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Elon experiences voter apathy
The students at Elon
College have once
again been stricken
with a not-so-unusual
disease — voter apathy.
This was evident in last
week’s SGA elections
which showed a turn
out of only 765 full
time students.
This number may not
seem so bad at first
appearance, but then
one remembers that
2,176 full-time students
attend Elon College.
The Pendulum print
ed several articles ear
lier on the apparent
apathy of various sena
tors in the SGA. This
problem is in the pro
cess of being corrected;
however, this cannot be
done without the help
of the students. Last
week’s ballot contained
the proposal for an
Business uses unfair practices
Editor:
I would like to share a
recent experience of mine
with the hope that other
students will not be taken in
by a seemingly unreliable
business as I was.
Last Friday, my radiator
hose burst immediately after
I arrived at school. I taped
the hose with duct tape and
drove a couple of blocks to
Huffmes Texaco in Elon to
fill the radiator with water
before returning to Burling
ton.
The attendant repeatedly
offered to replace the hose
for “$6 or $7.” I foolishly
concluded that $6 or S7 did
not seem too outrageous and
agreed to let him replace the
hose.
My brother unscrewed the
two clamps on the hose and
drained the antifreeze into a
pan while the attendant fin
ished cleaning another car.
The attendant then at
tached the new hose,
screwed on the clamps, and
told me that he had been
mistaken— the hose he put
on would be $9.40. He
graciously added that he
wouldn’t charge me “labor.”
(Ironic, since my brother
had done half of it.)
I politely suggested to him
that I would have appre
ciated an accurate price
quote prior to the hose’s
attachment.
In my opinion, this sort of
business practice is imethical
and unfair. Perhaps the only
good thing that did evolve
from this experience is that I
have learned two things.
First, with no more than a
screw driver, a pan and
$5.66, I can purchase and
attach a radiator hose my
self.
In addition to this, I
believe that I have formed a
reasonable opinion of this
local business and its credi
bility.
Susan Troxler
Mowers disturb student classes
To the Editor:
With spring’s arrival
comes class disruption; I
refer to the famed lawn
mowers of Elon.
I’m sure everyone has
been forced to endure the
racket of lawn mowers
sometime during their years
at Elon. It becomes quite
distracting to lose every
other sentence the instruc
tor says because of the noise
outside.
Twice in February, I was
forced to put up with the
noise. Although it didn’t
really cause a great distrac
tion (after all, February is a
little early to be opening
windows), things are bound
to change with the warm
weather.
Surely there is a logical
solution to this problem.
Perhaps mowing could be
done on Fridays after 12:10
when classes are dismissed.
If that presented problems,
the mowing of sections close
to windows could be put off
until classes are dismissed.
Maybe the maintenance
crew object to waiting until
Friday afternoon, but I
doubt if they’ve had to sit in
class on a 90-degree day and
have the instructor shut the
windows because of the
racket caused by lawn
mowers.
Nancy Crutchfield
Members of the United
States Marine Corps Offi
cer Selection Office will be
visiting Elon College on
April 28, 29, and 30. The
Marine recruiters will be
in the foyer of Long Stu
dent Center.
amendment to lower
the number of senators
from seven to five per
percinct and only class
presidents would have
the right to vote in the
senate.
However, according
to Janice Nelson, chair
man of the board of
elections, this amend
ment could not have
been passed even if
every one of those 765
voting students had in
dicated “yes” on their
ballots, because a two-
thirds majority of the
student body was need
ed, but was not
reached.
The students at Elon
need to become more
involved in their own
government. One way
this can be done is to
simply vote in the an
nual elections for stu
dent body offices. This
campus government is
very similar to the gov
ernmental situation
awaiting students after
graduation, and it is
necessary for students
to become thoroughly
acquainted with the
democratic method of
government.
Voting for the person
who can do the better
job is an effective way
to get things accom
plished on this campus.
And the way to de
termine who can do
that kind of job is to
carefully watch the
campus newspaper for
news concerning these
people who are running
for office.
Information about
each candidate should
be carefully sorted and
weighed before election
day. In fact, if students
had carefully read the
Pendulum earlier, these
election results could
have been very- differ
ent.
Letter"
Think before
voting
As students, we should
make sure the right people
are representing us in the
SGA.
These representatives are
paid from the $12.50 each
student pays in SGA fees.
After seeing the results of
last week’s election with
Mary Watson having been
elected as treasurer, it ap
pears that students are not
looking at these candidates
critically enough before put
ting them in office.
Ms. Watson was among
the representatives repri
manded by the SGA for not
attending Senate meetings.
Is this the type person
students wish to see in
office?
If Ms. Watson didn’t at
tend meetings before, how
do we know she will begin
doing so?
If students want the best
representation, they should
think about the candidates
critically before voting.
A concerned student
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