Let me admit up front that trying to predict what will happen in the MLB Playoffs is probably not worth the trouble.
For many Elon University students, it might be tempting to spend Friday afternoons outside. But for those looking for another way to spend their free time, The Kernodle Center offers an indoor option: Getting on the Bus. The Get on the Bus program began its fourth year Oct.
“It sometimes feels like a sport past its prime,” said Music Lecturer Clay Stevenson. “You see references in advertising to 70s-looking nerds as the chief participants in the sport.” The sport is racquetball, and in this case, the nerdy perception doesn’t match reality.
Most college students don’t have the necessary training or ambition to join Cirque du Soleil. But Elon University freshman Sophia Koh is not an average college student - she’s also an acrobat. Koh became interested in acrobatics when she was eight years old, at a summer camp that had a trapeze.
A Ban Against Neglect (ABAN) is already an up-and-coming charitable organization, but now, it’s gaining a stronger presence at Elon as well. The organization was founded in 2008 by three students at the University of Ghana: Callie Brauel, Rebecca Brandt and Emmanuel Quarmyne.
Italian is more than a language — it’s a way of living, according to Italian professor Marina Melita. In looking for a way to promote its department on campus, the Italian Studies Advisory Board wanted to do something different.
Countless productions of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet have run since it was published by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century.
A Elon alumna is at the forefront of the vaudeville movement, which is making a comeback from its glory days of the last century. Amanda Hulon-Coyle, under the stage name Virginia Scare, is the founder of The VaudeVillian Revue, a neo-vaudeville and burlesque troupe that played its first show in Raleigh in November 2011. "The VaudeVillian Revue pays homage to the history of vaudeville stylistically, and by occasionally reprising classic acts," she said.
The Classics Club may be an organization focused on old topics, such as the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome, but it's just beginning at Elon.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority is putting a twist on a classic story with its Cinderella Project. By collecting prom dresses for young women in the Burlington community who may not be able to afford one on their own, the sorority is helping create a fairytale for more than 150 high school girls.
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