Page Two
The Pendulum
September 9,1976
New look at an old world
The studies in Britain program for January offers Elon
College students a chance to live a brief time in another
culture. And it is different from the American, despite the
use of the same language, the heritage of common law, and
numerous similarities in customs.
From the moment one steps off the jetliner at Heattirow, he
hears, sees and feels that he is in another world. He hears
English in new accents, and he hears far more French,
Spanish, German, Swedish, and Italian. He sees soon an old
and major city of the world jammed with small cars,
double-decker buses, and masses of people moving along on
the left of the street and directed by international traffic
signs. The policemen will not carry guns, yet things usually
seem orderly.
Tourists marvel at the British invention of the queue and
soon lesu’n to line up for tickets, buses, and services. They
also learn to say "thank you” at every turn. They leam that
somehow, in spite of severe economic problems in Britain, the
nation maintains a quality of life that is the envy of the
world. An emphasis upon excellence in accomplishment,
first-rate theatre, symphony, ballet, jazz clubs, television,
radio, libraries, continuing education — all are worth
observing and learning from by visitors. And one could see
much to be studied in the infant schools, the care of aged,
national health services, and sports.
If there is any way you as a student can manage to join the
study-tour in January, do so, and prepare well for an
experience that is education at its most enjoyable.
Pendulum policies
1976-’77
(1) Meetings will be held on Monday nights at 7 after
journalism classes in Alamance 311.
(2) Work on stories and layouts will begin on Thursday the
week before the paper comes out. Assignments, made on
Monday night of the week they are due, must be in by
Thursday unless the event covered happens after Thursday.
(3) Reporters will be assigned regular beats. They will be
responsible for bringing news and feature ideas to the
attention of the editors.
(4) A master calendar will be maintained in the Pendulum
office. The calendar will be kept up to date by checking with
Mrs. McCauley.
(5) Articles and letters to the editor may be left anytime at
205 Long Student Center. If no one is present, articles may be
left under the door or mailed to Campus Box 5349. Letters
will be printed as soon as space permits.
(6) Letters to the editor must be signed and an address
given. The name will be printed with the letter except in
those rare instances when the editors and adviser know of
extenuating circumstances that call for withholding the
name of the writer.
(7) One person will be appointed business manager. He or
she will be responsible for soliciting, planning, laying out,
and collecting payment for the ads. He will receive 109^ of
gross as payment, and will also be responsible for keeping
books on the money collected and keeping all receipts.
(8) Prices for ads will be as follows: $3.50 a column inch,
$40 a quarter page and $75 a half page.
A MEETING OF THE PENDULUM STAFF WILL BE
HELD MONDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 13, IN ALAMANCE 311.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS SHOULD ATTEND
SEVERAL STAFF POSITIONS ARE OPEN.
Staff
Kay Raskin & Doug Durante
Gary Spitler
Gary Spitler
Larry Barnes
News Bureau
Co-Editors
Assistant Editor
Sports Editor
Cartoonist
Photography
Adviser Dr. Mary Ellen Priestley
Published by the Communications Media Board of Elon
College in conjunction with the Student Government
Association. All correspondence and articles; Box 5349, Elon
College.
Hey pop, how about another !i20 for books?"
SGA president Sam Moore and staff
welcome students hack to “Big E”
Welcome back to Elon
College, the bricked-in-playpen,
for another year of griping and
not acting. Did I say that? You
know I did not! Anyway, I hope
not.
Elon is changing, finally.
After this year I hope that with
all the changes in faculty and
curriculum and student
government you will actually
be able to return home next
summer and say that you have
attended college for the past
year. The SGA has joined the
United States Student
Association, and I was able to
attend the National Congress in
August. With this membership
in the NSA comes a
membership in the National
Insurance Trust (I hope you
received your letter concerning
this fine life insurance plan), a
membership in the National
Student Travel Board (which
hopes to put together a
Caribbean tour this spring
break), and a membership in
the* National Student Lobby
which helps students have a
voice in national legislation.
Further plans in the NSA
include a property insurance
plan which will help cover
personal loss such as that at the
Carolina dorm fire.
I plan to fight a hard battle
for student rights. The first
installment of a legal study is
now back from the lawyers, and
I can realistically say that a
better dorm governance and due
process rights policy for
students will ensue from this
work on the part of your SGA.
We in student government hope
to work toward tangible
realistic goals on drinking and
visitation, although I hope you
do not expect miracles on that
front. We are at the mercy of the
Board of Trustees on these
matters, and all we can do is
lobby for the change we wish to
{” NOTICE
I Parents Weekend and
I Homecoming 1976 events
I are being planned by all
I campus organizations. This
I year, Homecoming will be
[the weekend of the
j Elon-Wofford game, Oct. 9,
j and Parents Weekend the
[Weekend of the
I Newberry-Elon game, Nov
Li
make.
I now feel it my duty to bring
up a sore subject, the raising of
student fees. We are trying to
figure a way to increase our
revenue without taxing the
full-time student any further,
but we are not sure that this is a
reasonable idea. So we plan
again to ask you to approve a
fee increase of $2.00 per
semester. Concerts have gone
up, movies are up, everything
has gone up, and we must have
enough money to continue to
operate.
We are offering many new
services besides the ones
provided by NSA. We have
purchased hiking and carriping
equipment to be checked out
with your ID for weekend trips;
we have formed an Outing Club
with a good chance for an
outward bound tyf>e course to be
offered winter term; our
homecoming plans include a
semi-formal dance, a steak
dinner (free), and an outside
bluegrass concert, also free. The
lecture and movie series for this
year looks better than ever, and
it is hoped that a major concert
will be happening in the spring.
These services are the tangible
ones; the intangibles are too
many to mention. So please vote
YES on the student fees
increase referendum. If it does
not pass this year, I believe that
major entertainment on the
Elon campus is dead as will be
many of the SGAs important
services.
I hope we have a good year. I
know we can if the students
take an interest in the college
affairs from football games
right down the line to voter
registration. The SGA has
grown over the summer into an
organization that is concerned
with you and your world. I hope
the students can say the same.
Sam Moore
President, SGA
Dr. Fred Young, Eton’s seventh president opens his door an^
welcomes all students to Elon College. (News Bureau Photo)