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New York City has the Empire State Building, Los Angeles has the Hollywood sign and Burlington has the Dentzel Menagerie Carousel.
The long line of hopefuls waiting for hours to audition for “American Idol” has become synonymous with an average citizen’s attempt at stardom. But for Elon University alumna Jenny Leigh Freeman, fame came knocking at her door.
Everyone has a bad day, or sometimes just a really bad moment. These anonymous embarrassing stories are enough make even the most dignified college student’s skin crawl. To submit a story for the next edition of The Edge, email them to kgemberling@elon.edu.
Rigorous application processes. Waiting around for job offers. Making new living arrangements.
It’s common knowledge that animal lovers at Elon are typically disappointed to know that on-campus housing only allows the keeping of fish as pets.
It’s not every day that you get to perform on tour in Italy — twice. Nor is it every day that you record a debut solo album on a major record label.
For college students, spring break is often regarded as the light at the end of the tunnel after half a semester of difficult classes and an intense workload. But Elon students have shown that stress relief during spring break can come in many forms. While some head to the beach for a seaside vacation, many decide to use their free time by going on alternative trips sponsored through Elon organizations, with religiously affiliated service trips being a popular choice.
When alumni Chris Brumbaugh, Class of 1998, and his wife Lynn Terrell, Class of 1997, heard that Sidetrack Grill on W. Lebanon Avenue was closing, the couple was disappointed that the restaurant they loved so much during their time at Elon would be replaced. But their disappointment soon turned around when they decided to open The Root Trackside in its place.
Instead of picking up fast food for lunch, students in a new Garden Studio class can make their own meal — literally.
The rules were simple: Make a 30-second video featuring Doritos, including both the company’s logo and the actual chips. Five finalists were chosen, and the winning commercial debuted during this year’s Super Bowl XLVI.
For Twitter users at Elon, popular tweets involve making fun of students wearing stylish rain boots as status symbols, the health center's wait time and Elon residents letting their dogs swim in the campus fountains.
“Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones. And I will try to fix you.”
With the pressure on college students to drink alcohol while also remaining thin, many now trade dinner for a beer or two, sparking concerns regarding the severity of this problem.
Chip Johnson had his first encounter with using masks and prosthetic pieces in order to become a 78-year-old headmaster in an original play called "Bippus, A, Um" when he was an undergraduate at Rollins College.
With the various changes going on at Elon's campus, it is hard to predict what the school may look like within the next few decades. But students who wish to see what Elon looked like almost 100 years ago are free to explore the past by visiting Elon's online archived collection of historical documents and scrapbooks.
Many would find it hard to see a correlation between Saturday morning cartoons, author J.R.R. Tolkien and the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
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.