Beauty

The need for a crisis of faith

Let's take a moment to look at faith's place at an institution of higher learning. Robert Wohner's article in this week's Pendulum featured this key idea: "But by neglecting to present any esteemed speakers with a traditional worldview, the assumption is that anyone who reads from the Quran or the Bible in a literal way is inherently intolerant." So, the idea stems from Elon's push for alternative religion, and questioning of what constitutes faith, and student's ability to recognize their own role in that.

Three cheers for Dodd as we boo him off the stage

Yes, there's plenty of debate as to whether or not he screwed up big-time by putting forth the stipulations in the stimulus bill that allowed pre-existing contractual bonuses to be paid in full.

Stop-loss is over!

About time...I'm not in the military, but it never seemed right to treat soldiers like yo-yos, promising a return home and then swinging them back out into the warzone.

George Stephanopoulos enters seventh grade

Remember when you were in middle school, you just became acquainted with the internet and you discovered AIM?

The rats stay on the ship

Isn't it a bit much for an all-powerful dictator to summon Italian chefs to sit offshore after having their brains and urine examined for the purpose of training domestic chefs in the fine art of ... wait for it ... pizza.

Fiscal juicing

Following the Bank of England's lead, the IMF is now proposing printing so-called "super currency" and distributing it globally to stem the tide of the global recession.

All you can really do is sigh...

Amazingly Incompetent Generosity

List of bonuses given to AIG executives Sunday: $40 million for remaining employed despite incompetence. $10 million for dressing themselves for a week straight. $20 million to be put toward tinted windows when the public finds out about the bonuses. $30 million as a reward for being rewarded. $60 million because they can. Three cheers for bailouts in action!

No, give me a f#&%*ing break

What happened to the f-bomb? Where did that lovely potent nugget of language run off to? It's like the bison of the English language, hunted down and overused until its almost gone.

Terrible weather is terrible...

Elon must have forgotten to send its check to the rain gods. This is the first time I can remember that the weather's been lousy during as big of an event as orientation.

Brian Williams!

At Colonnades around noon, a broadcasting sasquach walked right by, barely saying a word and fully intent on carrying chocolate milk out of the dining hall.

Everything you'll ever need to know until tomorrow.

Today was just like any other day, a tycoon was called out on swindling thousands out of billions, Congress was surly, a forced relationship came to an end, the slap-fight between the U.S.

The cage or the whip?

Two issues involving incarceration arose today that are, inexplicably, related. One, involves the despicable Bernie Madoff's expected guilty plea for criminal charges related to his estimated $65 billion fake investment scheme.

Low prices we can believe in

Wal-Mart, that whipping dog that dares to give most of the American people what they want, is now stepping on Obama's toes.

Nestor out as Elon men's basketball coach

Monday afternoon marked the end of Ernie Nestor's tenure as Elon men's basketball coach. He was at the university for six years. In his career, Nestor compiled a 67-117 record.

Monkey business

What does it say about the western world when it's outsmarted by a chimpanzee? Sure, we wear pants, drive cars and lewdly groom ourselves in private, but just how much superior are we to our simian pals?

Who bungles the Watchmen?

Is the tacky adaptation of a holy grail of geekdom particularly pertinent given the grave dangers facing the real world?

For the man who has everything...

This is old news, I know.

A Rush of stupid to the head

What do you get when the media is bored with covering the economy and world affairs, the White House wants to kick its policies through the door as quickly as possible and demagogues on both sides of the fence have their sleeves rolled up, fisticuffs twirling in the air? If you guessed a stupid feud between Rush Limbaugh and the Democrats, then you win!

FCC? Competence?

Julius Genachowski, while sounding like the type of guy who would still occasionally misspells his name, is about to become a unpronounceable household name. But only in the households of communications majors.