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October 1,1998 Opinions yiewj}omt We arefuri*lovingfolks here atT/ie and weenjoy a good farce from time to time. And we love nothing more than a good farce which involves the gross expenditure of funds on the part of the school. And dammit, we love aprimo parking spot when we can score one. Combine the three and you have a tent. That’s right, a tent. It’s an evil-looking white plastic tent with cute little windows* a bored occupant and a mission to kick some student-parking-sticker- wearing tailpipe. Aesthetically harmless? Perhaps. Harmless to the average off- campus dweller who’s late to their economics class? Ye gods no. The tent sits there, placid yet defiant, well nigh daring us to park in the hallowed visitor parking lot. We here at The Pendulum had to wonder what prompted the installation of this new aspect of the Elon Vision, or who decided it was necessary to plunk a stalwart soul on admissions payroll inside of the insidious thing. It’s all well and good that we want to save a few spots for the fine people who visit our institution on a daily basis, but isn’t keeping someone on guard duty just a little much? Then there’s the fact that the measure of control that the powers that be have within the Elon Bubble doesn’t extend to meterological phenomena. It will get cold eventually, and when that happens how will the guards stationed at Fort Moseleylot survive? Will they be installing a sophisticated heating/cooling system for the benefit of these brave individuals? Perhaps a tiki bar and a full service buffet? If so, The Pendulum offices will be moving to Little White Tent, Moseley Center Visitor Parking Lot, Elon College^ NC TJ2A4. We just question whether this method of patrolling and policing studentparking is effectiveorifitisa viable reason tospend thecoHege's money. But then some of us have tried and failed to park in that sacred lot, so perhaps we’re wrong. And still that tent sits there, and probably will sit there for all time, mocking us! But every day we will take one look at it, grumble and park somewhere in the next ZIP code, or in the science center parking lot, whichever’s closer. , . i«.l « i i. xv • The Pendulum editorial staff 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 Opinions Editor Carrie Lancos A & E Editor Erik Akelaitis Photo Editor Jenny Jamecke Advertising Manager Cathy Woelfel Advertising Andy Dietrich Office Manager Melissa Pasternack Online Editor Bill Monken Adviser Byung Lee Reporters Alison Abbey Lauren Bigge Marie Blackett Katie Bonebrake Ashley Brown Patrick Donovan Stefanie Fox Suzanne George Carolyn Lampila Johannah Lawrence Letitia Lee Lisa McChristian Alan Medeiros Bree Myers Josh Phoebus Jonathon Rutan Stephen Ryan Hillary Sherman Tammy Tripp Brad Turnage Jessica Vitak Photographers Emily MacDonnell Crystal Pape Jennifer Swink Kristy Wolfgang Columnists Brie Bittenbender Rich Blomquist Stephan Dignan Ethan Pell Chris Rash Anna Thysell 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 Whine, whine, whine... to the SGA' Things are changing at Elon College. Whenever you turn around it seems like they are constructing another building or tearing down an old one. We are hiring new faculty, increasing our student body and at tracting higher caliber students. Sometime I think that the closer Dr. Fred Young gets to re tirement, the more he is trying to accomplish every little thing he has been meaning to do for the past 25 years. Just look at the parking tent near the visitor parking lot! Because things are always changing, such as the meal plans, the residence halls and the Elon Express shuttle, sometimes minor details are overlooked. I am not saying that there is anyone out there who sets policy for the college that intentionally over looks a certain group, but we must be aware that there are faults with Elon College. Yes, there are faults with Elon College. The nice thing about these faults, however, is that if they are voiced to the proper person, they can be addressed rather quickly. In the past few years, I have had the pleasure of knowing some of these people. The director of residence life, the vice president for business and finance and the director of safety and security are all people who have helped me out whenever I ran into trouble. When I assumed the respon sibility of SGA president, my main goal was to make it easy for my 3800 fellow students to be able to voice their concerns. Mark Richter SGA Executive President richm5s0@elon.edu I could easily ask you to please e-mail me with any complaints, but I know nobody will do it. And quite frankly, even if you did, I wouldn’t want to read all that e-mail. In order to give the students and outlet to voice concerns and not bog me down with relaying your concerns to the proper authorities, the Student Government Associa tion is sponsoring a “General Gripes Forum.” Here you can complain, in a nice way, of course, to the people who really care and who can make a difference. On October 7 at 7 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium, the SGA will host the forum. Every student is invited to give us suggestions on what to change. Keep in mind that many school administrators will be there to discuss, listen and respond your concerns. I know it easier for people to si' in their dorm room in their apartment an^l complain to theif friends. However,"'^ are giving you a vi' able outlet. AfterOctober?’ I don’t want to anyone saying thatth^ SGA doesn’t do anf thing or that nobody cares. If anyone would like to sug' gest some topics to discuss or hav^ a problem that needs to be addressed quickly, please e-mail me. Otherwise, I hope to see eV' eryone at the Gripes Forum on OO’ tober 7 at 7 p.m. in Whitley AuditO” rium. ^ 'H Next Issue: Dr. Young J discusses the Elon VisioJ* Elon's President If you could be president of Elon College for one day, what would you do? James Pfiaum, junior: I would up the CDCs’ salaries, give them all a raise, and I’d give the CDCs a lot more recognition and build an outdoor rec center. Katie Anderson, sopho more: I would round up all the squirrels and set them loose in some forest far away. I’d send them to Abu-Dhabi! Drew Neill, junior: I would build a big building for the history department. I’d also hang out with the students a lot more. I’d go to Harden or the Octogon and just meet people. Amber Fisher, freshman: I would give campus directories to everyone. I’d would make it easier for everyone to associate with ev eryone else. Becky Robinson, soph^' more: I’d help students who’s jors aren’t offered by the schoo^ design their own major. Mark Richter, senior: have them turn the lease o* Maynard House over to me. Thei^ I’d give myself a scholarship, sinc^ the school doesn’t give enoug^^ scholarships. It would be call^^ the Richter Memorial Scholarship and would go to the SGA pres* dent.
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