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(11/16/11 1:05am)
Several cars parked on Lebanon and East College Avenues were damaged this past weekend, a situation currently being looked into by the Elon town police. The damage consisted of shattered windows and in at least one case a side mirror had been knocked off.
(11/14/11 1:00am)
Writing the article regarding the GST proposal vote required more reporting than I had originally thought it would, but I subsequently learned a significant amount about how decisions like these are made at Elon and why some people are more willing to talk about them than others. It wasn’t until I learned how many years of work were put into the proposal that I realized how big of a vote this was, and the fact that it was put to a full faculty vote meant it was of extreme importance.
(11/11/11 3:51am)
It was less than two weeks ago that the faculty voted down proposed changes to the General Studies curriculum, yet steps are already being taken to decide what will come of the efforts and research behind the proposed curriculum.
(11/09/11 9:08pm)
Emergent trends in digital media are forcing academic libraries to change the way they provide book content to their patrons, according to an article on Inside Higher Education.
(11/02/11 2:32am)
The proposed changes to the General Studies curriculum was voted down Oct. 28 by a full faculty vote, bringing an to end to more than three years of work by Elon faculty and more than two years of work by the General Studies Review Committee. The final vote was 145 against the proposal and 119 in favor.
(10/25/11 6:54pm)
A number of liberal arts colleges across the nation are being forced to reconsider their financial models because of the increasing amount of money universities spend per student, according to a recent report from Inside Higher Ed.
(10/25/11 2:29pm)
After writing my article about the stipends Elon University’s School of Law provides for students doing summer internships, I learned more from law student Jason Senges about how the program works and am excited to share this information on The Pendulum blog. The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) stipend only goes to a student that is doing public interest work. Last year’s recipients worked in a public defender’s office and with Guardian and Litern. The stipends for the Leadership Fellows benefit non-profit and public interest practices by enabling them to have interns work for them because the interns can work for free. As Senges explained, had it not been for the stipend, he would not have been able to work for the entirety of the summer. The stipends are a way the law students can give back to the communities, according to Senges. If Elon wanted to give similar stipends to undergraduates, they would be for students working over the summer in programs that benefit the community and potentially change lives. Senges suggested the undergraduate Leadership Fellows would be a good organization to start fundraising for student stipends.
(10/11/11 11:20pm)
A proposed budget cut recently released by U.S. House Republicans will restrict eligibility for Pell Grants, a form of financial aid that provides need-based grants to undergraduate students.
(10/11/11 3:53pm)
This week, I had the opportunity to talk with someone from Elon’s Law School. This was exciting for me because I know very little about the Law School and was interested to learn specifically about the stipends they provide for students doing unpaid internships over the summer. I wanted to know more about how the stipends are funded because I think that Elon’s undergraduate programs could potentially provide the same type of thing.
(10/10/11 5:30pm)
Internships are one of the Elon experiences, and many students are required to complete one before they graduate. But because internships are often unpaid, students can't always afford a summer of rent, according to Pam Brumbaugh, the director of experiential education.
(10/02/11 9:18pm)
Grace Elkus
Senior Reporter
(09/29/11 3:01am)
Support for President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign was overwhelming on college campuses. But as another election season approaches, he may find himself with fewer votes from the demographic. Students are feeling the direct effects of the recession as tuition prices increase and the hopes of finding a job diminish.
(09/25/11 11:46pm)
by Grace Elkus
Senior Reporter
(09/21/11 3:10am)
The Alamance-Burlington School System and Elon University are joining together to create a non-traditional high school for academically talented students. The school will be called University High School, and will be run from ninth to 12th grade.
(09/20/11 8:45pm)
Although the 2012 presidential election is more than a year away, frontrunners for the Republican nomination are emerging and Americans are beginning to formulate opinions and speculate the outcome.
(09/13/11 4:19am)
The campaigning is over, the votes have been cast and the results are in. Seven freshmen have been elected to various positions within the Student Government Association, with Joe Incorvia serving as president of the freshman class. Incorvia credits his win to a video he posted on Facebook during the summer, claiming he made a name for himself before the school year even started.
(09/13/11 4:11am)
Fluctuations within the economy influence individuals in terms of how much time they spend searching for a job, according to Steve DeLoach and Mark Kurt, professors of economics in the Love School of Business. Their research on the relationship between stocks and housing prices allowed them to conclude that when the stock market falls, people increase the intensity of their job search.
(08/25/11 1:30am)
A multi-faith learning community and substance- free housing will be established this fall, joining the 17 already established learning communities on campus. Learning communities are meant to unite students around common interests and are given additional funding for floor programming and activities that relate to the community's theme.