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page 4 September 29, 1988 The Pendulum] Editorials The Pendulum Serving the Elon College community KATHY MEADOWS TOM COZART Editor Managing Editor Offices, 102 WiUiamson Ave., Elon CoUege, NC 27244 Telephone (919) 584-2331 The Pfendulum welcomes your opinion, limited to about 250 words if p^ible. All let- tere must be signed, and a phone number given for verificatiCTi. The deadline for submis sions is 5:00 p.m. Monday. The Pendulum, founded in 1974, is published by Elon Colley students each Thureday during regular school terms. Entertainment Editor CHERYL KERN Senior Writer Jdin Hoyle General Assignment Mark Alfieri Kris Gerlach LaDonna Martin Niki Novak Sharon I^ul Elizabeth Rowe Mindy Schneebei^er Sharon West Faculty Advisor Sports Editor NORMAN PERDUK Artist Mark Zolkowski Ciu4 Photographer Denese DeJerf Photographers Pat Hobin Nicol Husemeier Kati Mafko Sam Walker JERRY ADAMS Letters to the Editor Resident approves Palestinian presentatior Sifting through the muck... What did they really say? Presidential debates are designed to give candidates an opportunity to win the supfjort of voters, especially those who are uncertain as to which party to support. A successful debate wiU not only help the unsettled minds to make a decision, but also persuade some voters to change their minds. Sunday night’s debate just didn’t succeed too well in that area. If there ever was a dull debate, it had to have been this one. Unlike the “Where’s the beef’ of the Reagan/Mondale debate, this one just didn’t have much life. Each candidate’s dislike for the other was evident, but there were no sur prises. Both Bush and Dukakis stuck to old questions, which isn’t unusual since one of the rules prohibits the candidates from raising new issues. However, these guys couldn’t come up with aity new attacks. Bush continued to focus on Dukakis being a “card-carrying” member of the ACLU, and Dukakis dwelled on the tired Iran-contra affeir. As for visual effects, both men wore the traditional blue suit, white shirt, and red tie. How patriotic since Dukakis insisted his opponent was question ing his patriotism (of course, did anyone notice that the Duke s tie was a bit crooked?). Bush looked somewhat calm as he cracked a few jokes, and Dukakis managed to maintain his usual cocky “Fm a cool know-it-all” smirk for most of the evening. But back to the idea of patriotism, the only touchy event of the evening came with the mention of this wdixI. Bush said he wasn’t questioning Dukakis’ loyalty to his countiy, but the Massachusetts Governor called his opponent’s bluff on that. As for Bush, his best came in suggesting that he hitch a ride home in Dukakis’ tank. But despite all of this, one question still remains - who won? If you support Bush, you probably feel he won; if you’re a Dukakis fen, you think he’s the winner. And for those who don’t support either, maybe you can create you’re own ticket. How about Dr. Ruth and Rambo? - Kathy Meadows Editor To the editor. The Rev. Richard McBride, Chaplain, and Dr. Rudolph T. Zar- zar. Professor of Political Science, who planned the forthcoming sym posium at Elon Colley deserve our gratitude. Elon College is performing an outstanding public service in presen ting The Palestinian Peq)le; Tragedy and Hope. Each evening at 8:00, Sept. 25 through 28, and 4:00 p.m. on Sept. 27 and 28, Elon offers to us, free of charge, a rare learning opportunity in the new Fine Arts Theater. The opening program is of music and dance. The series of lectures, presented by carefully chosen speakers (most of them nationally know), offer us broadened horizons and insight. Malcolm Kerr was a political science professor at UCLA. In the Los Angles area, through the media and by otiier means, Kerr worked to correct widely held misconceptions about tiie Middle East. He was greatly harassed for his ef forts to inject light into a contrived darkness. This darkness has been very cost ly to American tajqiayCTS and to basic ' freedoms (iiKluding our own) in that part of the world. Kerr was bom in Lebaiwn of American parents who were missionaries. He grew up learning both Arabic and English, nurturing a deq) respect Frankly Speaking ^ VrtTEO PMiN& jeRVIcE i W/W)" ToMT m lake TKflVs just M t«St- paTtffn • and abiding love for Middl Easterners. When he was murdered, he w! president of the American Univers ty in Beirut. His legacy for us includes thei words: Our perceptions of the wot are distorted by the inconpleteness our information. Jane Alfb Burlingtt ©CREATIVE MEDIA SERVICES Box 5955 Berkeley, Ca. 94705 Reader gives tipi on being informel To the Editor. Last Thursday, I attended Jc McCutcheon’s lecture on Nk During the question-answer sessi^ a student asked how our gover could be so misinformed about is going on in Latin America? One way peqjle can become accurately informed is to gatter hand information. Students who willing to use their winter tertt travel to Latin America can disc for themselves what our neighbc^ countries are like. Elon provides opportunities this January. Sign up tod^ in Alamance 10! participate in a work/study on Mexican border with Profes Larsen and Rodriguez, or trave Costa Rica with Professors LunS and Brumbaugh. There is substitute for seeing with your' eyes. Lela Faye p Alamance] (Editor’s note: Brochures for theS> grams list costs of, respectively, ^ for Costa Rica, $600 for Mexi^
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