Fallen towers inspire new career path
When Ross Wade first heard the explosion on Sept. 11, he didn't even flinch. Until that moment it had been a normal day. Then he reached street level from the subway, and everything changed.
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When Ross Wade first heard the explosion on Sept. 11, he didn't even flinch. Until that moment it had been a normal day. Then he reached street level from the subway, and everything changed.
People will never forget Sept. 11, but for Linda Lashendock, Elon University's manager of video services and event production, it is a day that completely changed the direction of her life.
Eli Whitney was born in 1929 in Houston, Texas.
In the age of technology, sometimes the feeling of physically holding a book gets lost amid the shuffle of Kindles and eBooks. That sensation is more attainable when students tight on cash get a hand on used books.
A distinctive buzz could be heard at downtown Burlington's Company Shops Market Honeybee Festival Sept. 10.
Intense rain steadily pours outside the office windows and the National Weather Service announces a tornado warning on the desktop radio. Principal Jack Davern gets on the school's announcement system in a friendly, calming voice and prompts teachers and students to begin a tornado drill.
Count how many times during the rest of your day that you hear or see something about "going green."
A statewide law banning the disposal of electronics as household waste and the introduction of sustainable graduation gowns have bolstered efforts by Elon University's Office of Sustainability to make Elon a "green" campus.
Kristina Licare, class of 2011, experiences deja vu all the time. But while most people dismiss these moments as surreal, Licare finds truth.
As part of its commitment to training global citizens and encouraging students to experience new cultures, Elon University and the Isabella Cannon International Centre have added five new Winter Term study abroad programs and three semester programs across the world.
For April Murray, making and decorating elaborate cakes for friends' celebrations was nothing more than a hobby. Then, it developed into a passion — and a career.
The door opens to an empty, colorless dorm room. This new abode is bleak. Painting, nailing and gluing decorations on the walls are prohibited, so how can a sterile cube become a student's personal space for the upcoming year? With a little creativity, enthusiasm and patience, it can be much more than a place to work and sleep. It can become a home.
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For more than a decade, four Elon University professors have been riding to and from work together in an effort to make their 40-plus minute drive more interesting. Only 18.3 percent of Americans, on average, carpool to work daily, according to Associated Content, citing 2005 statistics. But Elon professors Paul Miller, Jeffrey Pugh, Steve DeLoach and Tom Tiemann have met for years in Carrboro or Chapel Hill to make the trek to work every day.