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Editorials X:i7€ PCNDUlUM Serving the EUm CoUtge communiry JOHN HOYLE KATHY MEADOWS Editor Managing Editor Offic«s. 102 Williamson Ave.Hlon College NC 27244 Telephone (919) 584'2331 The Pendulum ve^«w. lene« '^i ^ndulum founded in in 1974, is published by Elon Entertainment Editor tom COZAKT Entertainment Writer Monica Mancuso Arts Editor CRYSTAL MORRISON Sportswriters Doug Gorman Norman Perduk \Wes Durham David Hibbard Jeff Marcin Production Stephanie Redding Dt. jerry ADAMS FanJt? AJvijor General Assignment Aleu Sinkfield Amber Close Amy Andrews Scott Wood Lydia Derr Katie Mafko Mark Alfieri Advertising Bill Breunig Lonnie Horsey Photography Denese DeJerf Matt Howell Letters to the Editor i' Publicity feedback a To the Editor It is always productive to receive feedback from the students. Thank you Jonathan for your constructive criticism on the lack of publicity on the “Denny and Lee” magic show. As president of the Student Union Board, I will make a con- certive effort to assure the Elon College community a more effi cient way of communicating the upcoming events on campus. jTakii^ this oppprtunity, I urge every Suflent! faculty and ad ministrator to come out and par ticipate ^ riiore» in the shows sponsered by the Student Union Sincerely,' Mauricio Arraya SUB President Fans asked to stop cheering The three types of students There are three types of students here at Elon. The first type is the student who gets involved with activities, programs and This student gets a true understanding about his or her major by g iJl:; e^rience in their field while they attend Elon. not putting it °^Thrne!ltTy^\s the student who belly-aches and complmns that there is nothing to do here at Elon. This is the student whom Dir^ or of Student Activities, David Atkins, told me about recen^. He sa d, “There are students here who gripe and complain about being charg ed three dollars to see a concert on campus, and then go and spend their money on beer at the Lighthouse. The third type of student is the one who doesn’t care what hap^ns here. He or she does just enough to get by so he/she can get out without doing any more than what is necessary. This is the student who as “What’s that new building across from the Oaks dorms, used for . Trust me, there are students here like that. So, which type do you consider yourself to be. John Hoyle - Editor To the Editor Elon’s 1987-88 home basketball season came to a close last Mon day in Alumni Gym, and unfor- tuftately it had to end on a sour note. No, the Christians did not lose the ball game, they rather handily downed Lenoir-Rhyne 93-65. Where Elon College lost was in the stands. . An incident occurred which was ridiculous and uncalled for, and for a brief period of time, took away from the exciting at mosphere of college basketball. The incident centered around a group of individuals who have been in attendance at neariy every home game this season .The group has added a great deal of en thusiasm to the games throughout the season, and if it were not for this group getting the other fans into the game, you might have thought you were at a mortuary and not a college basketball game. The incident in question centers around this group and the town police officers. A foul was called on a L-R player, and this group followed with the customary foul chant “YOU, YOU, YOU . . • ’’ For some unknown reason the of ficer found that derog atory and asked them to stop or leave their position behind the L-R bench. A series of discussions between group members and the Elon cops followed, and eventually the group members were asked to leave the gym. They finally did return, with even more enthusiasm than before and cheered for the remainder of the game. The action taken by the Elon of ficers was, like I stated earlier, ridiculous and uncalled for. College basketball is one of the most enjoyable spectator sports in the country, and one of the main reason is the fans, and the en thusiasm they generate in college gyms throughout the country. By telling fans to stop cheering at games would be like telling the coach to stop coaching. i! > I Look at college basketball at any level. NCAA Division 1 through the NAIA ranks, in many of these .cases the fans add so much to the atmosphere in the arenas that they get attention from opposing coaches and the media. BLOOM COUNTY by BerKe Breathed OFF \umm HFAP. ^Letwe ome i^no w veLi^r, ume simu vm YOUR BVP5, m YOUR... UH... I peuevF 7T//5 IS one 0FY0UR'P&mT6H(jUF. SOH^e. LeT'6 femgm it meweR. "um RHiNO: : i 3 n gi h ^ )l 31 s 3 M il One of the first groups that come to mind is only a few miles down the road in Durham, home of the Duke Blue Devils.The fans there have often been called the “Sixth-Man” because they add so much to the game. Their antics have been given national atten tion. and if you have ever witness ed a Duke game on telivision, you know what I am referring to. This same type of enthusiasm, although maybe not on the same level as the Duke antics, is pre sent throughout the country. , i! I J ' ,The Elon group should be com mended for their efforts m generating enthusiasm in Alum ni Gym for home games. They have used similar cheers to those of Duke students, but one thing seems to standout that differen tiates the Elon crowd with the one at Duke. True, the size of W crowd is quite different, but lha« never seen a Durham police oi- . ficqr.teJl the^Duke students to stop • ic^d^rlng.’ ■;'; The crowd this year have brought back some memories the crowd’s enthusiasm ' in the early? 80H and wouldn be a shame to future crowbto^ be able to cheer at games beca the Elon police officers would let them? jeffMfC'* /"i V stati did! Tue I ids A Mil Ge[ Hai Sin Jeff Mart" I J
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