Features

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NEWS 2/28/12 9:37pm

Don’t fear the bathing suit season (we have you covered!)

By Nicole Esplin

Spring break is 18 days away.  Homework is piling up as teachers prepare for a week of no classes (ugh!).  With all the work, it may be difficult to find time to exercise and focus on eating healthy, but if you put in a little extra work now, you will be grateful when your favorite jean shorts and bikini from last summer fit just as well as they did last summer (if not better!) this spring break. Take advantage of the following Campus Recreation programs this spring to have fun while shaping up for a much needed spring break! Swim To Florida-  Swimming strengthens your core, arms and legs, and is one of the best cardio workouts, as the average swimmer burns around 500 cal/hour.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:34pm

Breaking free from fixed fashions

By Alyssa Baxter

Picking out the typical Elon student in a crowd based on their style isn’t exactly tricky — the brown Hunter boots and green Barbour jacket don’t exactly bring the word "diversity" to mind.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:29pm

Interactions with candidates prompted students to vote

By Hannah Delacourt

Whether students voted in the recent Student Government Association election was largely determined by whether they heard directly from the candidates and how much significance they felt their vote would have. SGA election gave students a chance to exercise their right to vote and allowed them to have a decision about which of their peers will represent the student body.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:25pm

New officials credit advertising of elections for voter turnout

By Katherine Blunt

Palpable tension filled the room in Moseley Center as the results of the run-off elections for executive president and vice president were on the brink of release.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:23pm

Former Elon football assistant hired as head coach at Western Carolina

By Kyle Maher

Mark Speir, a former recruiting director and assistant coach at Elon University, was hired as the head football coach at Western Carolina University in December, returning to the school where he was a coach from 1991-1996.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:18pm

Correspondent provides insight into Arab Spring

By Katherine Blunt

Applause thundered in McCrary Theater Feb. 23 as correspondent and foreign analyst Robin Wright delivered a discourse on the continued relevancy of the Arab Spring and the forces that drive the ongoing transformation of the Middle East. “The most important series of events in the early 21st century are the epic convulsions across the Islamic world,” Wright said.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:15pm

Vacancies to be filled by new executive president

By Ben Donahue

While voting for candidates in the recent Student Government Association elections, many Elon students noticed some substantial vacancies in the ballot.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:14pm

Guest speaker shares journey to self-acceptance

By Ben Donahue

Roger Sneed described himself as a very angry undergraduate. “I kept encountering these sometimes catastrophic collisions with race and religion and sexuality,” he said in regards to multiple life experiences, especially those during his years in college. Sneed, who teaches religion at Furman University, spoke in Belk Library Feb.

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NEWS 2/28/12 8:02pm

Student record label schedules rapper on rise

By Ethan Smith

Limelight Records, Elon University’s student record label, has booked up-and-coming rapper Ryshon Jones to perform at College Street Tap House March 2.

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NEWS 2/28/12 6:46pm

New semester program in Los Angeles pilot for future domestic opportunities

By Mary Kate Brogan

As part of an attempt to expand Elon University’s study away domestic programs, Elon will be offering a full semester program in Los Angeles beginning in spring 2013. More than 70 percent of Elon students study abroad during the course of their four years, according to Elon’s admissions website, but few students have taken part in a semester-long domestic program.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:59pm

Business students host first international career conference

By Kristen Olsen

A group of Elon University students in the International Business Club interested in working abroad have helped organize the school’s first international career conference.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:55pm

Scholar heads to D.C. event to promote passion for research

By Adriana Miano

Elon senior Lauren Stranahan hopes to make an impact this spring at the annual Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., where she will express to Congress the importance of funding undergraduate research. “I think it’s a really good cause because doing research has really changed me,” Stranahan said.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:49pm

Rotating tables, one professor at a time

By Natalie Allison

What happens when professors want to hear about their peers' tried teaching methods without committing to listen for too long?

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:48pm

Writing encapsulates campus: Elon searches for director to enhance teaching of writing

By Melissa Kansky

Elon University acknowledges that writing runs through all disciplines. The search for a director of writing across the curriculum signifies the institution’s commitment to developing writing, according to Peter Felten, director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and chair of the selection committee.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:45pm

Going green means more than just saving energy

By The Pendulum

Despite the fact that Elon University's colors have long been maroon and gold, its perpetual efforts toward increased environmental sustainability may soon turn the school colors to an Earth-friendly green. But Elon is not the only campus to embrace the “all things green” mentality. The trend of increased sustainability has been popping up on college campuses across the country, effectively announcing a conscious effort by American youth that Al Gore would be proud of: to accept responsibility for the preservation of our environment. But going green means more than just creating campaigns toward conserving energy and recycling.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:28pm

New director of campus safety to be named next week; 3 candidates remain

By Mary Kate Brogan

After several months of interviews, phone calls and committee meetings, Gerald Whittington, vice president of Business, Finance and Technology and head of the search committee for a new director of campus safety and police, must pick a candidate for the director position.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:20pm

Win in Columbia erases softball’s woes

By Adam Lawson

After soggy weather and a two-game losing skid dampened its spirit a week ago, the Elon University softball team will go into the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic in Woodstock, Ga.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:18pm

Trio of losses to 2-time defending champs not dampening baseball team’s confidence, drive

By Zachary Horner

It is not often that a Southern Conference baseball team gets to play the twice-over defending national champions in a weekend series in just the second week of the season. The Elon Phoenix squandered that opportunity, losing all three games by a combined score 17-3 to the University of South Carolina Feb.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:17pm

SoCon Tournament Preview: First-round bye crucial to men's tourney hopes

By Zachary Horner

It’s not often that a first-round bye in a tournament of any kind is classified as negative. Elon University men’s basketball head coach Matt Matheny is happy with the bye, but concerned that his team might end up being a little behind their second round opponents in the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament March 2-5 in Asheville. “The bye is an interesting thing,” Matheny said.

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NEWS 2/28/12 4:08pm

US citizens should not face discrimination based on language

By Zachary Horner

English is not the official language of the United States of America. The U.S. of A. is one of the 8 percent of countries in the world that does not have an official language.

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