Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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The Elon Olympics While the international games were taking place in Seoul, Korea, Elon sponsored its own version of the Olympics. Five teams representing East Campus, West Campus, North Campus, commuter students and faculty staff graduate students competed in fun events such as an anything goes competition and aluminum can stacking as well as serious track and pool events. With each team representing a foreign country and sporting a different colored bandana, the Elon games took on a festive air which not even a rainy opening ceremony could dampen. North Campus, representing Sweden, won the Elon Olympics, followed by commuters representing Italy, West Campus representing Japan, East Campus representing Spain, and faculty staff graduate students representing the U.S.S.R. Members of the Student Union Board took part in a rainy opening ceremony. 14 Student Life

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88 Presidential Elections On November 8, many Elon students anxiously awaited the results of Election ’88, which pitted Republican George Bush against Democrat Mike Dukakis. While some students limited their involvement to voting, others took a more active role. Communications students filmed voters at local polling places. Political science majors and election buffs campaigned for favorite candidates, and many students took to wearing campaign buttons and pasting their cars and rooms with bumper stickers and signs. Campus groups sponsored “mock debates” in which democratic and republican students presented the positions of their candidates. The Student Union Board sponsored “Election Watch 88,” which gave students an opportunity to share their elation or dejection, depending on their affiliation. 16 Student Life