March 12,1998
Viewpoint
Yesterday Elon held the groundbieaking ceremony for the new
library. The new science building is just ojonths away from being
completed. Hie all*new, and better Elon is almost here.
But what about today's Elon College? Or more specifically^ what
about today’s Elon College student? ‘ .
Elon Vision or not^ most of us still have to get to cla^ on a daily
basis, and all this construction has not helped things much.
The (wnstniction of the new science building has ah'eady caused
problems on O’ Kelly Avenue as construction vehicles block trafific and
slow students down as they drive to class.
The new parking lot has been opened, but due to construction, nails
and debris litter the lot. Most students are leery of poking there
because of it.
Hie construction of the library creates a whole new set of prob
lems, ITie construction site is going to block off the Haggard Avenue
entrance into the Moseley Center parking lot. Hus will back up traffic
into the lot from O"Kelly Avenue even more.
The consUnQtion is also going to eliminsrte approxitnately 100
spaces from the lot> forcing more students to parit in the new lot, nails
andalL
We have nothing againstElon trying to better the institution or
education its students receive. Some of us on the staff even regret the
fact that many of us will have graduated before tlKs f’new^’ Elon is
completed.
However, we do think that the administration should be respectful
of the curren^t^students and their needs.
Is it too'much to ask construction workers not to move their
machinery during peak traffic times? We should not have to be late for
class because a cementtruckis blocking theentrance to the parking lot.
We should not have to park in a lot littered wi^ construction debri$.
Most importantly, we should not feel like the Elon diat Is to come
is more important than the Eton that is. The **Visi6n” for the future of
Elon College should not overlook the present.
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^ Opinions
One is silver, the other is...
There comes a time in every
friendship between a male and a
female when the thought of taking
the relationship to another level en
ters the mind.
Of course in many cases only
one of the two that thinks this, and
when the other one does think of it
their response is sheer disgust.
So that leaves us with an off
balanced relationship. In one corner ‘
we have a person who is just skip
ping along happy as a clam, oblivi
ous to distress of their friend.
And in the other corner we have
got someone who is haboring a deep
yearning for their friend which is
slowing transforming into a full
blown obsession.
What do we do now? I’m going
to take the view of the person who is
smitten with their friend, just be
cause it’s something I can relate to
better.
There are so many options open
to this person that it blows the mind.
They could tell the person, they could
repress their feelings, they could
jump off a cliff, so many choices.
Every relationship can be re
lated to some sort of game. There
are relationships that are like War,
Sorry, Trival Pursuit and for many
of us, Solitare.
I’m serious. Take Tiddly Winks
for example. There are relationships
like that in the world. Just smack the
coin until it goes in the hole. I don’t
want to even start with Connect
Four.
This relationship is a poker
game. Everybody comes into the
thing with an ante. If a friendship
fails in the first week or so, big
deal, you don’t lose very much.
As the friendship progresses,
each “player” gets better cards
and a better understanding of
who the other person is.
Chuck Buckley
A&E Editor
bucka5c0@numen.elon.edu
The stakes are also get
ting higher with every new
thing you learn about your
friend, and the closer you become
and the more you risk in losing
them.
Finally one person “calls” the
game by asking the other person in
a not-just-friends kind of way. At
that point you either fold and give
up on the game or the thing keeps
going with even higher stakes.
There is no real answer to the
problem of what to do when you
fall in love with your friend.
It has been said that the very
best loves start off as friends. I
believe that. You have so much
more to draw on. There is also a
certain level of trust that you have
with a friend that you don’t get
when you just hook up with some
one.
If you do flip for your friend,
do you really want to risk telling
them how you really feel? But
they’re your friend, if you can’t tell
them how you really feel about
things, you aren’t be
ing that great a friend.
So it’s decided.
You will tell your
friend just how you
feel. But, what if they
don’t feel the same
way as you?
Telling a person
that you care for them
in ways outside the
normal role of a friend
is probably the fastest way to de
stroy a friendship, but it could also
be the best thing that could ever
happen to you.
That is the problem. Is it worth
risking the friendship in order to
become more than just friends? That
brings us right back to the begin
ning again. What do you do?
Do you tell them exactly how
you feel and hope the best, do you
swallow you true feelings and be
satisfied that you still have a good
friend, or do you write a silly little
column about it and try and see
what shakes loose? I have no idea.
Library
What are your thoughts on Elon's new library?
Amy Naudascher, junior: “I
think its much needed that we ex
pand our library. Unfortunately, I
won’t be able to use it while I’m
here. For the future of the college,
though, it will be a good thing.”
Katie Spiker, freshman: “I
think we need a new one. The one
we have is too small and it lacks
resources. And you feel like you’re
going into a dungeon when you go
in the basement.”
Dan Schrot, freshman: “We
definitely need it. Other students
from other campuses have much
bigger libraries. I’ve heard that
this library will be sizably larger,
and that will help out the students
a lot.”
Damian Smith, freshman:
“I’m glad we’re getting it. I think
I’ll use it about as much as I use
this library, though.”
Jennifer Colter, freshman:
“I think it’s good, we need a bigger
one. We need more resources.
The library and the LRC are pretty
far from where I live so the new
one will be more convenient.”
Jamal Green, junior: “I’m
glad we’re getting a new library
because then we will have more
room for new materials and to ex
pand our music library.”