The Pendulum
NEWS
Thursday, September 11, 2003 • Page 6
Phoenix card required to [
enter library ‘after hours’
Steve Earley
News Editor
If you’re going to be studying late at the
library, be sure to bring your Phoenix card in
addition to that 20-ounce cup of Java.
To enter the library during “after-hours,”
between 1 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Sunday
through Thursday, students must swipe their
Ciu-ds through a terminal linked to a campus-
wide security network.
Such terminals are also installed in the
McEwcn communications building,
McMichacl, the two academic pavilions,
Danieley Commons, the Center for the Arts,
Moseley Center, Smith, Carolina, Virginia,
West, Sloan, Moffitt and Staley.
The system keeps a log of who entered a
building and when they entered, alerts
Campus Security to doors left ajar and helps
restrict access to unapproved persons.
For residence halls, building residents
must swipe their cards to gain entry at all
times, while the times of restricled-access for
academic and other buildings vary.
Physical Plant Director Ed Eng said that
with the exception of a few logistical issues
— such as temporarily assigning football
Lost your Phoenix card?
If you lose your Phoenix card at
night or over the weekend, you can
get a temporary card from Campus
Security good for building access.
players access to Moffitt during the summer,
and students not swiping their cards correct
ly — the new card-access system has had a
smooth first few weeks.
For students, the access system makes
holding on to their Phoenix cards more
important than ever. Janet Cooper, Phoenix
card office manager said students seem to be
realizing this.
“Students who live in the residence halls
are keeping up with their cards better,” she
said. “They realize it’s their livelihood to get
in.”
While fewer residence hall students are
reporting lost cards. Cooper said upperclass
men who previously would not bother to
replace a lost card, now are doing so in order
to access the library and other buildings.
Contact Steve Earley at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
Jeff Heyer / Photo Editor
Phoenix card -swipe terminals have been installed at the entrances to 15 buildings on
campus, including residence halls, academic buildings and Moseley Center.
Two years later, students and faculty share their feelings on Sept. 11
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1'-:
“1 think since 9/11 a lot of my
values have changed as far realiz
ing the importance of family and
friends. Also, I feel 1 have
Ivcoine more of a global citizen
and more aware of llie problems
that exist outside of the United
States."
"I used to not think that terrorism
is always a key tactor, but after
the blackout in New York the first
thing I thought of was a terrorist
attack. I really think that should
be taken into account.”
Anna Glodowskf, sophomore
Jamey Falkenbury, freshman
“1 think that before 9/11 people
forgot that even though we are in
America, we are still part of the
world as a whole. 1 think the
attacks on 9/11 made us really
consider other cultures for the
first time and how their beliefs
can alTect our everyday lives.”
Jennifer Romano, freshman
"People are starting to he a little
more cynical of our foreign jmiN
icy over the last two years. A
reaction that might have been
out of fear, haste and anger did-
n’t work.”
“Since 9/11 I’ve been taught that
the world is a lot more real and
there is a lot more evil in the
world than just what’s in America.
We need to definitely lake care of
t)ne another and make sure to
value life, as well as each other.”
“You can't buy security by lim
iting more freedoms. This is
Something that’s of concern to
me and it should be of concern
to every American citizen.”
Tom Mould, assistant professor of engiish Tara Dylces, sophomore
Rudolf Zarzar, professor of political science