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September 10,1998 Opinions y^iewvomt One of the most painful tasks that the good people of this newspaper must endure is the weekly debate over what in the name of all that’s sacred will we write about in the Viewpoint, On a good night, the conversation starts out in earnest, with theories about Nietzschean existentialism mingling with ideas on the socio-political role ^f the modern press in American society. Usually, however, the conversation degenerates into overly hor monal diatribes on sex (or lack thereof) and brainstorming sessions on how the ferhale contingency of the newspaper could lure one of the male staff members into the darkroom for the evening. Thenthe glorious notion of the deadline is broughtto the attention of the racuous group and someone gets stuck with writing the thing. Said individual is then locked in m office and is ordered to produce something terribly clever while being subjected to the musical stylings of whatever crap is playing on 107,5 that evening. Odds are good that they’ll hear something by Third Eye Blind at least 14 times in their sitting. And all this poor writer wants is some fine Waffle House cuisine and the comfort of dieir bed. Yet the writer sits there, as the little hamster wheel in their head sets to spinning* and pouring from every $ub‘joumalistic pore comes a thicks rich mass of unpiofe ^nalism andthe l«i$tmtion$ of the day. All tills is performed under the peer pressure of the rest of the staff who wants nothiiig more than to escj^ Irom the confines of the of%e. So why do, we put up with it? \ ; Simply because oneday some topic will come up ^^chsomoves us that we will be inclined, my, forced to something in response. Maybe yott can thmlcof som^ng, goodclti^en^ of Blon College* Maybe something is irritating you to &e point that ym would fcdi compelled to wnte or e-mail us and tell us wh^ the hell to put in this charm .ng grey box on page two^ Viewpointshouldnotbeamessofprivateoffjcejokes. Butdoyou want it to address national issues or school policy? Tell us, we are your forum, after alL Or maybe we^re just copping Mit WafSe House does sound kind of good right now.,. * The Pendulum editoriai staff SGA acts as students' voice Taking thoughts and ideas and making them a reality was the theme for the Student Government Asso ciation planning, retreat held over the weekend. Forty SGA members, includ ing our newly elected freshmen senators, organized, planned and debated many issues. We organized many commit tees to address upcoming events, including Homecoming, tailgating at football games and our budgeting process. One of our primary goals this year is to give the students a voice through the SGA. Oh Sunday morning, Provost Gerry Francis and Vice President of Student Life Smith Jackson spent two hours with our group discuss ing such topics as parking and the new shuttles, requiring students to have computers and the effective ness of the new Spanish Center. Other topics discussed were library and LRC hours, as well as the impact and timeline of campus construction over the next year. One thing students need to realize is that the adminisU-ation, for the most part, listens to our concerns. John Gardner, who is chair of our Student Issues Committee, will deal with gripes and issues thatElon students have. We want to be able to give students a forum to protest changes with which they do not agree and to make recommenda tions on ways to improve the cam pus climate. Senior class senator Andrew Stemmer requested that there be a greater variety of dailj newspapers on sale d the campus shop. Mark Richter SGA Executive President richm5sO@elor\.edu Alan Slider, th business representativ for the senate, would lik to see a push cart sellin coffee and breakfast items in front of Long building. Several years ago, this ser vice was available to those people who did not want to walk to the Octagon Cafe early in the morning. Black Cultural Society repre sentative Tina Ryals would like to see the LRC open longer hours. All of these requests are le gitimate and may not take too much energy or a lot of funds to fix. We want to address the prob lems we have and give the student body the voice to bring up solutions to dilemmas they may face. Things can change as long as you complain to the right people. The SGA is the right place to start. We may not always be able to fix every problem on campus that irritates you, but we can always lead you in the right direction. Any feedback or suggestion for the SGA can be sent to me through e-mail of by calling the SGA of fice at ex. 2333. For those of you looking for some fun, I invite everyone to tailgate before the football game this Sat urday evening. Shuttles to the stadium will depart from Boney Fountain on the east side of Moseley Center start ing at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Septem- 'ber 12 for the big game. After last weekend’s exciting football game, everyone should want to cheer on our Fightin’ Chris tians as they face Delaware State. GO ELON! Sept. 24 Issue Mark Richter discusses the Presidental Selection Committee Informing the Elon College Community Editor in Chief Michelle Cater News Editor Julie Koch Features Editor Giselle Pole Sports Editor Chrissie Taylor Asst. Sports Editor Troy Adams A & E Editor Erik Akelaitis Opinions Editor Carrie Lancos Photo Editor Jenny Jamecke Advertising Manager Cathy Woelfel Office Manager Melissa Pasternack Adviser Byung Lee Reporters Alison Abbey Brian Ashmore Lauren Bigge Marie Blackett Katie Bonebrake Ashley Brown Kevin Burrows Patrick Donovan Stefanie Fox Suzanne George Carolyn Lampila Johannah Lawrence Chris Marge Lisa McChristian Alan Medeiros Bree Myers Josh Phoebus Jonathon Rutan Stephen Ryan Brad Tumage Jessica Vitii Photographers Emily MacDonnell Crystal Pape Kerri Sigler Jennifer Swink Kristy Wolfgang Advertising Andy Dietnch Columnists Rich Blomquist Stephan Dignan Andrew Hludzenski Ethan Pell Chris Rash Anna Thysell Tammy Tripp The purpose of The Pendulum shall be to inform and entertain the Elon College community. The Pendulum shall be a forum where all members of the college community are able to express their ideas and opinions. Address all correspondence to: The Pendulum 7012 Campus Box Elon College, N.C. 27244. Phone:(336)584-2331 Fax: (336) 584-2467 E-mail: pendulum@numen.elon.edu Web page: http://www.elon.edu/ pendulum Why do you think the football game against James Madison is so important to Elon? m Rashid Alexander, sopho more: 1 won’t be here for the game. But it’s Elon’s first year playing big name schools. It could really put Elon on the map as part of the powerhouse football teams. It’ll give us some respect. HaleeRiehle, sophomore: I think the school’s trying to make a big deal out of it, personally. It’s so important because they are a Divi sion I school and they want all of us to go up there and support them so they’ll win! Maureen Hass, sopho more: I think because it’s a big name school. They’re well known, so it’s a good challenge for us. It’s a nice perk for Elon when people see them on the schedule next to the big schools. Derek Luther, sophomore: I have to go because I’m in the pep band. It s part of the push to Division I. The football team says we’ll do very well. It’s part of all the big excitement going into Division I.
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