It was a July afternoon when Carleigh Nester got the phone call. The name on her caller ID was a typical one.
Commitment and experience earned Ryan Keur, who graduated from Elon University in January, a step closer to acheiving his ideal job.
Thomas Frank admits that last semester he was over-involved. A typical day for Frank consisted of working as an RA, taking classes, doing homework, working a second job and working on web design for others’ sites as well as his own. This semester, Frank, a junior Management Information Systems major at Iowa State University, is cutting back on his activities to focus on classes, hang out with friends and, most of all, devote more time to his up-and-coming blog, CollegeInfoGeek.com. “Generally I would be writing the article part of the time in class and part of the time at my second part-time job,” Frank said.
As we grow older, certain events signal rites of passage that impact our lives. Things like a first crush, and the first time behind the wheel of a car are both signs that we’re growing older – both symbols of taking life by the horns. One Friday in January, eight Elon University freshman softball players stepped into a makeshift photo booth in the media relations office tucked away in Alumni Gym for their first headshots as college athletes.
Setting foot in McCrary Theatre for a new production by the Department of Performing Arts is nothing if not intriguing. In the last calendar year, the stage has been home to a number of characters — struggling bohemian artists in New York’s Lower East Side; a tribe of politically active hippies; and now, in “She Loves Me,” a group of employees at a parfumerie in 1930s Hungary. It’s a far cry from “Rent” and “Hair,” two high-energy rock musicals that have recently graced the McCrary stage.
Q: How did your history and political science studies guide you in your decisions as a member of the department of defense? A: Being a student of history makes you have a better understanding of today and being in the Navy and department of defense and living with the challenges of today.
The Interfaith Youth Core, a non-profit organization that promotes interfaith conversation, held a campus-wide meeting Tuesday, Feb.
[box] The following is a pre-departure post from an Elon student now studying abroad in Costa Rica. [/box] I remember starting to countdown with 134 days until Costa Rica!
This week, I wrote an article on the little-known American studies minor offered at Elon.
[box] Elon University Phoenix @ University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs ESPN3, 7 p.m. [/box] The New York football Giants, as ESPN commentator Chris Berman often refers to them, won their last six games, including four in the playoffs, and seven of their last eight on the way to a Super Bowl championship. They got hot at the right time.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a building called Arts West. A rumor surfaced that it was a 5.2 mile walk from campus.
Ten of the 25 Periclean Scholars from the Class of 2012 traveled to India this Winter Term to execute projects planned throughout fall semester.
Elon community mourns loss of friend, colleague Jim Pickens Jim Pickens, a former Elon University professor, died Friday, Feb.
Elon University’s School of Law will hold its fifth annual Diversity Day on Feb.
Sorority. Fraternity. Rush. Pi Chis. Bids. Elon University has been abuzz recently with all things Greek, marking the time of year when underclassmen struggle to decide whether to rush.
This week signaled the first full spring term edition produced under the new staff. We're still working out a few kinks, but we expect to smooth out the production process as the year continues.
Now a household name, Facebook has transfixed and inspired a generation, as well as given the social media world a major renovation.
The message is simple enough — vote against. “This project will give you a voice — what are you going to vote against?” the welcome video for the movement asks.
For us Broadway fans, it felt like our unspoken dreams were finally heard in 2009 when Fox premiered “Glee,” its show about a high school glee club featuring multiple musical performances an episode. Aside from the occasional movie-musicals (2008’s “Mamma Mia” atrocity doesn’t count), we theater kids previously had to actually visit the theater to see musical performances of Broadway quality.
http://elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/A_E2.8.mp3 Arts and Entertainment Editor, Rebecca Iannucci, and Features Editor, Rebecca Wickel, discuss the top features, arts and entertainment pieces in today's paper.
