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THE Pendulum
ELON, NORTH CAROLINA | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011 j VOLUME 37, EDITION 10
www.elon.edu/pendulum
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MERISSA BLITZ | Staff PhotoQTapher
Plans are currently underway to offer an eating option for students in Lindner Hall, a location that some say is more convenient for residents in the Academic Village. Feasibility studiM will be conducted and data collected
to assess the exact location and nature of the area. Currently, there is a possibUity that students will swipe their own Phoenix cards, rather than having an attendant present to nng them up.
SGA, faculty develop plans for eating options in Lindner Hall
Rebecca lannucci
Copy Editor
Preliminary plans are being
made to establish an eating option
In Lindner Hall, according to Alison
Morrison-Shetlar, dean of Elon
College, the College of Arts and
Sciences.
“There are many aspects that
need to be considered before a
proposal goes forward,” Morrison-
Shetlar said. “Not all buildings are
suitable for food services.”
But some say food services are
lacking in the Academic Village.
“All areas of campus have a
viable eating option based on their
geographic area, except this one
area of campus,” said sophomore
Darien Flowers, speaker pro tempore
of SGA.
The location of the Academic
Village can cause inconvenience.
Flowers said, because students must
go to Moseley Center or McEwen
Dining Hall if they want something
to eat.
“Geographically, we’re trying to
make sure that students have the
most options available to them,
based upon where they are on
campus,” Flowers said. “Lindner is
the biggest of the Village buildings.
We want to be serving the largest
amount of students that we can at
any point in time.”
Morrison-Shetlar agreed that
building choice is vital to the
service’s success.
“Location, location, location is
very important, and that is why
feasibility studies are important,"
she said. “We have just started to
look at the possibilities and to seek
data.”
But some students feel that
eating options may not be necessary
everywhere on campus. Freshman
Audrey Horwitz said the distance
from the Academic Village to a
nearby dining facility provides a
change of scenery.
“Varsity and McEwen are close
enough, and although not terribly
convenient. Hike leaving the building
and grabbing a snack as opposed to
Proposed food in Lindner
• What: Food vendors, similar to those in
Octagon Cafe
• Where: Lindner Hall
• When: TBA
just walking out of a classroom,”
she said. “While working on a group
project in Lindner last semester, it
started snowing. We drove to Acorn,
and it was a nice break from our
project.”
Morrison-Shetlar said she
recognizes this potential for eating
See LINDNER I PAGE 3
Elon Community Church breaks ground on new structure
Melissa Kansky
Assistant News Editor
Buildings often mean more than wood
and nails. For Edith Brannock, 91, the Elon
Community Church Parish House holds
memories of Sunday school, years singing
in the church choir and generations
worth of Christmas pageants.
A member since 1929, Brannock is the
church’s longest standing parishioner
and has been active for more than 80
years. She witnessed the construction
and use of the Parish House and stood
among the other congregation members
to say farewell to the historic structure.
“1 hate to see it go,” Brannock said.
“But I know it’s necessary.”
Members of the Elon Community
Church, United Church of Christ
MEUSSA KANSKY | Assistant News Editor
Representatives of the ministry of Elon Community
Church break ground for a new fellowship building.
congregation gathered to honor the
history of the church’s Parish House
and to celebrate the groundbreakmg
ceremony for the church addition at noon
on Sunday.
“And as we say goodbye today, we
say goodbye with a great deal of joy, joy
of what is about to unfold,” said Rev.
Randy Orwig during the groundbreaking
ceremony.
The building was knocked down
Monday and construction of the new
structure is projected to begin May 1.
“We understand that new life is always
happening around us, new life is always
taking place and just at this moment we
come to a beginning again,” Orwig said.
He invited six individuals whom he
said represented the ministry aspects
of the church to dig where the church
addition will be located. All present had
the opportunity to shovel the ground
as well. Children, parents and older
members of the church participated in
the ceremony.
“It served its generations,” said
George Troxler, chairman of the building
committee.
The Parish House originally existed
as a World War II army base chapel in
eastern North Carolina in 1943. After the
war, it was dismantled and reassembled
in Elon in 1949.
“While the Parish House has
tremendous historic value, it bothers
me to tear it down,” Troxler said. "But it
would require major work to repair.”
Elon Community Church voted March
6 to demolish the Parish House and
construct a new building in its place.
See ECC I PAGE 2