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editorials ‘letters
The Pendulum
Thursday, January 13,1933
Required courses
should be taught
during semester
Elon’s Winter Term offers it s students and
teachers many advantages. Teachers can plan
and develop many innovative new courses for
students; they also can plan travel programs
abroad such as those to England and the Holy
Land — trips that many students could not
afford any other way. But these excellent
alternatives are not all that are offered; many
courses required for graduation are also taught
during the term. That poses a problem.
These courses are required because they are
necessary to a solid education in their field. But
vwhen they are taught during the Winter Term
undue stress may be placed on both teacher and
student. Students must meet for three hours at a
time, and the workload may become too
concentrated to be conducive to learning.
Also, the teachers’ effectiveness may be
compromised because of their increased work
loads. Their classes may become more tedious
than enjoyable because of the longer class
periods. This may be the time for the college to
re-think offering such classes during the Winter
Term to serve the interests of all involved.
To OOU.
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1982: A year of surprises^ changes, violence
With the dropping of the
big apple in New York’s
Time Square, the tooting of
horns and lighting of fire
works, the New Year was
ushered in. For the past 365
days, people had lived
through, sometimes only
enduring, the year 1982.
And indeed, 1982 was an
interesting year, if one can
forget inflation, record high
unemployment and the con
stant nagging of President
Reagan to obtain more
money for the military.
It was a year of not only
economic distress, but a
distressing devaluation of
human life. Israel invaded
Lebanon’s Palestinian refu
gee camps, killing thousands
of innocent people. The
British and Argentines
fought over the tiny Falk
land Islands, killing many
young men over the slim
prospect of oil being some-/
where near the islands.
The world saw a m
leader in Russia arise, Yi rk
Andropov, after the detth\
of Leonid Brezhnev. A
leader in Monaco—Princss
Grace—died after her car
plunged off a mountain near
France. The field of enter
tainment also suffered los:
as Henry Fonda, Ingri
Bergman and John Belushi'
all passed from the scene.
Watergate prosecuter Leon
Jaworski also died, along
with King Khalid of Saudi
Arabia and Pierre Mendes-
France, former prime minis
ter of France.
The fields of science and
art saw the passings of such
great people as John Cheev-
er, Archibald MacLeish,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder,
Thelonious Monk and Anna
Freud.
Yet 1982 was a year of
rising hope. Lech Walesa
was freed as martial law was
lifted in Poland. Felipe
Gonzalez of Spain, Miguel
de la Madrid Hurado of
Mexico, Yasuhiro Nazason
of Japan and Helmut Kohl
of West Germany all arost
as new leaders in their
jjye—eotmtHes^.^^ti-nuclear
protestors orgaiH^ed their
respective countriek Anti-
nuciear protestors orgtaized
their efforts against ^ew
weapons like the MX i^s-
sile, ironically renamfcd
“Jhe Peace Maker.” /
.Computers invaded jiy jh-
tniM from new vide^j^es
to tW^l^sroom. tech
nology alSo-fiidedaoctors in
placing the Tirst man-made
heart ^into a human and
launch’ a satellite from the
space shuttle. Wall Street
showed a sudden rebirth in
activity while many busines
ses still declared bankruptcy
and the masses still clamored
for jobs.
But the shadow of distress
deepened once again as Jews
were attacked in Paris,
major airplane crashes still
happened, IRA bombings
continued in England and
over-the-counter drugs,
especially capsules, and
some food were found to
contain poison.
But Americans found an
wcape from the depressing
side of reality in block
buster movies such as
“Tootsie,” “E.T.” and
Gandhi.” Or escapism
could have come in games
such as Pac-Man, Jane
Fonda’s new aerobics or
series such as
Bndeshead Revisited.” Or
perhaps Americans were lust
thankful that they did no1
have the problems that
Sophia Loren, Prince
^^ew and “Koo,” John
DeLorean or Claus von
Bulow had.
Some Americans were
doubtlessly let down by Ted
Kennedy’s decision not to
run in the 1984 presidential
election or Gary Trudeau’s
decision to take nearly a
two-yea vacation away
from Doonesbury. But Prin
cess Diana and Prince
CharkS'-f^e the world a
new |lead^ a future blue-
ey^Vjciag named Prince
William, who has already
captured the heart of the
British as well as the rest of
the world.
And so 1982 has passed.
It was a year full of sur
prises, yet 1983 could hold
in store just as much, if not
more. However, perhaps
there is one thing all the
peoDle of the world could
ask for in the new year. It's
not lower taxes or more jobs
or higher wages. It’s Esa»
full, undisturbc(^ etwnjl
peace. 'r '
New Year’s Eve program
ming depicted newly all the
world’s leaders stating they
wanted one thing for 1983-
peace on earth and good w
toward men. Now woulda*
it be nice if they rw
meant it?
The Penduldm welcomes letters, limited to 250 words,
rom our readers. Longer material may be submittwl m
■ **** *rtleles for page 3. E)ditors reserve the right to
or ““gth. libel, good taste and accuracy.
The Pendulum Staff
Editor-In-Chief Sherri Moor*
Managing Editor Doug Non»ox*
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Featores Editor Jo Cr*«"
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AdvlMr Robert Nowell
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