Volume XXIV, Number 18
Informing the Elon College Community
February 25, 1999
INSIDE
Opinionfs
Canada Diy: The invasion
from the Great White Horth
page 3
News
Friends pay tribute to
Liz Fleiiren
page 9
Focus
Exploring different systems
of government
pages 10-11
A&E
Montgomery Bums Band
CD release party
page 12
Sports
Basketball wrap up
page 19
Elon Baseball vs. Catawba
page 20
Gardner, Meadows to run-off for SGA
President; Election will be held today
President Mark Richter (center) wishes good luck to Corbie Meadows (1.) and John Gardner (r.)
Carrie Lancos
The Pendulum
The Student Government
Association (SGA) will be holding
a run-off election today to deter-
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Source: National Science Foundation/
USA Today Poll Pec. 9-13,1998
mine the winner of the Executive
President race.
The election held Monday,
Feb. 22 and Tuesday, Feb. 23 did
not produce a clear majority winner
in the race, however it did narrow
the field down to John Gardner and
Corbie Meadows.
“Seeing as no candidate re
ceived 50 percent of the vote plus
one, we need to have a run-off elec
tion for the presidential candidates,”
SGA Executive President Mark
Richter said. “It would only be for
that one day and whoever wins that
would become the SGA president.”
see ELECTIONS, page 5
Rumors surround flu epidemic
Alan Medeiros
The Pendulum
Many communities are fa
mous for their ability to spread ru
mors, and the Elon College com
munity is no different.
One rumor that has been cir
culating over the past week is the
possibility of classes being cancelled
due to the possibility of a flu out
break on campus.
Associate Dean of Students
Jana Lynn Paterson said that all of
this speculation is just that. “I have
consulted with Dr. Maher’s office
and there are no plans to cancel
classes: While there are several
cases of the flu, there is no epidemic
and certainly not numbers to war
rant the cancellation of classes.”
While Health Services has
seen a rise in flu cases this month in
comparison to the same time last
year, there is no cause for alarm.
Director of Health Services
Mary Jane Salter said that there are
several strains of flu circulating
around campus.
Many of the students that have
come down with the flu are students
who did not get a flu vaccination
earlier in the year.
It should be noted, however,
that there is some speculation
amongst those in Health Services
that one of the strains that is stu
dents are coming in with is what is
known as the Beijing Flu, and was
not included in this years vaccine.
Symptoms of this flu include
fever, congestion, body aches and
in some cases, gastro-intestinai dis
tress. The virus also sometimes
results in an upper-respiratory in
fection.
see FLU, page 5