourna
ment, page 23