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Editorials April 5,1990 The Pendulum Serving the Elon College community Editor Mindy Schneeberger Assistant Editor Cheryl Kern Arts Editor Rena Mauldin Features Editor Dawn Washington Sports Editor Chip Lupo Reporters Linda Adamson Karen Adderly DeeDee Carowan Marlena Dare Kristy Davis Wilma Dixon Deborah Durkee Murray Glenn Jason Graves Patti Jefferies Dana Manley Scarlet Peachey Kelly Potter Ellen Reamy Theresa Riley Michele Rowe Stephanie Tallent Ted Toomer Anna Williams Columnists Jim Bush Win Neagle Holly Sniffen Production Julie Barton Kim Beane Chief Photographer Mike Vorndran Photographers William Hassell Scott Lansing Richard Thomas Rob Whiteside Shannon Wynn Cartoonist Michael Townsend Advertising Dottie Hayes Lara Lee Marshall Advisor Brad Hamm Office 102 Williamson Ave. Elon College, NC 27244 The Pendulum, founded in 1974, is published by Elon College students each Thursday during regular school terms. The Pendu lum welcomes your opinions, with letters limited to about 250 words, if possible. Letters must be signed and a phone number given for verification. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Monday. Everyone should be pitching in Well, it’s about time. Elon is finally making strides to recycle And not a moment too soon. It seems that the "in" issue this year has been the environment. Suidents and faculty alike have jumped on the bandwagon to try to preserve our natural resources. They have tried to raise the consciousness at Elon, and it seems that they are succeeding. ^ Stop and think for just a moment about how many products the campus uses that can be recycled. ihPtrf^Th ^1“ ^ademic buUdings have soda machines in thetn. Think of the number of alummum cans used in a single dav on this campus. Already, some students and professors have made the effort to encourage their peers to dispose of these cans in a common collection site so they can be taken to be recycled Each week, any Pendulums left on the newsstands are collected and ^en to the recycling bins behind the Food Lion in Burling^ Some faculty members and students have begun uiking old newspaper delivered to their residence hall rooms, apartments or homes to be recycled as well. But what about all the cans that aren't deposited in the boxes and all the newspapers and other paper products that are not taken to a recyclmg site? Finally, the college is organizing a way for its ASlfih“ fuU-nedged recycling campaign. answVrM 1 f>r acUon have been at eThh^' '■‘*>'‘=>•"8 effort takes effect, each and every person Si7 it*= faciliUe^ oS, that gnpmg will have been for nothing. Condom machines needed School should adapt to lifestyle changes of students To thp To the Editor: I believe that it is essential for the administration of Elon College to attempt to understand the needs of its students. It is unrealistic for anyone to think that students are not going to have sex until they are married. In conjunction with this, condom machines are the administration's ouUet for promoting responsi- founding fathers did. The fact is that Elon College is affiliated with the United Church of Christ in name only today. The student body is made up of all types of people with all types of backgrounds. There are no religious requirements for admittance, and everyone here does not fit into one large category; namely, Christianity, icsponsi- As a result the bihty m a situation that they administration must attemot to cannot, and do not have the right respect the decisions made by its to, control. Tom Newman stated in his letter last week that Elon College was "founded with a distinct purpose, to educate young men and women for service within the Christian Church." While it is obvious that the Christian values and ethics that Elon College was founded on are still very important to a number of you, it is ridiculous of you to generalize and assume that the entire student body has the same religious gusto that those students, whether they agree with these decisions or not. And all of the "Tom Newmans" at Elon must strive for that same type of respect because wasn't it you who were called to "love your neighbor?" A large part of love is respect The time has come for the administration, as well as you "Tom Newmans," to wake up to the times. I don't promote promiscuity and I don't promote sex before marriage, but recognize that these are I the nineties and this happens all the time. I refuse, however, to je6p^dize the livelihood of others because of my personal views about sex. If students are going to have sex, which they inevitably are, then condoms should be available. There is no reason for controversy; a simple machine m the hall is not going to change your personal religious positions. Why are you so threatened? No one is going to force you to have sex because condoms are available. Part of college is social education, and part of social education is opening your mind and making responsible decisions for yourself. So hear me, Tom Newman and' friends, when I say stop pushing your religion on others and show us all some respect. The world is not as defined as you would love to make it. ^ ‘ Kree Mairs Student Meal plan needs revision Students should pay only for the meals they eat Do you ever find yourself running off to McDonald's or calling Domino's because you didn’t make it to the cafeteria or if you did go, you just weren’t satisfied? Then afterwards you feel guilty because you spent too much money on food. If the meal plan at Elon was arranged so that we only paid for food that we ate, then we wouldn't have to worry about wasting money that we don't have. The meal plan that is required for freshman students but purchased by upperclassmen as well is the seven-day plan. This plan includes breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. The total cost of this plan comes to $1,940 for the whole school year, which is roughly $3 per meal. The main problem with this plan is that most students do not always eat three meals a day. The most common meal missed is breakfast, due to the fact that many sUidents do not like to get up early in the^ morning and run ”... the meal plan should be arranged so that the students do not have to pay for meals that they don't eat.” to the cafeteria at 8:30 a.m. Brunch on the weekends may be an exception because it's open until about 1:30 p.m. There are times when students want to go out to lunch or dinner, whether it be for a change of pace (or FOOD) or even a date. Sometimes students go home for the weekend or to visit a nearby school. Why should we be exp)ected to pay for meals when we're not here to eat them? There are also those students whose weekly class and working schedules conflict with the • cpfe|;ep^' hours. Some of the , students th^t I have spoken to on the subj^ejct are unable to eat lupph thrqe ilays a week because their pluses run together throug thej lijnch hours. ^ j are just a few reasons w^>5,^e]meal plan should bv^ arranged so that the students do not have to pay for meals that they don’t eat. In addition to the set amount of money that we pay for meal plan, we are asked to pay ^ extra $3 per meal if we do no have our meal cards with us. This is ridiculous because j^orr^^tirpes students misplae® jtlje^j n^ealj cjards and don't have time to look for them before meal. They make us feel h e 9f^min^ls )vhen all we want is meal ^at we already paid for. ^ With all the money Pj* toward the meal plan, you think that someone could co up with a better system. Jennifer
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