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NEWS 3/4/15 10:57pm

CAA Men's Basketball Tournament Preview

By Miles Garrett

The regular season has come to a close for teams in the Colonial Athletic Association. As teams prepare for the conference tournament, their focus lies with the potential of earning an NCAA Tournament bid. The CAA Tournament, held in Baltimore, will feature four teams with identical conference records at the top   — University of North Carolina at Wilmington, College of William & Mary, James Madison University and Northeastern University.

NEWS 3/4/15 10:48pm

Elon seniors go out on high note

By Kyle Lubinsky

The seniors on Elon University men’s basketball team had to say goodbye this past Saturday. One of the most successful senior classes in the school’s Division I tenure played their last game at home to a packed Alumni Gym  Saturday, Feb.

NEWS 3/4/15 10:45pm

Samson takes single-season record from old teammate

By Robert Nanna

Only one season after his graduation from Elon University, former single-season 3-point field goal record holder Jack Isenbarger was outdone by former teammate, junior guard Tanner Samson. Samson has trumped the previous record, 82 three-point field goals made, making 98 of his own this season.

NEWS 3/4/15 8:11pm

Alumnus Jeremy Jones to read 'Bearwallow' at Elon

By Miranda Siwak

Elon University alumnus and local author Jeremy B. Jones ’04 captures a piece of his home in his book “Bearwallow,” a collection of nonfiction essays about his life in the Appalachian Mountains. “‘Bearwallow’ tells the story of my return to my family’s land in the Blue Ridge Mountains, of my attempt to reconnect with a place I’d kind of run from,” Jones said.

NEWS 3/4/15 8:07pm

Revamped Mel's Good Times Cafe attracts students

By Brett Gubitosi

As they walk into the space shared by Mel’s Good Times Cafe and The Wicked Mojo Bar & Grill, customers are transported to New Orleans. Bright colors, the smell of Cajun food, a nine-foot projection screen playing live sports and a signed pair of Muhammad Ali’s boxing shorts give the space an aura of authenticity and uniqueness that sets it apart from the rest of Burlington’s restaurant scene. The Wicked Mojo Bar & Grill, a sports bar with authentic sports memorabilia, occupies 8,000 square feet with Mel’s Good Times in the Holly Hills Mall in Burlington. Hunt Ward, president of Wicked Mojo’s Entertainment Group, Inc. and cook, purchased the cafe Nov.

NEWS 3/4/15 8:01pm

Students, staff strive for sustainability

By Caroline Perry

The BioBus, water bottle refill stations and composting options are just a few of the sustainable efforts Elon University has implemented to make the campus more eco-friendly, but students don’t always take advantage of them. The Office of Sustainability has been hard at work making Elon more eco-friendly since the Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) created the Sustainability Master Plan in 2006. Currently, Elon has 19 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified structures.

NEWS 3/4/15 7:43pm

The humans behind ‘Humans of Elon’

By Caroline Perry

Correction 4/5: Due to an editing error, an earlier headline of this story referred to "Humans at Elon." The photography project is "Humans of Elon." The Pendulum regrets the error.  A person, a picture and a quote.  These are the elements of “Humans of Elon,” a photo collection of people on Elon University’s campus started and run by freshmen Ben Driscoll and Mercedes Kent.  The founders decided to collaborate on the project before fall classes started.

NEWS 3/4/15 6:30pm

Elon's art history department celebrates 10 years

By Caroline Fernandez

In honor of the art history department’s 10-year anniversary, discussions on transhistories of the visual echoed through the halls of Elon University’s Koury Business Center during a two-day symposium. Between, Among, and Across: Transhistories of the Visual was the theme of the two-day on-campus conference Friday and Saturday.

NEWS 3/4/15 2:41pm

Laughable Reads You Should Take Seriously

By Mary Sheehan

Women writing and producing in comedy are becoming a force to be reckoned with. With successful movies and TV shows, these comedic women have written powerful biographies with the potential to shape the influence of women writers. "Yes Please" is a concise biographical account of the life of the sassy and powerful Amy Poehler.

NEWS 3/4/15 2:31pm

DIY winter healing

By Xernay Aniwar

FOR DRY LIPS What you’ll need: One part white or brown sugar (grab packets from anywhere there’s coffee!) One part petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) What to do: Mix ingredients in the palm of your hand and use a finger to gently rub the mixture into your lips for about 30 seconds. Rinse and repeat as necessary. Finish with a later of petroleum jelly.

NEWS 3/4/15 12:42pm

Elon pro-Israel organization brings former IDF soldiers to campus

By Caroline Fernandez

A recently formed Elon University cultural organization called Israel Dialogue, Education and Advocacy (IDEA) brought two Israeli reservist soldiers to campus Friday through the national non-profit organization Stand With Us. IDEA, created by senior Maia Szulik, officially became an Elon cultural organization in November 2014. Szulik said the organization strives to foster dialogue, education and advocacy about Israel and the Middle East. “We want to offer a space on campus for healthy conversation on issues that may be controversial, and we also want to have events that highlight Israeli culture and life while clarifying many miscon- ceptions that people have on a very complex situation,” she said.

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NEWS 03/28/2026 9:26pm
Crowds gather across North Carolina for third nationwide “No Kings” protests

RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people assembled around the North Carolina State Capitol Building at 1 p.m. on March 28 for the third nationwide “No Kings” protest.According to the No Kings website, there were more than 3,000 planned protests nationwide, with 79 in North Carolina alone.The demonstration was primarily organized by progressive advocacy groups Indivisible and the 50501 movement. They previously held the Hands Off protest in April 2025, and two No Kings protests in June and October 2025.

OPINIONS 03/27/2026 9:35pm
OPINION: Elon’s choice of infamous consulting groups challenge the morality of its education

The haste of Elon Day’s fundraising is over. Now is an important time to reexamine what it means to be a university using our financial ties. It seems we haven’t talked about the consulting half of the picture. The Elon-Queens merger also brought Elon University to consult with ethically dubious consulting firms, including the consulting firm that did infamous financial mapping used in a proposal to turn the bombed-out Gaza strip into a resort.

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