Elon alum Wilson Owens (’10) is bursting from the Elon bubble and into the world of entertainment, who has recently been listed at No.
Set in Messina, Italy, Shakespeare’s comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing” chronicles two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero, as they navigate through good, old-fashioned Shakespearean chaos. Those in Elon University’s Department of Performing Arts have been hard at work since the start of Winter Term and will present their rendition of the play in the Black Box Theatre on Jan.
No, this is not a scene from the now popular Disney movie Frozen, the Elon community is experiencing freezing temperatures and snow showers tonight, Jan.
As the lights dimmed, Yeager Recital Hall began to fill with performers dressed in variations of red and black.
While many students pursue their undergraduate degrees in four years, some Elon students graduate a year early. Katie Pullman is in her third year of study at Elon and it will be her last.
Elon freshman Stephanie Lamm describes herself as a "progressive voter," who feels a personal responsibility to stay aware and active in the political activities that revolve around her, within her state.
With only one class to take during Winter Term, many students consider the month of January a time to relax, a time to have fun and for some students, a time to drink alcohol. "I go out mostly every day," said Taj Zahran, a 22-year old senior.
Being abroad means distancing oneself from all that defines students during their four-year college tenure.
Dealing with fall’s deadlines, sleep deprivation and caffeine-induced craziness was so last semester.
Ever since news broke about “Bridgegate,” (a political payback scheme involving the closure of the George Washington Bridge by aides and appointees of New Jersey Gov.
The single-sex residence halls on campus — Smith, Carolina and West — have long been a part of the history of the university.
Growing up the second of five children on the wrong side of the tracks in white and wealthy Sudbury Mass., Deborah Long felt like the only girl in hand-me-down dresses and homemade sweaters for miles. But she always had food in her stomach, even though sometimes food was leathery meat and other times it was tomato soup sprinkled with cheddar cheese.
The Australian Open may be taking place on the other side of the globe, but fortunately there is still high quality tennis being played here in the states – at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Senior men’s tennis star Cameron Silverman has put Elon University tennis on the map for the last four years. Fresh off his win in the Men’s National Open Indoor Championship, Silverman is sitting pretty ranked No.
Coming off a 21-win spring season in 2013, the most successful campaign in program history, the Elon University women’s tennis team is gearing up for the beginning of a new spring season in which the team will return many of its top producing players from a year ago. The Phoenix roster includes four seniors, most notably Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker. The two have been a dynamic doubles pair for Elon in the past, going 22-2 on the 2013 season, including 9-1 in the Southern Conference. When asked to describe what makes them such a dominant duo, Johnston said it goes beyond words. “We have gotten into a really good system of playing doubles together and we have so much experience now, this being our third season playing together,” she said. “We really have a great understanding of each other. It doesn’t even require words anymore. We just know what it takes to win and we know how to get the best out of each other and I think that’s the reason why we are so successful – because we know what to do to help each other out and pick each other up.” Johnston and Jansaker, the No.
Although it seems like restaurants are abundant in the Elon area, a handful of Burlington restaurants have closed their doors to the public this winter. B.
If you are one of the students who made the President’s and Dean’s Lists over Winter Break, don’t celebrate just yet. The President’s List consisted of 718 students who received straight A’s, and 1,256 students received no grade lower than a B- in a minimum of 12 semester hours while maintaining a 3.5 GPA, landing them on the Dean’s List.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JViM7ghhcuI&w=560&h=315] Sneezing, coughing and wheezing may not be the greatest way to ring in the new year, but that's exactly what a typical January in North Carolina often brings with it. For students who live in close quarters, germs are everywhere, including the flu.
The United State Senate’s top priority for January has been the extension of expired federal unemployment insurance – a reality in North Carolina for nearly six months. Federal unemployment insurance ran out at the end of 2013, and the Senate is currently working on legislation to extend those benefits until March.
Elon University head football coach Rich Skrosky announced the addition of several assistant coaches to his staff: Damian Wroblewski, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Most recently the offensive line coach at Rutgers University, Wroblewski helped to guide the Scarlet Knights to the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl and the 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama announced that North Carolina State University will serve as the head of his manufacturing technologies initiative. This public-private partnership between universities, companies and research institutions will work to create more efficient and sustainable methods of powering electronics. For the past 50 years, electronic devices have relied on silicon-based semiconductors to convert electrical energy into power.
