Elon farms rest, prepare for winter months
Every Thursday from April to mid-November, the lawn next to Elon Community Church is filled with a vibrant variety of fresh produce, meats, cheese, pastries and flowers.
Every Thursday from April to mid-November, the lawn next to Elon Community Church is filled with a vibrant variety of fresh produce, meats, cheese, pastries and flowers.
With long strides and a determination to succeed, Katie O’Dunne Kilpatrick bolted through the grassy fields of North Carolina during her first cross country race at Elon University in 2008. Her positive attitude and passion for running propelled her onward, but the more distance she covered, the more she felt an excruciating pain develop in her foot.
Only minutes from Elon’s campus, Prego’s Trattoria offers traditional Italian fare at prices fit for college students wanting a step above dining hall cuisine. Opened 11 years ago by Ecuadorian native, Vincento Hernandez, the restaurant is situated right across the street from Harris Teeter at 2740 South Church Street.
Josh Garrett was raised on listening to music on vinyl. At home his father would also have a record on, playing classic rock from the 50s and 60s. “When I got older and settled down and got my own home, he passed me all his old records and it led me to seek out my own,” Garrett said.
Calling all Elon New York and New Jersey area transplants: there exists a deli down the street that might just remind you of home.
Last September, sophomore Fletcher Rowe was just starting at Elon University, eager to begin his college life and explore a new campus of endless opportunity.
While on set for the Showtime television show “The Affair,” senior Nicole Bloom ate more potatoes than she had in her entire life.
“Laugh Tracks” is the fruition of senior Alexis Williams’ vision for a new live sketch-comedy show on Elon Student Television (ESTV). “I have always just been a huge comedy nerd,” Williams said.
New year, new and different Fall Dance Concert.
A framed picture of five Elon University students in familiar maroon caps and gowns sits at the payment counter at Mixed Rice, a restaurant wedged between NC Jelly Donuts and Painted Grape: Craft & Paint studio in Stans Plaza on South Church Street, Burlington. One of the students in the picture, Meredith Carey ’15, said she and her roommates gifted the frame to the restaurant to thank them for the sense of home they provided at every visit.
The dog rescue festival, Woofstock brought hundreds of people to Burlington City Park Saturday.
Associate Professor of Dance, Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, works professionally alongside her position at Elon University, and has been for many years. But this summer, Kurdziel-Formato brought her skill set and experience to yet another level when she journeyed back over the Atlantic to the Fredericia Theatre in Denmark.
DeeDee Filiatreault has spent her career “writing words for other people,” but with the publishing of her first book of essays, the spotlight is on her. Filiatreault graduated Elon in 1993 after serving as the Editor in Chief of The Pendulum. At the time the organization consisted of a few students and a wax machine. “When I became editor, everyone took a step back and I was the one standing there,” Filiatreault said.
Despite the 45 degree weather, Kim Schifino, drummer of Matt and Kim, joked she would have every guys shirt off by the end of the night.
Sarah Luther is the only junior in Art 380: Professional Practices, but that didn’t stop her from claiming third place in this year’s Student Juried Art Exhibition (SJE). The exhibition hosted its opening reception on October 27 and runs through December 8 in the Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts.
October has blown past, and the season of autumn has arrived. The time has come for pumpkins, cider and the changing of leaves. On Friday, the Garden Club hosted its annual pumpkin festival, bringing many of Elon’s students together. Everyone enjoyed the festivities, whether it was pumpkin carving, decorating cookies, or playing composting games.
Who would have thought that on a Thursday night Simple Thai would be exceptionally crowded? Well it was, and that in itself speaks for itself.
Similarly to the Black Lives Matters movement emerging throughout the United States today, Elon Univerisity’s Deparment of Performing Arts will explore racial tensions and injustices in the production of the musical “Parade.”
Over the span of nine days, 37 Elon University students were running around with cameras, props and actors, spending around 13 hours a day filming “Providence,” a short film written and directed by senior Kenner Clark. Taking place in a rural college town in North Carolina, “Providence” follows four characters that become entangled in a crime of passion and how a deteriorating relationship reaches its breaking point in 36 hours.
When Elon first-year Jess Avellino was a child, she was “obsessed” with Willy Wonka. Now she's a published screenwriter--her musical "Black Heart" was performed in Scotland this past summer.