Lifestyle

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LIFESTYLE 1/17/17 2:00pm

Elon alumna to open Simply Oak Boutique in downtown Elon

By Alexandra Schonfeld

On Jan. 21, the vacant storefront on W. Lebanon Ave. — previous home to Mynt Boutique — will open its doors to a new boutique run by Elon University graduate, Melissa Deaton '13. Deaton graduated with double major in accounting and finance and since then has been working in the Phoenix card office, where she is now the business coordinator.

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LIFESTYLE 1/16/17 7:22pm

"You Can't Take it With You" will provide timeless laughs for Elon community

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

This winter, Elon University’s department of performing arts “You Can’t Take it With You” explores what it means to be an individual in a world that urges us to conform.

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LIFESTYLE 12/7/16 8:00am

Fostering community in the Community Garden

By Lucia Jervis

There is a place on campus where students can learn about gardening, grow their own vegetables, fruits, and plants, and take these home. This place is Elon’s Community Garden. The Garden is located at 410 E.

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LIFESTYLE 12/7/16 8:00am

Students seek security, community in cooking

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Many college students, especially during their first-year, have a hard time finding time to complete their assignments on time—nevertheless, cook their own meals.

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LIFESTYLE 12/6/16 10:00pm

International students struggle to get familiar cuisine

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

From over fifty countries, international students contribute to the diversity and global engagement fostered by Elon University. While they each bring different traditions and cultures to campus, they all have at least one interest in common: food.

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LIFESTYLE 12/6/16 7:00pm

"Food brings everyone to the table”

By Leena Dahal

A small bumper sticker of a mason jar pinned on a bulletin board above the desk of Felicia Campa ‘16, reads “First we eat, then we do everything.” Campa, the Campus Kitchen Coodinator at Elon University (CKEU), said she believes the quote by M.F.K Fischer captures her commitment to addressing the issue of hunger in Alamance County.

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LIFESTYLE 12/6/16 4:28pm

Elon Elementary students learn to "Spice It Up”

By Mackenzie Dunn

Moroccan chicken kebabs, couscous, lentil salad and vegetable tagine were items on the menu in Lakeside’s International station last Thursday, but the students who ate them weren’t the normal hungry college bunch.

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LIFESTYLE 12/6/16 3:55pm

Elon farms rest, prepare for winter months

By Courtney Campbell

Every Thursday from April to mid-November, the lawn next to Elon Community Church is filled with a vibrant variety of fresh produce, meats, cheese, pastries and flowers.

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LIFESTYLE 11/30/16 8:00am

Let faith take its course

By Lilly Blomquist

With long strides and a determination to succeed, Katie O’Dunne Kilpatrick bolted through the grassy fields of North Carolina during her first cross country race at Elon University in 2008. Her positive attitude and passion for running propelled her onward, but the more distance she covered, the more she felt an excruciating pain develop in her foot.

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LIFESTYLE 11/30/16 8:00am

Elon Eats: Prego's offers tasty pasta and smiling faces

By Alexandra Schonfeld

            Only minutes from Elon’s campus, Prego’s Trattoria offers traditional Italian fare at prices fit for college students wanting a step above dining hall cuisine.             Opened 11 years ago by Ecuadorian native, Vincento Hernandez, the restaurant is situated right across the street from Harris Teeter at 2740 South Church Street.

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LIFESTYLE 11/19/16 5:46am

Main Street Vinyl brings records to downtown Burlington

By Courtney Campbell

Josh Garrett was raised on listening to music on vinyl. At home his father would also have a record on, playing classic rock from the 50s and 60s. “When I got older and settled down and got my own home, he passed me all his old records and it led me to seek out my own,” Garrett said.

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LIFESTYLE 11/16/16 8:00am

Elon Eats: Bringing the taste of New England

By Alyssa Potter

Calling all Elon New York and New Jersey area transplants: there exists a deli down the street that might just remind you of home.

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LIFESTYLE 11/15/16 7:00pm

​Feisty Fletch: Elon’s own master of social media

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Last September, sophomore Fletcher Rowe was just starting at Elon University, eager to begin his college life and explore a new campus of endless opportunity.

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LIFESTYLE 11/15/16 2:34pm

Senior to appear on ‘The Affair’

By Courtney Campbell

While on set for the Showtime television show “The Affair,” senior Nicole Bloom ate more potatoes than she had in her entire life.

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LIFESTYLE 11/13/16 3:27pm

New ESTV Show is on the Track to Success

By Meagan Lynn

“Laugh Tracks” is the fruition of senior Alexis Williams’ vision for a new live sketch-comedy show on Elon Student Television (ESTV). “I have always just been a huge comedy nerd,” Williams said.

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LIFESTYLE 11/9/16 8:00am

Students and faculty choreograph Fall Dance Concert

By Lucia Jervis

New year, new and different Fall Dance Concert.

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LIFESTYLE 11/9/16 8:00am

Elon Eats: Mixed Rice offers more than authentic Korean cuisine

By Leena Dahal

A framed picture of five Elon University students in familiar maroon caps and gowns sits at the payment counter at Mixed Rice, a restaurant wedged between NC Jelly Donuts and Painted Grape: Craft & Paint studio in Stans Plaza on South Church Street, Burlington. One of the students in the picture, Meredith Carey ’15, said she and her roommates gifted the frame to the restaurant to thank them for the sense of home they provided at every visit.

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LIFESTYLE 11/8/16 7:00pm

Furry friends making a difference

By Jackie Pascale

The dog rescue festival, Woofstock brought hundreds of people to Burlington City Park Saturday.

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LIFESTYLE 11/8/16 1:14pm

Elon associate professor choreographed ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Associate Professor of Dance, Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, works professionally alongside her position at Elon University, and has been for many years. But this summer, Kurdziel-Formato brought her skill set and experience to yet another level when she journeyed back over the Atlantic to the Fredericia Theatre in Denmark.

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LIFESTYLE 11/8/16 1:11pm

Alumna publishes book about the comedy in motherhood

By Alexandra Schonfeld

DeeDee Filiatreault has spent her career “writing words for other people,” but with the publishing of her first book of essays, the spotlight is on her. Filiatreault graduated Elon in 1993 after serving as the Editor in Chief of The Pendulum. At the time the organization consisted of a few students and a wax machine. “When I became editor, everyone took a step back and I was the one standing there,” Filiatreault said.

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