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Indecision among
seniors is common
Graduation is quickly approaching. Most likely, the
general consensus is that many seniors are uncertain, scared
and a bit anxious about what lies ahead.
Is there life after Elon? Of course there is. What it is, is
another story. Come May 18, seniors will receive their
diplomas, that piece of paper that represents four years of
blood, sweat and tears. But let's not forget all the love and
laughter that went right along with it.
Some seniors may be fortunate to already have landei, that
"first" job. Others have not and have no idea what they'll be
doing the day after graduation.
Indecision is normal. Seniors are not expected to have
their lives mapped out or every step planned to perfection. It
might help them to feel a bit more secure about what lies
ahead, but it isn't mandatory.
After graduation, the alumni of Elon College will have
many choices. Seniors will have the option of choosing which
road to follow. And they may take as long as they need.
Life has a process and everything happens for a reason.
Seniors will survive. People tell them, "Wait until you get
into the real world." Well, they're here.
Seniors have many options available to them. For
example:
■ locate your first job immediately if available and if that
is what you desire.
■ use the time after graduation as a transition period -
why rush it?
■ work part-time as you continue to pursue a job in your
chosen career field.
The door is open. Walk through it... at your own pace.
The Pendulum
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April 18,1991
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Suffering the loss of a love: cat
will always be part of the family
My cat died.
Pardon me for being blunt,
but reality must surface sometime.
Let me reflect
The phone rang at 7 a.m. My
mom was on the other end, calling
from Chicago. She was supposed
to be on vacation, I thought.
"Kel, I have some bad news."
Not good. "Wendell died
yesterday."
"What?!" Tears flooded down
my face as I tried to shake the
sleep from my body. This couldn't
be happening, I thought. I just had
a picture of him enlarged and I
hung it on the wall above my
desk. I looked at it as my mother's
words were fading in and out.
Her last words were, "Thank
you for giving him to me." I
remembered when I brought him
home.
It was the day after my cat.
Spook, got hit by a car. I looked
in the paper. It read; free kittens,
to a good home.
My neighbor went with me to
pick one out. The house was
covered with cats. Wendell was
crawling on the mantle. Not an
unusual behavior for him.
Kelly
Potter
"Wendell was a
reject. Someone
picked him out, took
him home and then
returned him."
"That's the one." I said. "No
that one." I couldn't decide.
My neighbor, a purely
objective outsider said "TakP
them both." ’
A smile spread across my
face, then I remembered that my
mom would kill me. The lady of
Re house said, "If it doesn't work
out, bnng one back, it's okay."
Great," I thought "No
problem."
This is how Wendell and
Cagney came to be. I brought
both of them home and my
could not resist. Two cats, two
strikingly different personalities.
As we grew to know and love
him, we saw Wendell grow out of
his shell and turn into a very
warm, loyal companion. Cagney,
on the other hand, remained
skiddish and independent.
Wendell was a reject.
Someone picked him out, took
him home and then returned him.
When he came to live with us, we
had to gain his trust
Wendell soon became king of
the kitchen. He ate anything that
was in his sight. Cagney soon
learned to eat when he had the
chance or starve.
Nowadays, Cagney doesnt
know what to do with himself. He
has complete freedom now and our
total undivided attention. I think
he misses Wendell in his own
little cat way. They were
brothers ^terall.
Wendell, like many cats, was
a part of our family. We've ha
cats come and go. but none have
been as special or as unique as he.
It's all the same when
suffer the loss of a love.
Choice of comrnencenient
speaker offends student
To the Editor:
I hate to knit-pick. but jeeze.
I'm not even a senior and Furman
Moseley as Commencement
speaker offends me.
Mr. Moseley is the president
of Simpson Timber. Simpson
Paper, and he's in plastics too! His
paper company recently built a
multi-million dollar pulp plant in
South America.
Is it appropriate for someone
who invests in the destruction of
trees to speak to Elon's graduating
seniors? Maybe so? I suppose as
long as you're successful in
business (no matter what it is that
"In this day and
age. rd like to be
lieve a better
choice could have
heen made."
'E«r"onc’kno«rwt
WashiSg^“o4„p^ s"'"”"'
Pape, „a.es
weaching proccss required. Mi.
Moseley's paper plants in Takoma
and Seattle are responsible for
polluting the ocean and
atmosphere with chtorine gas an
other toxic wastes (All info
documented). Paper compani®* ^
the Pacific North West are the
number one polluters of that areas
oceans and streams.
With all due re^)cct, Furwan
n^ight be a nice guy (no excuse;-
In this day and age. I'd ^
believe a better choice could hav
been made.
William Moss
Sophomo*’*