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NEWS 7/13/12 1:13am

Post Grad: A year out, career makes roadblocks worth it

By The Pendulum

Carolyn Baumgarten Current Position: Community Manager and Account Coordinator at Plan B, the Agency Alternative Class of 2011  In the year since I moved to the Windy City, I’ve been asked time and again, “what brings you to Chicago?” My standard answer is that I moved here because of my big city dreams and naive optimism, which more or less completely captures the growing pains of my first year in “the real world.” Ever since high school I knew Chicago was where I wanted my post-grad life to take root, and I’ll be damned if I wasn’t going to do everything in my power to make that happen.

NEWS 7/10/12 12:45am

Performing arts alumnus ponders life after graduation

By Rebecca Iannucci

Recent Elon University graduate Matt Meigs ‘12 just closed the book on a whirlwind four years. As a music theater major, Meigs used his built-in support system in Elon’s Department of Performing Arts to thrive onstage, culminating in a principal role as Claude Hooper Bukowski in the Fall 2011 production of “Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical.” The Pendulum spoke with Meigs about his time at Elon and how he will use lessons from college in the real world. Q: Where are you living in your post-grad life? A: I'm originally from Huntsville, Ala.

NEWS 7/8/12 4:24pm

Hope for the homebody

By Jonathan Black

As everyone returns to school following spring break, the topic easily overheard on all corners of campus, besides how all of the flowers seemingly bloomed out of nowhere, is plans for the summer.

NEWS 7/8/12 3:52pm

Elon athletes keep focus on body and spirit

By Zachary Horner

It's way too early. I shouldn't be here. I have to go into work at 2 p.m. and have Bible study training in three hours. But instead, I'm at the Socastee High School track, getting ready to participate in a Crossfit workout at 7:30 a.m. Thankfully, I'm not alone.

NEWS 6/26/12 11:16pm

Senate reaches deal to freeze student loan rates

By Caitlin O'Donnell

Senate leaders announced yesterday they reached a deal to freeze student loan rates for one year, according to a report from the Washington Post. The deal must be finalized in Congress by July 1 to prevent rates on government-subsizied Stafford loans from doubling from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. Senate majority leader Harry Reid said he believes the proposal will be acceptable to the House, though details of how the plan will work it’s way through Congress are not clear at this time, the report said. The $6 billion cost of the one-year extension will be covered by increased premiums for federal pension insurance, formerly a point of contention between the two parties. A statement issued through email by the Jay Carney, the United States Press Secretary, expressed support for the Senate’s decision. “We’re pleased that the Senate has reached a deal to keep rates low and continue offering hard-working students a fair shot at an affordable education,” the statement read.

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LIFESTYLE 02/05/2026 7:37pm
Paramount Theater’s ‘Topping Out’ Celebration brings signatures, good luck

When residents look up at the top of the new Paramount Theater, they may notice a white steel beam covered in signatures, an American flag and a Christmas tree. The beam marks the theater’s topping-out celebration, a construction milestone that allows community members to sign the beam before it is lifted into place atop the ongoing renovation.

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