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October 31,1996
Hettersi
To The
Editor
Letters
Artwork Crime Was Selfish
Blood Drive Aids Praised
To the Editor:
I am writing to thank everyone
who helped to make this semester’s
blood drive a huge success. We
collected 216 units of blood which
put us over our goal of 200! I
greatly appreciate everyone whose
enthusiasm helped keep me going
throughout the long day and the
long days leading up to the “The
Big Day!” Each and every one of
the volunteers deserves recogni
tion, but the list is just too long to
publish.
♦♦Everyone who mentioned
the drive to a friend and encour
aged them to give — thank you.
**A11 of you who gave blood
on Thursday, thank you on behalf
of the four lives you saved.
**To all of the EV! Office
staff who answered phones and
made appointments, you’re great!
**To the people who sat at the
table in Moseley to flag down ev
eryone who passed — terrific job!
**And to Julie Elmore who
helped me see that light at the end
of the tunnel—a HUGE THANKS!
The Blood Drive would not
have been so successful without
your help and dedication.
Last, but not least, thank you
to my co-coordinator, Josie
Mosmiller. On this our second
drive together, we worked super
hard to not just reach our goal, but
break it! So, Josie, thanks for col-
Eton Athletics Not
Receiving Support
To the Editor:
I am a sophomore at Elon Col
lege and a member of the men’s
basketball team. It has come to my
attention, through my experiences
last year, as well as those so far this
year, that the athletic teams at this
institution have not been receiving
the support from the students and
faculty at Elon, as well as the com
munity in which Elon is located,
that we well deserve. Elon College
has a rich tradition in athletics that
includes several national champi
onships in football, golf and base
ball, highlighted with numerous
All-American superstars that will
remain immortal because of their
performances on their selected field
of competition. The spirit of com
petition is one that lives today in
each Elon College athlete. It is
because of this heritage as well as
the abilities of each of Elon’s
coaches and athletes that Elon
College’s athletics department has
been promoted from a NCAA Di
vision II participant to a NCAA
Division I contender. To keep up
with such progresses in inter-colle
giate varsity athletics, each of
Elon’s athletics team’s coaches
have searched the nation each year
oring all day and everything else
you did to get this event off the
ground! Here’s to a great drive in
the Spring everyone!
Amy J. Jumba
To the editor:
Recently a student’s photog
raphy work was displayed in the
Fine Arts building. These photos,
which were of good taste, were
disgraced by someone with selfish
intents. The mangier of the art
either stole the piece for some kind
of personal gain, or destroyed it to
satisfy his or her sadistic personal
ity. Since the art student literally
owned the photos, this is definitely
a case of destruction of private
property. The violation that the
student suffered was, justifiably,
taken very seriously. I must con
gratulate The Pendulum for sur
facing the matter at hand. In a
“learning environment” which we
have all chosen to participate in, I
hope it has been realized by all that
the aforementioned crime was self
ish, disrespectful, childish and not
to be mimicked.
I trust that the person who des
ecrated these photos will not deter
others from displaying their art
work. Fear should not limit one’s
artistic expressions. Again, thanks
should be given to the college com
munity for taking the responsibil
ity of protecting one student’s rights
to display art.
Jill Duffy
Student Disgusted hy Duck, Geese
Remnants on Sidewalks by Harden
To the Editor:
The ducks and geese near
Harden Dining Hall are very beau
tiful, but what they leave on the
sidewalks isn’t. I walk on the side
walks daily and they are very clean,
except when I am going to eat. I
understand that the ducks and geese
do what they need to do, but couldn’t to eat? Isn’t it unsanitary to walk
through that stuff, then track it into
the dining hall where our food is
cooked then served? I just feel that
if it is not hard to fix a problem,
then why not?
Sincerely,
Jason Gross
the school find someone to clean it
up? It would be easy for them to
pay people or to have individuals
who owe campus restitution hours
clean the sidewalks of animal drop
pings. Why should we have to look
where we are going while walking
with the highest ability and poten
tial in the country. In the past
couple of years, Elon College has
made other necessary changes to
improve it's team rankings among
the other schools within the SAC
conference that include changes in
team philosophies, strategies, and
preparation techniques that have
turned each team into serious con
tenders in our conference and re
gional sections. These revisions
have made serious alterations in
the records of nearly every varsity
inter-collegiate sport at Elon. In
fact, the men’s basketball team
alone, last year, increased its games
won by more than four times those
of the two previous years com
bined and seven times the record
from the 1994-95 season. Now,
more than ever, the athletics de
partment at Elon College needs the
support of our fans from both this
university and from the Burlington
community to push us into the next
level of competition successfully
and make Elon College be the pow
erhouse that it once was. GO
FIGHTING CHRISTIANS.
Sincerely,
Keith Bethea
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