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Kemp Liles
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Charlie Hopkins
Photography Editor
Letters to the editor
Rising legal costs
As students see the case
The legal world of today is one of increasing complexity
which tends to make the average person stand in awe One
characteristic of today’s legal system is the long time required
to settle a case in court. An example is the case of Elon College
and the town of Elon College. The trial has been postponed
twice, and now the case has been filed by college attorneys in
federal court. Although this move by the attorneys might be
viewed as a good legal move, one must ask whether this is the
right move in regard to student interest.
We hope the college realizes that it is the students who, in the
end, are involved in this case and caught in the middle’of the
whole legal affair. Moreover, it is the students who are also in
the end paying the college’s ever increasing legal fees. The
students themselves may wonder if they are going to also get it
in the end!
One might wonder when considering the time element and
risk involved in this controversy between the college and the
town if it wouldn’t be better for all concerned if the college
moved all fraternities on campus and created a fraternity row.
At least by doing this the college would avoid any further legal
fees pertaining to this case and the possible risk of losing the
ability to future and for expansion. Furthermore, by building a
fraternity/'sorority row which is popular at many colleges, there
would be the centralization of Greek housing and there
wouldn’t be the constant problem with offending the citizens of
the town.
Citizens view the suit
Students of Elon College may find the case of the town
against the college, brought to court Tuesday and postponed
until spring, a confusing and aggravating affair. If so, they join
the company of many citizens of the town. If students are
concerned that their fees could be increased because of the cost
of attorneys’ fees to defend the college position, citizens find
the $10,000 a year budget for town lawyers’ costs a financial
drain they had not expected. A federal court case now may
absorb another $10,000 in the wink of a clerk’s eye. And then
another, if the case drags on. And the citizens had no part in the
decision other than to elect mayor and aldermen.
What could the little town do with $10,000 or $20,000? It is
just now waking up to renovation, to its history, and to civic
responsibility which includes beauty. Such amounts of money
could help provide a recreation program, fund a block of trees
and shrubs, build the gate and information board now deleted
from town plans, or otherwise add something that now cannot
be funded because of a court case which a few inaugurated and
most knew nothing about.
If there have been no cases of complaint by citizens against
fraternities this year, as one candidate for reelection said
publicly, then this state of affairs could have been reached by Alamance, sufficiently re-
some method other than bringing a suit. No one wishes to have moved from the faculty
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Enrichment
To the Editor:
At last Elon College has dis
covered a major new tool in
the educational process. Its
name? The Academic Enrich
ment Class. Not entirely limit
ed to those walking computers
on campus, it allows the
student a more in-depth study
of the particular subject. Al
though there may be a bit more
work involved, this shouldn’t
be a deterrent to students who
might feel the course would be
more difficult. With smaller
classes and more personal
attention from the professor,
the student becomes more
involved, thus gaining a better
understanding of the informa
tion presented.
Having been enrolled in Dr.
Lamar Bland’s Academic En
richment English section, I
would highly recommend the
continuance in this program,!
and would hope that more stu-;
dents could realize its benefits.
Dean Thompson
Ripped off
Dear Editor:
A FUNNY THING HAP
PENED ON THE WAY TO
THE FORUM. It was Wednes
day, and as usual, I was trying
to decide whether or not I
should grace Betty Gerow with
my presence. As I cowered in a
darkened comer of first floor
I find it rather disconcerting
that the staging of this
spectacle should coincide with
the Liberal Arts Forum lecture
scheduled for the same eve
ning. Quite on impulse, I
reached out and lifted a comer
of the broadsie. The cool green
that met my gaze rapidly
became a brilliant red as my
anger and frustration boiled
over. The Forum poster had
not been stolen — it had been
crudely pulled down, reversed,
and made over to publicize an
adverse event.
Dear brothers of TKE — I
trust your “liquid sunshine”
celebration was an unqualified
success. At least allow me the
assurance that in the future
you will be sufficiently able to
procure and assemble your
own store of materials. The
Forum operates on a limited
budget and is restricted to
sponsor only those events
which promote the Humanities
and extol the Liberal Arts.
(Besides. . .yellow would have
been eminently more suitable.)
P.S. Every good letter needs
one.
Gayle A. Fishel
The fact is...
Dear Editor:
An error appears in Robin
Moser’s gracious article on me
in your November 17th issue
that I feel should be corrected.
Ms. Moser mentions in the
acting like brats in a residential area, there are both college and discovery. “Something about latter part of her article that indoctrination
town rules of behavior that could have been enforced. that bulletin board is not right.
Both parties to the suit should try doubly hard to learn from . .” I inched closer. The entire
this premature action that the Southern penchant for suits can southwestern area was overtly
be costly and can hurt many innocent people. Young people EMPTY. My thoughts swung
aren’t the only ones capable of foolish actions.
Programmed
Dear Editor;
During the holiday vacation,
I came across a message in a
book written by Dr. Wayne
Dyor that concerned me and
perhaps others. My thoughts
after digesting the material
were “It’s true; I’ve been pro
grammed to think and behave
in that particular way.”
By the time a student reaches
high school he may have a
difficult time making decisions
about what to take and will
feel much more comfortable
with the decisions that are
made for him. “In class he’ll
learn not to question what he is
told. He’ll learn to write a
theme properly and the correct
interpretations of Hamlet. He
will learn to write papers based
not on his own judgment and
opinions, but on quotes and
references that will substanti
ate everything he says. If he
doesn’t learn these things he’ll
be punished with low grades —
and the teacher’s disapproval.
When he graduates, he’ll find
it difficult to make a decision
for himself, because for twelve
straight years he has been told
how to think and what to
think. He has been fed on a
solid diet of check it out with
the teacher, and now on
graduation day, he is unable to
think for himself. So he covets
approval,and learns that gain
ing the sanction of others is
tantamount to being successful
and happy.”
In college the pattern of
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conjunction with the Student Government Association.
back to that recent evening
when lethargy and loads of
spare time led me to amuse
myself making posters for
Hugh Holman’s lecture,
“Thomas Wolfe in America.”
1 pondered. “Someone has
indeed taken a free ride on the
Tweetsiel” The verdant pro
duct of my creative elan
(complete with a colorful choo
choo) had been bushwacked.
“But. . .s«it!” The opposite
end of the bulletin board
boasted another large poster —
large and suspiciously
GREEN. I read; TKE IN
VITES YOU TO
A LIQUID SUNSHINE
Harmless enough — although
the Soviet government allows
the samizdat press “to criticize
as long as this censor is di
rected at the local political
figures and not the national
figures such as the president of
the party.” Actually, this is a
contradiction, since Soviet of
ficials could never sanction any
select criticism by the samizdat
press since they consider the
entire movement totally illegal.
The practice Ms. Moser refers
to is the privilege accorded
readers of Soviet dailies such
as Pravda and Izvestia to
criticize local and regional
government and party prac
tices through letters to the
editors of these newspapers, as
long as these letters do not
touch on sensitive national
issues or policies.
David M. Crowe, Jr.
continues.
“Write two term papers, use
correct format, set margins at
16 and 84, make sure it is
typed, have introduction -
body - and conclusion, study
these . . . The big assembly
line. Conform, please your
professors and you’ll make it.
Then a student finally gets into
a seminar where the professor
says; “This semester you can
study whatever you want in
your field of interest. I will
help you in your selection and
the pursuit of your interest,
but it’s your education, and
you can do with it as you
please. . .Panic sets in “But
how many papers do we have
to do?” “What books should
we read?”, “How many exam
inations?”, “What kinds of
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