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Letters To The Editor Students say system is broken, needs overhaul To the Editor: As usual I was struggling to get up for my 8:00 a.m., everything was normal, that is until I opened my room door. As I looked out into the hallway I "'as shocked, it was trashed. Garbage cans were overturned, '''hat was posted on the walls was now on the ground, and toilet paper was strung all around, ^hen I came to find out that it '''as more than my hall, it was almost every hall in West and Virginia. The lobby was even trashed. What really upsets me is that P'e people living in our area will to pay for the damages caused by the individuals who did I do not know what the ^xact amount of damage is, but 1 now that I do not want to pay. •■anted after the cost is divided ^P> it probably will not be much. ut that is not the point. The point is that we have to pay for ^hat another individual or individuals did. Jennifer Jung ® the Editor: ^ It a requirement to have a ^^ty attitude in order to work ®|e at Elon? Maybe I am the ^ y one who has noticed and far for me to complain, but I caf ^ that some of our "'orkers slop the food ° the plates as if they were A^*”^ What’s the deal? eno weren’t bad both k’ workers in reo- cashier’s office and the stud office act as though thenfK^* inconveniencing them ^ them by asking Or c .^“®*tions concerning bills '^hy^ai?,h '"®’ the 'f "ot to assist ^ tudents? By the way, what hav ^ ^ if you didn’t lawn,!^^ dodge a Cushman or a ^wnmower? Hey •nuion of a S"“"8 .0 guys, the sidewalk, Webster’s pedestrians.” Oh, don’t get me started on resident assistants. A few resident assistants act as though they are the right hand of God. I understand that they have a limited amount of authority, but some exert this limited amount to the point of rudeness. So again, I ask you, is it a requirement to have a nasty attitude in order to work here at Elon? Terri Fletcher To the Editor: I am writing this letter on behalf of all the uprising sophomores who just went through the very tedious room selection process. Here’s the scene: hundreds of freshman are crowded into Harper Center Lounge. It is very noisy and in a general state of disorder. RA’s and area directors yell at everyone and go unheard. Really, there must be a better way of doing this. But the disorder of the whole thing is only part of the problem that uprising sophomores have. The big problem is that we can rarely get the rooms we want and have to resort to living in a room we hate. What is the reason for this?' The reason that we uprising sophomores have such a problem obtaining rooms is because incoming freshman get top priority when it comes to room selection. That is the most ludicrous and unfair thing I have ever heard of. Incoming freshman should get last priority. After all, aren’t we the ones who have been living here for a year? Shouldn’t people in the higher classes get first choice? For many sophomores, this letter is probably hitting home. I only hope people who work in housing are listening to this. This is a truly unfair process. For the money we pay to attend this institution, we should be able to have a better choice. f/ Touo Fa(z /i TiciLer. I ye/iPS Pon/t wore. Dicti^ ^ ‘0 Webster’s „ u i i is, “a paved path for Misbin Victims' names should be released To the Editor: I am responding to Mary Kelli Bridges article in the April 14 issue of the Pendulum that discusses the public’s right to police records. According to the article, three lawyers spoke to the Society of Professional Journalists and told them that the Elon . College Police Department’s policy of withholding the names of rape victims is unlawful. The Criminal Investigative Records Law give^ the public the right to this information. Traditionally women have wanted to keep their identities concealed because to be the victim of rape was considered shameful. A good first step towards eliminating this stereotype would be printing the names of the victims. Not printing names implies that the victim has something to hide and also perpetuates the myth that they are to blame. Every other crime victim has their name released by the police department, what makes rape any different? Recently, many rape victims have stood up and announced their identity voluntarily. If women really want to “take back the night” they shouldn’t be afraid of standing up and letting the world know who they are. Rape may seem alot more serious when the victim is not anonymous but has a name and a face. Wade Williams Library needs to be top priority To the Editor: I am constantly dissapointed with the Elon College Library. It seems to me that the administration needs to hold off on the flower planting and concentrate some funds on expanding our library resources. Maybe Wilburn’s should become a grassy area but not until I dont’t have problems finding a book in the library on something as broad as the Middle Ages. Along with the lack of material is the noise problem. I understand that there should be talking on the 1st floor but people should have enough respect to not be loud on the other two. I recently attempted a power study session on the third floor and got so frustrated that I got up and left. The library is not the place to go for socializing. If you want that atmosphere, go to the bar. Another problem with the library is its hours. It need to be open later on weeknights and additional expansion in hours on weekends. Those of us who put off things until the last minute the hours are hard to work with. I realize that it’s hard to find students to work late night hours, but maybe the school could find a little extra money to hire people for the woiic. Scott Powell Tlic Ponduhiin is not responsible lor spoiling or graninialical mistakes in Letters to the lulilor Corrections: The Pendulum strives to report the news accurately and will correct errors that come to its attention. Brian Walrath's name was incorrectly spelled in the byline of his story. The Black Awareness Program is a visitation progr^ planned and coordinated by the Office of Admissions and Student Ambassadors Committee, not the Black Cultural Society as it was stated in the April 14 issue of The Pendulum.
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