Beginning this fall, high school seniors in Alamance County will have a new opportunity to get a head start on their college careers before graduation.
This summer, Melissa Kansky participated in The Germany Close-up Fellowship, a program funded by the German government that invites Canadians and Americans to explore how the nation has confronted its history. To understand how remnants of the past creep into present identity, one only needs to look at Germany, a nation, which despite its demonstrations of apology and progress, still carries the burden of the Nazi regime. "Germany is dealing with the Holocaust more than anyone," said Martin Schubert, a German-Jew and journalist. The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe occupies the most expensive land in Berlin, located between the embassies of the historic Allied nations and within walking distance of the Reichstag, Germany's Parliament.
After a real-world tragedy befell Aurora, Co. early last Friday, millions of Americans escaped to the digital world to express a wide range of strong emotions.
Elon University football coach Jason Swepson has scheduled a second straight Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for the Phoenix to play to open the season. Last year, the Phoenix played Vanderbilt University and remained competitive through three quarters against a member of the most dominant conference in the FBS - the Southeastern Conference - but ultimately fell. This time, it’s the University of North Carolina, a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
On Tues., Nov. 6, Americans will take to the polls to decide if President Barack Obama, the Democratic incumbent, will get to keep his spot in the White House or if another candidate will unseat him.
The Elon University men's basketball team will open their season against a two-time national runner-up and host four games in a prestigious season-opening tournament. The university announced today that the Phoenix will take on Butler University, who lost the NCAA Championship Game in 2010 to Duke University and 2011 to the University of Connecticut, Nov.
Incoming Elon freshman volleyball player Megan Gravley is one of four recruits to the Phoenix volleyball team this season.
Christopher Glockson II, a member of the Alpha class of the Elon Academy, died July 20 following an accident at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of student life. Glockson graduated from Walter Williams High School in Burlington, N.C.
The first thing Chad Radford did when I met him was hand me his business card. I got a handshake, a brief introduction and then it was time to work.
Dan Quackenbush, The Pendulum's opinions editor, is currently interning in California with the Los Angeles Film Festival. Hollywood has gone corporate.
Kristen Olsen Interning with the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C. Class of 2013; current news senior reporter for The Pendulum As an intern in D.C., you have the opportunity to go to a lot of events around the city.
VENICE --- Aldo Vidal learned how to be a glassmaker at age 11. Fifty-five years later, at age 66, he continues his profession, now accompanied by his son, Diego Vidal, 38. Murano glass making is an industry that started 1,025 years ago.
Christy James Current Positions: lead writer for fabfitfun.com; blogger for The Huffington Post When I graduated from Elon I was a naive 22 year-old with a very short resume and a very big sense of entitlement.
Stephanie Butzer Interning with Creative Loafing in Atlanta Class of 2014; current A&E senior reporter for The Pendulum When it came to internship applications, I was doing a good handful a day.
Working for a newspaper, magazine or any type of print medium often brings about negative comments about the state of the print industry.
Carolyn Baumgarten Current Position: Community Manager and Account Coordinator at Plan B, the Agency Alternative Class of 2011 In the year since I moved to the Windy City, I’ve been asked time and again, “what brings you to Chicago?” My standard answer is that I moved here because of my big city dreams and naive optimism, which more or less completely captures the growing pains of my first year in “the real world.” Ever since high school I knew Chicago was where I wanted my post-grad life to take root, and I’ll be damned if I wasn’t going to do everything in my power to make that happen.
Recent Elon University graduate Matt Meigs ‘12 just closed the book on a whirlwind four years. As a music theater major, Meigs used his built-in support system in Elon’s Department of Performing Arts to thrive onstage, culminating in a principal role as Claude Hooper Bukowski in the Fall 2011 production of “Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical.” The Pendulum spoke with Meigs about his time at Elon and how he will use lessons from college in the real world. Q: Where are you living in your post-grad life? A: I'm originally from Huntsville, Ala.
Jason Waterman Interning with Eurosport in Hillsborough, North Carolina Class of 2013 When I was just a child, I used to order my soccer gear from Eurosport: The Fabled Soccer Traders.
As everyone returns to school following spring break, the topic easily overheard on all corners of campus, besides how all of the flowers seemingly bloomed out of nowhere, is plans for the summer.
It's way too early. I shouldn't be here. I have to go into work at 2 p.m. and have Bible study training in three hours. But instead, I'm at the Socastee High School track, getting ready to participate in a Crossfit workout at 7:30 a.m. Thankfully, I'm not alone.
