[quote]The women’s vote is just as much the human’s vote. They will decide based on the issues that matter to them, not who is targeting them more during campaign season.[/quote] Women, the 2012 candidates are after you.
It’s the kind of place that makes you feel at home, regardless of where your home may be. Driving down North Carolina Highway 49 headed south, winding far out into Alamance County, lies Bellemont, a quaint little area near Graham with an abundance of green pastures, farmland and a charming southern feel. A small, unassuming store appears aside Bellemont Mount Hermon Road.
Where exactly did Charlie Brown and the other childhood heroes from “Peanuts” end up?
As the spring semester draws to a close, Elon University’s student musicians are taking advantage of the final weeks to show off their hard work. The Elon University Orchestra, Saxophone Studio and Camerata and Chorale choirs all performed concerts April 24-26 that showcased musical pieces developed throughout the semester. Junior Nathaniel Hodges, who has been involved with the studio for three years, said the studio wanted to deliver music that was not only well-written, but also fun to play. “It’s all about pushing boundaries and forcing others to be curious about pushing boundaries as well,” he said. Hodges said he credits Virginia Novine-Whittaker, adjunct instructor of music, for the group’s success thus far, as well as at Wednesday’s concert. “(She) is a widely known saxophone teacher and is incredible at getting the most potential out of her students as possible,” Hodges said.
We all have our favorite stores. But as college students, going out to shop seldom fits in our schedules.
The Elon University softball team had a rough week, dropping its eighth straight game and falling below .500 for the first time this season. After ceding both games of a double-header April 25 at the hands of Division I independent Longwood University, the Southern Conference’s top team, Georgia Southern, swept a three game set with Elon during the weekend in convincing fashion, shutting out the Phoenix in games two and three. In a weekday series with Longwood, game one featured a combined 16 runs on 21 hits for the two teams, with 11 of those runs coming in the fourth inning alone. Elon’s bats were quiet for the first three innings before heating up in the fourth.
All is quiet in the backfield for the Elon football team. Well, kind of. Though second year head coach Jason Swepson has known senior Thomas Wilson will be the starting quarterback come September, the running back position was a major question mark coming into the spring of 2012. Just a few months ago, Swepson had three senior running backs that each saw playing time, and had two more in reserve.
The demand for food is expected to double by 2050, according to Jerry Dorsett, adjunct instructor of environmental studies at Elon University, and the need for sustainable agriculture is going to grow with it. In North Carolina, agriculture is the largest industry, accounting for $70 billion of the state's economy, according to Dorsett.
With one majestic swing of the bat, Elon University sophomore catcher Ryan Kinsella cleared the dugout and sent their victims, UNC-Greensboro, home on the wrong side of a three-game sweep. It was the bottom of the 10th, the score tied at 1-1.
At Morazi’s International Grill, customers are not just customers — they’re family.
A traffic stop on South Williamson Avenue near the intersection of Ball Park Road resulted in the arrest of two males for drug possession, said Elon Police Chief Cliff Parker. Mark Andre Manning, 22, of 205 Culbreath Park Dr., Chapel Hill, N.C., and Cordera Pierre Browning, 19, of 100 Forsyth Dr., A, Chapel Hill, N.C.
[box]Video by Adam Lawson, Assistant News Editor.[/box] Garrett Koster is sitting in a chair positioned at home plate at Latham Park, posed to destroy everything he’s been working on for the past two years. The senior shortstop is motionless as his girlfriend of two years, junior Emily Swapp, turns on a set of clippers and starts to trim away at Koster’s curly locks. He is one of 39 players and coaches on the Elon University baseball team participating in BaseBald, a charitable initiative benefitting the St.
During President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the new president and his liberal allies in Congress faced severe criticism for back room legislating and lax governing.
Contraception. The war on terror.
Elon University faculty, staff and students interviewed candidates for the position of dean of the Love School of Business, a position that serves the university on multiple levels, according to Art Cassill, co-chair of the search committee and professor of accounting. The dean conducts business with organizations outside the university, representing Elon to the external institutions. “The business school dean is uniquely situated to be the face of the university as well (as of the business school) because you are talking about the business community that serves all of Elon University and not just the Love School of Business,” Cassill said. Business connections translate to support for the university, he said.
Although Elon University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 13:1, not all staff-related ratios on campus are quite as low. Susan Wise, Disabilities Services coordinator, is in charge of about 450 undergraduate students and 25 graduate students registered with Disabilities Services, and she is the only staff member. “Obviously, just meeting the day to day needs of so many persons is challenging,” Wise said.
Though the constant presence of construction materials indicates an evolving campus, it is student experiences that establish the enduring culture of Elon University.
Although gas prices are currently dropping, by the end of the month, the national average is predicted to cost a whopping $4.25 per gallon, according to predictions from the Department of Energy. This news has driven many in the Elon University community to restrict how much they drive and rethink how often they fuel up and even shop for groceries. Ashley Burns, Elon University pre-doctoral fellow and political science instructor, commutes from Durham to Elon everyday, and despite driving a fuel efficient Honda, she said she is beginning to feel the pressure of filling up at the pump. “I fill up my car every Monday and Friday,” said Burns.
After much debate last week, the Student Government Association passed a resolution expressing SGA’s opposition to Amendment One during its regular Senate meeting. The resolution states that Amendment One, which will appear on the North Carolina Primary Election ballot May 8, contradicts Elon University’s discrimination policy by defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman and prohibiting legal recognition of all unmarried couples. The April 26 SGA meeting was unusually crowded with Elon students, faculty and community members.
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, SPARKS took part in The Clothesline Project, a national program that allows women who have been personally affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a T-shirt. From April 23-27, students could pick up supplies to make the shirts from a box in Harden and then drop them off anonymously. In addition to encouraging students outside of SPARKS to participate, SPARKS also encouraged participation in from other associated organizations, said Kyle Whitaker, a sophomore in SPARKS. “We reached out to local organizations like the Women’s Resource Center in Alamance County,” he said.
