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NEWS 4/6/12 9:36am

Vote against project captures demonstration against Amendment One

By Melissa Kansky

Little commonality existed among the subjects of the photographs. Only a white shirt united them all, but with the click of a button and bright flash, Elon University students added their face to the Vote Against Project. The creator of the Vote Against Project visited Elon April 5, the last stop for the Vote Against Project college tour. The organization exhibits a collection of photographs featuring people wearing a shirt that says "Vote Against," encouraging North Carolina voters to vote in opposition to Amendment One, which bans legal recognition of all unmarried couples, May 8. "I knew these images showing all types of love was going to automatically bring the people in and help them understand what this amendment is about," said Curtis Brown, the creator and photographer for the Vote Against Project. Brown uses his experience in photography to communicate the controversy surrounding Amendment One and demonstrate the extent of its potential influence.

NEWS 4/6/12 9:28am

SGA Wrap-up - April 5 2012

By Katherine Blunt

At the first meeting of the new Student Government Association board, Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life, spoke on the “diversity and global commitment" theme of the Elon Commitment.

NEWS 4/5/12 11:59pm

The Swing - April 5, 2012

By The Pendulum

This week on The Swing... Meet the host of "The Carnal Romp," Sports editor Zach Horner practices with the intramural frisbee team, freshman Alison Ryncarz shows you the latest in spring style and Kassondra Cloos gives you the news in 60 seconds. Subscribe to The Swing on YouTube.

NEWS 4/5/12 8:52pm

Human trafficking week to bring knowledge, perspective to issue

By Hannah Delacourt

With the tenth class of Periclean Scholars soon to be inducted, Crista Arangala, Periclean class adviser, and Tom Arcaro, program director, decided to make a bigger celebration of the class’s induction that could also benefit the entire Elon community. A full week has been created to discuss the issue of human trafficking.

NEWS 4/4/12 3:29pm

Breaking news in the sports world

By Adam Lawson

I apologize in advance if this is going to come off as preachy. That's not my intention. I just wanted to recap how I was able to break news today for like the first time in my journalism life. I was in class when it happened.

NEWS 4/4/12 12:34am

Sports Briefs - April 4, 2012

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Irwin signs professional soccer contract with Charlotte Eagles Former Elon University goalkeeper Clint Irwin signed with the Charlotte Eagles of the United Soccer Leagues. This is the third professional organization for Irwin, who spent a preseason with Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution and 2011 with Capital City FC in Ottawa, Canada.

NEWS 4/3/12 9:53pm

Constructing a bright future from a discordant past

By Caitlin O'Donnell

His name is Fazly, and he is from Afghanistan. At least, that’s the easiest way sophomore Toorialey Fazly has found to introduce himself to Americans who often express amazement at his nation of origin based on their own misconceptions. For Fazly, his identity as an Afghan is intertwined with his experiences as a college student in the United States, a dream he set his sights on as a young boy living in near-poverty under the rule of the Taliban and fought for years to obtain. Now studying international studies with a minor in economics, Fazly insists upon bringing his experiences and knowledge back home to the country he knows best. A stunted childhood Fazly was born and raised in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and excelled at his studies for all of his life until his plans to attend college were halted by the necessity of providing for his family, which was struggling economically.

NEWS 4/3/12 9:41pm

Music professor raises voice in debut solo album

By Kyra Gemberling

It’s not every day that you get to perform on tour in Italy —  twice. Nor is it every day that you record a debut solo album on a major record label. Polly Butler Cornelius, senior lecturer of music and voice at Elon University, has done both of these things, with the release of her classical CD, “Wild Songs,” coming April 24. “I’ve always been musical,” Cornelius said.

NEWS 4/3/12 9:41pm

Putting classroom skills into practice

By Alessandra Losa

Thanks to a national public relations competition, four Elon University seniors are brining hunger closer to home — and the classroom. Each year, Elon participates in the Public Relations Student Society of America's Bateman Case Study Competition.

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