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NEWS 5/8/12 10:19pm

‘Festivus for the rest of us’ comes to Elon

By Audrey Horwitz

[box]Have photos from Festivus you'd like to share? Send them to The Pendulum at pendulum@elon.edu to keep the party going.[/box] Mud, barbeque and college kids are the three components for one notorious weekend. Festivus, Elon University's annual celebration may sound like a slightly more creative version of a college party, but for many students, it means something more. Saturday morning, hundreds of Elon students headed to Sheridan to carry on a tradition that began at Elon in 2005.

NEWS 5/8/12 8:41pm

Results: 2012 Primary Election

By Caitlin O'Donnell

[box] Statewide Amendment One For: 61 percent Against: 39 percent Counties reporting: 100 of 100 Presidential Preference (Democrats) Barack Obama: 79 percent No preference:  21 percent Counties reporting: 100 of 100 Presidential Preference (Republicans) Newt Gingrich: 8 percent Ron Paul: 11 percent Mitt Romney: 66 percent Rick Santorum: 10 percent No preference: 5 percent North Carolina Governor (Democrats) Walter Dalton: 46 percent Gary Dunn: 3 percent Bob Etheridge: 38 percent Bill Faison: 6 percent Gardenia Henley: 5 percent Bruce Blackmon: 3 percent Counties reporting: 100 of 100 North Carolina Governor (Republicans) Jim Harney: 3 percent Scott Jones: 3 percent Jim Mahan: 3 percent Pat McCrory: 84 percent Charles Moss: 2 percent Paul Wright: 6 percent Counties reporting: 100 of 100 [/box] [box] Alamance County Amendment One For: 64 percent Against: 36 percent Precincts reporting: 37 of 37 Presidential Preference (Democrats) Barack Obama: 76 percent No preference:  24 percent Precincts reporting: 37 of 37 Presidential Preference (Republicans) Newt Gingrich: 9 percent Ron Paul: 12 percent Mitt Romney: 67 percent Rick Santorum: 9 percent No preference: 4 percent Precincts reporting: 37 of 37 North Carolina Governor (Democrats) Walter Dalton: 43 percent Gary Dunn: 3 percent Bob Etheridge: 40 percent Bill Faison: 7 percent Gardenia Henley: 5 percent Bruce Blackmon: 3 percent Precincts reporting: 37 of 37 North Carolina Governor (Republicans) Jim Harney: 3 percent Scott Jones: 2 percent Jim Mahan: 3 percent Pat McCrory: 86 percent Charles Moss: 1 percent Paul Wright: 5 percent Precincts reporting: 37 of 37 [/box]

NEWS 5/8/12 8:16pm

County residents divided by Amendment One during primary elections

By Katherine Blunt

The highly anticipated day arrived at last. A steady steam of people entered the First Baptist Church of Elon May 8 to cast their votes in the North Carolina Primary Elections. This year’s ballot prompted voters to indicate their support or opposition of Amendment One, a proposed addition to the North Carolina State Constitution defining marriage as an exclusively heterosexual union and revoking the legal rights and recognition of all unmarried couples. The amendment passed with 61 percent of the state voting in favor and 39 percent of the state voting in opposition.

NEWS 5/8/12 4:18pm

End-of-semester success for campus literary journal

By Stephanie Butzer

What, exactly, is the heat and noise of being? Elon University students explored such an incredibly weighty subject through Issue 63 of “Colonnades,” Elon’s art and literary journal. With more than 40 different pieces of work, the journal holds the best student writing and artwork found at Elon.

NEWS 5/8/12 11:15am

Latham Park Medick's latest stopping point on lifelong journey

By Adam Lawson

Spencer Medick is a journeyman. He isn’t old enough to legally drink, but he’s already lived in six states, gone to three colleges, had a major surgery and flirted with lacrosse before completing his junior year. But – for now anyway – he’s found a home at Elon University. The 6-foot-3 southpaw is standing against the fence along the first base foul line, slumped over but wearing a smile while talking with friends and family after a Phoenix victory. He didn’t pitch in Monday’s series finale.

NEWS 5/8/12 11:13am

Softball honors seniors, gains momentum toward SoCon tournament

By Andrew Wilson

After dropping a ninth straight game on Wednesday, May 2 against North Carolina A&T in game one of a double header, the Phoenix softball team ended their losing streak by defeating the Aggies 7-1 to finish a grueling 11-game road trip. Elon then returned home for the regular season finale with a weekend series against the College of Charleston Cougars.

NEWS 5/7/12 11:02pm

"Bex" follows pre-med, volleyball path simultaneously at Elon

By Andrew Wilson

Her real name is Megan McMahon, but everyone associated with volleyball just calls her “Bex.” “It’s so funny to even say Megan,” said volleyball head coach Mary Tendler. The nickname, which has nothing to do with her real name whatsoever, came from a senior on the team when Megan was an incoming freshman in 2008. “During the summer we all email each other back and forth just keeping in touch,” McMahon said.

NEWS 5/7/12 10:26pm

More injuries force Phoenix baseball's hand to challenge young guys

By Adam Lawson

The recruiting pitch Elon baseball coach Mike Kennedy made to Spartanburg Methodist outfielder Robbie Dodds after the Phoenix’s 11-4 victory against Western Carolina May 7 couldn’t have been too complex. Of course, Kennedy probably wishes Dodds could suit up now because the list of injured Phoenix is growing by the game. The latest casualties are Sebastian Gomez and Jake Luce.

NEWS 5/7/12 9:10pm

Elon Law professors voice concern about Amendment One's language

By Hannah Delacourt

Professor from the Elon University School of Law have discussed what they foresee as the implications of Amendment One at recent meetings held by the Elon Community Church. Two of the professors, Mike Rich and Sonya Garza, both said they think the amendment is poorly written and thus could lead to unwanted consequences. Rich said he personally disagrees with the amendment because he does not think marriage must uniquely be between two people of the opposite sex. But when it comes to law, he said he thinks it is interesting how North Carolina is attempting to put a restriction on a statue that is already in existence in the state’s constitution and that is a restriction on people’s rights. “Constitutions are things that we as citizens of a state put together to preventing the government from treading on our rights,” Rich said.

NEWS 5/7/12 9:10pm

Residential Campus Initiative brings learning full circle

By Hannah Delacourt

With the building of the Global Neighborhood and The Station at Mill Point, Elon University will get even closer to completing its Residential Campus Initiative of building for a capacity of 75 percent of the student body that will mix academics with the living environment. According to English professor Russell Gill, who is also the faculty liaison between faculty and learning communities, nearly $100 million will be invested to build these new residence facilities in the hopes of connecting the academic life found in the classroom with the lessons learned outside of class. One of the main ways in place to support this part of the initiative is to have faculty, called teacher scholars, live among the students, said Connie Book, the associate provost for academic affairs.

NEWS 5/7/12 9:10pm

Burlington's Relay for Life looks for increased awareness from Elon students

By Ben Donahue

In 1985, a Tacoma colorectal surgeon ran all day and night to raise money to fight cancer. The run spawned the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Currently, there are relays across the United States, all with the goal to procure funds for cancer treatment and research. This year’s local relay will be held at the Burlington City Recreation and Park May 18.

NEWS 5/6/12 11:10pm

Finals restrict Buddhist celebration on campus

By Mary Kate Brogan

Finals overshadow the Buddhist holiday, Visakha Puja, which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddhartha Gautama, more commonly known as the Buddha. Visakha Puja will be on May 6 but, according to university chaplain Jan Fuller, because it is coming at such a busy time of the year, she said she would be surprised if there is much happening on campus to celebrate.

NEWS 5/6/12 11:08pm

Student life in Santiago

By Evan Studenmund

Well, I have completed my first midterm week in Chile, and yes, it is almost May.  Due to the season inverse, the fall (which is our spring) semester did not start until early March.  The past few days of intense studying have me reflecting on some of the distinctions between being a university student in Chile and the USA. For starters, the fotocopiadora (photocopier) is a Chilean student’s best friend; books are incredibly expensive here (thanks, neoliberalism!), and so I have made many trips from the library to the copy center with a bundle of libros (books). Chileans are notoriously unpunctual--a characteristic embraced by its students.  There are some folks who consistently show up to class in excess of 20 minutes past its starting time.   Most of the professors don’t bat an eye at the tardy students, however I have one professor who locks the classroom door at the start of class.

NEWS 5/6/12 10:58pm

Elon's Own Traumarama

By Kyra Gemberling

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.

NEWS 5/6/12 10:55pm

Balancing science and art

By Ashley Fahey

For third year doctor of physical therapy student Ryan Mason, photography is a way to not only make some extra money, but to do something completely outside of the science world, just for himself. “What started off as something that was just kind of fun on the side became almost a necessity for me to have a break from (school),” Mason said.

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