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Page 2 Where’s a phone? Although Elon attempts to provide high standards for dorm students, it has failed in one major area—the campus phone system. Even though students can have telephones installed in their rooms through Southern Bell, no phones are provided in donn lobbies for friends or dates to contact residents when they arrive. Elon’s visitation policy prohibits men and women from entering their respective dorms except during specified weekend hours. How can the college expect students to obey such rules without providing an adequate means of communication? A telephone is needed — whether a free one for all students and visitors or one manred by a “dorm secretary” who notifies students of their guests’ arrival. This inconvenience was pointed out to the dean of housing the first week of school. Ample time has passed to alleviate the problem, but there are no results thus far. “We’re still working on it” has been the prevailing answer from the dean. Surely, if the college can afford to renovate Alamance Building, and construct a new dorm and Scott Plaza, they can afford to install an adequate c ampus phone system. Who has fire drills? Do elementary schools have fire drills? Yes. Do high schools have fire drills? Yes. Do college dorms have fire drills? . . . that’s a good question. Do they? At many colleges around the nation fire drills are held in the dormitories, and certain guidelines are set up that must be followed. This is done for the increased safety of the students residing there. But what does one do if a fire breaks out in one of Elon’s dorms? There would probably be mass confusion as students rushed to get out. Or even more likely, many students would ignore the alarm and roll over to go back to sleep, thinking this alarm was just another of the many college pranks. Fire prevention experts warn that fire drills should even be practiced in the home, so why are they not practiced here at Elon? This sort of practice would inconvenience a few, but it could save the lives of many later. It is up to Elon offlcials to decide which is more important. And it is up to Elon students to cooperate with these fire drills if they are put into practice as they should be. The Pendulum Thursday, September 24, 1981 The Pendulum Co-Edit on Sporti Editor Feataret Editor Head Photographer Adriaen Tercaa Wama aad Mari Behtfd Darid Tcflipic Jo; HaaUitoa Nader Haaidpoar Mary EUca PricMl«7 and Robert NoweB The Staff Meets Thanda; at 1 p.H. 205 StDdeat Ceater Pul>Ushed by tlie CommonicaUoiu Media Board of Elon College. Fonaded on October 14, 1974, as the student newspaper serrlng tlie Elon College comraanlty, the Pendulum Is publish^ each Thunday during the regular terms except for examlaation and holiday periods. Sirj Hr u>'« be o.*-cw mo(% .your uefe mfiSbcioE, _ yoa^uTs here.* ” TVats rush ♦ our refmers s€ty,.* Student blasts visitation policy Dear Editor, The Elon College visit ation policy is hard for out-of-state students to live with. Most students, being 18 years of age, are old enough to vote, buy beer and wine, and make decisions on their own. If a student is old enough to come to college and be independent, they should be old enough to make the decisions of whether or not to have a member of the opposite sex in their rooms at any time. If an out-of-state student comes to visit a friend at Elon, they have nowhere to stay, unless you have a male or female friend who has an empty bed or your friend wants to pay $30 a night for a hotel room. I feel that we are old enough to make these de cisions ourselves. Limited visitation is okay to a point. We do need time to roam; the halls in our pajamas, but a wider balance of visitation hours would greatly improve campus life. W.T. Maness Elon police harass partygoers Editor: Recently, while at a party at the College Garden Apartments, I witnessed a show of force by the Elon Collie police that was un provoked and unnecessary, and one that was nothi^ less than a deliberate act of intimidation. Not one, but two, squad cars cruised into the parking lot and the chief immediate ly began demanding that cars be moved or towed to make room for fire trucks in an area that is not accessible to trucks that size anyway. Obviously there had been no complaints about noise from the townspeople, because they didn’t complain about They accomplished what th^ had set out to do; they nuned another good party that was causing no one any harm. What is worse, they inflicted a negative attitude toward authority in every one’s mind, and they won- Positions for freshman class president, vice presi dent, and treasurer as well as two senate seats will be open in each of the three campus precincts (commut ers may nm in the precinct of their choice.) Applications and instruc tions for filing, including precinct information, are available in the SGA of fices in 209 Long Student Center. Office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 1 to 3 p.m. Friday. SGA officials will be available to answer any questions. der why there is vanoalism. Surely this is not the first time that the Elon College police have used their autho rity, and likely it won’t be the last. But we as students don’t have to like it or put up with it. Speaking for myself, I feel that the community of Elon is in the Stone Ages. Their intimidation will never stop students from partying; it will only make them angry partygoers. Don G. Fisher The Pendnlum welcomes letters, limited to 250 words, from our readers. Letters should include name and phone number where the writer can be reached. Long er material may be sub mitted as opinion articles for page 3. E^tors reserve the right to edit for length, libel, good taste and accuracy.
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