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NEWS 1/24/14 10:27pm

Elon's housing initiative begins next year

By malfini

The deadline for next year's on-campus housing applications arrives in just a few weeks and students can expect some changes as the residential campus initiative takes shape. The residential campus initiative is Elon University's plan to further its goal of "engaged learning." Part of the plan tailors to housing by students' class year. First year students will be assigned housing in the Historic Neighborhood or the Global Neighborhood, where construction is nearing completion, according to the new plan.

NEWS 1/24/14 5:11pm

Ask an alum: Cooking on a budget

By Shante' Barnwell

This piece is the eighth in a series of “Ask an Alum” columns that will be periodically published online through a partnership between Elon University’s Young Alumni Council and The Pendulum.  Hello Elon family! My name is Shante’ Barnwell, and I am delighted to take this opportunity to discuss one of my favorite hobbies with you: cooking.

NEWS 1/24/14 3:37pm

Richard Sherman’s postgame comments out of context, out of line

By Matt Mallian

Postgame interviews are often filled with quotes that fans have grown tired of.  Players use cliché phrases such as “we left it all on the field” or “turnovers were key for us” when describing the outcome of the game.  These answers are, quite frankly, boring to many people. Bland responses do nothing for the fans, as they give no indication to the player’s true feelings of the game.  After the Seattle Seahawks’ win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Jan.

NEWS 1/24/14 12:50am

Mocs blow out Phoenix

By Matt Krause

As the first half game clock wound down, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore guard Gee McGhee heaved the basketball into the air.

NEWS 1/23/14 7:12pm

Panel discusses shifts in same-sex marriage

By Stephanie Lamm

The “Beyond Faith and Reason: Same-sex marriage” discussion on Wednesday night in Numen Lumen Pavilion focused on what religion has to say about homosexuality.  Kate Bruce, assistant professor of sociology at Elon University, led a conversation on the history, morality and future of same-sex marriage. “We’re here to explore how the many religious, moral and family influences go together, and how we reconcile those when we’re set with a vote on same-sex marriage,” Bruce said. Bruce ran through a brief overview of the gay rights movement, noting marriage was not always at the forefront of the campaign.  She said many gay people viewed marriage as inherently oppressive, so they focused their efforts on issues like employment nondiscrimination, custody rights and adoptive rights. The same-sex marriage debate took off on the national stage in 1991, when a lesbian couple in Hawaii sued over the state’s marriage restrictions.  Many religious groups across the United States fired back; saying same-sex marriage violated the sanctity of marriage. Last year was a monumental year for same-sex couples, with 17 states and Washington D.C.

NEWS 1/23/14 1:30pm

Elon remembers former staff member Lexie Kamerman

By nchadwick

"She was a person who had a dream...and she followed it. And for a lot of us that was really hard to do." - Sarah Paterson, Elon junior and former East Area R.A. Lexie Kamerman devoted her life to students like Sarah Patterson.

NEWS 1/23/14 11:55am

Sean Magee uses YouTube, original music to set himself apart

By Casey Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0PXeixtHs "It’s just a little bit different, a little bit different, a little bit something more…” These lyrics to the song “A Little Bit Different” written by Elon University senior music technology major Sean Magee, ring true to the industry he seeks to enter.

NEWS 1/23/14 10:04am

Elon's Colonnades neighborhood hosts 'Walk around the World'

By jlaplante

The Colonnades' residential neighborhood hosted "Walk around the World" Wednesday, Jan. 23 in an effort to embrace diversity among students. The event promoted Elon's global awareness toward diversity and against discrimination following the events involving hate messages early last semester. Shena Lucero-Keniston, the resident assistant of first floor Kivette, explained the goal of the evening. "We are trying to expand people's knowledge of other cultures in order to foster that inclusive community," Lucero-Keniston said. Out of the fifteen residential halls in the Colonnades Neighborhood, thirteen of them participated in this event. Students at the event played games and ate food as they "traveled around the world" in Colonnades neighborhood. Small passports were handed out for participants to collect stars when they travelled from hall to hall.

NEWS 1/22/14 9:35pm

Douglas Foster speaks on post-Apartheid South Africa

By emcgillivray

South Africa is celebrating its 20-year anniversary since the end of the Apartheid. Reporter Douglas Foster has spent the last eight years writing his book, After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa, about the situation in South Africa since the end of the Apartheid through the eyes of six young South Africans. Foster has worked as a reporter in developing countries for 30 years.

NEWS 1/22/14 7:54pm

Elon students earn Pulitzer Center fellowship to Ecuador

By Addie Haney

I will miss meandering through the open, European-esque plazas of Old Quito. I will miss the walks through the dozens of parks teeming with joggers, dogs, futbol players and the occasional couple.  I will miss the sound of Spanish rattled off at lightning speed, the friendliness of Quito’s people, the food and the stunning scenery that surrounded me at every turn. All things considered, it was both an enjoyable and successful ten days in Quito, Ecuador, documenting the education system in the South American country for a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. While in Ecuador, my partner and I spent three days alongside members from the iMedia program interacting with and interviewing students (the children were the cutest), teachers and alumni from the Escuela Nuevos Horizontes del Sur, a tiny, rural private school a winding and mountainous 45-minute drive outside  Quito. We also spoke with professionals involved in the higher education system in Ecuador, including a member of the university accreditation board, the head of a language immersion program for both exchange students and native Ecuadorians and an American professor who helped revamp the teacher training programs in dozens of schools across Ecuador and other nations. The interviews helped shape the narrative of a nation that for many years, and even still to this day, lacked quality education for its citizens, but now is trying to turn the tide to provide a better life for its people. Once upon a time, children in rural areas who spoke an indigenous language struggled to succeed in a Spanish-speaking school system.

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