Letters to the Editor

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NEWS 4/22/13 9:20pm

Faith Force athletes conjure power in The Lamb’s Chapel

By Stephanie Butzer

In The Lamb’s Chapel in Haw River, a large countdown timer ticked down the minutes until Faith Force, a group of world-class athletes who use feats of strength to build and share faith, ran onto the stage. When the countdown reached zero, intense music reverberated around the auditorium and crew members set bricks on fire.

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NEWS 4/22/13 4:56pm

Campus Parking Changes

By cshegda

Parking lots all around campus are reducing the size of their lots. Moseley will be reducing the current size of 287 to about 50 spaces.

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NEWS 4/22/13 1:51pm

Center for Leadership encourages good deeds through Pay It Forward week

By Natalie Allison

Making others feel important isn’t very difficult, according to freshman Kate Sims. Along with others from Elon University’s Center for Leadership, Sims is reaching out to the campus community to make sure that message is known — at least for a week. What the Center for Leadership used to recognize once a year as Pay it Forward Day is, for the first time, becoming a weeklong event from April 22-25.

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NEWS 4/22/13 12:35am

Southern Conference realignment...part 2

By Matt Krause

Before you start reading, I promise that this piece is significantly shorter than the first one. It is merely an update to some new information.

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NEWS 4/22/13 12:24am

Marathon bombs resemble more sports disturbances

By Jordan Spritzer

When tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing, the September 11 attacks and the various shootings in recent years occur, sports often act as a distraction. After the 9/11 tragedy, I remember well Mike Piazza’s game winning home run against the Atlanta Braves 10 days after the attack.

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NEWS 4/21/13 11:28pm

Offensive barrage pushes Elon past Wofford

By Matt Krause

The Elon University baseball team was in a familiar spot. For the third straight game, the Wofford College Terriers had scored first and held an early 1-0 lead in Sunday’s rubber match of a Southern Conference weekend series.

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NEWS 4/21/13 9:20pm

Samford takes two of three, weekend series from Elon

By Matt Krause

Returning to the field for the first time since a car accident involving three players, the Elon University softball team took one game and dropped a pair against Samford University. Game One The first game of Saturday’s doubleheader saw the host Samford Bulldogs earn a 10-0 run rule-shortened, no-hitter victory. Freshman pitcher Kayla Caruso started for Elon and shut out the Bulldogs in the first inning.

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NEWS 4/21/13 8:27pm

Southern Conference Tennis Championship Brackets

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Elon University is hosting the 2013 Southern Conference men's and women's tennis tournaments from Thursday April 18 through the championship matches Sunday April 21.

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NEWS 4/21/13 4:24pm

Putting journalistic integrity on trial

By Kaitlin Dunn

As any investigative journalist knows, anonymous sources can be crucial to writing a good story. That’s what Fox News reporter Jana Winter was considering when she covered the Aurora, Colo.

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NEWS 4/20/13 8:42pm

Elon tennis teams advance to SoCon tournament finals

By Kyle Maher

Sometimes scores can be deceiving. For the Elon University women’s tennis team, Saturday’s 4-0 win against a resilient Furman University team in the Southern Conference semifinals was just that. The Paladins clawed, scrapped and battled, refusing to go down as easily as they did on April 7 in Greenville, S.C., a 5-2 Elon win. “We knew it was going to be a little bit tougher to beat Furman this time because in the tournament everyone wants to win,” said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson.

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NEWS 4/20/13 12:43pm

Update: Elon softball players involved in car accident in Greensboro

By Andrew Wilson

Updated April 20, 2013 at 12:34 p.m. Elon University Director of Communications for Athletics Dan Wyar has confirmed three current Elon softball players were involved in a two-car collision at 12:03 a.m.

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NEWS 4/19/13 4:00pm

Elon tennis teams dominate, both move to semifinals

By Kyle Maher

With threatening skies overhead, the Elon University women’s tennis team dominated the Georgia Southern University Eagles from start to finish, winning the first four singles matches en route to a 4-0 shutout. “I was really proud of the team today,” said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson.

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NEWS 4/19/13 2:27pm

A letter to the Obama administration

By Carolina O'Brien

Dear Editor, It amazes me how bad President Obama’s policies are for the global economy. Instead of supporting actions that could help the economy recover, he opposes anything that doesn’t line up with his donors and his liberal agenda. One thing I find absolutely appalling is his position on putting the burden of our government overspending on American companies.

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NEWS 4/19/13 10:20am

Elon's Miracle Child

By cdavis46

On April 12th Elon put on one of the biggest events of the year, Elonthon. Every year, miracle children and their families share their stories at the 24-hour dance marathon. "The only money that's raised is what you're doing," said Steve Martinelli, a father of a Duke Children's Hospital former patient.

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NEWS 4/18/13 6:32pm

Identity workshop yields surprising results for participants

By Lauryl Fischer

Elon University students discussed the fluid nature of sexuality and gender identity in a workshop hosted by Spectrum, the university’s queer-straight alliance, April 16. Participants filled out a worksheet to help them determine where they fell on the Kinsey scale, a numerical measurement of same-sex attraction.

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NEWS 4/18/13 6:25pm

Elon Poll finds North Carolinians split on General Assembly's performance

By Michael Papich

As North Carolina’s new General Assembly has been getting more and more attention both in and outside of the state, the Elon Poll surveyed North Carolinians to see how citizens feel about their new legislature. The poll, which conducted 770 live-interview calls April 5-9, found 37 percent of interviewees approved of the assembly’s job, while 39 percent disapproved. The General Assembly has gotten flack for proposing legislation such as a waiting period for divorce and a reduction in early voting time.

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NEWS 4/18/13 1:29pm

England mourns the loss of their beloved Iron Lady

By Jennifer Frias

Steps away from the Cenotaph, engraved “To Our Glorious Dead,” crowds gathered outside London’s infamous Downing Street gates.

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NEWS 4/18/13 1:15pm

From Catholics to soccer fans, Spain has it all

By Matthew Johnston

Religion has been, and still is, a major influence here in Spain. Since the marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabel I and the conquering of Granada (the last region controlled by the Muslims) in 1492, Catholicism has ruled Spain.

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NEWS 4/18/13 10:41am

Greek Week Dance 2013

By jbruno

Dances are being posted and uploaded throughout the day. Keep checking back our site.

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NEWS 4/18/13 10:21am

Student babysitters find rewards in traditional job both on, off campus

By Katy Canada

Furniture, apartments, textbooks, clothing and even pets are among the most common items on E-net’s Want Ad page. But below the television stands, riding lawn mowers and used textbooks, it’s not unusual for students to advertise their services as babysitters and pet sitters. Babysitting may seem like the easiest option for college students who need money, but according to junior Michelle Lewandowski, it can be difficult to balance the strains of college life with such a taxing job. “I have to drive to the job, which is not as convenient as an on-campus job,” Lewandowski said.

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