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The Pendulum October 18, 1979 Stealing hurts us all The icwn of Elon College suffered its latest act of vandalism early this week as Bare’s barber shop was “ ripped otf " The pole has been in Mrs. Bare’s family for a great many years and has a lot of sentimental value, and $100 is v)ffered by Mrs. Bare for its return. Two weeks ago, i 1,580.20 worth of hand-painted and carved signs were stolen from the Bank of North Carolina. This larceny carries a twenty year prison term upon conviction. We hope that no Elon students were involved in either action. If any were, they should be aware that in addition to any action the town takes, they can be penalized by the school with a year’s probation or suspension for one semester. The campus has been spared major acts of theft and vandalism so far this year. Hov ever, as our security forces cannot fully cover the campus, perhaps a “community- watch” type program could be started here on each residence hall floor. Under this system, the people on each floor would look out- for one another, as do the residents of each street in town. This system has been proven effective elsewhere, and there’s no reason it wouldn’t work here. With the money that is now paid to our “security” force, the Elon College police could establish a substation on campus from which they could closely patrol areas on campus such as parking lots and office buildings that are vacated during the evening hours. As the town police have irrest power, they will be able to stop or forestall any wrongdoing, not only to property but to persons as well. We see no reason why we should tolerate these destructive actions when the mechanisms exist for dealing with them quickly and effectively. No vote, no complaint Tonight the SGA Senate will bring the remaining six amendments of the constitu tion to the floor. Last week the first six were passed with minor changes. This constitution is the student constitution. It con tains the Bill of Rights for students and provides the right to the SGA to exist. The former constitution was written several years ago and has become outdated. Because it is a student constitution, the students are to vote on it. To pass it, it must have a two-thirds ma jority vote of the entire full-time student body. It is the responsibility of each student to vote. If you don’t vote, don’t complain about the rules. Cfalg Harris Editor ipeniiulutn News Editor Features Entertainment Editor Sports Advertising Manager Photograpliers Typist Composition Adviser Keith Nelson Joy Hamilton Jeff Batts Vicki Blankensliip Roger Biancliard Joiin Hurd & Craig Stanfield Saadra Bcach Priscilla Cmrapton Karen Carrouth 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 leriqs except for examination and holiday periods. The staff meets Thursdays at 4 p.m. Letters To The Editor Students protest police crackdown The article written by Vicki Blankenship in the Oct. 11, 1979 issue of the Pendulum entitled “Local Policeman acts Human say Students” is in praise of Lonnie Tingen, an Elon policeman. Well, recently praise of Elon policeman has been decreased. One night last week we were returning home from an evening out and were stopped by a certain Officer Somers. The girl driving had run a stop sign while getting directions from a guy in the car. She received a ticket and fine of $27 from the officer. She was in formed that the policeman in Elon were told to “crack down.” Officer Somers proceeded to leave and gassed his car without turn ing on his lights. All parties in the car said what a hazard his actions were. We believe that a policeman who issues tickets to students for break ing the law should in turn stay within the limits of the law. After arriving back in our dorm, we decided to call the station and make a formal complaint. Officer Somers answered the phone. We asked to speak to someone else and was told that he was the only one there. When asked if he was on call, he stated that he was. We also asked why he hadn’t turned his lights and siren on immediately. He said that they weren’t re quired to. It is fine to give credit to the Elon College policemen where credit is due, but when they act irresponsibly, we feel this is unfair and unjust to the innocent stu dents and citizens of Elon College. Beth Marshall Caryl Smith Thanks from T.K.E. Dear Sir: I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the faculty, staff and friends of Tau Kappa Epsilon who came to our open houe last week. Many myths concern ing the Greek system vere exploded as well as that old fallacy that the faculty doesn’t care about the stu dents, particularly the Greeks. Thank you, Michael Robinson, President Tau Kappa Epsilon Weekend social events needed BCS is having a dancej j Friday and Saturday nights' in the large lounge of Longj Student Center, starting at 9i p.m. both nights. Dear Sir: We feel very strongly that if there were more social events happening on campus during the weekends, more people would stay. The faternity beer blast is the first event that the student body tan really en joy since the semester start ed. More open visitation on weekends would be a start to keep more students on cam pus. A lot of the students go home to see their friends because if their friends come to Elon to visit, unless they are the same sex, they can not come up in the dorms. Therefore they have to go out and spend money and some students don’t have a lot of money to spend. This leaves the alternative, of either staying on campus and doing nothing or going home and having fun. Sincerely, L&B The Pendulum needs a few news writers. Even though these are not paid positions, the writer can always point to his name in the paper. Interested persons should come to the staff meeting this afternoon at 4 p.m. in 205 Long Student Center.
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