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NEWS 2/22/12 8:16am

Elon seniors continue mentoring program, have high hopes for future

By Kate Riley

Elon University seniors Brett Brawerman and Kendall Adkins have taken over a mentoring program at Elon that provides outlets for young boys to exercise in interesting ways while gaining confidence. The Coaching Health and Mentoring Positive Students program, or C.H.A.M.P.S, is a program at Elon designed to combat childhood obesity, specifically in boys in fourth and fifth grade, through a series of sessions on hot topics for boys of that age such as peer pressure and nutrition, individual mentoring time and skill acquisition within various sports. “It was created to expose these kids to sports and topics that they haven’t really been exposed to,” said Brawerman, head facilitator of the program.

NEWS 2/22/12 7:34am

Convenience drives student housing choice

By Natalie Allison

Sophomores and juniors attempting to squat their current on-campus apartments may be relocated to the Station at Mill Point during phase one and two of housing selection beginning this week. Though the $634 monthly rent matches that of The Oaks, The Station at Mill Point will feature four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartments and have a clubhouse, pool and fitness area onsite.

NEWS 2/21/12 10:55pm

Completed Ever Elon campaign creates scholarships, funds construction

By Kristen Olsen

The Ever Elon campaign is completed, but its impact is still growing. After five and a half years, the Ever Elon campaign ended with a total of $107,333,426 and has begun in the final stages of its construction with the recent building of the new Multi-Faith Center, the Numen-Lumen Pavilion. “It is not about the money, but what the money does for us,” said Jim Piatt, vice president for university advancement. With these earnings, the campaign members plan on using the money to provide scholarships, support engaged learning and help develop the campus.

NEWS 2/21/12 10:05pm

My Pendulum "Bigs"

By Mary Kate Brogan

So this week, almost all of the new members in Elon’s sororities are getting “bigs,” but even though I’m not in a sorority, I feel like I’ve gotten two bigs this past month. Just two weeks ago, I started the Elon University crime beat and, much like sorority sisters who’ve been through it all before, two Pendulum staffers have helped me out with my new undertaking.

NEWS 2/21/12 9:48pm

Students experience real-world film production

By Zachary Horner

Burgess Jenkins, famous for playing Ray Budds in Disney's 2000 film "Remember the Titans," is one of many crew members involved with "Find a Way," a Cornelius Muller Productions feature that is filming on various parts of Elon's campus. The movie is inspired by the life of Harry Cohen, a student and quarterback at Walter M.

NEWS 2/21/12 9:17pm

Beyond the Bubble

By Grace Elkus

Elon University students jokingly refer to the Elon Bubble, but in the past year, students have broken out of that bubble by showing that international, national and local events have an influence in their lives. This is a demonstration of how Elon students have gone beyond the confines of Elon to show their appreciation and interest in the world around them.

NEWS 2/21/12 5:46pm

Air fresheners actually stink

By Sarah Carideo

[quote]Most of the perfumed air fresheners sold in stores actually fill your home with toxic chemicals.[/quote] A busy schedule combined with a lack of parental reminders usually results in some pretty messy student homes.

NEWS 2/21/12 4:55pm

Bringing study abroad experiences home

By Caitlin O'Donnell

When senior Hannah Barry returned to Elon University after studying abroad in Ghana last Winter Term, she wasn’t quite ready to let go of the experience she’d had there. “We came back and wanted to create an organization on campus where we can basically do international development projects for the communities we visited,” she said. The Periclean Scholars program, a civic engagement group which students apply to participate in, focused on Ghana in the past, but Barry wanted a new option to be more accessible to all students. When the group of students first applied to Student Life for recognition as an organization, the proposal did not pass, Barry said, because there was concern that other classes would want to create similar organizations for other nations, which would become overwhelming. Instead, the organization applied again under the name Elon Partners in International Development, which is now under provisional status as an organization.

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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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