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When will it improve?
In light of recent incidents, it seems that women students
aren’t safe in their dorms anymore. Intruders are apparently
coming into the dorms at night. They simply walk into rooms,
terrify the occupants, and walk out. They have no fear of
retribution, and we can see why.
The “security men” who lounge around Alamance and other
buildings at night have no authority or inclination to stop such
activities. “We’re here to look after the buildings” is a familiar
excuse. We think their services can be safely dispensed with.
The recent student patrol system probably won’t be much
better. Aside from the fact that students don’t have arrest
power, few of them will report on fellow students. Why can’t
we get regular police protection? The money that is now wasted
on the above-mentioned efforts could be better spent.
Regarding the dorm situation, R.D. Seagroves, chief of the
Public Safety Department in town, recommend the following
course of action:
If an intruder is seen in a hall, the R.C. or the person
“visited” should call the police at 584-1301 and notify them
of the hall and floor affected. An officer will come to the
dorm’s main entrance within minutes and should be met by the
R.C. of the affected hall.
Seagroves further stresses that all room doors be locked and
that hall doors be locked after hours. This is very important^
We want to ask a final question: Will the administration wait
until someone is molested or killed before getting an efficient
security system?
Custodians do well
Congratulations are in order for the custodial staff at Harper
Center, who so far this semester have kept the area in a good
state of cleanliness. According to some students last term, the
situation was pretty bad. This was because there was only one
person responsible for both Moffitt and Staley. Obviously, he
couldn’t do it all. Now there is an adequate staff, and they seem
to be doing a fine job.
Keeping the residence halls clean is not entirely the
responsibility of the janitors. Students must share the work. If
the janitor has to spend hours picking up beer bottles and
mopping up spills, he can’t get to the more important work of
cleaning bathrooms and generally cleaning the whole hall. Dirt
and messiness, in turn, causes students to get angry and make
trouble in the Student Affairs Office and elsewhere. A little
more cooperation between students and staff would work
wonders.
We think that Elon has a good janitorial staff. They really try
to make the classroom, office, and dormitory buildings look
the best, and they should have more of our help, if only in our
not throwing “empties” and waste material all over the place.
The Pendulum
]peniiulum
Editor Craig Harris
News Editor Keith Nelson
Features Joy HamUton
Sports Editor... D®® Fisher
Cartooiilst Carter Crittenden
Photographer Dickie Whitmore
Xypist Nicole Heifetz
Layout Mari Behrend & Bob [Fish] Trout
Composition Priscilla Crumpton
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Adviser Mary Ellen Priestley
Published by ihe Communications Media Board of Elon
CoUege. Founded on October 14, 1974, as the student
newspaper serving the Elon College comnnuiuty, the
Pendulum is published each Thursday during the regular
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March 13, 1980
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CROP fast receives wide support
Dear Editor:
In Cambodia, a little coun
try in Southeast Asia, an
estimated 1,000 human be
ings are dying every 24 hours
as the direct result of starva
tion and hunger-related
causes. On March 25-26 Elon
College will hold its fourth
annua! spring CROP fast for
a 28-hour period. Every
penny we raise will be sent
through Church World Ser
vice channels to Cambodia to
keep some people from other
wise inevitable death due to
starvation.
1 am using this medium as a
platform from which to urge
every member of the Elon
College community to be
come personally involved in
the fast this spring either as a
participant in the fast, or as a
sponsor of one or more
fasters. It seems to me that
with campus-wide coopera
tion and involvement we
ought to be able to raise at
least $3,000.
In case you have already
signed up to fast, or are
planning to do so, I want to
make certain that you know
that the date of the fast has
been changed. Places and
times of meeting all remain
the same, but the fast will
begin at 1:30 p.m. on Tues
day, March 25 instead of on
Wednesday, March 26. I
would appreciate the help of
everyone concerned in
spreading the word of the
change of date so that the
entire campus will be fasting
at the same time.
The fast efforts are getting
all kinds of strong and
generous support from many
individuals and groups on
this campus and I want to say
a sincere thank you to
Howard Southerland, Buck
Bayliff, the fraternities,
sororities, various religious
groups, Daytrippers, the Pen
dulum, the Religious Life
Committee, and individuals
such as Jack Murphy, David
Joyce, Lela Faye Rich, BiU
Sharpe, and others who are
involved in making this the
best fast we have ever had on
our campus.
Faculty, staff, administra
tion, students, please support
this crucial cause. If you wish
any further information, con
tact a member of the Reli
gious Life Committee or try
to find out who your dorm,
club, or fraternity/sorority
representative is. Thank you!
Carole F. ChaM
Chairperson, Religious life
Committee
SGA supporting student affairs
Dear Editor,
There have been several
articles in the PeBdalnm
pertaining to campus secur
ity. There have also been
quite a few incidents which
tend to hold our present
security system in question. 1
would like to commend this
type of student input in the
form of letters to the editor.
I would also like to reiterate a
concern expressed in an ear
lier letter about letting the
Student Govenmient work
for you. Students deserve the
type of government they get.
The more one puts into it the
more one gets out of it.
Let me essure the student
body, at this time, that the
Student Government Asso
ciation is solidly supporting
the efforts of the Office of
Student Affairs in their pro
posal of a more effective
campus security system. We
have mutual goals and that is
to look after and to protect
the general welfare of the
students.
One thing disturbs me at
this time: no matter, how
much protecting is done or
how much security is added,
it will not be effective if the
students don’t play an active
role in this issue. In our case,
the students don’t play an
active role in this issue. In oiu'
case, the role is as minor as
locking our own doors. Many
of the campus incidents have
occurred as a result of
unlocked doors. Whatever
happened to the idea of
looking out for “number 1’’?
Maybe we need to emphasiK
this somewhat selfish atti
tude.
This issue merits our im
mediate attention, and it is
getting this and more. Every
one has a part to play. We
doing ours, so please do
yours. Remember, look out
for “nimiber 1” by locking
your doors!
Bryant M. Coboii
SGA Presldeal