UPDATE: As of 12:39 p.m., North Carolina A&T State University lifted its lockdown. All normal campus activities, including classes, resumed at 2 p.m. North Carolina A&T State University issued a campus-wide lockdown today after a man carrying a rifle was seen on its campus, though no shots had been fired.
Ask any class of first graders across the country what they want to be when they grow up and they are likely to respond with answers like doctor, fireman and maybe even bus driver. Many Elon University students have since digressed from their first-grade career paths, but not Emily Tomich. If you asked Tomich, a sophomore at Elon, what she wants to do now and what she wanted to do when she was 7, the answer would be the same: a world traveler. As a first grader in California, Tomich’s class participated in a pen pal program called Vicarious Voyage, in which students in her class would write to students on a Semester at Sea program. “My teacher made it an amazing experience,” Tomich said.
At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, the newly appointed senators were sworn in. Both those voted in by their peers and those appointed by SGA Executive President Welsford Bishopric assumed their new roles.
Elon University students walk past Skid’s Restaurant every day on the way to the gym or en route to class.
Elonthon, Elon University’s 24-hour dance marathon, is returning April 12 for its eighth year and this time around it will be stronger than ever.
The makeup of the 2013 Southern Conference football slate doesn’t change, but the landscape and the possibilities turned drastically March 26. With SoCon powerhouses Appalachian State University and Georgia Southern University making the jump to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level at the start of the 2014 season in the Sun Belt Conference, the two are not eligible to officially defend the conference title.
It’s a gay time for America. Last week, Time magazine released an issue featuring either two men or two women kissing on the cover, with a headline declaring, “Gay marriage already won.” The statement — not unusual for a magazine that has received flak for presenting a darkened photo of O.J.
If you’re walking around Elon University on a sunny afternoon, you may see a loud moped cruising around at 20 miles per hour with the rider’s blond mullet flapping in the wind. The rider is none other than men’s tennis sophomore Stefan Fortmann. The moped has a name, too: Monique.
It finally happened. The nonsensical breakup and rebirth of the Big East Conference has had a trickle down effect that now has affected the Southern Conference and Elon University.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday at the age of 87 following a stroke. Thatcher was the first and only woman prime minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain from 1979 to 1990. Many referred to Thatcher as "The Iron Lady" for her personal and political conviction. [div class="alignright"] [/div] Current British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his sorrow on Twitter stating "We have lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister, and a great Briton." Thatcher visited Elon University back in 1995 when the school called Elon College.
Elon University posts photos, videos and tweets each day, but who is in charge of social media on campus? Philip Jones came to Elon from WFMY where he worked as a reporter for four years. "I was ready for a new challenge," Jones said.
After news broke of a North Carolina resolution claiming the state can make its own laws regarding the establishment of religion — one that would question the federal government’s authority to decide what is constitutional — email inboxes overflowed with complaints, comment boards became saturated with concerned citizens and watercooler conversations were abuzz. At Elon University, many students were misled by the influx of media reports from credible media outlets and social media sources.
A day after losing by 12 runs to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Elon University baseball team returned to Latham Park in need of a midweek win April 10.
The Elon University men’s tennis team wrapped up the regular season with a convincing 6-1 win over Appalachian State University April 10 in Boone, N.C.
Looking to snap a six-game losing skid, the Elon University Phoenix softball team traveled to Chapel Hill on Wednesday April 10 to face the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina.
In the state of North Carolina, gay couples still await their right to be married. Elon University junior Madeline Carlin follows a Winston-Salem couple, Frank Benedetti and Gary Trowbridge, through the story of their almost 50-year relationship in her short documentary, “We Will Prevail.” “I chose the topic of gay marriage because Amendment One passed last spring and there was just a lot going on about it and I thought it would make a really great topic,” Carlin said. Amendment One, also known as the North Carolina Same-Sex Marriage Amendment, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was passed in May 2012. The measure defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman.
Alexis Gray’s trial, which was scheduled for April 10, was postponed until July 3. She will be tried at the Alamance County Courthouse. Gray, an 18-year-old student at Penn State University, entered Elon University’s campus Nov.
When you think of The Pendulum, what comes to mind? Do you imagine reporters at events with their laptops typing away, editors in the office at 2 a.m.
The Board of Alderman met Tuesday to discuss several new amendments to the Elon Land Development Ordinance, including giving the go-ahead to Elon to develop a new solar farm later on in this year.
On Tuesday April 9, the Elon University baseball team hosted the No. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels in front of a crowd of 1,422 at Latham Park.
