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The Pendulum
October 11, 1979
Don’t waive rights
Most students fear going to student courts and waive their
right to a hearing. By waiving this right, they agree to take
any punishment that the dean of student affairs imposes.
if a student chooses a hearing, then he will be tried,
judged, and, if convicted, sentenced by fellow students. The
accused also have certain rights.
The student has the right to an open or closed hearing
which means he can choose whether or not he wants to allow
anybody to come in and observe. The student has the right
not to testify against himself. There is also the right to call a
character witness. In the student handbook, all rights and
explanations are given in greater detail.
The courts are divided into two sections, the general and
the honor councils. There are six associate justices and the
chi'.‘f justice who are students on the gener^ council. The
honor council is divided into half faculty^ half students, and
the chief justice.
During the hearing, witnesses are called, and the student
attorney general and defense attorney question them. After
witnesses have answered all questions, the justices may then
question the witnesses.
The councils were set up to give the students the chance to
appear before their peers to answer charges. These councils
are a part of the student government and receive this power
from the SGA constitution.
We believe that students should not waive their rights to
hearings. Before the student councils, an accused student
would have the opportunity to present all of the implications
of the alleged violation. The student courts are also an
important part of self-government.
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Letters To The Editor
Enjoy autumn beauty
Newcomers to North Carolina should prepare to enjoy the
colorful display of foliage as the fall season opens. This
state is beautiful in the spring as azaleas, wild laurel, and
rhododendren and dogwood fill the woods. But the full
colors of the fall are even more spectacular.
A trip to the mountains should be carefully planned as to
time and route to see the most in l^utiful scenery. Driving
along I-8S, taking off on 40 and tlien 421 west can take the
curious to Boone, Blowing Rock and the Blue Ridge
Parkway. Then one returns to see that the Piedmont is a
blaze of reds, yellows, and orangey browns. The
stay-at-homes have a display of Nature also.
Craig Harris
Editor
Ipenbulmn
News Editor
Features
Entertainment Editor
Sports
Advertising Manager
Photographers
Typist
Composition
Adviser
Keith Nelson
Joy Hamilton
Jeff Batts
Vidd Blanlcenship
Roger Blanchard
John Hurd A Craig Stanfield
Sandra Beach
Priscilla Cmmptoa
Karen Carrooth
Mary Ellen Priestley
Published by the Communications Media Board of Elon
College. Founded on October 14, 1974, as the student
newspaper serving the Elon College community, the
Pendulum is published each Thursday during the regular
terms except for examination and holiday periods. The
staff meets Thursdays at 4 p.m.
To the Editor:
How can some people go
away from home with pre
judiced thoughts knowing
that they may have to live
with people of another race?
When one goes to college
he/she should expect to meet
and/or live will ^ races.
We feel as though there, is
entirely too much prejudice
on this campus. It’s not so
much that the white people
don’t like the blacks, but it
works in both ways. Be
cause we pay so much to
attend school here, we feel
as though no one should be
subjected to this kind of
unfairness.
Many students on this
campus may not be aware of
the racial prejudice that is
surrounding them. Several
girls, for example, were
forced to move out of rooms
where one or both of their
roommates were prejudiced.
Is this any way to treat
another individuid?
If this prejudiced group of
individuals would think
about how obtuse and bull
headed they are, maybe
they would then realize
where we, the non-preju-
diced students, are coming
from. This is the 20th
century and prejudice could
die out if they would let it.
We wish that all the
prejudiced people on this
campus would just think
about all the people that
they hurt by being so old-
fashioned. Who gains from
this line of thinking anyway?
Well, we don’t! We would
like to see an end to preju
dice in the near future.
What can be done to bring
this problem up front and
somehow lessen its severity?
Signed
Greta Marrow, Janice Wat-
lington. Missy Orcutt, Susan
Davis, Pat Brown, Alice
Allen, Beverly Barnwell,
Cheryl Evans, Kelly Davis,
Dorene Spaulding, Vivian
Miller, and Tobi Arledge.
Weight room equipment confused
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend
your staff for dedicating
such a large portion of the
Pendulum to the Elon
weight room. That had
never been done before.
However, I feel it necessary
to point out that in your
article you failed not only to
correctly distinguish between
equipment in the room, but
you also confused the exer
cises being done. These mis
takes could have been
avoided.
Thist;ollege does not have
a lat machine that has a SOO
lb. capacity, nor does it
have a student on its campus
who is capable of using such
a weight! Another sore point
of the article was the Si,000
reportedly spent on new
equipment. If investigated,
your article could have
pointed out that the figure
quoted produced only some
new carpeting, a new pane
of glass for the door and
one of the two bench presses
that were made this jjast
summer.
I am sure that these things
do not resemble the “added
weight” that was bought.
In fact, there has not been
an increase of weight in the
last couple of years. Stu
dents who have graduated
from the machinery work
out system above have been
forced to share one Olympic
bar for the last three years,
because the second bar is
bowed so badly that main
taining a true balance while
bearing weight is impossible.
I suggest that your staff
look into these “real advan
tages” of the Elon College
weight room.
Perturbed Student Lifter,
Ken Green
To the Sophoniore Class,
As president of the soph
omore class, I feel we have
the potential for an exciting
year. But your input and
support are needed to get
this year off to a great start!
A meeting to discuss our
homecoming fioat, nomina
tions for homecoming
queen, a golf tournament to
raise money for the class,
and involvement in the up
coming talent show are only
a few of the ideas on the
agenda. The meeting will be
Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30
in the large lounge.
So let’s make some of
these dreams become reality
— and make the sophomore
class the best ever. Throw
student apathy out the win
dow and please come on out
to the meeting Wednesday.
See you then.
Alan Friedman
President