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1 Editorials Viewpoint March 2, 1995 Deaih is a pan of life It 'snoi an easy pan, but it'sonc ihai we have 10 deal wiih. In my four yeaiN at Elon Thi Fendulum has nin five obituaries about Elon students I have had the displeasure ofwriting three of those. They were not easy stories to wnte. Calling friends and family tncmbcrs who have lost someone close to them is hard to do. but it helps readers understand w hat the world has lost It is also hard to write stones about people you know or see on a daily basis Until now 1 didn't know any of the students who died. Former Elon student Floyd Barrett died Fnday, after being in volved in a tar crash Thursday. This was a shock to me, I hadn’t seen him on campus this year, but like most people I was too busy with my own life to wonder about some else's. When I heard he wa.s dead, it was hard to believe. I wasn't close to Floyd, but I still feel like he was a friend. He always had a smile on his face. Yes, it may sound cliche, but it was true. Royd was the most sincere student I knew. He seemed content with life. He was happy being here and saying “Hi" to people as they passed by him on campus. I even voted for him for SGA President last year. He may not have been as popular or as experienced as the other candidates, but he wanted to make a difference and I admired him for that. Instead of waiting for someone else to do something, Floyd was willing to make his own changes. ‘Too many times students have complained that their organiza tions are not being supponed by the student body and SGA." Floyd told The Fendulum before last spring's presidential election. "SGA has not been the leader of this support and they should be." Floyd was a genuine human being and a true person, who will be missed by everyone. ■ Erick GUI Editor in Chief Off The Record "Round here we talk just like lions. But we sacrifice like lambs." - Counting Crows "Round Here" THE Pendulum Informing the Elon College Community Kdilur in (.'hiiT Kcportcrs EnckCill Heather Anderson Anda*a Schinidl Mnnn)iinK Kdilor Jon Caniphcll Koh Nlancuso Jeff Winck Siaccy W;ird .\ssistanl Chnsty Earnhardt Kdilor Amy Logenvcll Sports Kt‘porlt*n» Chuck WaJket A & K Kditoi Boh Gninniu- Shannon Prater Jelf Dunlop Colleen Herndon Sports Kdilor April Pcrknis A & K Krp(»rtcr» Chni Adams Opinion Kditor Enc K Saner Stott Miller Mluslralor i'upy Kdilor Bnan Corrado ! raccy Siari. (»ruphit Arli&Ls IMiolo bdilor N^ktI Ml Kcnzic Tonya Hubart Andrea Svhmidl Heather Coltey .Advertising Michollc KiIl-v Adviser Joey Senai The PenJulum, founded in 1974, is published by Elon students. Sintfle copies of The Pendulum are free. If extra copies are needed, they can he purchased at The Pendulum office. Address: Campus Box 2S00, Elon College, N.C., 27244. 584 2331. Individualism: A last, best hope Fevk o! us know evil in the Niriti- est sense Sure, you might wonsider the Republicans in Congress to be evil Bui that's only because you're ig norant I'm talking about evil in the Stalinesque sense of ii Kill 10 million folks for the sake of an economic system I'mtalkingaboui evil in the sense of Hitler, killing millions because of a slightly dif ferent religious belief I can unequivocally state that evil will be gone by the time I reach my death bed in (hopefully) 60 or 70 years. I’ll tell you why. In the United States, our concept of individualism, as enumerated in the ideas of the founding fathers, will choke off evil at it’s roots. There will always be some igno rant clucks who don’t like "them blacks or Homo-sexuals." How ever. that’s simple ignorance, not a widespread dispersion of evil. Individuals prevent evil from happening. Some would suggest we need to prevent the spread of individualism so we can imprmt a system of collective security on the international consciousness. The collective mentality comes under many names. Socialism, communism, and idealism all rely on the idea that the individual must be subordinate to the greater good. Scott Miller However, we find that through out history, those collective men talities are responsible for the great est evil that has come upon this eanh. In Munich, pnor to WWII an idealist mentality led to Hitler’s rape and pillage of Europe. They all thought that working together with Adolf was going to work. No individual stood up to stop him. When the proletarian revolution swept through Russia in the ‘20s and ‘30s millions were killed. People who dared to be individual and stand up to it were slaughtered wholesale. The fact of the matter is that the United States must lead the world. At first, if necessary, it must be done individually. When other nations are willing to measure up and do the hard work of democracy and righteousness, they are wel come to come along. Utopia will be reached as individual nations working together, not a group of nations afraid to take the lead. A prime example of this phe nomenon IS the situation in People, including former Prdii Jimmy Caner, have been wo| for months to get the two talking The genocide contin^ In fact, the few situations 4 injustice has been successfully rected over the last few yeai when the United States takci lead. In Panama, Iraq, Haiti Somalia things were made i with US leadership. In fact, only reason for the eventual fa] in Somalia was the turning over authority to the UN. President Clinton, with the ception of Haiti, has behaved though he is the Commander Chief of ONE of the most powa nations in the world. When h removed from office in 1996, United States will retake its p( tion as the world leader There is no problem with United States saying what is and what is wrong. If we sit on our heels like the Clinton ministration has done, we wilU forever. Evil will win the day. Howevt we have the ability to stop it if adopt a perspective similar ton ‘‘manifest destiny” of the 1800i is our obligation to spread Wesi democracy and human rig throughout the world. '■ Out of the closet, into the Stonewall Cafe Cybill Shepherd Guest Columnist "In the beginning there was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!" "God loves the Homosexual but hates Homosexuality." "Fudgepackers!” "If It weren’t for the fags, dykes, and niggers we'd have prayer in schools!" "AIDS IS God's way of pun ishing fags!" You might have recognized some of these statements on signs at a protest, or heard them from a concerned citizen voicing their nghtlul opinion, or know them to be associated with pornography But "isolated” bursts of hate or misunderstandings from lack of communication are nothing to laugh or snob at They are bred out of an environment that seeks not to open up an interactive dialogue to dispel myths and untruths, but rather one that IS righteous in its indignation, tear and hatred. In an environment that has been fostered by statements such as these. It IS no wonder that the gay commu nity on Elon’s campus are hesitant to take a stand and speak out against homophobia and safely converse with ihose who might want to un derstand and listen. Fear for one’s job, tenure, aca demic standing and even physical well-being, are all realized out comes in either disclosing a non heterosexual orientation and/or showing support for the gay com munity. But, for this reasoiT. we have created "The Stonewall Cafe," a bi-monthly column in The Pen dulum where you can converse openly withothersconcerning these issues. "The Stonewall Cafe" is a safe place where Elon's students, faculty and staff can anonymously ask questions and voice their opin ions. Even for those who are in the closet to step out for a "Stonewall Espresso" and safely speak from their side of the "door" to help dispel the myths about homosexu ality. Through articles and letters we hope to take one small step towards combating homophobia and even isolation for those w are closeted and/or questioi their sexual orientation on this ci pus. We chose to name this col “The Stonewall Cafe" in honi the beginning of the gay n] movement. On June 28, 1969, police raided Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York City’s Greenw Village. Tired of the constant raids a brutality, the Stonewall Inn c( stituents that night fought ba This rebellion received natiq attention and marked the hej ning of the gay rights movemei Although we do not belS that violence is the way tosoKel problems on this campus, we believe this column to be euro Stonewall Inn rebellion All issues in regard to hoiii sexuality, bisexuality and) transgendered are open to addn within this column. You may your anonymous letters to C Box 2800. Be sure to address to "The Stonewall Cafe. .at, sstha
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