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Page 2 The Pendulum March 22, 1979 Spring connotations The word spring has many connotations. Spring is a time or season of growth and development. It means also the act or instant of leaping up or forward. This word is most appropriate for Elon as it describes all phases of campus life at present. Spring, as a season, means spring break. It means the sun, the beach, the mountains, and, most of all, a break from classes. It also means an increase in demand for sun tan oil and lotion. Spring is a time for young love to develop and the old to redevelop. It’s a time for new wardrobes and a change from the cold frowns of winter to the warm smiles of spring. In the sense of leaping forward, spring means a moving on to bigger and better things. The changing of positions, the formulation of new ideas and just the sight of fresh new faces trigger this leap forward. Spring brings in a new group of leaders. This has become an Elon tradition: new campus editors, new SGA leaders, new Greek organization officers, and others. The Pendulum, completing its fifth year of publication and its second as a weekly, will share in these changes. The new editors, of top journalistic quality, will keep the tradition of the past editors and of the times by leaping forward to better things. One goal should be to keep the college community abreast of current events on campus, even better than have the editors of the past, and to strive for the best in all phases of newspapering. Spring represents a rejuvenating tradition here at Elon. The Pendulum staff wishes all new leaders luck and a great year ahead. It ain’t worth,it honey In reading the reoort of changes in faculty and staff positions for 1979-80, we were struck by the “old boy” atmosphere of the alf-male list. Not a woman was promotea, given tenure, or either retained as a department chairperson or appointed to a chairmanship. With about one-half of the students at Elon College women, the administration is apparently saying, “Girls, we are not providing a role model for you because we don’t want women in decision-making positions.” So, we can only say to you women undergrads, don’t get any ideas that you can hold managemeni positions, head committees, departments, sections, or organizations unless they have to do with feminine matters such as . . .well, you know what women can do. Leave the real decisions to the men, honey. Just get out yo’ spike heels, Scarlet, and let’s go disco dancin’. Don’t worry yo’ empty little h^ad none. It ain’t worth it. Bryant M. Colson Editor Sfjntdltluiit Craig Harris News Editor Grmyioa WWtt Sports Joy Hamilton Entertidnment Editor Candace Callahan & Priscilla Crumpton Paste-up J.P. Hurd Photography Bryan Burney Distribution Manager Laorie Alcon Copy reading Jeannie Hairston Circulation Manager Loretta Coble Typist Mary Ellen Priestley Adviser Pablished by Communications Media Board of Elon College Ib conjunclion with the Student Government Association. Fonnded on October 14, 1974, as a student newspaper of Efcrn College, the Pendnlum is published each Thursday daring the school year except during examination, snnuner aad holiday periods. Letters to the Eclitor- The editors welcome letters, but can publish only those whose name and address are given. We reserve the right to edit for length and to avoid libel. “Somebody got shafted”...BCS ? Dear Editor, Recently, the Black Cultur al Society was awarded ap propriate funds by the Stu dent Government Association to sponsor events during Black History Month. This decision was later “presiden- tially” vetoed. The Black Cultural Society, still believing funds were al located to them, worked hard to plan a Black History Month that would initiate an interest for every member of our college family. The, SGA watched us plan, prepare, or ganize, and sponsor a multi tude of events during the month of February and re mained silent. A letter dated March 14, was finally forwarded to the dean of student affairs per taining to the veto action Until that date^ _BCS had not been officially notified of the veto action. Black students at Elon pay over $9,000 in student activity fees. BCS members hold key leadership positions on cam pus and BCS members have won various athletic awards for the school. The Gospel Choir, representing the spirit ual values of Elon College, is performing in various events. 1 do not record these ac complishments to vent anger or resentment, I write to say it’s ironic BCS members can carry their weight supporting and representing Elon but cannot receive student activity funds. The SGA must be com mended for its leadership position. However, the SGA’s over-expenditure of funds in some areas such as the Hall and Oates concert and the lack of organization of funds in other areas indicate it may be wise to consider an adviser who will officially preside over expenditures. With less than two months left in the school year, BCS must pay for one-half the cost of Black Cultural Month, a debt that is unfair to all Black students. There is an old Black say ing, “S omebody got shafted” and at Elon College, guess who it was, again. Vivian Miller President, BCS Procedure Dear Editor, This letter’s intent is to inform the student body of the correct procedure in re porting a maintenanc prob lem. If your room or dorm needs to be repaired you should contact your R.C. or Area Coordinator. They will contact the proper department which will quickly correct the problem. If everyone at Elon would use this system it would rsult in better living conditions for s all. More information can be found in the Student Handbook on page 53. Kevin Robinson Foreign language a great asset Dear Editor, After reading the letter to the Pendulum by Prof. Betty Gerow, and your editorial on the article by Sylvia Porter concerning the place of for eign language in the world today, I felt inspired to add a few comments of my own. It is extremely unfortunate that many (indeed most) Americans are under the il lusion that learning a foreign language is unnecessary and unimportant. “After all, everyone speaks English ” is the rationalization most com monly given. We are both kidding ourselves and missing out by maintaining this atti tude. First of all, we are missing out on the real thrill of com municating with a foreigner in his own language. One cannot really know a person unless he can hear (and understand) that person express himself in his native language. And we are misisng out in politics and business as well. What German (or any foreign) busi nessman is going to do busi ness with an English-speaking A;nerican, if he can find a German-speaking American with a similar product? Big Business, Little Language I likewise find the “I Just can’t learn a foreign lan guage” excuse most uncon vincing. Here we are in a position of world leadership, making all kinds of advances in science and technology and then we can’t seem to get beyond the “Como esta usted?” stage in language. There’s an obvious contradic tion here. Surely the real problem is not that we can’t learn, but that we won’t take the time or trouble to do it. Indeed, I have heard many Elon students, typical Ameri cans, explain away their poor performance or lack of inter est in foreign language, using the old stand-by, “I have this or that important course to study for and just don’t have time.” (Some even stoop to mentioning an important fra ternity or sorority function that cannot be missed). We are definitely kidding ourselves in assuming that foreign language is unimport ant. With our world becom ing increasingly international, I am firmly convinced that today it is considerably more important than many of those cont. on p. 3
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