When residents look up at the top of the new Paramount Theater, they may notice a white steel beam covered in signatures, an American flag and a Christmas tree. The beam marks the theater’s topping-out celebration, a construction milestone that allows community members to sign the beam before it is lifted into place atop the ongoing renovation.
Less than a month after the new first-year parking lot opened by the Francis Center, freshmen are raising concerns about their safety walking to and from the Gateway lot. Elon freshman Andy Bowman works at the Publix grocery store in Burlington, around a ten minute drive from campus. Bowman said that as a manager, he usually gets off of work at 11:15 p.m. After his shift is over, Bowman drives back to campus and then walks from the first-year parking lot back to his dorm in Colonnades — totaling a 30-minute walk. Bowman said that he usually gets back to his dorm at 12:30 a.m.
