Volume 30, Issue 16
February 10, 2005
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Patrolling police pull over more people
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The student had just paused for a red
light and tumed left. She continued on
when in her mirror she saw a police car
with its lights on.
‘I noticed sirens behind me and
when I looked at my speedometer it
was in the lower 30s so I thought he
needed to pass me and so I immediate
ly pulled over. I was shocked to find
out that he was stopping me for speed
ing since I thought the speed limit there
was 35.”'
The student, Rachel Tunnicliffe, is
just one of 44 people in the town of
Eloii who received speeding tickets in
anuary. When compared to speed
limit violations last January, violations
have doubled.
The increase in ticketing has been
met with suiprise confusion by Elon
students. The increase in ticketing may
be because of a new, rotating schedule
for patrolling officers put in place on
January 1. Officers previously always
had one shift, either the day, mid or
night shift.
“There may be a change in ticketing
because officers who were previously
on night shift are now on day shift
when there are more people drivmg,”
Capt. Sam Russell said.
Russell added that certain officers
favor taking radar, some like to look for
drunk drivers and others like to stick to
residential areas. There have been no
department initiatives to target fast driv
ers and the department does not require
officers to be stationed at certain areas
of the town during patrol.
Tunnicliffe plans on fighting her tick
et. She was pulled over by Officer
Brewer outside the entrance to Danieley
Center during Winter Term. Brewer
told Tunnicliffe that she was driving 40
mph in a 25 mph zone.
“The ticket said that the place where
he stopped me was at the intersection of
Antioch Avenue and Haggard Avenue
which was right by a light I had slowed
down for so there was no way I could
have been going 40 there,” TUnnicliffe
said. “And the place where he put his
siren on was a mile away since the place
I was pulled over was right at the inter
section of East Haggard and the
entrance to Danieley.”
When Tunnicliff'e asked if the officer
could give her a warning, Brewer said
that he remembered giving her a wam-
ing for not wearing a seatbelt earlier. “I
was never previously stopped and I
have always worn a seatbelt since I was
ten and I was involved in a bad acci
dent. .. If I had not been wearing my
seatbelt I would have been thrown
Jeff Heyer/ Photo Editor
One reason for the increase in ticketing may be Elon Police's rotating system for
patrol officers that began in January. Previously, they had one permanent shift
through the windshield.. .1 was shocked
that he accused me for two things that I
had not done,” Tlinnicliffe said.
Andrea Sjogren was also pulled over
for a speed limit violation by another
officer. According to Sjogren, the offi
cer threatened to “take (her) in” because
“he thought I had stolen the vehicle
betause it was registered to my step
mother and he wrote me a ticket for
speeding down a road I never even
driven on.”
Sjogren was pulled over on Oak
Street and was given a ticket for
speeding on Haggard Avenue, a road
she said she had not driven on that
See OFFICERS p. 2
Black history quest begins month of appreciation
Krista Naposki
Krista Naposki/ Photographer
Sophomores Arita McCoy, Ebonie Guskins and Tia Sorrell (left to right) get
an answer for the Black History Quest from the Multicultural Center.
News Editor
Appreciation for African-American
culture began on Monday. UMOJA;
A Celebration of Black History
through UNITY organized these
events.
On Monday, wristbands were given
out in Moseley Center to represent
unity and the Black History Quest
commenced. The Black History
Quest involves “a trivia game based
from a series of questions about black
history. Elon students are encour
aged to participate by traveling to
cooperating offices on campus to
receive questions and clues,” James
Brewer, program coordinator, said.
The fraternity Phi Beta Sigma spon
sors the Black History Quest and at
the end of the week, the brothers will
hold a soul fcxxl dinner to announce
the winners of the contest. The dinner
will be at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Phi
Beta Sigma house.
“It will be a time for fellowship,
appreciation of African-American cul
ture and great food,” Brewer said.
Contact Krista Naposki at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.