THE PENDULUM
Volume 29, Issue 11 November 6, 2003 www.elon.edu/pendulum
Committee
to oversee
art displays
Steve Earley
News Editor
A committee developed by the
art department will be responsi
ble for determining what is con
sidered an appropriate forum for
students’ work, Steven House,
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences announced at a public
meeting Tuesday night.
The meeting, attended by
more than 50 faculty and stu
dents from inside and outside the
art department, was held in
response to concerns raised by a
student e-mail to the administra
tion in which the writer
expressed objections to the dis
play of nude photos in a common
hallway.
The photos in question were
on display the week before Fall
Break in the Ward Gallery -
located near the western entrance
• of the Center for the Arts - as
part of the student-organized
Tack-Tiles exhibition.
Photography was the first phase
of the project in which student
artists are encouraged to post
their art and visitors to the center
are encouraged to critique it.
In response to the concerns,
university administrators and art
department faculty engaged in a
series of discussions over the fol
lowing weeks, including a two-
and-a-half hour meeting last
Thursday attended by House,
Ken Hassell, art department
chair, and other art department
faculty.
“While this was a hard couple
See ART p. 7
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Unseasonable temperatures warm Elon
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Elon students Sarah McSwegin, Andrew Mackey and Mary Puldnell enjoy unusually warm temperatures by
spending some time relaxing in Young Ck)mmons Tuesday High temperatures remained above 70 degrees
for the maprity of the week. This weekend, high temperatures are expected to drop into the 50s and 60s..
Sienerth named next research director
Erin Cunningham
Reporter
After four years as the director
of Elon’s Undergraduate
Research Program, Maurice
Levesque, associate professor of
psychology, will relinquish his
post June 1, 2004.
Karl Sienerth, associate pro
fessor of chemistry, was selected
to replace Levesque and said he
hopes to guide the program
through the next phase of its evo
lution.
“I want to try to go forward
with what Dr. Levesque started,”
Sienerth said. “He took it from a
fledgling program to one recog
nized nationally.”
Nancy Midgette, associate
provost, said Sienerth was an
obvious choice for the position.
“He is himself a very active
research scholar, and he has men
tored a number of students,” she
said. “I think ultimately it was his
close involvement with our
undergraduate research program
here on campus and his activity as
a member of the advisory board
See RESEARCH p. 10
l\/lcKeon
receives
l(ey to town
Steve Earley
News Editor
In between the champagne-
soaked locker room in Yankee
Stadium Oct. 25 and an appear
ance on the Late Show with David
Letterman last night, World
Series-winning manager and Elon
resident Jack McKeon accepted
the key to the town at Elon’s
Board of Aldermen agenda-setting
meeting Monday night.
McKeon, also a 1963 Elon
graduate, was hired as manager of
the Florida Marlins in May and
lead the team from a 16-22 start to
a World Series victory over the 26-
time world champion New York
Yankees.
With the victory, the 72-year-
old McKeon became the oldest
manager to win a World Series.
Monday night’s ceremonies,
coming just over a week after the
Marlins’ 2-0 game six win, gave
McKeon another superlative dis
tinction: He became the first per
son ever in Elon’s 110-year history
to be awarded the key to the town.
McKeon, who’s also been
awarded keys to the Marlins’
home city of Miami and neighbor
ing Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., said
receiving the key to Elon was
probably most special.
“It’s a special honor to be rec
ognized by Elon,” McKeon said
after the ceremony, which drew a
standing-room only crowd and
various local media. “I didn’t
know this many people knew I
was coming.”
See MCKEON p. 10
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