Editorials

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NEWS 4/23/14 9:42pm

Elon LGBTQ students search for identity on changing campus

By Michael Bodley

During the spring of 2013, Elon University became one of the few institutions of higher learning nationally to allow students to use a preferred name on campus records including email address and diplomas.

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NEWS 4/23/14 5:47pm

American universities cost more, include more amenities

By Lauren Phillips

Elon University prides itself on its study abroad program. According to university statistics, nearly 72 percent of the class of 2012 studied abroad, and this percentage is expected to rise as more study abroad opportunities become available to students. Many students who choose to go abroad for a semester are surprised by the differences between their universities abroad and Elon.

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NEWS 4/23/14 1:31pm

Intellectual Climate at Elon

By Kathryn Jeffords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvkkZx631QI Students Cara McClain '14, Greg Honan '14 and Alex Vandermaas-Peeler '17 and staff Tom Mould and Jason Husser discuss the Intellectual Climate initiative at Elon and the push for more engaged, meaningful learning. Producer: Kathryn Jeffords Multimedia Contributor: Sophia Asmuth

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NEWS 4/23/14 12:48pm

When will Fox Sports 1 be No. 1?

By Matt Krause

Do you know what channel Fox Sports 1 is on your television? Probably not. What about ESPN? That’s a little easier. Fox Sports 1 is the 24-hour all-sports network launched by Fox in August 2013.

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NEWS 4/23/14 11:07am

Faculty Living on Campus: Vanessa Bravo Interview

By Chris Price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0SggN_gw8&feature=youtu.be

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NEWS 4/22/14 11:16pm

Academic Support helps athletes balance commitments, form careers

By Tommy Hamzik

Cayce Crenshaw arrives at her office in the Koury Athletic Center between 6:30 and 7:30 every morning and doesn’t leave until close to 10 p.m.

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NEWS 4/22/14 10:48pm

Beloved Physical Plant staff member dies in boating accident

By nchadwick

To his friends, he was Eddie. To his family, he was Eddie the teddy bear. Ed Watkins died Friday evening in a fishing accident at Farmer's Lake in Caswell County.

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NEWS 4/22/14 10:14pm

Students reflect on Boston Marathon bombings, one year later

By ehalperin

Patriots day and marathon Monday have always been special for many Massachusetts natives, including Ottavia Pomazon. "It's just kind of ingrained in you that it's a special day and I guess its def something that sets boston apart and makes us unique in the fact that we do celebrate this day.

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NEWS 4/22/14 9:53pm

T. Rex exhibit opens at the Greensboro Science Center

By bmcdavid

The Greensboro Science Center has a new visitor named Sue. Sciquarium Programs Manager, Alison Manka, says she is quite the spectacle. "Most of the other exhibits we've had have not been to this scale, Sue is definitely the largest thing that we've ever had come visit here at the Greensboro Science Center," Manka said. Sue is the fossilized remains of an ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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NEWS 4/22/14 9:46pm

Wild pitches plague Elon in loss at UNCW

By Tommy Hamzik

Despite winning a 3-2 nail-biter against the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Feb.

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NEWS 4/22/14 9:10pm

Living Learning Communities combine academic and residential experiences

By Kaitlin Dunn

One of the biggest changes Elon University is striving to make in the upcoming years is the push toward fusing the residential experience and the academic experience.

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NEWS 4/22/14 7:46pm

Common reading provides common bond

By The Pendulum

The Common Reading program at Elon University has come a long way since its inception in 1992.  Starting with the simple goal of nurturing a richer intellectual community, the program has become much more than students’ first official college reading assignment. College is a major transition for freshmen.

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NEWS 4/22/14 7:02pm

Students work to improve intellectual climate

By Lindsey Lanquist

Throughout their college careers, Elon University students Greg Honan and Cara McClain often discussed the “lacking” intellectual climate on campus. It wasn’t until last spring, however, that the two decided to take action and shape the intellectual climate themselves. Now seniors, Honan and McClain have spent the last year speaking with teachers, working with the Student Government Association (SGA) and surveying Elon students to figure out where Elon’s intellectual climate currently stands and how to improve it. What is “intellectual climate?” SGA defines “intellectual climate” as “the combination of your academic and your social life,” according to Sarah Paille-Jansa, President of the Class of 2015. But Tom Mould, director of the Honors Fellows program, Elon professor and member of Elon’s intellectual climate working group, defined it more broadly. “Intellectual climate to me is the life of the mind,” he said.

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NEWS 4/22/14 6:36pm

Elon men’s golf struggles at SoCon Tournament

By Matt Krause

Coming off of a second-place finish and individual win at the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational, the Elon University men’s golf team fell flat with a ninth place finish out of ten teams at the Southern Conference Tournament in Pinehurst, N.C.

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NEWS 4/22/14 5:05pm

A statement about 'Lasting effects: sexual assault on college campuses'

By The Pendulum

The Pendulum Editorial Board would like to clarify its stance from the editorial “Lasting effects: sexual assault on college campuses” from April 8th. Our editorial was meant to initiate a dialogue about sexual assault survivors, the programs that are in place at Elon to support survivors, and how Elon could further prevent sexual assaults.

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NEWS 4/22/14 3:45pm

Elon Fellows play small part in intellectual climate

By Katy Canada

When recruiting students for Fellows programs, Associate Dean of Admissions Cindy Barr looks for the best and brightest in terms of academics.

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NEWS 4/22/14 3:38pm

Faculty, engaged learning arrive at residence halls

By Jonathan Black

 For a majority of the residents in the William R.

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NEWS 4/22/14 3:20pm

Engaged learning inside and outside the classroom

By Meghan Mahoney

The Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) at Elon University allows students to combine knowledge learned in class with experiences outside the classroom.

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NEWS 4/22/14 1:24pm

Chaun Michael Medeiros - 2014-04-22 13:24:26

 

I am in charge of planning the bench press competition this year which will be on Friday the 25th starting at 2pm.

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NEWS 4/22/14 11:04am

NBA Playoffs: Sager's stage

By Tommy Hamzik

I don’t often watch the NBA. I don’t have a personal vendetta against the league or anything of that sort, I just don’t watch it very much.

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