At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot professor of economics, expressed his desire to take his urban economics class on the one-day trip to Chicago.
After the loss against the College of Charleston Saturday, Sept. 22, Elon University’s varsity women’s volleyball team is now 0-2 in the Southern Conference with an overall record of 7-10. The Phoenix fell to the Cougars in three sets, which follows a loss against the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that went to a decisive final fifth set. Both senior captain Ali Deatsch and head coach Mary Tendler said being consistent is something the team needs to work on as whole. “We can be a tough team and we can fight,” Deatsch said.
Maya Angelou has been described as a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, producer and director.
Definitions are fickle things to pin on an individual. They trick people to believe everybody must fall under a specific stereotype and obey what is expected from that classification.
In the wake of a tragic event, the dominant population often determines the face of the enemy. A documentary titled Divided we Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, which was screened at Elon University Monday, addresses how Americans identify those affiliated with terrorism and how such stereotypes perpetuate violence in the nation. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, people in the United States began to associate turban-wearing Americans with religious extremism.
Two forty-five minute halves weren’t enough to decide the victor. Neither was the first ten minutes of overtime.
A magic show on a university campus cannot be an easy thing to perform. But Sept. 25 in McCrary Theater, Kevin Spencer was up to the challenge of giving a show that surpassed the power of skepticism. “The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion” is a husband and wife team; Kevin is the magic man and his wife, Cindy, is his lovely assistant.
Rumors have been circulating regarding the number of arrests and citations given out last weekend.
Elon University head coach Jason Swepson said today that junior running back Matt Eastman might miss the rest of the season. "He's going to get surgery on his knee in the next day or so," Swepson said after Tuesday's practice.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spoke alongside fellow GOP party member and former Charlotte mayor, Pat McCrory, promoting the North Carolina gubernatorial nominee’s “comeback” campaign to a small group of local party supporters in Burlington on Tuesday.
To some questions, there are no clear answers. Though Spectrum, Elon University’s queer-straight alliance, and the Diversity Emerging Education Program (D.E.E.P) partnered Sept.
Julie Crothers has been dancing for most of her life . And thanks to her dad... her favorite activity took her to a bigger stage.
Men's Soccer: Wednesday- WIn against William & Mary 2-1, Saturday- Win against #6 Charlotte 2-0 Women's Volleyball: Thursday- Loss against UNCG 3-2, Saturday- Loss against College of Charleston 3-0 Women's Soccer: Sunday- Loss against Appalachian State 2-1 Football Saturday:- Loss against Georgia Southern 26-23 [div class="alignleft"] [/div]
"She explains the whole line; the family name and she looks it up on Google," Elon freshman Max Rudisser says.
Chick-Fil-A became a part of every conversation this summer after the companies President Dan Cathy made remarks about his company's stance on Gay Marriage. Now more than a two months later, Chick-Fil-A is being discussed again.
Sometimes college students do not have the time or patience to make a home cooked dinner. And for those of us without meal plan, the only other option is dining out.
You would think a grammy-award winning artist was at Elon this weekend. But instead, the crowd came out to hear an underground artist.
Elon University will soon institute the Writing Excellence Initiative to help students achieve a high standard of written communication in their coursework and beyond. The initiative to enhance the writing curriculum throughout departments was developed under the Quality Enhancement Plan and aims to help students gain expertise in writing, inquiry and community engagement. “I think it’s easy for people across the university to see that writing is an important tool,” said Paula Patch, English lecturer and college writing program coordinator.
SEVILLE — Perhaps it is the colorful city map peeking from the corner of my purse, my tendency to walk in the green bicycle lanes or lack of incredibly bronzed skin that gives me away as a foreign student in Spain. It can be difficult to ignore the inquisitive glances I receive when I’m obviously stumbling my way through the halls of the University of Seville.
