College Street Taphouse and Town Table closed their doors this summer, leaving Elon University officials scrambling to find new uses for the downtown area buildings. Elon may use Taphouse to host Student Union Board events, and the university is currently looking to sell Town Table to a new owner.
Don’t light that incense just yet — and not just because it’s against university rules to burn incense in a residence hall. A study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health found that burning incense could cause lung inflammation. Kenneth Sexton, retired research assistant professor of environmental science at UNC and co-author of the study, compared the products of incense burned in the study to those found in cigarette smoke. “We found carbon monoxide concentrations from burning incense to be many times greater than from cigarette smoke,” Sexton said.
Elon University’s Stewart Fitness Center has changed — but not by way of adding additional floors this time. This summer, Campus Recreation installed several new pieces of equipment in accordance with the fitness equipment replacement plan. “We had equipment that was anywhere from 10 to 19 years old,” said Peter Tulchinsky, director of Campus Recreation at Elon.
Put down the pre-workout — that is, if you’re using Craze. Recently, a popular pre-workout supplement, Craze, was found to contain undisclosed, illegal, amphetamine-like compounds following a USA Today investigation. Will Steele, a sophomore at Elon University who has been working out since seventh grade, accidentally took triple the recommended dosage the first time he took pre-workout. “I felt as though I could walk through a brick wall, throw a car across a state with my bare hands and still have plenty of energy to run a marathon,” Steele said.
The Elon University volleyball team rolled Campbell University 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-17) in its first home game of the year. Led by junior outside hitters Chanelle and Danielle Smith, the two combined for 16 points, including eight in the third set, to help the Phoenix reach 2-2 to start the season. Trailing 16-15 in the first set, a kill by senior hitter Cali Estes sparked a 10-3 Phoenix run to close out the first set.
It's Elon University's 125th birthday this year and to celebrate, members of the ELN Morning crew took part in an Elon tradition that began in 1999: Sports Fest. On Friday, August 30, 73 teams took to the South Campus fields to participate in six events: dodgeball, a three-legged sack race, tug-o-war, a crossfit challenge, as well as relay and sponge races. With teams ranging from 8-10 players, nearly ten percent of the student body was registered for Sports Fest. [div class ="aligncenter"][/div] Teams traveled from event to event, battling it out for a first place finish.
With the start of the new season, Elon's men's golf team will lose a familiar face. After 41 years at Elon University, former men's golf head coach Bill Morningstar will retire. Senior team members John Somers and Will DiIanni said that while they will miss Morningstar, DiIanni said that Morningstar left an incredible legacy for the university. "In terms of what any coach could ask for in leaving a legacy at Elon, Morningstar has nailed it," Dilanni said. Despite Morningstar's departure, DiIanni said he is excited about the changing direction of Elon's golf team under new head coach Don Hill. [div class="aligncenter"][/div] With his arrival from the University of South Carolina, Hill brings a fresh perspective to the team. "He's not like a drill sergeant by any means," Dilanni said, "but its different from Morningstar in that he's got a very definite plan.
Last week, we discussed the divide between NCAA Division I’s Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision.
Replacing legends is a near-impossible task in sports. Very few have been as successful as, say, Aaron Rodgers with the Green Bay Packers.
Blogging. For a long time, this word was associated with people writing about their personal lives and airing their opinions to the Internet.
It's a movement that started just as students were taking final exams last semester. Moral Mondays began as a small movement of people angry with new policies enacted by North Carolina legislators.
Elon's Student Government Association swore in three new members on Thursday to replace three sophomore class members who resigned over the summer. Former Sophomore Class Vice President Ruth Robinson, Class Secretary Natasha Schettini and Senator Conor Janda all resigned over the summer. SGA was not given reasons for their resignations, and all three refused to comment when contacted. Students Matthew Crehan, Madison Gosselin and Brittany Armstead
Some sports teams never make it to a championship, much less win it. But, for the Elon Men's Soccer team, winning the "big game" has become a custom. For the past two seasons, Elon finished first in the Southern Conference, most recently defeating Wofford with a 2-1 score to claim the 2012 title. The team looks for much of the same heading into the fall 2013 season. "We're feeling good about it (winning the title)," junior Goal-Keeper Nathan Dean said.
Elon alumni and current Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Aaron Mellette made the team's final roster Saturday afternoon joining five more receivers.
For many academic programs on Elon's campus, having at least one internship is a curriculum requirement.
Editor's Note: A factual inaccuracy has been changed. In 1931, Germany won the bid to host the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Right now, it’s good to be a couch potato. This past week, Hollywood actor and recent Netflix star Kevin Spacey took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Television Festival for the keynote MacTaggart address.
Turner Rouse, Jr., a 2012 Elon graduate and music theater major, hated going to dance classes. Now Rouse is a part of the international touring production of “American Idiot,” a Tony Award-winning musical based on the popular Green Day album.
Elon University alumnus Dean Coots '13 has been making waves with his short film “Break the Night,” formerly known as “Street Picasso.” The student-produced film was selected out of more than 200 others to receive funding for the Sprite Refreshing Films competition earlier this year.
This piece is the first in a series of “Ask an Alum” columns that will be periodically published online through a partnership between Elon University’s Young Alumni Council and The Pendulum. As graduation approaches on college campuses each year, the all-too-common reaction for seniors is to feel that one’s college career — and one’s connection to campus and the university in general — is coming to an end. While certainly true to the extent of classes being completed and not having access to campus dining halls and meal dollars, one’s relationship to their alma mater should only strengthen, not become more distant, after graduation. In 2007, Elon University’s Young Alumni Council was created by a dedicated group of volunteers to ensure that Elon placed a proper focus on communicating and engaging with the university’s sizable and ever-growing young alumni population. Having expanded to 35 members since its humble beginnings, the Council is comprised of Elon alumni who graduated within the past 10 years.
