Beauty

NEWS 8/24/11 11:06pm

Astley's legacy memorialized by campus, hometown

By Caitlin O'Donnell

Warmth and beauty were two of Lauren Astley's top criteria in choosing a college. "If I am in a beautiful place, I will learn," she once told her father, Malcolm Astley. In the weeks since her death on July 4, warmth and beauty are just two of the many adjectives used by friends and family to describe Lauren.

NEWS 8/24/11 11:05pm

Student leaders and incoming director of new students work together to continue tradition of orientation week

By Rebecca Smith

The incoming freshman class and their parents get a chance to see one of the traditions that makes Elon University unique—when upperclassmen involved with the New Student Orientation program help carry students' belongings into their dorms. The New Student Orientation team consists of 16 members of Head Staff and 101 Orientation Leaders. These upperclassmen start arriving to campus as early as August 12 to prepare for freshman orientation week. "The training week is so important for Orientation Leaders because it provides them with the tools they need to facilitate their sessions with new students," said Lauren King, head team captain of New Student Orientation. All of these students are led by Katie Hight, director of new student programs, who began the position this fall. "Orientation week is really important for the incoming students because it allows them to learn about Elon, get connected with the university and their peers and really become part of the community," Hight said. As director, Hight is responsible for helping to hire, recruit and train student leaders, manage the program's budget, coordinate evaluations, organize entertainment groups and schedules and be a point person for the students involved with the New Student Orientation program. Even though Hight is new to her position, she is not new to Elon's orientation program: she graduated from Elon University in 2007 after serving as an OL and a member of Head Staff. "I have gotten to experience Elon's orientation program in many ways now," Hight said.

NEWS 8/24/11 11:17am

The Pendulum Goes Abroad: Danish life

By The Pendulum

This semester, The Pendulum will be working with a select group of international correspondents in study abroad programs all around the world to bring you first-hand accounts of the stories you would otherwise only find in major newspapers.

NEWS 8/22/11 2:21pm

Letter of Welcome by Sam Warren

By Sam Warren

Class of 2015, Welcome to Elon University! I remember taking my first steps onto Elon's campus just three short years ago and dreading unpacking the past 18 years of my life that I had somehow fit into two cars.

NEWS 8/11/11 8:45pm

Tone up in 10

By Nicole Esplin

Nicole Esplin School starts in less than two weeks for Elon students.  Whether you’re a casual or a competitive athlete, you probably want to begin school in shape and looking fit after summer.  Over the summer working at cross country camp, one of my friends showed me this quick, full body workout that strengthens and tightens your arms, abs, and legs…and takes less than 10 minutes! The workout consists of three simple exercises: Crunches (or sit-ups), squats, and pushups.  Start with 10 reps of each exercise, and then work down (9 reps of each exercise, 8, 7, 6, etc, all the way to 1).  The key to make this workout effective is to complete every rep, and make sure there is little to no rest time between sets. By the end, you will have done 50 pushups, 50 sit-ups, and 50 squats…do this 3 times a week, and you’ll notice a difference in your tone and performance.

NEWS 8/5/11 4:41pm

Kickin' It

By Nicole Esplin

Nicole Esplin Strides can be a pain for many runners.  The last thing most runners what to do after they finish a run in the summer heat is to run repeats at an even faster pace for at least 100 meters.  But they’re necessary.  In high school, I didn’t worry about strides when my coach wasn’t breathing down my neck and making me do them, and I paid for it in races.  It’s similar to doing abs-you don’t realize how much you benefit from something pretty easy and quick until you start doing them.  Once I started doing strides, my kick at the end of races improved, and instead of losing 5 places in the last 400 meters of a 5k, I found that I could even increase my place. Strides benefit runners in the long run, and you may not see improvement until you race, so they are extremely easy to put off until a later run.  They are just as easy to keep putting off until you realize 3 weeks have gone by and you still haven’t done any strides.  One way to guarantee to do strides at the end of a run is to choose one or two days a week to always do strides.  My days are Mondays and Fridays, so when I being my run on those days, I know that my run doesn’t end when my route ends…it ends when my last stride is finished. I have begun to visualize the end of a race and how I want to feel during the last 5 minutes of my run.  This way, I am thinking about racing, and reminding myself of my ultimate goal of breaking my PRs during cross country season. Strides can be as long as 200 meters or as short as 50 meters, but most coaches recommend 100-meter strides.  They should be almost sprinting (and as a long distance runner, most of the time I end up sprinting).  To start, I would suggest 4x100 meter strides with as much rest as you need.  Just remember to keep moving during rest periods!  Once you are comfortable doing that, you can run 8x100 meter strides, 6x200 meter strides, or even find a small incline and run some strides up a low grade hill to improve hill endurance and leg speed. If this article hasn’t inspired you to stride at the end of a run, I’ve attached a video from the 1972 Olympics where David Wottle runs most of the race in last place until the last 200 meters…you better bet he did his strides at the end of his runs! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k&feature=player_embedded]

NEWS 7/8/11 12:13am

From the Trenches: Tales from the Capital

By The Pendulum

by Adam Portoghese Intern with mCapitol Management - Washington, D.C. This summer, the Pendulum News Blog will bring you reports “From the Trenches:Reflections on Interning” for Elon University Students to share their experiences interning in various professional industries.

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NEWS 07/18/2026 11:25am
Town of Elon encourages voluntary water conservation in response to drought conditions

The Town of Elon has announced it will implement a Stage 1 water conservation declaration as officials respond to rising temperatures and worsening drought conditions across Alamance County.During its July 8 meeting, the Elon Town Council approved a voluntary water conservation effort after the City of Burlington issued a Stage 1 water conservation declaration earlier that day.

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