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NEWS 4/27/16 8:00am

Healthy masculinity group promotes conversation

By Allie Dietz

“It is taboo for men to talk together, to share their feelings and emotions,” Noah Rossen, Elon sophomore said, “there is no safe place for that in society or at Elon.” Rossen and his roommate this year, Elon Sophomore Scott Powell have had countless discussions since they moved in together about the role society expects men to take on and why it is okay if they don’t. “We created a Healthy Masculinity group.

NEWS 4/27/16 8:00am

‘Working’ transports audience back to the 1960s

By Alexandra Schonfeld

On April 28th, The Department of Performing Arts will bring the stories of America’s unsung heroes to the stage with the Tony nominated musical, Working. Working, originally staged in 1974 is based on a book written by Studs Terkel, which he wrote after Terkel conducted interviews with hundreds of working men and women across the United States about their jobs and why they did them. The show has undergone many revisions, most recently in 2011 with the addition of two songs by 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner Lin-Manuel Miranda writer of both Hamilton and In the Heights. Elon will be performing the most recent revision including Miranda’s additions.  The show also features music by James Taylor, Craig Carnelia and many other songwriters and composers. The 20 actors all had to audition for the show before gaining access into the course where they did most of their rehearsing up until Grand Night on April 3rd, when they begun evening rehearsals as well as weekends. “With this show, because of the nature of the beast—if you will—we began individual monologue work, sometimes we start staging big company numbers, and we did do some of that, we staged the opening and middle section, but we started working a lot on the acting, because there are a as many monologues in the show as there are songs,” said director Lynne Kurdzeil-Formato.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:55am

Relay For Life raises record high amounts

By Mackenzie Dunn and Madison Demmitt

Hundreds of Elon University students gathered to increase cancer awareness in the annual Colleges Against Cancer Relay for Life 12-hour fundraiser April 23-24. Despite having to be moved inside because of rain, the event shattered previous fundraising records with a total of $90,388.61.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:43am

Eco-Reps welcome environmental engagement

By Michael Somerby

Party for the Planet, an Eco-Reps-coordinated event, was an installment of the Elon Earth Week celebration. Aligned with the goals of prior events, the April 22 Party for the Planet promoted eco-friendly living, celebrated the beauties of the natural world and inspired attendees to strive for a healthier planet.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:35am

Elon hosts 2016 SURF Day

By The Pendulum

International & Global Studies | Communications (Session 1 Civil Rights Focus) | Business | Communications (Session 2) | PERCS | Environmental Studies Elon University hosted its annual SURF Day 2016 to showcase recent student research.  Pendulum news reporters Emmanuel Morgan, Mackenzie Dunn, Madison Demmitt, Micah Spoerndle and Michael Somerby reported on a variety of SURF Day sessions.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:32am

Students present environmental research findings during SURF's third session

By Michael Somerby

Roughly 50 students and faculty attended todays Environmental Science Oral Presentation Session held in the Moseley Centers McKinnon E conference room. One of many sessions held under the Student Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) program, the event was moderated by senior Cassidy Levy, and was sponsored by Dr. Amanda Chunco, assistant professor of environmental studies.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:30am

Students share ethnographic findings at SURF PERCS symposium

By Michael Somerby

Roughly 40 faculty and students gathered in Moseley 215 Tuesday, for a Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) symposium presented by the Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies. Titled, “Ethnography across Disciplines: Understanding Global and Local Communities,” the student-run symposium sought to contextualize various cultural identities through the research of Elon undergraduate students. Students presented four individual research projects, each dissecting the cultural identities of local, but vastly different communities.

NEWS 4/27/16 1:29am

Session 2 Communications SURF

By Emmanuel Morgan

Five students presented their tedious academic investigations related to the field of communications and journalism April 26 at Lakeside 212 as part of Elon University’s annual Student Undergraduate Research Forum.

SPORTS 4/26/16 5:00pm

Tiebreak defeat gives men’s tennis hope for future

By Alex Simon

Four hours and 11 minutes after freshman Mario Paccini and Elon started the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) semifinal match against the College of Charleston, Paccini found himself defending for the team’s life. The young, upstart Phoenix had a 3-1 lead over the Cougars as Paccini went to a third-set tiebreak on Court No. 2 against junior Rodrigo Encinas.

SPORTS 4/26/16 3:30pm

Ogren, Zammarelli drive Elon's offensive prowess

By Tommy Hamzik

Elon University head baseball coach Mike Kennedy chalked up his team’s recent offensive success to a handful of players, but more notably, two spots in the lineup. The first two. Kennedy noted freshman infielder Ryne Ogren’s ownership of the lead-off spot, along with junior utility man Nick Zammarelli’s emergence in the two-hole, as keys to Elon’s offensive prowess that plated 51 runs in a span of four games last week. Ogren and Zammarelli have formed a one-two punch, and with senior infielder Tyler McVicar’s 12-game hitting streak and freshman outfielder Liam O’Regan’s stretch of five straight games with a home run, the Phoenix is the midst of its longest conference winning streak in seven years. Elon’s won seven straight in Colonial Athletic Association play, and has climbed to third place in the league after stumbling early to a 2-7 start in the league. Ogren’s hit in the leadoff spot in every game during this hot stretch, and was a catalyst in the victory that started the streak.

NEWS 4/26/16 3:15pm

Former Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig discusses campaign finance reform, House Bill 2

By Bryan Anderson

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig visited the Elon University School of Law Tuesday to speak with an Elon faculty member who hosts a popular radio program broadcast in Silicon Valley. Before the event began, The Pendulum spoke with Lessig to get his thoughts on campaign finance reform, House Bill 2 and potential endorsements.

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