Nov. 16,2000
News
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see “ELECTORAL” page 1
Therefore, our presidency is
based around 538 people who may
possibly vote in opposition to
American citizens. The recent con
sensus of many is that our president
should be elected on the popular
vote, the vote of the people, and not
the Electoral College vote.
“Just because the ‘founding
fathers’ instituted it does not mean
we have to keep it. They are not
saints. The popular vote should be
what our presidency is based on.
The Electoral College is a political
dinosaur, meaning a fossil, its out
of date and should not continue in
the 21st Century,” Dr. Rudolph
Zarzar, professor of Political Sci
ence, said.
There is current talk about
enacting the proper approach to add
a new amendment to the Constitu
tion abolishing the Electoral Col
lege.
Senator Elect Hillary Rodham
Clinton is one of the political fig
ures that have undertaken this chal
lenge. In order to add an amend
ment to the Constitution it must
pass by 2/3 in both the Senate and
the House of Representatives and
then be ratified by at least 2/3 of the
states.
So it seems that while the
Electoral College has finally been
made a common household word in
much of the United States, it may no
longer exist by the next presidential
election.
Such scrutiny has been placed
on this Constitutional policy and its
relevance in the modem politics
that it may in fact be abolished
within the next four years.
Flu- Vaccine Prices Soar Amid National
Shortages: Patients left waiting for help
Sue Ellen
Chicago Tribune
The temporary national short
age of flu vaccine is creating a
seller’s market with vaccine prices
soaring to five times the usual cost,
even as the scarcity has forced health
providers to turn away some pa
tients who need the shots most.
No one really knows when
the shortage will be resolved, and
for now, the delivery of vaccine is
in a race to beat the upcoming flu
season, which typically arrives in
late December and early January.
“What is interesting is sud
denly there is a black market,” said
Janet Teeters, who oversees the
pharmacy program for the nine-hos
pital Advocate Health Care system
in metropolitan Chicago.
“ We ’ 11 get faxes and cold calls
saying, ‘We have vaccine.’ It’s like
five times the price,” Teeters said.
“We still don’t have our original
ordered supplies yet, but somehow
the vaccine is getting out there.”
The unprecedented circum
stances are highlighting a little-no
ticed tentacle of the nation’s com
plex drug delivery system: Niche
distribution companies that have
sprung up particularly in the last
decade that specialize in hard-to-
get drugs.
These companies are capital
izing on a temporary shortage
caused by two factors. First, pro
duction was halted at two of the
four vaccine makers because of vio
lations in good manufacturing prac
tices; only one was allowed to re
sume.
Second, one of the vaccine’s
three virus strains, A/Panama, has
been slower to grow than most vi
ruses, slowing production times.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention expects that
70 percent of the national supply of
vaccine will be delivered by the end
of November; typically, all of it is
shipped by then. Because the vac
cine takes two weeks to take full
effect in healthy people, the timing
creates the possibility that the flu
season will arrive before people are
protected.
The Elon Office of Greek Life Proudly Salutes
the Following Students for their Induction into
The Order of Omega, the National Greek
Leadership Honorary.
PURPOSE OF OMEGA
To recognize those fraternity men and women who have attained a high
standard of leadership in interfratemity activities, to encourage them to
continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar con
spicuous attainment;
To bring together outstanding fraternity men and women to create an orga
nization which will help to mold the sentiment of the institution on ques
tions of local and intercollegiate fraternity affairs.
To bring together members of the faculty, alumni, and student members of
the institution’s fraternities and sororities on a basis of mutual interest,
understanding and helpfulness;
To help create an atmosphere where ideas and issues can be discussed
openly across Greek lines and to help work out solutions.
Leslie Egnew
Zeta Tau Alpha
Ann m. Batchelor
Zeta Tau Alpha
Jennifer Cacchione
Zeta Tau Alpha
kelly lynette Sibley
Zeta Tau Alpha
Patricia J. Basial
Alpha Omicron Pi
Amanda m. Fabian
Alpha Xi Delta
Janell McBride Otis
Phi Mu
Katherine Purcell
Sigma Kappa
Sarah Rack
Phi Mu
Erica A. Stanley
Phi Mu
Hillary Anne Rogers
Phi Mu
Cristine Barry Sanlorenzo
Alpha Omicron Pi
Justin Sardi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lauren Leigh Shores
Alpha Omicron Pi
Cory Wilkinson
Pi Kappa Phi
Kathleen Batten
Sigma Kappa
Jason Allen Brubaker
Pi Kappa Phi
Thomas O’Neill
Kappa Alpha Order
Joshua Jennings Phoebus
Pi Kappa Phi
Katie Elizabeth Sullivan
Alpha Xi Delta
The Elon Greek Community: Building a Better Tomorrow on the Roots of Yesterday
www.elon.edu/greek