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Serving the Elon College community
Volume XIV, No. 17 Wednesday, February 17, 1988 Elon College, NC
Student Officials advised not to
transport any injured students
By Scott Wood
Staff Writer
Human flesh and broken glass;
a combination that does not mix.
Just ask freshman Alex Brown.
Towards the end of winter term
Brown injured himself in the
residence hall. Brown contacted
the resident assistant on duty and
informed her he needed to go to
the hospital for stitches.
The R. A. on duty contacted the
area co-ordinator on duty. The
A.C. informed the R.A. that
Brown would have to find a
friend or take a taxi cab to the
hospital. She refused to assist. ”I
really could not find anyone to
take me to the hospital,” said
Brown. ‘It was a Friday night and
people still here were too intox
icated to drive,” Brown con
tinued. Brown ended up having a
security guard drive him to the
hospital. He received a couple of
stitches and that was that.
But what if the situation was
more serious? Why are student
staff members not allowed to
transport people to the hospital?
The answer is a liability issue
with the college. If the security
guard who transported Brown to
the hospital was involved in an
accident and Brown was further
injured; Brown would have the
option to sue the security guard.
Further, Elon College would
not support the security guard in
court because transportation to
the hospital is not a job expecta
tion. 7>if Pendulum could not find
any mention of hospital transpor
tation in the resident assistant
manual one way or the other.
However, resident assistants
have been informed verbally that
the college would not support
them should a legal case arise.
R.A.s may take people to the
hospital as a ’friend’ to the injured
person. The Elon College Student
Handbook states on page 39 that
students should contact a member
of the staff of the Office of Stu
dent Affairs in case of an
emergency health situation.
See wounded, page 6
Bush favored among Elon students
Conducted
John Peckens
Lewis Walker
Lolethia McAuley
Carol £>ay
How much knowledge does the
student body of of Elon College
have about the upcoming
presidential election. A survey of
one-tenth of the student popula
tion was recently given to find out
how much students know and care
about the upcoming election.
Some of the questions asked
were as follows: “Who are you
planning to vote for?. What do
you consider to be the top three
major issues in the election?.
Name tvw Republican and two
Democratic candidates.”
Among the Republican can
didates, eighty-three percent of
those polled said George Bush
was the top candidate. Robert
Dole was in second. The remain
ing candidates received five per
cent and five percent of those
polled could not identify any
Republican candidates.
The leading Democratic can
didates mentioned were Gary
Hart, who obtained seventy-two
percent acknowledgement, and
Jesse Jackson who held the se-
BBB advises on adertisement fraud
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DATE RAPE: a concerning issue
Page 5
Mens Tennis opens February 20
Page 8
Inside
cond place slot. Mike Dukakis
received six percent while Albert
Gore got five percent. Following
close behind with four percent
was ftul Simon. Six percent poll
ed could not name a Democratic
candidate.
Top three issues
The question about “what the
three major issues in the elelction
would be”, the arms race was a-
top the list with Twenty-two per
cent of the vote. The National
Budget was second with eighteen
percent while the Economy was
third with fourteen percent. The
other three issues mentioned were
the Iran-Contra Aff)air(10 per
cent), Foreign Relations(8 per
cent) and AIDS(2 percent).
The top candidate favored by
the students over all was George
Bush, holding twenty percent of
the total vote. Next in line was
Gary Hart with eleven percent of
the vote with Jesse Jackson close
behind with ten percent. The
other candidates received the re
maining five percent.
Eighty-one percent of the
students are planning to vote in
the election while nineteen per
cent say they will not.
The Roaming Nazi: Bill Kapela posed as a Nazi soldier in the
recent play, “Diary of Anne Frank”. The pl^ performed by Ek>n
students, sold out each night.
Photo by Matt Howell
New PE/REC club started
By Katie Mafko
Staff Writer
There is a new club on it’s way
to the Elon student body. It is a
club for those students in the
physical education .-nd recreation
departments. This dub will be
organized by the students for the
students. The faculty wants to
guide the students, not tell them
what to do.
The “major’s club” (as it is
referred to by Mr. Drummond a
physical education professor)
would be professionally oriented,
with activities geared for the
students to get some ‘‘hands
Correction
We are sorry for the mistake last
week on the front page. The pic
ture of Teresa Weavil was im
properly labeled Linda Weavil.
on ” work experience in their
particular field. The physKal
education department wants to
work on their image and they
hope this club will encourage a kM
of support from the studeitts and
faculty.
As of yet the club does not have
a name but Mr. Drummond says
that a committee has been fomn-
ed to work on the by-laws and
guidelines- The committee is
chaired by Billy Sipe. Mr Drum
mond also said “the committee
hopes that by the fall the club will
be in full force.”
Mr. Drummond worked at
Auburn University for ten years
where they had a majors club. He
hopes that if the students are en
thusiastic and willing to follow
through with the planning that the
majors club will be a success.