Editorials
Noveznber 9^ 1969
The Pendulum
Serving the Elon College community
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Mindy Schneeberger
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Survey results are not very
shocking - that’s disturbing
iii™ body has experimented wUh
J^dra^^mCTeiy five saideitts has tried cocaine. Only one
percent - just 33 peopfe - have never used alcohoL
Shoc^g? No. And that’s the most disturbing part of all this.
^ surprised. In fact, you might
have thought the numbers would be higher.
Drugs used to be a rarity. Now they arc reality. EvCTyone on
cam^ has met a student who has used or is cunenUy using
^gs. You probably can count the number of pec^Ie you know who
do not drink alcc^Kd (mi one
Ym students say they are not using drags-to fit in.- They net
^ftom Iheir Kends. but they use them to celebrate and reUeve
adn„mstra.K>n, 6culty and some students are trying
■^statistics were not shocking. Instead, they were exoected
But shoiddn’t we be concerned that, in compiling the stories ohotos
o^reportets’and
Pnotogiaphers didn t have to search very far - mavbe in the nPYt
mayte down the haH. maybe whp si^ S^em
tn fclass - to find students who were tiang c(n^ ‘ W
A 'coke* addict
Habit returns during fall semester
I am a "coke" addict Not
cocaine, but Coca-Cola.
Last spring semester I was
drinking between four and six
Cokes a day. Fd drink one to
wake up in the morning, two
with lunch, one in the afternoon
to give me a little "pick me up"
and then one or two with dinner.
Of course, if I had to stay up late
to study (especially during
midterms and finals). I'd drink a
few more.
The problem was that Coke
was the easiest thing to drink. It
! was free and unlimited in the
cafeterias, the Pantry was a short
walk from my room and
convaiient Coke machines were
located all around campus.
Basically, I could get a Coke as
easily as a drink of water.
HoUy
Sni^en
Then I spent the summer
working in a resort town and the
Cokes there cost 75 cents a can.
So, disgusted with both my
addiction and the price, I quit
cold-turkey. It was hard but I
remamed Coke-firee all summer.
In the fall, I returned to Elon
determined not to slide back into
my addiction. I am now living
in an apartment far from the
Piantry and have no meal plan, so
I never go to the cafeterias.
When shopping for groceries, I
used to completely avoid the soda
aisle and instead headed for the
juices.
However, juice is expensive,
and as the semester moved on, I
often find myself in need of a
"pick me up" before my 8 o’clock
class or while studying at night.
Now a bottle of Coke is always
present in my refrigeratCH'.
I know that caffeine is a
drug. I also realize that I am
addicted. I look at it this way.
everyone has a vice. For some it
is anoking, chewing tobacco,
drinking coffee; for me it
Coca-Cola.
Besides, I can quit anytime I
want to.
Drug problem even reaches peaceful areas
Letters
To the Editor:
Picture this: a family of
four goes to the park for a picnic.
The mother and fatho- set the
table while the kids run around
chasing squirrds.
The youngest of the two
children sees a strange object on
the ground, unknown to him.
Curious, he picks it up and
studies it Litde does he know
that the object is a syringe that
was just thrown to the ground.
The father walks over to his
soa and sees that he is playing
with the needle, but before he can
run over and get it out of his
hands, the little boy pierces his
ddn and blood begins to emerge.
This is what I imagined
when, to my disgust, I saw a
syringe wi the ground in the paric
a few days ago.
It began as one of those days
where you just had toj)e outside.
The sun was shming, it was cool
(but not loo cold), and the sky
was full of clouds. Two Mends
and I decided to eat our lunch in
the park that day.
We got our lunches, drove to
a picnic area, got out of the car
and proceeded to a table in the
middle of the pariL We were
having so much fun, yoking and
laughing about everything.
Thaa, just before we rqpdbed
the table, one of my friends says.
"Oh, my God, look what's on the
ground over h«e!" We went over
to see what the big deal was. I
couldn't believe my eyes. There,
lying about eight feet from our
picnic table, was a syringe!
Suddenly the park seemed
cold. The needle looked deadly.
aU I could think of was how this
nice, peacefiil paiic was ruined by
this disgusting "needle."
One of my friends thought
there may have been a cub scout
or girl scout who was a diabetic
and had to take his/her shot. Yet,
we knew that wasn't the case,
because a careful diabetic would
have disposed of the needle.
I Uve in the Washington,
D.C. area where the drag war is a
continual battle. On the local
news, they show people getting
killed or being hurt because of
drugs.
Yet, to me, this needle made
me more mad and upset than
ever! How could this problem be
w out of hand? What is next?
Patter yet, is enough being done
to try and diminate this horrific
probten?
It seems unfortunate to one
that this so-called "big qitv"
problem is now invading evfeti
the most peaceful areas of ooS
worid.
Bob Dru«*y
Fast planned to help
millions of hungry
To the Jgditor:
Millions of people g®
hungry every day. They
your help, and Oxfam America
needs your help to help them-
Oxfam, a national organization^’
is trying to help those who ai®
less fortunate than us. They
only give to the hungry, but they
emphasize self-developmenL
On Wednesday, Novemb®^
15, Elon Stud^ts for Peace an
Justice is sponsoring our
fast in representation of th^
world's hungry. We will breal^
this fast on Thursday, Novemb®*^
16.
In ordCT to help Oxfam rai^
money, we are suggesting ^
students BRING $1 ^
DINNER! The money will go
direcUy to Oxfam America an^l
turn be used especially for
people.
Sincerely»
Denise
Elon Studentel^