Early move-in provides advantages, adjustment period
Though fall semester classes don’t start until Aug. 28, junior Katie Johnson said the Elon University campus has already been buzzing with activity.
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Though fall semester classes don’t start until Aug. 28, junior Katie Johnson said the Elon University campus has already been buzzing with activity.
For graduating senior Paige Geffen, choosing to major in art was a late decision. She switched from a minor to a major during the spring of her junior year.
As the spring semester draws to a close, Elon University’s student musicians are taking advantage of the final weeks to show off their hard work.
For a film that has wrought so much controversy, Invisible Children’s “Kony 2012” documentary has a lot of heart. Exploring Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan guerrilla group, and one of the world’s worst living war criminals, “Kony 2012” aims to “make Kony famous” and is fairly confident it can do so.
For Elon University junior Deanna Fox and senior Darrius McQueen, a lifetime of relationship experiences resulted in something beautiful — the completion of “Life Lessons,” their first mixtape as Dulcet Entertainment.
Cooper Thomas was born 14 weeks early, weighing only 15 ounces. Doctors told his parents his chances of survival were slim.
When Dan Koehler was awarded the Lumen Prize in 2010, he knew he’d be headed to Africa. Now, the fruits of the Elon University senior’s labor will be shown to audiences April 15 during the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem.
Junior Alicia Varcoe’s rich jazz vocals have been heard everywhere on Elon University’s campus, from Midnight Meals to performances with the Elon Jazz Ensemble. With the release of her debut jazz album, they will likely be heard on a much larger scale.
From a mini-documentary about a war criminal to a pop song lip-sync featuring Justin Bieber, viral videos are continually cropping up on the Internet. But with online video content encompassing a wide array of genres, what makes a video go viral is not easily determined.
When Elon University’s Spring Show is held March 30, expect “Pandamonium” on the stage. The White Panda, consisting of Dan “DJ Griffi” Griffith and Tom “Procrast” Evans, began in 2009 when both boys were in college at the University of Southern California and Northwestern University, respectively. The White Panda has released free mixtapes like “Versus” and “Pandamonium,” while touring North America with artists including Wale, Mike Posner, Flo Rida and Chiddy Bang. The Pendulum caught up with Griffith to talk about the band members’ creative process, as well as their expectations for Friday’s show.
Today, while actively perusing the addictively popular website Pinterest (if you haven’t heard of it until now, heed my warning of its time-sucking nature), I came across a shirt reading “The book was better.”
In anticipation of his performance at Elon University’s Spring Show March 30, rapper Mac Miller spoke to The Pendulum about his musical influences, career goals and his journey in the industry thus far. Based out of Pittsburgh, Miller has released multiple mixtapes, as well as one studio album, “Blue Slide Park.” Several of his singles, including “Knock Knock” and “Donald Trump,” have had success throughout the last year.
Elon University’s Flight of the Phoenix ballroom dance competition team will soon showcase its rhythm on the dance floor on its first-ever trip to the National DanceSport Championships.
So here I sit, waiting for an email back or even a call, so Mac Miller can answer my burning questions. Hopefully, way sooner than later, you’ll be reading the Arts & Entertainment section and will come across my interview session with rapper Mac Miller.
No experience was necessary for attendees at the Black and White Ball, cohosted by the Ballroom Club and Elonthon March 3 in McKinnon Hall.
The smooth, upbeat and often unique sounds of jazz could be heard streaming from the Center for the Arts most of last week. Multiple generations of jazz musicians, ranging from middle school students to world-class artists, gathered on Elon’s campus for the 16th annual Elon University Jazz Festival.
My planner has had a tiny heart in the bottom-right corner of the Feb. 10, 2012 page for almost a month now. Was Feb. 10 my birthday, you ask? No. An anniversary? No. It was the date “The Vow” was released to theaters nationwide (go ahead, laugh). While obviously, as a female, my heart swoons over Channing Tatum’s dashing physique and adorable charm, I’m also an avid fan of what most call “chick flicks.” Since I’ve been old enough to watch movies other than animated Disney features, I’ve been fairly familiar with the term “chick flick." Wikipedia defines the chick flick as “a film mainly dealing with love and romance designed to appeal to a female target audience." Wikipedia also said these so-called chick flicks are released "en-masse" around Valentine’s Day (perfect example: “The Vow”). This being a fairly generic definition, I was motivated to create my own criteria for what warrants a movie the title of “chick flick.” My personal understanding of what qualifies a film as a “chick flick” has several features: There must be a romantic element. This one is obvious. The entire plot of a chick flick usually revolves around a romance that was, is or will be. Even if the romance is not evident at the start of a movie, most of the plot events in said chick flick are likely building up to it or hinting at its creation. There is some clarification with this rule, however. Not all movies with a romantic element are chick flicks. For example, in “Transformers,” Shia LaBeouf somehow lands the bombshell that is Megan Fox as his significant other. This romance, however, does not mean “Transformers” is a chick flick. With its incredibly lengthy fight scenes, it is quite the contrary. A chick flick features a romantic element and at least two or three of my other defined qualifications. A couple is brought together through unique circumstances. What these circumstances are, is up to interpretation. These circumstances can be anything from a meet-up at the grocery store check-out (Scarlett Johansson and Bradley Cooper in “He’s Just Not That Into You”) to a hooker meeting... ya know... with her male client (“Pretty Woman”). In recent years, chick flicks have tended to bring together two characters who at first have extreme disdain for each other. For example, see Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher in “What Happens in Vegas,” Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in “You’ve Got Mail” (I know this one’s a little older) and basically every Katherine Heigl movie released in the past five years. An abundance of cutesy love montages set to a pop song. While no one has mastered this movie technique quite like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in their “movies," it appears in almost every chick flick ever released. Seriously. I challenge you to watch any romance-centric movie you have on hand. Likely following a scene or two after a couple finally gets together or acknowledges their attraction, there will be a montage. It often involves the couple doing activities ranging from a romantic bike ride, sharing a meal, taking silly photographs, walking down the street holding hands and even cuddling! Topped off with whatever the most recent hit pop song on the market is, this scene seems to be a go-to for filmmakers. A relative of this montage is the fashion show/clothing montage (see the bridesmaid-dress fashion parade in “27 Dresses”). An untimely breakup or falling out. This tragedy usually occurs toward the middle or end of the movie (though some buck this format, like “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” which starts the movie off with a bang). It often stems from something stupid that one of the characters has done, said or, most often, lied about. For chick flick first-timers, this may seem like the end for the couple. But never fear, it’s just the road bump filmmakers throw in so they can ultimately add that huge romantic gesture that gets them back together and makes you go “Aww!” A sappy-ending including some version of a wedding, kiss, “I love you!” or even a hug. As I previously mentioned, I’m quite sappy and also a hopeless romantic. This qualification is the aspect of chick flicks I live for. Thus, I’m highly disappointed when the characters do something as ghastly as display their everlasting love through a hug. I want a “Say Anything”-style, boombox-over-the-head declaration of love. No matter how it happens, though, every chick flick features the sappy and almost-always-happy ending. A theater filled predominantly with women (and their annoyed boyfriends). This isn’t so much an aspect of the movie itself, but more so the audience it attracts. I mean, it’s called a chick flick for a reason. Chicks dig ‘em. This isn’t to say men can’t enjoy chick flicks — I’ve had numerous men tell me they cried at “The Notebook.” Men can appreciate a romantic film, they just aren’t as likely as women are to admit they loved “Atonement." While obviously the chick flick genre has many more encompassing features, these are the basic criteria, in my opinion, that define the film format. There’s a slew of intriguing new chick flicks coming out in the next few months. Don’t worry, I’ll be in the movie theater watching.
For us Broadway fans, it felt like our unspoken dreams were finally heard in 2009 when Fox premiered “Glee,” its show about a high school glee club featuring multiple musical performances an episode.
Bickering co-workers, secret pen pals, a flashy playboy and a young and eager deliveryman round out the quirky cast of the 1963 musical comedy “She Loves Me.”