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NEWS 3/6/12 1:19pm

SGA allocates funds to 86 student organizations despite budget decrease

By Katherine Blunt

The Student Government Association approved funding for 86 campus organizations, with money remaining in the organization budget. More money was requested from the SGA by student organizations for 2012-2013 than last year, but approved allocations for the upcoming year total slightly less compared to the past year. At  the culmination of budget hearings March 1, allocations for student organizations totaled $484,293.40, and a remainder of $20,990.60 will be allocated to the 26 SGA-recognized campus organizations that did not yet submit budget applications. “We (trimmed) the fat off the budget this year,” said Nick Livengood, current executive treasurer.

NEWS 3/6/12 12:28am

International Briefs - March 6 2012

By Katie Moran

Russia passes new anti-gay law St. Petersburg legislatures approved a law Feb. 29 that prohibits homosexual propaganda. Gay rights groups have expressed the fear that they will not be able to pursue their agendas as they have been allowed to in the past.

NEWS 3/6/12 12:27am

News Briefs - March 7, 2012

By Katherine Blunt

Dennis Franks selected as Director of Campus Safety and Police Dennis Franks will join the Elon community March 26 as the new director of Campus Safety and Police.

NEWS 3/5/12 11:28am

Bustle of the week

By Katherine Blunt

This week was hectic but fulfilling. Profiling Darien Flowers allowed me, and our readers, to get to know the new top dog in the SGA as more than just a student politician.

NEWS 3/4/12 10:39pm

Phoenix falls to Wildcats in SoCon semifinals

By Zachary Horner

Davidson College used a 25-6 run in the second half to defeat the Elon Phoenix 83-67 in the semifinals of the 2012 Men's Basketball Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville, N.C. The Wildcats held Elon without a field goal for 11:02 while pulling away.

NEWS 3/4/12 6:15pm

Ideas gone rogue

By Adam Lawson

I like to think that  people pick up The Pendulum or log onto our website every week and think something along the lines of "Wow, they're so creative.

NEWS 3/4/12 9:46am

Springtime Stresses

By Alessandra Losa

Why are students always more stressed in the Spring? Winter is over and Spring begins to roll in, and so do the stresses of being a student.

NEWS 3/3/12 11:57pm

Victory huge, but Wildcats den awaits Phoenix

By Zachary Horner

So they did it. The Elon University men's basketball team defeated Georgia Southern University in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Southern Conference Tournament. I wrote here just over 24 hours ago that I thought it was possible, that anything could happen in the Southern Conference Tournament.

NEWS 3/3/12 10:52pm

Phoenix defeats Georgia Southern, advance to semifinals of SoCon Tournament

By Zachary Horner

Elon University sophomore guard Jack Isenbarger had eighteen points, including a perfect 9-9 on free throws, and the Phoenix defeated Georgia Southern University 65-58 Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville, N.C. With the victory, the Phoenix advances to face Davidson College Sunday at 8:30 p.m.

NEWS 3/2/12 11:35pm

Elon men to face Georgia Southern in SoCon Tournament quarterfinals

By Zachary Horner

With their victory over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Georgia Southern University Eagles will face the Elon Phoenix in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Men's Basketball Southern Conference Tournament. The Phoenix has faced the Eagles once this season, dropping a 69-63 decision to Georgia Southern Jan.

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SPORTS 03/22/2026 1:22pm
Elon University's cheer team builds community, connection

Beyond the sidelines, Elon University’s cheer team is embracing a new chapter, not just as athletes, but as competitors entering Game Day cheer competitions for the first time in program history. Elon’s cheer team recently participated in the College Classic Competition hosted by Dance Team Union, which provides both virtual and in-person competitive opportunities for collegiate cheer and dance programs. Elon cheer entered the virtual competition in the Spirit Showdown Gameday Division and placed first. Assistant cheer coach Marcus Thompson said he sees passion through the team, especially as they connect with prospective students. 

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OPINION: You should be keeping up with the partisans

Why hate some politicians when you can learn to hate them all? This is the half-ironic question that ricocheted in my mind as circumstances dictated that the story I’d been working on for a few would have to take a new angle. My original plan had been to attend an Elon College Republicans meeting and get a sense of how the Grand Old Party’s future representatives were handling the latest release of the Epstein Files, along with the various other misgivings of the current administration.

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