Week-long Marriage Pact survey plays matchmaker at Elon
The Marriage Pact, a questionnaire that matches college students based on their similar interests, launched April 19 and will have match results to students by April 28.
The Marriage Pact, a questionnaire that matches college students based on their similar interests, launched April 19 and will have match results to students by April 28.
Garden Valley reopened for its spring season the first week of April. The farmers market operates on a seasonal basis selling produce, flowers, plants and other local goods like jams and honey. The products currently sold align with what grows best in warmer spring climates.
Danielle Deavens '16 and her college sweetheart Doug Spencer ’16 co-found Bold Xchange, an online retailer that offers an efficient way to discover and shop from a variety of Black-owned products with guaranteed quick shipping.
Elon’s Barefoot Dialogues organization offers Elon students an outlet to participate in “barefoot” conversations where vulnerability — and taking off one’s shoes — is encouraged and accepted. Elon sophomore and Barefoot Dialogues facilitator Morgan Chisholm said being barefoot represents a mindset that is cognizant of one’s own vulnerabilities and circumstances and those of others.
The Dogs of Elon Instagram features dogs seen around campus by Mallorie Sievert and fellow students who send their own photos to the account to be posted under the PAWparazzi story highlight. Captions introduce each dog, and at the end every dog earns an enthusiastic 13 out of 10 rating from Sievert.
At 16 years old, Catherine Nester was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, that she would battle for the next three years. Now at 22 years old, Nester has been recovering from nerve damage to her legs and ankles following treatment. Nester, a junior at Elon University, is preparing to tackle her next challenge — a 4,000-mile bike ride across the United States over 50 days.
Local florists in the Burlington area, including Roxie’s Florist, are experiencing an increase in demand as events resume. However, the surge in business has left the florist industry facing a major supply shortage. Longtime Roxie’s employee Wendy Grady said the pandemic didn’t decrease the demand, but it did decrease the supply.
Elon’s National Pan-Hellenic Council Garden will reveal renovations in a celebration this Sunday, April 18. The garden, located by the Janice Ratliff Building, is dedicated to the historically Black fraternities and sororities on Elon’s campus. Elon’s NPHC Garden was first unveiled in September 2005, and was inspired by traditional plots at historically Black colleges and universities.
Downtown Elon’s businesses, stretching from Pandora’s Pies in the northeast to MaGerk’s Pub and Grill in the southwest, are watching closely as COVID-19 vaccines are administered around North Carolina and the weather heats up. The owners of the assortment of shops in downtown Elon are hoping the events of the next few months, including graduation, will increase sales.
“Macbeth” is a Shakespearean production based on the idea of how power corrupts, but following the insurrection at the country’s capitol, the play’s director, Kim Shively made it a priority to convey the work in a way that did not bear any resemblance to the political discrepancies occurring in the US.
With plans for the future to travel and teach internationally, Elon University sophomore Caroline Durham took her passion for making handmade jewelry and turned it into her own small business, The Travelin’ Teacher. Durham spent her last two years of high school in Costa Rica, where she began selling her handmade jewelry pieces at a small boutique in her free time.
The sitcom, written by and starring Mark Janicello, follows the lives of divorced couple Tony and Tina Finelli and their two daughters, Lola and Lena. The personalities of the characters are based upon people in Janicello’s real life, and the show features live music and animated cartoons.
Shelly Miller and Teighla Norris decided to pursue their dream of opening a hair salon when their dream location became available. 102 North Williamson is located right on Elon University’s campus and is currently on its way to becoming a boutique salon called 102 North.
Elon sophomore Kyle Brody knows from personal experience that transferring from one college to another isn’t easy. Now, as secretary of the new Transfer Student Organization, he has found a way to apply his past experiences to create a brighter future for transfer students.
Elon University senior Matthew Mitten fell unintentionally into business when, in 2019, he ordered his first customized shirt printed with a phrase that would come to define his company: “Climate Change is Real.” The finance and applied math double major and founder of Climate Change Apparel said he was inspired to use the phrase to promote environmentalism.
When their entrepreneurship class charged them to think of a problem worth solving, Elon University junior Grace Granger and sophomore Jakob Reuter wanted to tackle an environmental issue: clothing sustainability. The duo created @ElonUThrift to provide convenient clothing solutions for students while lowering the amount of waste on campus.
For some, religion serves as a community, a place of support. It can serve as a common identity shared among family members or a set of beliefs one has held since childhood that governs their lives. For others, religion is a source of pain and shame, a place they feel shunned and unwelcome or even unsafe. Unlike other forms of trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, there is little research on the impact of religious trauma syndrome.
The hair and beauty bar opened in January 2021. But the growth of an Elon student clientele had been slow until the last few weeks, according to Ashley Waddell. Waddell traded her stethoscope and scrubs in for scissors and style when she opened Brushed Hair + Beauty Bar. The salon is located next to Fat Froggs Bar off of West Haggard Avenue less than a mile from Elon’s campus.
Inspiritus Dance Company is premiering its three-part dance film collection titled “To Be Continued” on April 10 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be streamed on YouTube, and viewers can access the link on the company’s website at 6:00 p.m. before the performance.
Traditional stage actors thrive off a live audience’s energy, but in Elon Performing Arts’ adaptation of Euripides’ Medea, the actors never come face-to-face with a live audience. Despite the unconventional approach to the Ancient Greek tragedy, the performance went on in a digital and prerecorded format.