Lifestyle

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LIFESTYLE 9/18/16 2:47pm

Equestrian Team works to train horses and compete in shows

By Miranda Siwak

About 30 minutes away in Mebane, a group of 20 “horse-obsessed” students head to Rosewood Farm weekly to take riding lessons, care for their horses and prepare for horse shows against other collegiate riders. A lesser-known organization on Elon’s campus, the club sport Elon Equestrian Team has garnered a group of dedicated riders, passionate about horses to come together and do what they love.

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LIFESTYLE 9/17/16 8:48pm

Former professor of 30 years welcomes new opportunities

By Alexandra Schonfeld

            After thirty years at Elon, history professor Nancy Midgette is wasting no time taking advantage of her new found free time.             Midgette came to Elon in 1985 after meeting Professor George Troxler and his wife at a southern historians meeting.  Troxler told Midgetter that if she ever found herself in North Carolina, to stop by Elon and apply for a job because they were often hiring new professors.

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LIFESTYLE 9/15/16 5:27pm

Dressing in drag to benefit pride

By Paige Pauroso

A drag show to benefit Alamance Pride was hosted last night at the Jazznmore in downtown Burlington.

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LIFESTYLE 9/13/16 3:48pm

Elon alumni shine on Broadway

By Alyssa Potter

When Drew Redington, Matt Meigs and Gerald Caesar took the stage on Broadway this fall, they remembered how Elon’s music theatre program prepared them for their career debut.

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LIFESTYLE 9/13/16 8:33am

Shredding paper to #ShredtheShame

By Miranda Siwak

Senior Zoe Ross-Nash was called No-Ass Ross-Nash throughout her childhood and high school, so she tore up paper and started a movement to fight her and others insecurities. "I’m going to rip that up and just love me for my body and love myself for my body, so goodbye, No-Ass Ross-Nash,” Ross-Nash explains in a January Facebook video as she tears up a piece of paper with her long-held insecurity written on it.

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LIFESTYLE 9/12/16 11:24am

Creating a 'House Party'

By Courtney Campbell

Wrapped in blankets, huddled in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, juniors Genny Tankosich and Karolina Bohn put their final edits on their script for The 24 Hour Plays to be handed off to a director in approximately three hours. Their writing process began at 7:30 p.m.

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LIFESTYLE 9/12/16 9:51am

Furry friends comfort homesick students

By Alexandra Schonfeld

On Sunday September 11th, The Elon Community Church hosted their sixth annual Dog-Day Mixer on the Church’s front lawn.

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LIFESTYLE 9/8/16 11:23pm

Students to create plays in 24 hours

By Courtney Campbell

At 7:30 p.m. Friday, six teams of writers will begin to write their own play. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, these plays will be performed to an audience in Whitely. Put on by Elon University’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega (APO), the national theater honors society, 24 Hour Plays gives six different teams of writers, directors and actors exactly 24 hours to create a play. According to Doug Del Pizzo, the president of APO, at 7:30 all members will come in for a meeting and at 8:30 the writing teams will be given a genre ranging from mockumentary to action adventure and a cast size to write for.

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LIFESTYLE 9/8/16 11:13pm

Coffee, Cookies, and Community Come to the Truitt Center

By Megan Jurnak

Elon students of all years lounge cross-legged next to each other on bean bag chairs, snacking on fruit, biscotti and homemade cookies. What may seem like an afternoon at Irazu is, in reality, the first Sacred Sounds Coffee House.

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LIFESTYLE 9/7/16 8:00am

Elon Eats: Uncovering an aesthetic

By Hannah Silvers

Driving through the Graham town square, it's impossible to miss Press Coffee+Crepes. The exterior of the coffee and crepes shop is painted dark blue, a contrast to the light white and pastel facades that line the rest of North Main Street. The interior is just as unexpected — quiet indie music, stone tables, reclaimed wooden chairs, exposed brick walls and , all lit with bare lightbulbs hanging on burnished copper wires from the black applique ceiling.

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LIFESTYLE 9/6/16 4:45pm

Furnishing at a lower price

By Courtney Campbell

A lively couch with multicolored prints takes over the living room in senior Katharine Mann’s house.

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LIFESTYLE 9/6/16 1:42pm

Jazz N' More brings jazz back to life with event center

By Alyssa Potter

The man who goes by Uncle Harold, who has seen downtown Burlington dwindle and re-develop for over thirty years, has recently taken on his newest business venture with Jazznmore, a bar, club and event center on Spring Street in Burlington.

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LIFESTYLE 9/6/16 1:37pm

Lambert calls out three freshmen in convocation

By Lucia Jervis

Each year, Elon University President Leo Lambert highlights three students in his convocation speech. These three students represent a fraction of those that have done extracurricular activities and described to their peers, in front of parents and faculty.

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LIFESTYLE 9/4/16 2:13pm

New addition to Truitt Center brings excitement and perspective

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Looking at the Elon University banners on the light posts, Carrie Seigler still couldn't believe she was working at the university. As the Truitt Center’s new multi-faith and intern coordinator, she arrived on campus two months ago after spending two years post-grad in New York City. 

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LIFESTYLE 9/2/16 3:45pm

Elon Summer Concert Series comes to an end

By Maya Eaglin

The Town of Elon finishes up the “Alive After Five” summer concert series Thursday September 8.

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LIFESTYLE 9/2/16 1:45pm

Politics with a side of comedy: Review of The Second City at Elon

By Jane Seidel

In their self-proclaimed “political” show, The Second City performed almost two hours of sketch and improv comedy for a nearly full house in McCrary Theatre Thursday night.  Hailing from Chicago, The Second City opened in 1959 and has produced comedy greats like Tina Fey, Gilda Radner, and Joan Rivers.

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LIFESTYLE 9/1/16 2:14pm

Elon students volunteer time, foster care, cuddles at Burlington Pet Adoption Center

By Hannah Silvers

Senior Sara Galinko had no idea she would end up saving a dog's life.

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LIFESTYLE 9/1/16 2:00pm

New director looks to expand Writing Center

By Ashley Bohle

Elon University has welcomed more than 1,500 incoming students this week, but one new face has been here since the start of August: Julia Bleakney, the new Writing Center director in The Center for Writing Excellence.

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LIFESTYLE 8/31/16 10:26am

Elon Eats: Big city feel in Downtown Burlington

By Courtney Campbell

Walking into Redefinery & Co., you’re immediately hit with a wave of trendiness. The dimly lit space is open, with cozy couches, a few tables, vintage art and black-and-white films projected on the wall. Patrons are casually sipping on classy cocktails and eating appetizers called tapas.

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LIFESTYLE 8/28/16 9:57am

ELONightlife Getaways to provide group trips off campus

By Courtney Campbell

Since his opportunities for college nightlife was mostly restricted to West End Terrance, Tony’s Pub-N-Subs and The Fat Frogg, Adam Salaymeh ’16 always wanted a way to explore the rest of the North Carolina nightlife scene. After working at Rally, a crowd-powered bus service, Salaymeh wanted to bring additional nightlife to Elon students through ELONightlife Getaways. His hope is to bring large group of students to different areas and events in a safe and cost-efficient way.

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