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THE PENDULUM Volume 29, Issue 21 * April 1, 2004 www.elon.edu/pendulum Student says free speech compromised Steve Earley If it matters to you, it matters to The Pendulum. Memorializing a year of deaths in Iraq Jeff Heyer / Editor The ribbons in Young Commons commemorate the 14,273 people killed in Iraq. It has been oi^^[„since the United States wert to war in Iraq, and the ribbons are intended to make people pause and reflea on the humgt^^'ofwar. See story p. 7. New campus parking policy aims to cut down on traffic Copy Editor In a recent letter to the editor in a local daily newspaper an Elon student wrote that his right to free speech was compromised by var ious members of the university community. The author, freshman Nicholas Benjamin, contends that actions by Residence Life, The Pendulum and students have “all but destroyed” his right to free speech at Elon and prompted him to consider transferring schools. Benjamin said threats to his right to free speech have been made in response to his veiy exercise of it: a letter to the editor in The Pendulum in which he opposed same-sex marriages. Among the most acute of Benjamin’s com plaints, which include accusations of liberal bias in the student newspaper and reports of borderline hostile e-mails and phone calls from fellow students, is his claim that he was discriminated against by Residence Life in its decision not to hire him as a resident adviser. Benjamin’s concerns, which were pub lished in the March 18 Times-News, garnered the attention of the administration and prompt ed phone calls to The Pendulum from local media. In response to Benjamin’s concerns. Dean of Student Life Smith Jackson met with Residence Life staff to review the office’s selection process. “They told me some of their reasoning in this particular case and it seemed that they had gone through the procedures, which are quite extensive,” Jackson said. “I didn’t have any concerns about how they made their deci sion.” Benjamin’s Pendulum letter aj^jeared in See ACCUSATIONS p. 8 Ashley Feibish News Editor Put on those tennis shoes or catch a ride on the tram. Starting next fall, students living in Sheridan and freshmen, sophomores and jun iors living in Danieley Center will no longer be able to park on campus from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Campus Transportation and Traffic Planning Committee, ccHnprised of Elon stu dents, faculty and staff, announced the deci sion to students on March 16. It is the first part in a series of changes that v«ll lead to a more pedestrian-oriented campus over the next sev eral years. “There’s many reasons (for this change),” said Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of student life, who chairs the committee. “Aesthetic questions, the environment, health it’s not bad to walk a bit.” Another reason for the change is the prior ity of residence parking. Elon wants to make sure students living in residence halls can park near where they live. As Elon continues to grow both as a cam pus and a community, efforts to produce more foot traffic are hot only for environmental rea sons, but safety reasons as well. “A lot of development is going on in this area. Over 6,000 homes are going to be built in the next couple of years. Just in the Town of See PARKING p. 8 "01 *2 • University executive chef from tells his story T) 1 7 • launches new nonfiction J. X O • from Poland to the United States ^ ^ _ J. X / • book with a personal reading
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