Another season has come to a close for the Elon University women’s golf team, and while head coach Chris Dockrill admits this campaign has been “probably one of (their) rougher seasons,” he’s proud of his team’s hard work and dedication. “We had a lot of highlights and good tournaments,” Dockrill said.
Elon Community Church’s farmers market has been growing as slowly and steadily as the vegetables it has been selling for the past five years.
This week on The Swing President Obama comes to North Carolina to discuss student loans, Sophomore Cleo Dan shows you how to make dark chocolate cranberry-walnut clusters and Kassondra Cloos goes through this week's news in 60 seconds.
President Barack Obama urged college and university students to inform their peers about the possibility of an increase in student loan interests rates.
Rebecca Iannucci talks about Pride & Prejudice and the other amazing articles found in the style section in this weeks edition of The Pendulum.
Despite falling in the 2012 Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals, the Elon University women’s tennis team has one of those cliched yet truly bright futures. They only graduate one senior and return all six regular singles players, including three all-Southern Conference players. “It’s unfortunate that our season came to an end,” said sophomore Jordan Johnston, who was a first team all-SoCon selection.
One in four college women has been raped or been the victim of attempted rape during the course of her college career.
The world’s first international effort to make drugs illegal began more than 100 years ago. Great Britain had recently fought with China to secure opium trading. Many other attempts with inherent consequences followed.
It’s all about self-empowerment, according to Elon University senior Alexis Janes. Janes is completing her practicum at the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) in Burlington, an organization that gives women in Alamance County the support they need to become self-sufficient. The WRC is hosting its 15th annual herb festival April 26-28 to raise money for its programming and initiatives.
There is not much to say in favor of “celebrating” 4/20 anymore. Pop culture’s glorification of this criminalized "holiday" is extraordinarily irresponsible.
John J. Stuhr, professor of psychology at Emory University, defines one of the common motivations to live as a repetitive act.
What started as a bit of a joke in early fall turned into reality. On campus, junior Ali Ford is best known for being the star point guard on Elon’s women’s basketball team.
Nearly 34 percent of Americans are affected with something that is slowly killing them. If this was a disease spreading like wildfire, the country would be throwing all of its weight behind finding a cure.
Leigh Iler London — When people travel abroad, they often want to try local cuisines. While England is known for certain dishes, including fish and chips and shepherd’s pie, the London area also has an assortment of ethnic options. In addition to foreign foods, McDonald’s golden arches can be spotted on practically every street corner. There are other chains in the city, including Domino’s, KFC and even Krispy Kreme. This doughnut establishment, founded in North Carolina, is a warm reminder of home. If only London had Cookout, I would never need to return. Needless to say, one can eat a variety of foods while in London, both native and ethnic. Rebecca Cummings Yokohama, Japan — We are in Japan, our last port of the semester, and we are squeezing every experience and moment out of it. Right now is also peak cherry blossom season, and people have traveled from all over the country and other Asian nations to see them here in Yokohama.
Incoming students have yet to see the university from which they will graduate. With the construction of new facilities including The Station at Mill Point, the Numen Lumen Multi-Faith Center and the Global Residential Neighborhood, new students will see a noticeable difference in the campus between their first visits and the day of their graduation. “I can’t imagine what the campus will look like in a few years,” said freshman Helen Peplowski.
Pride and passion were the theme words on a night celebrating the 25-year career of Jim Drummond, sport and event management professor at Elon University. “The Drummond Golf Classic” didn’t quite go off as planned because of Mother Nature, as heavy rain flooded The Challenge Golf Course, causing the scheduled tournament to be canceled and transforming the outing into The Drummond Banquet Dinner. Friends, fellow colleagues and students both past and present spent the evening sharing stories and praising Drummond's time at the institution. “A lot of people take pride in money and titles and things like that,” Drummond said.
Last week I went on the best walk of my life. Jeff Stern, Claire Esparros and I met with Dr. Danieley to talk about his life at Elon. I spent the afternoon listening to the most precious stories with the most precious man, and the result was the most rewarding experience I’ve ever had as a journalist. Being able to help preserve the history of this university was so empowering.
Guantanamo Bay prisoners transferred to El Salvador The United States transferred two Chinese prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador after holding them for a decade with no charges. China urged other countries not to accept the two men into their nations, but the El Salvadoran government agreed to let them settle down there in their own homes. The men’s attorney said they are happy in their new home in El Salvador. The Pentagon announced that with the departure of these two men, the Guantanamo prison population is now 169. Israel honors Holocaust victims Israelis celebrated Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 19 throughout the country.
After traveling on all-expense-paid trips to Tiger World, an aquarium sleepover by Kure Beach, and Charleston, the Honors Pavilion residents can safely say that they have greatly enjoyed the perks of living in a Learning Community.
If Congress takes no action by the end of June, the interest rates on government-backed Stafford loans will double July 1.
