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NEWS 10/10/12 10:14am

Changes Coming to McEwen School of Communications

By jhook3

Elon's communication majors will be seeing some changes to their school in the not so distant future. Within the next three to four years Dean Paul Parsons of the Communications School expects renovations to the McEwen communications building to begin. The current plans include connected buildings that overtake the parking lot nearest McEwen and eventually connect into Long.

NEWS 10/10/12 10:05am

Elon's Paint Race

By kmaraghy

Students gathered at South Campus on Saturday to get a little messy for a cause. About 500 students signed up for Campus Rec's first annual paint race, running or walking 2K (about 1.3 miles), and getting hit with colored dye at checkpoints along the way. At the end of the race, participants had the opportunity to dye t-shirts, and made sure to take plenty of pictures. The proceeds from the event will help run Elonthon, Elon's 24-hour dance marathon in the spring.

NEWS 10/10/12 9:50am

Allison's Night of Fright

By adamora

Running away from your worst nightmare. I visited Woods of Terror in Greensboro this weekend, where making you scream is their specialty. "When you pop out and the first person falls back and then they all fall back,I play dominoes with them," said Ember, one of the actresses and head of makeup at Woods of Terror. I thought I was brave enough handle the haunt but I couldn't make it through without getting spooked. Director of Public Relations and Marketing at Woods of Terror, Deborah Bryant says the attraction feels so real...and that's what makes it one Readers Digest's top ten scares in the country. "We did everything except kill somebody out here.

NEWS 10/9/12 1:54pm

Woofstock: A Bark in the Park

By jbruno

Hundreds of people and canines strolled the Burlington City Park Saturday for the some tail-wagging, paw shaking and camera licking fun. "You could have a completely awful day and come home to your dog and everything is erased," said Katie Dukeshire, Co-Organizer of Woofstock. It was a gathering of companionship and music.

NEWS 10/9/12 1:03pm

The Battle of a Lifetime

By sroth2

"When I came back for the job," Elon Town Police's Lake Blalock says, "I didn't realize how much the town had changed." Blalock grew up close-by and attended Walter Williams High School in Burlington.

NEWS 10/9/12 9:10am

College Coffee Running Out of Coffee

By arose8

It all started in 1984, when college coffee became one of Elon's oldest and most appreciated traditions. Every Tuesday, students, faculty, and staff come together with hopes of building a stronger community.

NEWS 10/8/12 10:36pm

October 8 Pump Patrol

By elonlocalnews

Know the prices before you pump! Here are the prices for regular gasoline at the station's near campus. [div class="alignleft"] [/div]

NEWS 10/8/12 12:34pm

Thomas penalty kick helps Elon upset No. 21 Furman in overtime

By Kyle Maher

It took 91 minutes and 45 seconds of soccer, but the Elon University men’s soccer team was able to beat the 21st ranked Furman University Paladins on senior forward Chris Thomas’ penalty kick less than two minutes into overtime. The win was the third over a nationally ranked team for the Phoenix, who move to 2-0 in Southern Conference play after last weekend’s 2-0 win over Davidson College. The game went back and forth, with several quality scoring chances in each half for each team.

NEWS 10/8/12 10:14am

Educators debate uses and challenges of classroom technology

By Adriana Miano

For many Elon students, laptops, smartphones and tablets are an essential part of everyday life. But some faculty members debate whether these technologies have a place in the classroom. “They are an educational tool,” said Peter Felten, director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

NEWS 10/6/12 9:19pm

Stymied by big plays, Elon drops third straight

By Zachary Horner

It may be easy to start the retelling of Elon University's 35-23 loss to No. 14 Appalachian State University Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., with a reminder that the Phoenix is now 2-4 this season overall, 0-3 in the Southern Conference. Another angle might be a continuation of the domination the Mountaineers have held over the Phoenix since 1965.

NEWS 10/5/12 4:13pm

New series addresses Elon community’s perception of Islam

By Kristen Olsen

In an effort to address and discuss the Elon community’s misconceptions about Islam and the people who practice it, the Truitt Center is hosting “Navigating Islam,” a series of discussions about the religion. Maurice Hines, Arabic professor at Elon University, hosted the first discussion Oct.

NEWS 10/5/12 4:13pm

Planning for Family Weekend unspoiled by rain

By Ethan Smith

Family Weekend is all about timing. Usually scheduled for the end of September, it sits snugly between the start of school and fall break. “This was the best time academically to schedule Family Weekend,” said Jodean Schmiederer, assistant dean of students.

NEWS 10/5/12 4:13pm

The language of clothing: Students publicly cross dress to examine social constructs

By Kyra Gemberling

If you were on Elon University’s campus Oct. 3, you just might have seen a young man sporting a pair of red high heels. Senior Logan Sutton bravely donned the heels for a project for his Performance Studies class, in which students were asked to cross dress in public and interact with others without telling them it was an assignment. “Our clothes come to define who we are, so by altering that in some way that is distinctly the opposite gender, we get to perceive what other people think about it through our interactions,” Sutton said. This analysis of gender construction through clothing is all part of the concept of the class, taught by Elizabeth Patterson, assistant professor of theatre, who said the purpose of this upper-level course is to analyze the relationship between a dramatic performance onstage and social performance, which is how individuals interact with others on a daily basis. Cultural expression through dress Clothing is just one example of how individuals communicate with each other, Patterson said, so the project serves as a way for students to see first-hand how others respond to how they dress, particularly if what they wear isn’t typically associated with their sex. “Fashion is the only element of cultural expression in which we participate everyday, whether we are aware that we’re doing it or not,” Patterson said.

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During his freshman year, now-senior Billy Impagliazzo took two classes taught by biology professor Antonio Izzo. When he got to Elon, Impagliazzo said he knew he wanted to take part in research projects. In his sophomore year, Impagliazzo went to Izzo to discuss research opportunities he had in his lab. Izzo said he believed Impagliazzo would conduct research for only a semester, but almost three years later, Impagliazzo has identified the main microbe infecting the blue curls plant and has presented his research on SURF Day. 

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Elon student digs into Burlington’s past after historic hotel demolition

The Rockefeller Integrated Hotel stood on Burlington’s Maple Avenue before being demolished a few weeks ago. Created by McBride “Mack” Thompson, a prominent African American entrepreneur in the Jim Crow South, the hotel was both his home and a place for Black travelers to stay somewhere safe. A single box of papers was recovered from the demolition site by a neighbor. Marshall Sears, a sophomore researching African American entrepreneurship in Petersburg, digitizes documents including those found in the demolition, as a part of his undergraduate research.

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