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Sntbulum
Cofield recital
rescheduled for
this Sunday
4 p.m.
Whitley
Volume V Number 17
Elon CoUege, North Carolina
February 22, 1979
Health care is PIRG topic
Miss Fido Hash, winner of the Queen of Hearts contest. She
received a crown and a potted flower as first prize. Proceeds
from the voting go to the Heart Fund. Mrs. Leona Updyke
came in second, and Jane Devine placed third. This was the
third such event at Elon. Photo by John Hurd.
Liberal Arts Forum
Two brochures on wom
en’s health care — one on
Flagyl and one on DBS —
have been prepared by the
N.C. Public Interest Re-
Thieves hit
campus shop
During Monday’s holiday,
sample class rings valued at
$700 were stolen from the
campus shop. Buck Bayliff,
manager of the shop, said,
“1 can’t imagine why they
would steal a ring. They’re
only 10-karat gold and all
the stones are synthetic.” He
stated further that the cost
of melting the rings down
for what little gold they
contained would be more
than they were worth.
According to Bayliff,
whoever got the rings must
have used a bent-up clothes
^lahger thrust into the gap
between the doors to tip the
'display over. They then used
the hanger to pull the rings
under the doors, after the
display case shattered.
He said that he didn’t
know if Artcarved would
offer a reward for the rings
or not.
search Group (NC PIRG)
and are ready for distribu
tion. The brochures are
available at Elon College at
the student health, student,
activities, career planning
and commuter student offic
es.
Flagyl is a drug commonly
used to treat trichomonas
vaginitis (trich), a bacterial
infection of the vagina.
Flagyl is an effective drug,
but studies have shown it to
cause cancer and birth de
fects in test animals. There
are alternative treatments for
trich, so women should ask
their doctors about these.
DES is a synthetic estro
gen given to women during
the 1940-60’s to prevent
miscarriages. It was later
discovered that DES caused
serious side effects in the
women who took DES and
in their children. Studies
show that DES nothers have
an increased risk of devel
oping breast cancer; DES
daughters an increased risk
of developing a rare form of
vaginal cancer called clear
cell adenocarcinoma (a type
of cancer virtually unknown
in women under 50 before
DES); and DES sons an in
creased risk of sterility and
epididymal cancer, although
the data about DES sons are
not conclusive.
“We wrote these bro
chures because we felt that
many women were not
aware of the controversy
surrounding Flagyl and of
the effects DES could have
on them if their mothers
took DES,” said Linda Perl
man, author of the bro
chures.
Alamance to stay dry
Democracy: Fact or Fiction?
Many people believe de
mocracy is no longer pos
sible. They argue that de
mocracy and industrializa
tion cannot co-exist.
Others believe voter apa
thy is allowing interest
groups and lobbyists to con
trol the country.
These points and others
will come under fire at Elon
“Ollege this month when the
Liberal Arts Forum brings
four experts to campus to
discuss the democrtic sys- ■
tern.
The four speakers * will
share their opinions Tues
day, Feb. 27, and Wednes
day, Feb. 28. Discussions
are planned for 3:30 in
Mooney Little Theater and 8
p m, in Whitley Auditorium.
The speakers will be Lewis
*-ipsitz, a political science
professor at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
and a poet; Frithjof
frgmann, a philosophy
professor at the University
of Michigan and playwright;
Lewis Hill, an economics
professor at Texas Tech
University and author; and
Mark Green, the director of
Public Citizen’s Congress
Watch program and a co
worker of Ralph Nader.
Lipsitz will speak Tuesday
at 3:30 on “The Disappoint
ment of Democracy:” What
ever happened to the public
interest?” Bergmann will
round out the evening at 8
with “A Fresh Look at
Freedom.”
On Wednesday Dr. Hill
will speak at 3:30 on “Eco
nomic Problems:” A chal
lenge to democracy. The
forum will conclude with a
lecture by Mark Green at 8
p.m. The topic will be
“Consumers, Corporations
and Congress: Whose Leg
islature?”
These programs are open
to the public with no ad
mission.
Dr. John Sullivan is ad
viser and Warren Bell, jun
ior from Greensboro, is
chairman of the forum. The
Liberal Arts Forum is spon
soring the events in con
junction with the Burlington
League of Women Voters
under a grant from the
North Carolina Humanities
Committee.
Not pictured-Dr. Lewis Hill
by Carter Crittenden
Liquor-by-the-drink was
voted down in the Burling
ton and Alamance County
areas Friday, Feb. 9.
The opposition, mainly
religious organizations, unit
ed strongly in fighting the
bill. “We don’t need any
more vices; we’ve already
got enough around here,”
said Mrs. Jane Page, a Bur
lington resident.
The question of liquor-
by-the-drink for the opposi
tion is a moral one. “I don’t
think we need to pass such a
law in this area; we’re doing
fine the way we are,” said
Mike Hefner, an Alamance
County resident.
The proponents argued
that the passing of the bill
would help provide for a
means of better alcohol bev
erage control, citing that
people tend to drink less
with liquor-by-the-drink
than they do with liquor-
by-the-bottle, with the pres
ent “brown-bagging” law.
Also cited by the pro
ponents were the points that
greater revenue, finer res
taurants, and better business
altogether would be induced
by the passing of the bill.
“I think that people will
wake up to find themselves
behind the times,” said Mrs.
Jackie Leigh, a Burlington
resident. “Well, maybe we
will get them next time,” she
added.
Frithjof Bergman
Mark Green
Lewis Lipsitz