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Page 2 The Pendulum May 8, 1980 Year comes to a close As the year comes to a close, it is a time for serious reflection on the part of all students. With exam week upon us, we realize the importance of finals, yet they are unimportant compared to life ahead of us. For seniors the short time at Elon is coming to a close. For many, four years have flown by like four short months. Somehow, Elon will manage to get along without her beloved seniors. New people will fill the college next year, although the ones we know will be missed. Many seniors are not yet sure what the future will bring in jobs. Many others are continuing their education in graduate school. The question is, has Elon prepared these seniors for the real world? In many cases, perhaps not. For the student who has cut classes and not applied himself, Elon may not have benefitted him like the students who studied and went to class. But college is much more than studying. It is developing friendships and learning to get along with others. It is accepting people from different cultures and backgrounds as equals. In this way, Elon has been very successful. As the seniors walk down the aisle, others will commend their achievement and urge them to reach for new and higher goals. Although Elon has probably not given them everything they need to know, the basic framework is there for further learning. We, the Pendulum staff, wish you the best of futures. Course on library use Many students at Elon College do not know how to use the library. In order to remedy this, all freshmen should be required to take a course in library science. Such a course is required at many schools. Elon has taken a step and provided a new course for next fall called Library Research 101. Honors freshmen will be placed in the course. However, even though these freshmen will benefit from this course, wouldn’t the typical, average student benefit more? Although the course will have only one section, it will be expanded at a later date if the course succeeds. The course could be the most practical course offered to an incoming freshman. Presently, many upperclassmen do not know how to use properly the library facilities. This is often the difference in grades for upper and lower classmen alike. Catawba College, for iiistance, requires that all freshmen take a library science course. Research is done in the library and the student is taught how to use the facilities. The librarians are very helpful in providing the needed assistance for students. Freshman English courses go into little depth in library resources, but a library course could concentrate on the skills needed for the typical college student. If this course were required, all students would have the same advantages in using the library, and hopefully, better grades would result. Peniiulutn Editor Joy Hamilton News Editor Keith Nelson Features Robin Adamsi Cartoonist Carter Crittenden Photographer' Dickie Whitmore, Typist Nicole Heifetz Mitri Taylor Layout Mari Behrend & Bob [Fish] Trout Composition Prisdlla Crumpton' Karen Carrouth Adviser Mary Ellen Priestley Published by the Communications Media Board of Elon College. Founded on October 14, 1974, as the student newspaper * serving the Elon CoOege community, the Pendulum is published each Thursday during the regular terms except for examination and holiday periods. The staff meets 1%ursdays at 4 p.m. J LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pendulum and censorship Dear Editor Regarding the last two issues of the Pendulum and the complaints against Mr. Crittenden’s cartoons, never does it cease to amaze me the number of people who con tinue to attempt journalistic censorship. Allow me to ask the complainers what dif ference is there in your attack on Mr. Crittenden and the religious zealot burning “Catcher in the Rye” because of its obscene content? Please read the Bill of Rights, Article 1 in the Constitution of the United States. It seems to me that there is some mention of Freedom of Press. To suggest Thanks To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the students of Elon College who supported me in my recent candidacy for the office of President of the Student Government Association. I would also like to thank all the students who voted in the election. The voter turn out was approximately 700. This proves that the students of Elon College still care about what takes place at this institute. Congratulations to all of you who voted. Thomas E. Greeley Good Luck On Exams Mr. Crittenden censor his cartoon content is to promote repression of the press. All cartoons published in the Pendulum might be a bit bizarre— but do they merit censorship? In closing, to the young lady offended by the insinua tion that all girls in Staley are unkempt and wear rollers in their hair, did you notice the portrayal of the obscene caller— surely he wasn’t as physically horrible appearing as the cartoon indicated. Please allow me to remind you that you are enrolled in a liberal arts college. The pur pose of a liberal arts educa tion is to open and expand the mind— not close it and make it subject to one narrow point of view. Believe me, the concept of journalistic repre ssion is not a liberal, open- minded concept, rather one which borders dangerously close to Orwell’s “Big Bro ther” notion. Let’s try in the future to focus our com plaints and letters on truly important issues. To promote censorship is, at best, banal. Kirk M. Campbell •P.S. Re. The “terrible” portrayal of the women in Staley— I suppose you still believe that woman was created from man’s rib, and the world'was completed in seven days. Tune out bugler^s noise To the Editor: We would like to respond to your May 1 editorial, “A Bugling Trumpeter.” As Elon students, we music majors sit through the same classes and suffer the same distractions as the rest of the students here. We realize that occasionally the sounds of our practicing can be rather distracting to those who have short attention spans in the classroom. However, we also realize that practicing is es sential to the future careers of our fellow music students. Therefore, we have learned to tune out excess “noise” and to tune in whatever professor we happen to be listening to. The proximity of the Whit ley practice rooms to classes in Alamance, Mooney, and Duke is indeed unfortunate. but since we music majors have no where else to prac tice, the rest of the campus will just have to “grin and bear it.” If Elon College would provide another place for us to practice (a new fine arts building perhaps?), we would gladly remove our selves and our “noise” out of ear’s reach. Until that time, our “bugling trumpeter” will continue bugling with clear conscience. Trumpet players: Mitch Foil, Joey Rickman, Bruce Piner, Jenny Snook, George Smith, Betty Brantley, Sha ron Lm Faucett, Carol Clark, Tommy Gill, Nathan Artley, Cedric Richmond, Tim E. Buffington, Avie Barilovits, Joseph E. Goad, Chuck Nance, A1 Thomas and Reid Maynard.
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