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The Pendulum
September 18, 19go
Preventive
Although the two nurses and two doctors who run the
student health service at Elon arc highly competent, skilled
and sensitive to the needs of students (and overworked), the
facility docs not adequately meet the needs of the full-time
Elon student.
Nurses Salter and Bryant arc in tunc with students who are
not feeling their best. According to the nurses, the infirmary
has been seeing a large number of students.
Two doctors. Dr. Mann and Dr. Phillips, come in twice
daily to see students. The busy physicians arrive to an office
full of students at 8:30 and 12:30. But what about the
student who gets sick after hours?
The infirmary closes at 3:30 p.m. and opens at 8 p.m.
Perhaps with the hospital facility nearby in Burlington, the
practicality of a full-time hospital facility could be
questioned.
But some colleges much smaller than Elon have a nurse on
duty at all times. Does Elon not owe to its students the best
health care available?
Elon could also be more active in preventive medicine.
Workshops, printed literature, on items like weight control,
birth control and “how to” stop smoking and drinking
seminars could be useful to many students. The idea of
preventing colds or sprained limbs before they occur is a
relatively new thought. Many Elon students would probably
be receptive to this.
A sick student cannot be a good student. To better serve
the needs of every student, the Elon College administration
needs to spend more money on the needs of the student—
that of health care.
Try fans for cooling
We may not be toting a bale or heaving and ho-ing on a
barge this hot weather, but sitting in the historic classrooms
of Alamance or Carlton is sweated labor enough.
Take third floor Alamance: the windows are up but no air
is moving. Temperatures hover between 90 and 95 degrees F.
The professor turns on one bank of lights only, for even
fluorescents might raise the heat.
Sweat beads and run down the profs face. Note paper
sticks to notetaker s hands. Yesterday’s paper becomes a fan
to stir the air around a face. Clothes mop the dampness. The
topic is interesting, but brains seem befuddled. Reaction is
slow.
If the budget of the college precludes air conditioning of
all classrooms, why not try some energy-saving improvements
such as ceUing fans? Each fan uses about the same amount
of electricity as a 100-watt lightbulb. Moving air drops
temperatures at least 10 degress. In winter a fan at low speed
can spread the warm air from the ceiling above.
And add one for faculty offices which have been omitted
from the list of modem comforts.
)Pen&ulum
Joy Hamilton
Assistant Editor Day Irmiter
Features Editor Robin Adams
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Letters to the editor
School improvement needed
Dear Editor:
I have seen some condi
tions here at Elon that
should not exist. What am I
talking about? I am referring
to the rundown condition of
the interior of Elon’s build
ings. In many places, I have
noticed a definite need for
improvement. For example,
on the second floor of
Duke, I noticed the glass
in the door going into the
Biology Department is very
badly cracked. Not only is
this an eyesore, but if it
continues to break, it could
prove to be quite hazardous.
Another problem I have
sighted is the looseness of
treads on many steps inside
various buildings. When will
these treads be repaired?
After someone has been
badly injured? I assume the
treads were put there for our
safety, but how safe is a
loose tread? In my opinion,
that seems to be even more
dangerous than steps with
out treads. We now have a
much needed campus secu
rity system, so can’t we have
security walking down to the
steps of our own building?
You may say these are
only small concerns, but
they do need attention, and
soon! So let’s get these
things repaired and keep the
beauty and safety of our
campus up to par.
Teresa Warren
Power of the press assists
student to get parking sticker
Dear Editor:
Much to my dissatisfac
tion this semester I had to
purchase a parking sticker,
so I could park my car on
campus. I was willing to pay
$5 for a sticker that would
not assure me a parking
place, but would only assure
me that I could park some
where.
After getting up my nerve
to march to the Student
Affairs office, I was told
that I could not purchase a
ticket because the person
who gives out tickets had
not yet come to work. Well,
it was a do-or-die situation
for me; I either had to pay
the money for the sticker or
risk getting a parking ticket
from the town because I was
parked in a two-hour zone.
I sat in the office, not
silently of course, and de
manded that I be given a
sticker or facsimile.
After several moments of
confusion, almost 20, it was
dwided that I could get a
sticker, but I would have to
walk all the way to West to
fill out a blue card, and
come back to the Student
Affairs Office to get a
sticker, because they are
kept under lock and key.
I finally got a sticker, but
with no assistance from the
ticket office. But I would
like to thank Joanne Soliday
and Ellen Gagnon who did
try to accomodate my needs,
after I threatened to write a
letter to the editor of the
Pendulum.
Robin Adams