Lifestyle

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LIFESTYLE 4/12/17 12:00pm

Bringing Elon artists into the Limelight

By Morgan Collins

On Saturday, April 22nd, Limelight Music Group and Innovation House are hosting a music festival to promote some of Elon’s most talented student performers.

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LIFESTYLE 4/12/17 11:22am

Elon Eats: Spicing Up the Burlington Cuisine

By Alexandra Bater

While driving around the Burlington area, it is easy to spy the handful of American chain restaurants like Panera, Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks, take your pick of Mexican cuisine at La Cocina or La Fiesta, but it is a bit tricky to find authentic Indian cuisine-- until now.

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LIFESTYLE 4/12/17 10:30am

The stars behind the scenes of The Importance of Being Earnest

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

The applause sounded and then faded to a slow clap. A man in the aisle seat rose and offered his hand to the woman next to him, his eyes following the performers as their beaming smiles blinked off and their bodies sank down stage for the last time.

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LIFESTYLE 4/11/17 4:08pm

She Can Lead empowers women leaders on campus

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Last summer, sophomore Katie Mars received a call from Emily Golden— a friend and classmate— proposing the idea to start a women’s leadership organization on campus.

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LIFESTYLE 4/10/17 11:00pm

Tips to take on the cooler craze this spring

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Every year around this time, the sidewalks and fields outside of residence halls begin to fill with blank coolers.

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LIFESTYLE 4/7/17 11:04am

Senior Iris Sullivan makes first short film "About Paris"

By Rachel Ellis

Senior Iris Sullivan is turning her own heartbreak and personal experiences into a series of short films. "About Paris" is meant to represent all types of relationships in an open letter to Paris, the name of the boy who was Sullivan’s inspiration and her first love.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 5:00pm

Carnegie Hall presents: The Shirley Tempos

By Lilly Blomquist

For the Shirley Tempos, one of Elon University’s female a cappella groups, the members never imagined scoring an opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. However, their dreams will soon become a reality Sunday, April 14 when they will perform in Total Vocal, a contemporary a cappella music concert in Midtown Manhattan, with Deke Sharon, the father of contemporary a cappella who created the event.  In this performance, 14 of the 16 Shirley Tempos members will sing four songs, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Put on a Happy Face”, “Summertime” and “We Are Home”, while also enjoying arrangements from cast members of the movie Pitch Perfect. In order to receive this opportunity, president of Shirley Tempos Sabrina Campelo ’18 took the initiative.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 3:00pm

Freshman student charges into technology industry

By Rachel Wingrat

What do Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Elon First-Year Jack Kane all have in common? They all started technology companies in a college dorm room. This past December, Kane was looking online for a new iPhone charger and struggled to find one that was high quality but still fit in his college student budget.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 12:00pm

Staying active and happy despite pollen and allergies

By Marjorie Anne Foster

It’s been a long, cold, confusing winter, but spring is finally here and it’s time to focus on both mental and physical health.

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LIFESTYLE 4/4/17 10:50pm

Senior to work for sorority after graduation

By Alexandra Schonfeld

When senior Sara Elgart first walked onto Elon’s campus, she didn’t anticipate joining sorority and fraternity life—but now, the former Sigma Kappa president has accepted a job to work for the national organization.

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LIFESTYLE 4/3/17 11:55pm

Elon freshman shares inspiring battle with cancer

By Liam Collins

Elon Freshman Olivia Pierce was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer which destroys local tissue and weakens the bone. According to the American Cancer Society, it affects about 450 children and teens under the age of 20 each year. 

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LIFESTYLE 3/15/17 8:00am

Professor stresses the importance of sustainable design

By Sienna Catherine Standfield

Now teaching sustainable architecture at Elon University, Professor Robert Charest knew that he wanted to be an architect from the time he was young.

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LIFESTYLE 3/15/17 8:00am

Arranging a cappella

By Courtney Campbell

Sophomore Anna Corsiglia almost didn’t go to her a cappella auditions freshman out of nerves. But today, she is arranging a version of “Greedy” by Ariana Grande as music director for the Shirley Tempos. “Over the summer I arranged a song by Panic at the Disco!

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LIFESTYLE 3/15/17 8:00am

Elon Eats: Hursey’s Bar-B-Q keeps it simple with stellar food

By Bryan Anderson

From its signature chopped barbecue plate to its tasty chicken to its finger-licking ribs, Hursey's Bar-B-Q keeps Pavlov’s dog salivating.

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LIFESTYLE 3/15/17 8:00am

Lumen Scholar pens stories about shame, resilience

By Rachel Wingrat

Emily DeMaioNewton has been reading books since before she was one year old. But today DeMaioNewton, now a junior at Elon University, has become the author.

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LIFESTYLE 3/14/17 5:00pm

Weekly exercise class an empowering way to stay fit

By Alexandra Schonfeld

At 5:30 every Tuesday, excited students file into a dance studio in The Koury Gym for an hour of dance, sweat and empowerment.

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LIFESTYLE 3/14/17 12:31pm

Senior shares his musical talent at coffee shops

By Lilly Blomquist

With a keen passion for music, especially acoustic guitar, Eason Warren ’17 made his musical dreams a reality Friday, March 10 at 9:00 p.m.

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LIFESTYLE 3/13/17 1:51pm

Acappalooza takes a trip to outer space

By Marjorie Anne Foster

On March 11th Whitley auditorium was transformed into outer space for Sweet Signature’s annual Acappallooza event.

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LIFESTYLE 3/9/17 10:49am

Twins find success on campus

By Maya Eaglin

Have you ever walked around campus and thought you saw someone twice? It could be that they were twins, like sophomores Tyler and Colin Kless.

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LIFESTYLE 3/8/17 8:00am

Elon Eats: Diversifying Latino restaurant scene

By Selina Guevara

New Colombian place diversifies the typical Latino restaurant scene and brings cultural understanding to Burlington in the form of home-cooked meals.

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