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NEWS 10/28/15 1:09pm

Cheat Sheet: Speaker of the House

By The Pendulum

NEWS Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is set to officially know if the title of Speaker of the House will be in his future.  Dubbed currently the House Speaker-in-waiting, the decision to elect Ryan to one of the top positions will be voted on during a secret-ballot GOP election Wednesday and a full House vote Thursday.  After years of resisted pressure to take on a more prominent role in the party, the decision for Ryan to nominate himself as a potential candidate for the position did not come quickly.

NEWS 10/28/15 1:02pm

The eyes of the university

By Max Garland

Progress in both technology and the size of Elon University has led to the number of campus security cameras balloon to roughly 500 total. The cameras are primarily located in places such as parking lots and campus pathways, Elon Police Chief Dennis Franks said in an email, where people could be vulnerable to crime that no one else could witness. Other cameras are installed on building exteriors and popular areas in larger, public buildings such as the Moseley Center and Belk Library.

NEWS 10/28/15 8:00am

Elon longs for longer lunch tables

 

As Elon Dining, formerly branded as Aramark, moves forward, it has a chance to redesign the university’s dining halls in a way that is much more welcoming.

NEWS 10/28/15 8:00am

Treat Title IX training as a priority

 

A new population on campus now knows how to appropriately report and respond to instances of sexual assault or harassment: members of fraternities and sororities

NEWS 10/27/15 5:24pm

Healing through helping

By Caroline Perry

Three organizations came together to present inspirational speaker Dennis Gillan 7:30 p.m. Monday in Whitley Auditorium. The space was filled with students from different circles within Elon University, ranging from fraternity and sorority members to those interested in mental health. Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Omicron Pi and Active Minds hosted Gillan to talk about his struggles and the greater context of mental health in college. Gillan opened his talk with a simple yet powerful statement. “My name is Dennis Gillan, and suicide stinks,” he said.

NEWS 10/27/15 4:47pm

Kung explains how music, mathematics are similar

By Emmanuel Morgan

Dave Kung, professor of mathematics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, delivered a lecture titled "Harmonious Equations: A Mathematical Exploration of Music" at Elon University’s Whitley Auditorium Oct. 26 for the North Carolina annual regional meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

NEWS 10/26/15 10:30pm

Lend a hand

By Jenna Barone

As a competitive player in the “No-Shave November” since I started taking part in my high school’s competition, I view Halloween less as a terror and more as the day my legs begin to grow ... well ... hairier.

NEWS 10/26/15 6:17pm

Elon students on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

By Caroline Perry

On Monday afternoon three Elon University community members made their debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  Acorn Coffee Shop employee Kathryn Thompson, junior Taylor Zisholtz and freshman Lucy Smith-Williams all sat down with DeGeneres to explain how they changed each other’s lives             “This is a beautiful story,” DeGeneres said when they sat down.  Their story began when Thompson asked Zisholtz and Smith-Williams where they were from on a quiet Friday night at Acorn.              “When Lucy announced that she was from Florida, her face just lit up and she was ecstatic,” Zisholtz said on The Ellen DeGeneres show.              It had been Thompson’s lifelong dream to bring her grandchildren to Disney World, she said.              “That was my dream, but I just make it pay day to pay day,” Thompson said as she fought back tears.  DeGeneres quickly handed her tissues to dry her eyes.             After hearing Thompson’s wish, the two students started a GoFundMe page.  People from many different places donated to the page including current Elon students, alumni and people who never attended Elon at all.  Donation amounts spanned from just $5 to $1000, to every amount in between. Both DeGeneres and the audience were amazed by the two students’ ability to fundraise over $10,000 to get Thompson to Disney World.  Their original goal was to raise $6,500. “There’s a lot of bad out there, and look what you did by meeting someone you didn’t know, helping her make her dream come true,” DeGeneres said.  “So thank you for doing that.”             In a surprise, the photo company Shutterfly matched Zisholtz and Smith-Williams’ fundraising and gave Thompson another $10,000 on the show.              Both Zisholtz and Smith-Williams embraced Thompson as smiled in disbelief.

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