Viewpoint
The next generation of Blon College is quickly arriving. The
Presidential Search Conunittee has been named and will begin meeting
soon-
A consultant was on campus this week meeting with students,
faculty and stajflF to see what they felt was in Elon^s future and who was
needed to lead that future.
While we understand that students are not the only part of the Elon
community, we fee! that it is important that our needs and wants for
Eton’s new president are voiced and understood.
The new search committee only has one student member, SGA
President Mark Richter. It is his job and his duty to make sure the voices
of Elon students are heard.
But it is not Mark's job alone to speak out. Every student has the
right to speak and to be heard.
We at The Pendulum have some ideas on Elon’s next leader. And
while we realize we do not speak for ali students, we are a very diverse
group and feel we speak for many.
As the world, and Elon* move towards the future, technology is
becoming more and more a part of the world in which we live.
It is important that tiienmpresident understands therdetete)l-
ogy has played in shaping the lives of his or her students and recognizes
the importance it will play in their future.
We feel that it is also important for the new president to be very
open-minded.The new president needs to embrace the diversity of Elon
students and work to broaden our racial and social backgrounds.
The hew president needs to respect the Greeks and the non-
Greeks. He or she needs to recognijie and respect the different needs of
students, from fteshman to senior year.
And, most importantly, he or she must bok beyond the surface of:
Elon that inost pet^le see and view the true students and faulty* The s
new president should be able to bring die college to its full potential.
M the search committee looks towards Bbn’s future and next
leader* we mustall remember thatBlon isalready a greatinstitution. We
just need to.find the person who can make it better.
* Th0 Fendutum editorial staff
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Opinions
The social trauma of an Elon ID
Rich Blomquist
Pendulum Columnist
blomr7d0@numen.elon.edu
Every time I look at my Elon
College ID card, I feel like F ve been
had- and I mean that in the biblical
sense of the word.
I pay the school more than
$7,000each semester, but Elon can ’ t
even give me a quality ID.
The photo on the front of my
Elon card is a puffy little square
thanks to a third-rate lamination job.
Want to know my name?
You’ll have to flip the card over.
Someone with a Commodore 64 dot
matrix printer stamped it on the back.
And let me tell you, “Richard
D. Blomquist” has never looked more
dignified.
I could probably make a bet
ter-looking ID with an index card, a
crayon, and a box of Saran Wrap.
Most Elon students don’t feel
cheated when they look at their ID
cards. Ofcourse, most of you don’t
know what it feels like to have an ID
that you can be proud of.
I attended Georgia Tech for
two semesters. Even though I don’t
go there anymore, I keep the ID that
they gave me in my wallet.
And what a gem it is! My
name, picture, and Social Security
number are all on the front of the
card, along with my old e-mail ad
dress and campus box.
And it’s not even laminated!
All of this useful information is
etched directly into the plastic. This
process keeps a Georgia Tech ID
looking brand-new for years, even
if its owner is expelled for assault
ing the school mascot.
I said that I was sorry. I
guess I just freaked out when I saw
that giant bumblebee running
around on the basketball court.
Having a Georgia Tech card
is like being in “The Player’s Club.”
If you bring the ID to any respect
able hotel in Reno or Atlantic City,
you’ll get a room with a heart-
shaped Jacuzzi and a free continen
tal breakfast.
Try getting that with an Elon
card.
I’ve suppressed my hatred of
Elon IDs for a long time, but I can’t
keep quiet any longer. My Elon ID
is actually starting to ruin my social
life.
Last Thursday I traveled with
some school-friends to a popular
Raleigh dance club for a night of
merry-making and debauchery, I
knew I was in trouble the instant I
saw that Mars was spelled with an
extra R and a Z instead of a S.
How clever.
It was “college night” at the
club, so I only brought my Elon ID
and five dollars. I didn’t need any
wallet slowing down my Electric
Slide.
The bouncer took one look at
my warped Elon card and accused
me of forgery.
“Why is this picture so puffy,
son?” Heactually thought that I was
under eighteen and had produced a
counterfeit ID in order to get into
Mairz.
He said that he wasn’t going
to let me in until I showed him my
driver’s license and I didn’t have it
with me.
Of course, all of my friends
had their licenses with them. So
they went inside and I spent one of
the most depressing hours of my life
wandering around Raleigh.
At one point, I was approached
by a band of ruffians but I quickly
recited some Ice Cube lyrics and
was allowed to pass.
My friends eventually con
vinced one of the Nobel Prize-win-
ning bouncers to let me into the
club. The night was not a complete
failure, as I spent a whole hour watch
ing middle-aged jean jacket enthu
siasts try to pick up high-school stu
dents.
My shoddy Elon ID nearly
kept me from a night of grinding
into complete strangers. If Elon
wants to join the nation’s elite learn
ing institutions, it will have to start
giving out better ID cards.
Do you think the registration process is fair? What would you do to change it?
Katie Ruoff, sophomore: I
think it would be a good if if they
could have it over the phone be
cause I think it’s a hassle for people
who have classes and stuff like
that. I got shut out of one of my
classes, but I’m near the end of the
alphabet, so I did okay.
Rick Boone, sophomore:
Yeah, I think so. My name begins
with a “B” so sometimes I get com
pletely shafted, but other times you
get hooked up, so it kind of evens
out for me. This time I got screwed,
but the time before I got what I
needed.
Courtney Bradford,
sophomore: Yeah, I think so. It
works better than if they did first-
come, first-served. I think it’s
pretty fair since they alternate it. I
think it’s fine. It sucks if you’re a
freshman, but once you’re ajunior
or senior you get the classes you
want. It all evens out.
Amy Grzeskiewicz, freshman: Yeah, it’s fair enough. There’s really nothing you can change about it.
They could offer more classes in some subjects, though.
compiled by Carrie Lancos with photos by Crystal Fape