Features

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NEWS 4/6/16 10:53am

PBS 'NewsHour' anchor advises importance of humanities

By ktracy4

Poetry and journalism. Not two topics often linked together, but Jeffrey Brown, co-anchor and senior correspondent for the PBS nightly news program "NewsHour," incorporated the two when talking to an audience in Whitley Auditorium Tuesday evening. The speech, "Politics and Poetry: One Reporter's Notebook," was part of the 11th annual James P.

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NEWS 4/6/16 10:46am

Burlington animal shelter receives much-needed revamp, renovations

By Max Garland

When looking just at the statistics, the Burlington Pet Adoption Center is doing better than ever. Animal intake was reduced by 14 percent from 2014 to 2015, and euthanasia was reduced by 48 percent, according to Burlington Animal Services reports.

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NEWS 4/6/16 10:33am

PBS NewsHour co-anchor finds refuge in poetry

By Micah Spoerndle

PBS NewHour Co-anchor and Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown shed light on his experiences in the television industry Tuesday night in Whitley Auditorium for the 11th annual James P. Elder lecture at Elon University,

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NEWS 4/6/16 9:15am

Winter Term study abroad popularity increases

By Mackenzie Dunn

Six hundred students received notification of their abroad application status for global engagement during Winter Term this past week.

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NEWS 4/6/16 8:01am

Lumen scholar explores human rights violations in 2016 Olympics

By Ally Feinsot

Prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, human rights violations in the host city were exposed by the media. Inspired by the media coverage, senior Michelle Alfini grew interested with the Olympics and its relationship with human rights issues.

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NEWS 4/6/16 8:00am

There are plenty of ways to give back

 

As spring begins at Elon, so does the unavoidable spirit — and pressures — of philanthropy and giving.

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NEWS 4/6/16 8:00am

Alum’s solar energy startup develops innovative engine for NASA use

By Kayla Hoey

The ability to travel to Mars in 39 days was a notion deemed unrealistic. Sibo Energy, 2001 alum Edgar Ugalde’s startup solar energy company, assisted NASA and Ad Astra Rocket Company in the development of a new type of engine.

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NEWS 4/6/16 7:07am

Area addresses local homelessness, hunger

By Micah Spoerndle

The ability to attend Elon University or any college in general is a privilege, but what truly highlights this privilege is the prevalence of homelessness and food insecurity surrounding campus. Feeding America’s 2015 research showed that 16.7 percent of Alamance County’s population is food-insecure.

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NEWS 4/5/16 10:17pm

SIDE Swipes program instituted for rest of year

By Emmanuel Morgan

In an effort to entice students and faculty and staff to engage more in conversation, Elon University is piloting a new free lunch program in Lakeside, McEwen and Colonnades dining halls.

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NEWS 4/5/16 10:06pm

President Obama’s legacy appears uncertain

By Michael Somerby

With just a few months left in the first black president’s second term, pundits, historians and citizens are — more than ever before — considering Obama’s political legacy.

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NEWS 4/5/16 9:29pm

College eSports programs are on the rise

By The Pendulum

On Oct. 27, 2009, Riot Games, a Los Angeles-based video game publisher, released its latest version of League of Legends (commonly known as LoL in the gaming community).

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NEWS 4/5/16 9:19pm

No time for the gym? No excuses

By Tyler Grimsley

As college students, we are all busy all of the time. It is hard to find time to go to the gym for an hour every day when we have hours of homework and multiple meetings every night, on top of the hours of classes we have during the day.

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NEWS 4/5/16 9:12pm

House Bill 2 receives heavy backlash from Elon community

By Bryan Anderson

As students and faculty walked past restrooms on Monday, they saw signs taped on restroom doors throughout campus expressing backlash against House Bill 2 — a bill passed by the state legislature that, among many things, requires people to use restrooms of the sex on their birth certificate.

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NEWS 4/5/16 7:36pm

Students write thank you notes to alumni for annual "A Thousand Thanks" event

By Mackenzie Dunn

A simple “thank you” can go a long way. All around campus today, students and Elon community members wrote notes of appreciation to alumni members of The 1889 Society, thanking them for their financial contributions and support to the university.

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SPORTS 4/5/16 6:45pm

Football starts spring practices

By Alex Simon

Most college students would love more down time. But for rising sophomore quarterback Connor Christiansen, all the down time meant he couldn’t be on the field for the Elon University football team. And now, after four months of workouts, he gets to do just that. “I don’t know how many weeks of winter workouts we had, but it felt like it would never end,” Christiansen said.

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SPORTS 4/5/16 5:30pm

Kicking it in San Antonio

By Jordan Spritzer

There’s an Elon University men’s soccer reunion of sorts beginning in San Antonio. Former Elon men’s soccer head coach Darren Powell was named the first head coach of the expansion franchise San Antonio FC in January, who’ll play in the United Soccer League (USL) – the third tier of the United States’ soccer pyramid.

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NEWS 4/5/16 5:00pm

Tips to keep in mind for upcoming blood drive

By Micah Spoerndle

At each of the four blood drives that I have attempted to donate blood at, there has been a unique issue preventing me from accomplishing this task.

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NEWS 4/5/16 5:00pm

Living the Sky Life

By Courtney Campbell

For a while senior Sky Cowans was lost. Graduating in the spring, she wasn’t sure if she was doing the right thing or on the right path. Cowans had been debating starting a health and wellness series, but was scared to put herself out there and do something completely different.

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SPORTS 4/5/16 4:15pm

Column: Elon's pitching progress behind schedule

By Tommy Hamzik

It took the Elon University baseball team five pitchers to get three outs, one inning that backfired but exposed a larger problem that’s persisted through much of this season. The Phoenix pitching staff still isn’t at the caliber it was expected to reach. About halfway through the season, and three weekends into Colonial Athletic Association play, Elon’s pitchers are still struggling to do the one thing they’re supposed to do — throw strikes. Elon has walked more batters (XXX) than any other team in the CAA, and has the second most wild pitches (XXX) among CAA teams. Best representative of this was the April 2 loss to College of Charleston, the league’s reigning champion that’s spent part of this season nationally ranked.

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NEWS 4/5/16 3:00pm

Elon alum collaborates with former classmate in directing first film

By Alexandra Schonfeld

            Edward Schmit has spent the past 4 years since graduating Elon using his artistic skills to assist with other people’s projects in New York where he lives.

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