Thursday, AAarch 20, 2003
Vol. 28, Issue 22
Elon University
Elon, N.C.
Elon scores
top ranking
Mary-Hayden Britton
If it matters to you, it matters to The Pendulum.
Copy Editor
When searching for a college, parents
and students can sometimes get caught up
on how schools are categorized, sometimes
picking one school over the other simply
because of their prestigious label. But,
with the help of Jay Mathews’ new book,
prospective college hunters have an outlet
from what society perceives to be a “good
school.”
This month Mathew's’ book “Harvard
Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy
League to the College That is Best for You”
was released. This book explores outstand
ing, unappreciated colleges in the United
State. Elon was ranked No. 1 out of 100
colleges.
Mathews had several reasons for writing
this book. “As my daughter began the col
lege admissions process two years ago, I
realized that after 20 years of thinking
about this issue I had a lot to say, and most
of it at odds with prevailing beliefs in this
country,” Mathews said.
Mathews graduated from Harvard, but
says he believes people looking at colleges
can get absorbed into labels, branching
away from schools that deserve more atten
tion than they actually receive. He himself
said he was consumed by the label of being
a Harvard graduate.
After going to colleges with his daugh
ter and interviewing hundreds of people
who he claims to be more successful and
smarter then him, Mathews came to a real
ization. The people he had interviewed
had never attended an Ivy League institu
tion, and with that he decided he needed to
re-think the way he had been perceiving
colleges.
Now, he is a strong believer that stu
dents should concentrate more on what col
leges will fulfill their dreams and/or
desires, rather then focusing in on SATs and
See ‘Harvard Schmarvard’ p. 9
Discussions and demonstrations on campus
provole thought and action on possible war
Photos by Tim Rosner
Above: Students for Peace and Justice met at Fonville
Fountain Monday to protest military action in Iraq. The
group was joined by several members of the Elon com
munity, many of whom signed their names to a declara
tion promoting peace in the Middle East. The students
created cardboard cutouts of humans painted with
builseyes to symbolize the people who will be affected
by war in Iraq.
Left: An international crisis forum was held Tuesday
afternoon in the Isabella Cannon Centre for International
Studies. Students, faculty and staff took the time to
share their opinions of the potential war in Iraq.
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Weekend incidents alarm students
Lindsay Porter
News Editor
Campus Police were busy last weekend
with two unrelated incidents involving stu
dents on either side of campus.
What appears to be an attempted case of
breaking and entering in Danieley Center
ended with two suspects- fleeing the scene,
while an accidental fall from a third-floor
stair rail in Barney residence hall sent a stu
dent to the hospital.
Police responded to a call at Barney res
idence hall at 3:30 a.m. Sunday. A sopho
more male student, whose name was not
released, was sitting on a stair railing on the
third floor of the building when he lost his
balance and fell, said Chuck Cantos, chief
of Campus Safety and Police.
The victim landed 12 feet below on
another stair landing, according to Smith
Jackson, dean of students. He sustained
injuries to the head and lost a lot of blood.
Two campus officers were the first to arrive
on the scene and found the victim semi
conscious, Cantos said.
The victim was stabilized by paramedics
in the parking lot. He was taken to
See Isolated incidents p. 9
INSIDE
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