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Februaury 12,-1998
Letters
SGA member upset by use of funds
Student Government to use activities funds for Haggard Ave. sidewalk
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in re
sponse to the Student Government
Association decision to give away
$7500. The money was taken from
the overdraft of student activities
fee and will be used to have the
sidewalks on Haggard Avenue ex
tended from East Campus apart
ments to Ashley Oaks apartments,
with a crosswalk somewhere in the
middle.
Don’t get me wrong, the idea
is a noble one. The problem is that
the Student Government used stu
dent activities fees to pay for this
project. The student activities fees
are there to fund organizations on
campus, period.
Furthermore, I feel this was a
very rushed decision by the Stij-
dent Government. The Student
Government had no prior notice or
information about the proposal that
was being represented last Thurs
day. I felt there needed to be more
information present for the Senate
to vote on the current project. The
only information that was presented
was the cost of the project and a
map on a wrinkled piece of paper
showing where the sidewalks were
to be located.
It was a rushed decision made
by the Student Government Asso
ciation. I also think a lot of senators
were confusing the issues and many
felt it was their job to provide safety
for students on this campus. It is
not SGA’s job to provide safety for
the students. It’s to represent the
students.
The issue is the improper use
of funds by the Student Govern
ment Association to support a
project that had nothing to do with
any organization on this campus.
I would just like to reflect back
to the students for a moment. This
money is “your” money, not Elon ’ s
money or even the Student
Government’s money. I hope you
enjoy wasting it on sidewalks which
should be funded by Elon College.
Moreover, this decision puts a
tremendous amount of stress on the
budget committee. How is the bud
get committee ever going to be able
to cut organizations wanting more
money for this semester?
I just have to say to all the
organizations, if you want your
money, now is the time to get it
because Student Government is just
giving it away. How can any orga
nization be denied money after the
Student Government Association
gave money for sidewalks. They
really cannot.
Finally, I would just like to say
to the town of Elon College, I find
it absolutely ridiculous for the town
to only have to pay one-third of the
money. The town has plenty of
money to fund this project but they
won’t. It just goes to show where
students really rank in the town’s
pecking order.
Sincerely,
Matthew D. Belardi
'Best of 1997' omitted
athletic achievements
To the Editor:
I was veiy pleased to see the
section in the last printed Pendu>
lum about the “Best of 1997.’’ It
was a great piece that was put to
gether by your staff. 1 was very
upset after going through the whole
article once again, only to not see
anything about the baseball and
golf teams who worked extremely
hard in post*season play.
Do not g0t me wrongs I am
very happy that you did your piece
about the basket ball team, they
deserve it but you seemed to have
left ojff twoteams who went further
in play,
I worked withthebaseball team
last year, and believe rae, if you
were not at ev«y game and every
practice^thenyoudo notknowhow
hard tiiese men worked.
For those of you who do not
know, while everyone else was
cramming for exams or partying
hard, the baseball team was on a
plane to Alabama.
'Hie golf team was also on a
plane to Arizona. The baseball
team went to Alabama and played
the best games of their lives, win
ning against one team who went on
to play in the World Series. And
they were giving Elon College the
recognition that they so well de
serve. The basebsdl team finished
the season second in the region and
fifth in the nation.
So to all the guys tiiat were on
last year’s team, THANK YOU for
giving me the best of 1997 and
giving me six months of fun, laugh
ter and tears. You guys deserve the
best out of everything.
When you do not thinfcanyone
is in youf comer, I want you to
always remember that I am and I
saw all the work that you did ac
complish.
And to all the athletes, you all
deserve my congratulations forthe
five years that you have given to
me, I have worked widi all of you
in some form. Keep your heads up
and keep going strong in Division
■■III*
Sincerely,
Brandy Norris
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