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Page 2 Get involved now Although studying is important to student life, becoming a part of a worthwhile organization is also an integral part of your college education and growth. Students will find that involvement in extra curricular activities can truly add to and enhance their college lives. Participation in an organization not only provides a chance for communications with other collegians, but also a great fulfillment and more educational opportunities. Elon has many fine organizations from which to choose, most of which are welcoming new members with open arms. Anyone can participate whether they be commuters, transfers, or dorm students. These organizations are here to support you, the student, and without your help and support they cannot function for your maximum benefit. Whether you choose the Greeks, S.G.A., intra mural sports, religious life, or working on student communications and media, all of these offer you opportunities to leam, grown, and live as you, the individual, desires. For more information about the organizations and opportunities for participation on campus, check by the student affairs office in the large lounge of Long Student Center or see Bill Clark, the coordinator of student activities, whose office is also located in Long Student Center. Your student handbook also contains a list of the various organizations. Remember, four years of academic hfe can be more fulfilling by being a part of yoiu- own education through organizations and their offerings. We need night lights Lights! Lights! This campus has lights. They adorn the walls of buildings; they sit atop decorative lamp posts along the many sidewalks; and they sit at neat intervals in the parking areas. But many of these lights are not working. For some reason, this campus is currently quite dark in many areas. What is the use of having these lights set up around campus if they are not to be kept in working order? Editorials in years past have called out for improved campus lighting, and for a while it seemed the campus was finally becoming well-lighted and, therefore, increasingly safe. Everyone well knows the benefits of maintaining a well-lighted campus. It makes it safer for stu dents, male or female, who may be walking across Elon’s grounds. This also makes the student security guards’ job a little easier. Their job is certainly difficult enough without having to contend with darkness. As students, we are often told to use our heads when walking after dark, but let’s see some other people use their heads and repair these desperately needed lights. The Pendulum Thursday, September 10, 198 The Pendulum welcomes letters, limited to 250 words, from our readers. Longer material may be submitted as opinion articles for page 3. Editors reserve the right to edit for length, libel, good taste and accuracy. C? Women on the job must combat sexual harassment by Susan Troxler As women take their places in the business world after graduating or while working during college, they also increase the probability that they will encounter some form of sexual har assment. This is more obvious as women are becoming more outspoken about their work ing situations. In recent years women have admitted to being discriminated against sexually, and it is necessary for all women to be aware that they do not have to tolerate it. The most important factor in this kind of discrimin ation is that action can be taken against the offender. As a woman, there is nothing you must endure while on the job that is sexuaUy degrading to you. This is not to say you will not have to take out the trash or do some chore you might not enjoy, but you cannot be punished by your employer for refusing to respond positively to sug gestive advances. Before entering the business world, there are a few simple guidelines con cerning sexual harassment that all women should be familiar with. Listed are a few of these guidelines adapted from Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: If an employees’s response to a request for a sexual favor becomes the basis for a decision affecting that employee, it is considered sexual harassment. Employers are responsible for the actions of an em ployee’s co-workers; they cannot be harassed physic ally or verbally. An employee cannot be promoted because of her sexual involvement if another employee is more qualified. If you are being sexually harassed, it is important for you to let the person har assing you know that you do not appreciate his attempts. Do not keep it to your self — your co-workert should be informed of your situation because you may need them for witnesses later. Talk to those who afT in higher positions thah^ yourself, and if you get nj results you should file ■ charge with the Equal Eraj ployment Opportunity] Commission (EEOC.) I You should remember thatl you are not wrong; the individual who pressures orl badgers you is. Quick, firqj action against the person on a local or government levd is the best way to end the problem soon after it beginsl Don’t ignore it and hope iy will go away, because it wil only get worse. The Pendulum Co-Edtton Sporti Editor Photographer. Layoat CartoonUt Advtaer Tmn Warren ft Mari Bchmd Nader Hamidpow Mari Bchread A Wa«e McShcciqr I>r. Mar; Eilea PricMley The lUff meets Friday at 11 a.n. 205 Student Center Snbwriptiou — S5 per year PuMished by the Communicatioiu Media Board of Elon Collette Foonded on October 14, 1974, as the student newspaper serving^ Elon College community, the Pendulum b puhlished each Thursday during the regular terms except for examination and holiday periods
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