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Page 2 • Thursday, August 29, 2002 Opinion The Pendulum The Pendulum Established 1974 Webmail missed, Outlook dissed This summer, students received a new e-mail password, an obscure combination of numbers and letters that is impossible to remember. The new password is not to be confused with the old password - an obscure combination of mostly numbers that must be used on Ontrack and Blackboard. Many students have noticed that when logging onto the system, they are often greeted with someone else’s Microsoft Outlook inbox. They have also noticed that it takes forever to send or receive an e- mail. Where do the e-mails go? Were they stolen by the e-mail monster? Were they read by someone else and then deleted? Or did they fall vic tim to Microsoft Outlook? Word to the wise: If you are using a public computer in the library or computer labs make sure you exit Internet Explorer, or the next per son who uses your computer can read your e-mail. That’s fine if you receive only junk mail about online casinos, but not so good if you actually use your e-mail account for anything impor tant. In this age of technology, e-mail can and should work well and be secure. It is important for the system to be up and running the first day of school so students come to depend on the Elon account. If it takes two days to receive an e-mail, students may as well print it out, put a stamp on it and put it in the mailbox. Better yet, send it by Pony Express. All students and faculty receive an Elon e-mail account to keep con sistency in communication. If professors want to communicate via e- mail, they can send out a group list instead of sending to individual America Online or Hotmail accounts. The new e-mail system does not seem very effective when President Leo Lambert has to call Tlie Pendulum office to make sure an e-mail was received. Maybe Microsoft Outlook is just overloaded right now witii all the increased traffic, but it will only get worse. Webmail, how we miss you. The Pendulum Jennifer Guarino, Editor-in-Chief Crystal Allen and Katie Beaver, Managing Editors Erin Cunningham, News Editor Eric Hall. Opinions Editor Andl Petrlnl, A & E Editor Lindsay Porter, Features Editor Colin Donohue, Sports Editor Tim Rosner, Photography Editor Samlha Khanna, Chief Copy Editor/Graphics Editor Annette Randall, Business Manager Matt Ford, Online Editor The Pendulum is published each Thursday of the academic year. The advertising and editorial copy deadline is 5 p.m. the Monday before publi cation. Letters to the editor and guest columns are welcome and should be typed, double-spaced, signed and include and telephone number for verifi cation. Submissions are also accepted as Word documents on disk or by e-mail. The Pendulum reserves the right to edit obscene or potentially libelous material. Lengthy letters or columns may have to be trimmed to fit. All submissions become the property of The Pendulum and will not be rsturnod’ To reach The Pendulum at 233 Moseley Center, call 278-7247 or fax 278- 7246. Contact The Pendulum by e-mail at pendulum@elon.edu. Visit our Web site at www.elon.edu/pendulum. Each Individual is entitled to one free copy. My last first day of school A senior’s perspective on the end of academic career When I was growing up, the first day of school was a special occasion for my family. My sister and I always stood by the back door with book ■ bags loaded and lunches in hand to pose for the annu al back-to-school picture. We have 13| years of photo graphs that show the two of us wearing new out fits with a range of expressions from eager to anxious. Some years, we ran out the door to grab the bus or carpool, others we loaded the car and drove our selves. But regardless of the mode of transportation, there was always a back-to-school photo graph taken. We haven’t taken the back to school picture since I left for col lege, and on this night before the Jennifer Guarino beginning of my last semester in school, I crave that memory. I try to recall each of the 13 first days. I remember the night - before ritual almost as well as the first day itself. I remember sitting on the kitchen floor, packing my book bag with new notebooks, fresh pencils and the required cal culator, as I grew older. I remem ber laying awake in bed wonder ing how much harder this year would be than the last, if my friends would be in my classes and what the year would hold. Each step of college has come with the realization that I am growing up, but now, it seems more real and much closer than I ever imagined it would be. On my first day of my last year of school, my mom wasn’t there to take the photograph of me heading out the door to my first day. She hasn’t been there for the last three, but for some reason, now I miss our ritual. I suppose this week, she probably looked at the back door longingly, wishing that her daugh ters were home for just one more back-to-school photo. The photograph ritual was one of the things that defined us as a family - one of those simple moments that my sister and I shared with our parents. It was ours, and while it will remain ours, the next back - to - school photo will be taken when my chil dren head to their first day of kindergarten. It isn’t me anymore. I’m not a kid anymore. But on that last night before the last first day of school, I packed my book bag with a new notebook and fresh pencils. I hung the ironed clothes on the closet door, with my shoes below them. But this year, I made sure my cell phone was in my book bag by the door, so I could call my mom before my last first day of school to tell her I love her and to thank her for recording those back-to-school memories. ilAIIJtOX Elon’s excessive use water too costly to continue When I am at home and I look at my many perennial beds, flow ers, grass and shrubs that are turn ing brown or dying because of a lack of water, I am very saddened. I become even sadder when I observe our university watering the grass and flowers on a regular basis. This geographical area is in a time of severe drought, and even though our immediate area is not under any mandated rationing, all of us should be aware of the need to conserve. Water is a resource that is not unlimited and those of us who use wells realize that they may run dry at any time. Surely our campus community and our outside constituents would appreciate us as much for our sense of humane responsibili ty as for our beautiful campus. Janie Brown, HPLHP professor Question of the Week What are your thoughts on the astounding percent- age of freshmen women? (75 percent) Tell us what you think and why. Write us at pendulum@elon.edu.
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