Letters to the Editor

NEWS 3/6/12 3:08pm

Internet study speculates about cognitive skills of younger generation

By Katherine Blunt

Generation gaps are not a foreign concept. Many adults question the effect of digital technologyon the younger generation, a new survey shows. Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications and director of Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, and Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, conducted a survey that explored the increasing prevalence of digital technology and its potential consequences come 2020. More than 1,000 Internet experts and users provided predictions about the overall consequences of hyper-connectivity.

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.

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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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