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Opinions
Feb. 21, 2002
Editorial
Elon will miss Isabella Cannon
On Feb. 13» Elon Univer
sity lost a prominent alumna,
and the student body lost a
woman who truly, viewed
them as her cherished chil
dren.
Dr. Isabella Cannon was
a remarkable woman who
will be remembered for her
passion, conviction, love and
hope. She wanted to see her
Children go out into the
world and create positive
change in their communities.
Her legacy will live on
through both her monetary
contributions and her zest for
life and learning.
At the age of 97, she had
more energy than most col
lege students, and she used
this energy to lead a life dedi
cated to service.
Her role in the community
was much greater than that of
an elected official. Dr. Cannon
constantly sought to make a dif
ference.
She often urged students to
think globally and act locally,
believing that change begins
within the community.
Each stuctent who had the op
portunity to meet Dr. Cannon
walked away with something
special. Whether it was her mes
sage of service, her commitment
to community or her enthusiasm
for life, Dr. Cannon always of
fered a memorable moment.
One of her gifts to the Elon
community was a donation.
used to create the four-phase
Isabella Cannon Leadership
program. This program helps
students get to know them
selves and their communities
in an effort to create positive
change. That is the ideal she
stood for and based her life
on.
The program was her
baby, and she loved each stu
dent who took part in it. Dr.
Cannon came when time per
mitted to speak with these
students. She wanted to know
them, where they were from
and where they were going.
, She truly cared, and this is
how she will always be re
membered. She will be re
membered as a generous, car
ing woman with boundless
energy who was sharp as a
tack even at 97-years-old.
You will be greatly missed
Dr. Cannon.
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Manufacturing straying away
from United States economy
Andrew Holmberg
Columnist
Through my courses
at Elon, I have learned
much about the global
ized world. My global experience
class taught me about other cultures
and how the U.S. deals with these
cultures.
In my economics class, I am
leaming about the benefits the U.S.
gains through specialization when
we trade.
I have come to the conclusion
that the U.S. is way off course in
our pursuit of providing the citizens
of the U.S. with the best possible
place to live.
Through increased trading
around the world, the U.S. is essen
tially losing its manufacturing base.
This could be the worst mistake that
we, as a society, could possibly
make. How are we, as a society.
supposed to stay wealthy and pow
erful without manufacturing?
If we become reliant upon trade,
we will be controlled by other na
tions. We will become a nation of
lawyers, doctors, financial consult
ants and McDonald’s and Wal-Mart
workers.
The manufacturing base that the
U.S. built up during the Industrial
Revolution is what made this coun
try strong. We had the strongest
middle class in the world in the
‘50s. Then we began to globalize,
and since that time the middle class
- has been shrinking.
The decline of the middle class
will weaken us as a society consid
erably. People without education
will have little work, so unemploy
ment will go up. Because of in
creased immigration, the average
unskilled American will have more
job competition. High unemploy
ment will cause high crime rates.
A few Americans will be getting
rich, but they own the big corpora
tions who are using the sweatshops
to create their products.
The U.S. can’t even pursue in
tellectual property due to the patent
laws. Japan, China and the other
nations with cheap labor will end
up dominating, because they are the
ones producing products.
The U.S. got rich because of
manufacturing, and so will these
nations. Europe has the right iflea.
They created the European Union
to keep manufacturing alive.
Manufacturing is the basis for
creating large amounts of wealth,
and without manufacturing the U.S.
will lose its stronghold on the worid
economy.
Reach Andrew at
ACHOLMBERG72@aol.com
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