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NEWS 5/5/09 10:09pm

Christmas is coming around the regular time this year!

By pendulumopinions

According to Ben Bernanke, the king of all things monetary (at least until his term is up, which doesn't make him that much of a king,) the economy should be ready and raring to go come the end of the year! Of course, unemployment will still be low, it'll take a long time for us to step back to where we were and the progress will be dependent on the success of the bailout and stimulus packages.

NEWS 5/1/09 3:58am

Insert bachelor pun here

By pendulumopinions

Yes, I'm sorry, I got my hands on an album early though less-than golden means. I know music typically isn't the domain of this blog, in fact, I'm pretty positive that there hasn't been a single album review posted at all, unless someone slipped one in after catching wind of my password. The album in question?

NEWS 4/29/09 9:42pm

Photo-oops...

By pendulumopinions

Let's examine publicity for just a moment. The dictionary describes it as, "extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication." Good publicity, therefore, is essentially people being cognizant and chattering about something for all of the right reasons.

NEWS 4/23/09 4:57pm

Applying King Solomon's wisdom to taxation

By The Pendulum

If a contingent of Americans reacted to President Obama's tax plans with tea parties and protests, will the recently announced, significantly more draconian tax measures proposed by Alistair Darling, Britain''s Chancellor of the Exchequer (aka "Head economic honcho") result in a English alternative, perhaps sailing over to the New World and trying to tax our paper products?

NEWS 4/22/09 3:02am

Somalia caught in the riptide

By The Pendulum

Columnist Neel Arora put together a piece this week about the ongoing glut of piracy off of the coast of Somalia, and argued that the pirates are brutal criminals free of honor, who must be dealt with quickly using coordinated military measures.

NEWS 4/20/09 3:39am

Pay it backward

By pendulumopinions

When anyone, rich or poor, pays for something, they expect their money's worth. Plop down $5 for a sandwich, and the presumption is that that sandwich will be better than a sandwich that costs $1.

NEWS 4/17/09 1:10am

Sticking it to the man

By pendulumopinions

We beat 'em! Time Warner Cable has eliminated its tiered pricing structure for Internet in its three accounced markets, one of which was Greensboro, a pricing structure that The Pendulum, along with several other media outlets, spoke out against rather strongly.

NEWS 4/15/09 8:48pm

Google gets Carson, advertising wrong

By pendulumopinions

"Johnny Carson smoked, and for 30 years he was never pictured smoking a cigarette," Google C.E.O Eric Schmidt said in an interview with Maureen Dowd, featured in today's New York Times. "Today that would be nearly impossible." This quote, aside from hinting at Carson's possession of huge quantities of invisible cigarettes, pertains to the ubiquity of personal information on the Internet, and Google's assertion that they don't have to give newspapers money in exchange for their reporting, that instead the news industry should alter its advertising model so that ads are personal and precise. So what does this Carson quote seem to imply for the rest of us?

NEWS 4/15/09 3:57pm

Head away from the hills!

By pendulumopinions

The Department of Homeland Security declassified a document sent out to law enforcement agencies across the country detailing the supposedly rising threat to national security posed by right-wing extremist groups.

NEWS 4/13/09 10:16pm

Once more, with feeling!

By pendulumopinions

It's amazing what illness and Easter will do to a blog. Yes, there weren't any posts this weekend, but on the other hand, nothing too incredibly significant occurred.

NEWS 4/9/09 2:55am

An apology

By pendulumopinions

Hey everyone, let me extend apologies for the mishap in the print edition of the opinions section today.

NEWS 4/8/09 9:01pm

News briefs - April 8, 2009

By The Pendulum

Put down those preemptive Peeps, it's not Easter break yet. Here's a quick rundown of everything that you'll need to know until tomorrow... Somali pirates boarded the U.S.

NEWS 4/8/09 7:59pm

The Death of Corporate America?

By The Pendulum

Here's one: Imagine a world without WalMart. Where you walk onto the main street in town and buy coffee not at Starbuck's but from your friend, who knows exactly what you want and has it ready by the time you get to the counter.

NEWS 4/7/09 10:00pm

Cooperstown

By pendulumopinions

Going into Anderson Cooper's speech, I was a bit hesitant to let my expectations run wild. He is, after all, a highly public figure whose reputation always precedes him, but he's also a television broadcaster who came in on a private jet.

NEWS 4/7/09 2:13pm

4.8 Pendulum Preview!

By pendulumopinions

Leading up to what's sure to be a riveting tiny break before the final leg of the school year jumps upon us, this week's Opinions section is once more chock-full of info to help those little gray cells, as Hercule Poirot would put it.

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NEWS 10/31/2024 5:53pm
Hurricane Helene relief through lens of Black Hawk mission

After Hurricane Helene, rural communities continue to struggle with isolation in western North Carolina. A National Guard Black Hawk crew delivered generators to the Bull Creek community, a valley banding together in the aftermath of the storm, on Oct. 8. The National Guard has been working to sustain the recovery of western North Carolina’s fragmented pockets. After Hurricane Helene hit Sept. 27, much of the infrastructure throughout North Carolina was severed. At the storm's peak, there were hundreds of closures. Sections of I-40 still face significant damage, while power and clean drinking water are still issues.

NEWS 10/31/2024 11:44am
Board of Trustees appoints first graduate program alumna as youth trustee

Elizabeth “Liz” Kwon L’23 has been named the new youth trustee for Elon University’s Board of Trustees. Kwon found out she was nominated by a faculty member when she graduated in December 2023. She is the first alum of a graduate program to be appointed to the board and will serve a two-year term. As the first graduate student to be elected as a youth trustee, Kwon said she hopes to bring the graduate student perspective to the table — as well as her personal experiences in the law program.

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