Letters to the Editor

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NEWS 2/17/12 8:22am

Despite multi-faith initatives, not all students perceive campus as diverse

By Grace Elkus

The Interfaith Youth Core, a non-profit organization that promotes interfaith conversation, held a campus-wide meeting concerning religious diversity and interfaith cooperation on college campuses.

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NEWS 2/17/12 1:29am

Finding a new meaning for Mardi Gras

By Adriana Miano

This week I was originally assigned a story on the Tournees Festival, a series of French films being shown in McEwen this month.

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NEWS 2/17/12 12:59am

The rise (and fall?) of the meme

By Dan Quackenbush

The latest Facebook trend that has seized control of most Elon students’ news feed’s over the last few weeks has probably garnered more “Likes” than I care to estimate.

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NEWS 2/16/12 7:34pm

Ruth Messinger selected as Baccalaureate speaker

By Melissa Kansky

This year's selection of baccalaureate speaker demonstrates the university’s values of diversity and social action, according to Jan Fuller, university chaplain. Elon University invited Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, to speak at the 2012 baccalaureate ceremony.

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NEWS 2/16/12 3:42pm

Speaker addresses social change as part of annual H. Shelton Smith Lecture

By Adriana Miano

Tony Campolo, founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, discussed accomplishing social change with the Elon community Wednesday night in McCrary Theater. Campolo’s talk was featured as this year’s H.

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NEWS 2/16/12 3:02pm

The News Report - Feb. 16, 2012

By Elizabeth Nerich

http://elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/News2.16.mp3 Want to know what the reporters favorite stories from this week's issue of The Pendulum was?

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NEWS 2/16/12 1:34pm

First experience as a senior reporter

By Ben Donahue

Tonight was my first event covered for The Pendulum!  This story took me to a new place on campus.

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NEWS 2/16/12 11:57am

The Swing - February 16, 2012

By The Pendulum

This week on The Swing: Sam Warren and Grant De Roo explain the SGA elections process, find out what a couple of basketball players are doing off the court, Julia Boyd gets your opinions on Elon Memes, Elon University has proposed a new bias and discrimination policy, and Kassondra Cloos runs through this week's edition of The Pendulum in less than 90 seconds.

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NEWS 2/16/12 11:31am

Human oversights cause errors in university electronic communication

By The Pendulum

Accidental acceptance notifications and updates regarding false emergencies have recently plagued colleges with slip-ups in email systems.

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NEWS 2/16/12 9:34am

Local food movement puts spotlight on area farmers

By Lauren Ramsdell

On a mild February afternoon, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and next to the Truitt Center for Religious Life, the scent of freshly turned earth permeated the air.

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NEWS 2/16/12 9:34am

Burlington police, university collaborate for satisfaction survey

By Mary Kate Brogan

[quote]We need to know what the citizens think so we can bring (their concerns) back to the table.[/quote] Elon University and the City of Burlington Police Department are teaming up for a triennial citizen satisfaction survey.

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NEWS 2/16/12 9:06am

Transfer looking forward to first season with Elon

By Kyle Maher

Transferring schools is never an easy decision. Elon junior pitcher Nate Young knows this first-hand. He started his pitching career at his high school in Kalamazoo, Mich., spent a year at a small junior college in Robinson, Illinois.

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NEWS 2/16/12 5:31am

Students gain insight into politics during seminar program

By Katherine Blunt

Thirty-four Elon students recently attended a dual seminar program, Inside Washington, held at the Washington Center in D.C.

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NEWS 2/16/12 5:06am

Community member explores the Alaskan wild

By Rebecca Smith

At first, Joe Jacobs was studying pre-dentistry. But after taking a class in marine biology, he realized that he could not imagine spending his life looking into people’s mouths, so he changed his degree to marine biology. By finding his own calling, Jacobs is able to help Elon University students do the same. With so many students studying abroad each year, many different cultures are bound to be experienced.

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NEWS 2/15/12 9:59pm

Week in Review - Feb. 15 2012

By Melissa Kansky

The layout this week differed from our three previous articles. We elected to use a graphic to illustrate the importance of the two front page articles.

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NEWS 2/15/12 8:17pm

Do you speak fashion?

By Kanree Wright

Do you have trouble defining your sense of fashion? You may be a fan of one of the many reality TV shows that provide more fashion advice than we can handle.

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NEWS 2/15/12 6:21pm

Jeremy Lin drawing comparisons to all the wrong people

By Adam Lawson

It's one of the most absurd stories sports has ever told. Disney executives would laugh at the ridiculousness of such a movie pitch.

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NEWS 2/15/12 5:31pm

Amuse Yourself - Feb. 15, 2012

By Rebecca Iannucci

http://elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/A_E2.15.mp3 Rebecca Iannucci and Rebecca Wickel talk Valentine's Day, and the new edition of The Pendulum.

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NEWS 2/15/12 2:06pm

Phoenix looks to last season for 2012 motivation

By Andrew Wilson

Senior infielder Garrett Koster said his team fell just short of an opportunity to play postseason baseball on a national stage. “Turns out we were one win away from getting into the tournament," he said.

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NEWS 2/15/12 12:49pm

Documenting adventure of a lifetime

By Katy Steele

It was just another day when Maggie Cissel walked to class one November morning. An email came through her phone.

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