[quote]Blackboard costs the university about $22 per student, while Moodle costs about $4 per student.[/quote] The complete transition from Blackboard to Moodle is fast approaching.
As Elon University expands the physical living space on campus, Laura Sturm is looking toward on-campus options, particularly those offering gender-neutral housing. The junior and vice president of SPECTRUM, Elon’s gay-straight alliance, first became involved with the issue as a result of a story that ran in The Pendulum last spring, which included a quote from an administrator inviting a student to take on the initiative.
“The Vagina Monologues.” The name is enough to turn away delicate minds. But somewhere between an intense curiosity and knowledge of past successes, Yeager Recital Hall filled every seat.
It always stinks to lose. So said Elon sophomore guard Jack Isenbarger, whose team has lost four games in a row dating back to its Feb.
Road trips are a lot more fun after victories. The Elon women’s basketball team won two games away from home this week, defeating Georgia Southern University by 30 on Saturday and taking a 63-50 decision over the College of Charleston Monday night.
Elon University is continuing to provide hands-on experience for its students. Alpha Psi Omega, the theater arts honor society, put on its annual One-Act Play Festival last weekend in the Black Box Theatre.
For some Elon University students, spending four years in North Carolina is already an international adventure. Senior Margaux Lepretre was born and raised in France.
Elon University has presented its alumni awards for years, but starting this year, each school or college can now honor its respective distinguished alumni. Elon alumni Jo Craven McGinty, Class of 1985 and Doug Finberg, Class of 1994, were chosen as the inaugural recipients of the School of Communications Distinguished Alumni Award.
When the new edition of The Pendulum hits the stands Wednesday mornings, the staff of the news organization expects feedback. Whether it comes in the form of red mark-ups from our adviser, Colin Donohue, critical emails from well-meaning professors or text messages from my mom about a misspelled word on the front page (she keeps insisting she wants to join our staff as a copy editor), we are no stranger to the fact that our publication will cause a stir. And, in all honesty, we hope it does.
Elon sophomore guard Jack Isenbarger has impressed the Southern Conference, Phoenix fans and, most importantly, his coach with his play this season. “He’s gotten better,” Elon Head Coach Matt Matheny said.
In recent GOP campaigns and debates, it is nearly impossible to avoid one topic: religion. It is safe to say that a candidate with strong morals and values should be respected for his or her consistency and dedication.
A violinist’s waltz fills Whitley auditorium Thursday morning. Earl Danieley, a weekly attender, sits in the second row in front of the podium where, in a few moments, a speaker will give a lecture.
Transparency was the buzzword at last week’s Student Government Association debate and in candidate speeches for the upcoming election.
Elon students don’t always create Facebook pages... ...but when they do, it's Elon Memes. The new Facebook page, which follows in the footsteps of other universities’ pages across the country, has gained a noticeable following during the last few weeks. Two weeks after its creation Feb.
[quote]Traveling abroad also allows students to achieve an independence and freedom that they cannot gain while at school, where your parents are still on a phone call away and a dining hall is a leisurely two-minute walk.[/quote] Study abroad.
When Brynne Miller first stepped foot in Argentina, she found a story worth sharing. Miller, a 2010 Elon alumna of Elon University's first interactive media graduate class, used her experience abroad to inspire her film “Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and The Search for Identity," which was shown Tuesday.
An almost-no-hitter. A grand slam. A come-from-behind victory. The Elon Phoenix baseball team used all three to begin the 2012 season on the right foot, picking up three victories in all of their games this past weekend over non-conference opponents. “It’s kinda early to tell, but the areas that we thought we would be good at, we did those things well,” Phoenix head coach Mike Kennedy said.
http://elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/International_2.21.mp3 Katie Moran talks about sexism abroad, her moral clock, and what you can expect to find in this weeks international section of The Pendulum.
It may have taken decades, but Dan Doby is finally getting his dinner. Last year, the native Burlington resident opened Jazebel’s Jazz Bistro on land where he hunted for rabbits as a kid. “I never got one,” he said.
At the beginning of every semester, Elon University students tell themselves that this is the semester they’re going to do it all.
