Kyra Gemberling

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NEWS 11/28/13 12:45am

Decadent divulgence: The world’s best hot chocolate locations

By Kyra Gemberling

It’s always a good night when you can enjoy a mug of hot chocolate as you do homework on a chilly fall evening. Though a packet of Swiss Miss with mini marshmallows is good enough for most college students, imagine the possibility of being able to fly to some of the world’s best, most luxurious hot chocolate destinations instead. Here are a few locations where drinking hot chocolate is serious business, and your cup of Swiss Miss will likely pale in comparison: Café Angelina: Paris, France Rumored to be the best hot chocolate — as well as the most expensive — in the world, refined Café Angelina makes sure its hot chocolate is worth every euro.

NEWS 8/27/13 4:47pm

'Little Princes' selected as 2013 common reading

By Kyra Gemberling

If Elon University’s incoming students are adventure lovers, this year’s selection for the common reading assignment — “Little Princes”  by Conor Grennan — is sure to please. But this book isn’t just another action-packed thriller.

NEWS 7/9/13 10:56pm

Alive After 5 keeps downtown Elon buzzing during summer

By Kyra Gemberling

Summers at Elon University are notorious for being uneventful. But if you took an early evening stroll down Lebanon Avenue on June 27, you were in for a pleasant surprise. For the first time, the Town of Elon and the Town Merchants have partnered to sponsor Alive After Five in downtown Elon, a community event that features food, beverages and free entertainment for individuals of all ages on the last Thursday of every summer month. The event kicks off at 3:30 p.m. with the Elon Community Church Farmer's Market, which takes place on the lawn of Elon Community Church every Thursday from April through October. Live music is played from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. as festivalgoers fill the streets while sitting in folding chairs and at picnic tables. Additionally, College Street Tap House and West End Station extend their services outdoors for the event, so festivalgoers can enjoy food and beverages of their choice while listening to the band. Phyllis Creech, director of Elon Recreation & Parks, said the department has wanted to put together an event for the community for several years. "In talking with the merchants [who operate businesses] in downtown Elon, they also expressed interest, so it worked out perfectly to partner together to do something," Creech said.

NEWS 5/30/13 11:50am

Animal Captivity class takes first steps toward building better human, non-human relationships

By Kyra Gemberling

One of Elon University’s top goals is turning students into global citizens. But in a world where humans represent a small percentage of total life on this planet, where do non-humans fall into this plan? Students in Martin Fowler’s upper-level philosophy class “Animal Captivity: Zoos, Sanctuaries and Asylums” have been delving into this question since the class was first taught in Spring 2012 — and they may have recently found an answer. It all started when senior Thomas Berry, a philosophy major who took Animal Captivity in Spring 2012, came up with the initial concept of developing a place on Elon’s campus where humans and animals can coexist symbiotically. “Thomas had thought about this as a Leadership Fellow for a legacy project,” said Fowler, lecturer in philosophy.

NEWS 5/13/13 12:00am

A decade of change: Class of 2017 represents ‘new Elon’ compared to Class of 2007

By Kyra Gemberling

On Aug. 28, the class of 2017 will start their first day at Elon University as one of the largest freshman classes in Elon’s history. It was only 10 years ago when the class of 2007 stepped onto campus for the beginning of their college journey. But much at Elon has changed in the span of a decade, and the Elon known to students 10 years ago is radically different from the university incoming freshmen will find in fall 2013. “Elon has made lots of changes, from raising more money, to adding additional buildings, to more alumni involvement,” said Melanie May, Communications Manager for Admissions at Elon.

NEWS 11/27/12 11:44am

Winter Term trip to Israel encourages students to think with ‘heads, hearts’

By Kyra Gemberling

The proposal has been approved. The itinerary is being planned. But the program almost didn’t happen. Chaplain Jan Fuller proposed the idea of having a Winter Term study abroad course in Israel shortly after she came to Elon University last September, but she initially had reservations. “As I wrote the proposal for the trip, I threw my hands up in the air several times and thought, ‘What am I trying to do?’” she said.

NEWS 10/26/12 3:32pm

SUB revels in national recognition for video, print, web graphics

By Kyra Gemberling

Elon University’s Student Union Board has come a long way. SUB President Joe Ziemba remembers a time when the organization was lucky to get five people at SUB Cinema, an on-campus event that gives students an opportunity to watch a free movie every Saturday night. Now, the event often gets more than 40 people, and the organization’s credibility has been validated on a national scale: The National Association of Campus Activities recently awarded SUB for best web design by a student, best printed advertisement and best student-produced video at NACA’s Southern Regional Conference Sept.

NEWS 10/5/12 4:13pm

The language of clothing: Students publicly cross dress to examine social constructs

By Kyra Gemberling

If you were on Elon University’s campus Oct. 3, you just might have seen a young man sporting a pair of red high heels. Senior Logan Sutton bravely donned the heels for a project for his Performance Studies class, in which students were asked to cross dress in public and interact with others without telling them it was an assignment. “Our clothes come to define who we are, so by altering that in some way that is distinctly the opposite gender, we get to perceive what other people think about it through our interactions,” Sutton said. This analysis of gender construction through clothing is all part of the concept of the class, taught by Elizabeth Patterson, assistant professor of theatre, who said the purpose of this upper-level course is to analyze the relationship between a dramatic performance onstage and social performance, which is how individuals interact with others on a daily basis. Cultural expression through dress Clothing is just one example of how individuals communicate with each other, Patterson said, so the project serves as a way for students to see first-hand how others respond to how they dress, particularly if what they wear isn’t typically associated with their sex. “Fashion is the only element of cultural expression in which we participate everyday, whether we are aware that we’re doing it or not,” Patterson said.

NEWS 9/19/12 2:35pm

Burlington Carousel Festival celebrates quarter of a century

By Kyra Gemberling

From towering inflatable slides to a clown making colorful balloon animals, the landscape of Burlington’s City Park was vibrant for this year’s 25th annual Burlington Carousel Festival. “The City Park is our largest park and serves as the location of our yearly festival,” said Mary Faucette, special events supervisor for the Burlington Recreation and Parks Department.

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LIFESTYLE 12/22/2024 8:17pm
Elon’s Irish Dance Team provides strong sense of community for members

The sound of fiddles and flutes fill the conference rooms in upstairs Lakeside as the Elon Irish Dance Team begins its weekly practice. The team is a small but close knit community made up of people from all ranges and skill levels. Some members, like senior and co-president Sarah Dawkins, have been dancing since as early as 3 years old, while others like freshman Trudie Arling, have never done Irish dance before. The uniqueness of the sport has created a strong sense of community within the club that provides an outlet for its members. 

NEWS 12/14/2024 11:42am
Elon Law celebrates commencement for the class of 2024

As undergraduate students hurried to their morning finals and packed up to head off to break, the Elon Law class of 2024 was savoring their final moments before officially receiving their Jurisprudence Doctorate during the commencement ceremony for the class of 2024 on Dec. 13 in Alumni Gym. Student commencement speaker, Robert Retic, said not only was his class ready for the next chapter, but they are on the road to change the entire industry with their work with everything they have learned at Elon Law. 

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