I love my laptop. I remember the day I got in at the end of my senior year of high school, ready to bring it to college.
Judith Jamison, dancer and choreographer, addressed a fully-seated auditorium with an informal speaking style, advising the primarily student-based audience to live passionately. Passion has been her guideline to success as a leader, she said. “The people that make a difference are not always visionaries, but people that passionately and vehemently believe in what they are doing,” Jamison said. Too often people are fixed on goals they are not truly passionate about, she said. “I know it looks good on paper, but how does it really feel?” she asked.
When Elon University students were offered the opportunity to join the “Restaurant: Impossible” crew as they re-modeled University Grill, appreciation and excitement came from both ends. Students who participated in the effort had the chance to go behind the scenes of the popular Food Network show, in which chef Robert Irvine has two days and $10,000 to transform a failing restaurant. “I literally was watching them create a show, which is what I want to do,” said junior Julie Morse, a broadcast journalism major and a self-proclaimed addict of the series.
Senior Arroya Karian hopes to express how she gained inner strength through her struggles and overcame the obstacles in her life.
For the first time, The Pendulum is handing out end-of-season awards to Elon basketball teams.
Instead of picking up fast food for lunch, students in a new Garden Studio class can make their own meal — literally. Michael Strickland, professor in English and environmental studies, decided to start the class two years ago as a way of teaching students of any major how to properly plant and maintain a home-scale garden and harvest their own food. “It’s really about producing good food in small amounts of land in the most efficient manner,” Strickland said.
For junior Kileigh Browning, undergraduate research is more than a school project: It’s a lifestyle. “As an environmental and ecological science major, I tend to spend a lot of time outside,” Browning said.
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 ball was a semi-formal event, so attending students were dressed to the nines in black and white attire for a classy evening. Originating in 2007, the ball is a co-sponsored event between the Ballroom Club and another organization asked by the Ballroom Club to volunteer each year.
The Elon University softball team left for Woodstock, Ga.
Whitney Powel proudly wears a love for her sport. After a Thursday night practice, the freshman co-captain and midfielder of the club lacrosse team can’t stop the red imprint of tightly worn goggles from making its mark on her face.
Not a bad recovery effort. After losing three of three to the two-time defending national champion University of South Carolina, the Elon Phoenix baseball team is in first place in the Southern Conference after taking two of three from No.
Generation gaps are not a foreign concept. Many adults question the effect of digital technologyon the younger generation, a new survey shows. Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications and director of Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, and Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, conducted a survey that explored the increasing prevalence of digital technology and its potential consequences come 2020. More than 1,000 Internet experts and users provided predictions about the overall consequences of hyper-connectivity.
When asked about Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay, Elon Phoenix head football coach Jason Swepson couldn't say enough about his “family man” mentality. “Obviously, our wives know each other, did a lot of birthday parties over the last couple of years together,” he said.
The Student Government Association approved funding for 86 campus organizations, with money remaining in the organization budget. More money was requested from the SGA by student organizations for 2012-2013 than last year, but approved allocations for the upcoming year total slightly less compared to the past year. At the culmination of budget hearings March 1, allocations for student organizations totaled $484,293.40, and a remainder of $20,990.60 will be allocated to the 26 SGA-recognized campus organizations that did not yet submit budget applications. “We (trimmed) the fat off the budget this year,” said Nick Livengood, current executive treasurer.
The Supreme Court will examine the significance of race during the college admission process for the second time this decade.
http://elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/International_3.06.mp3 International editor, Katie Moran, discusses spring break abroad.
Perhaps it’s the temptation to scrawl a witty inscription on a Belk Library study desk. Maybe your favorite band came out with a new album today, or maybe you stumbled onto a fascinating new website that you just can’t resist surfing.
Russia passes new anti-gay law St. Petersburg legislatures approved a law Feb. 29 that prohibits homosexual propaganda. Gay rights groups have expressed the fear that they will not be able to pursue their agendas as they have been allowed to in the past.
Dennis Franks selected as Director of Campus Safety and Police Dennis Franks will join the Elon community March 26 as the new director of Campus Safety and Police.
Women’s tennis improves to 9-3 The Elon women’s tennis team defeated UNC-Asheville Bulldogs 7-0 March 4, but lost to No.
