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NEWS 8/23/13 11:49pm

New Student Orientation makes changes for better transitions

By Casey Brown

About 1,500 new students will arrive to campus to join the Elon University community Aug. 23, and the New Student Orientation Program will be a rather enthusiastic welcome for new students.

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NEWS 8/23/13 11:17pm

Class of 2017 is largest, most diverse in Elon’s history

By Simone Jasper

This fall, Elon University will welcome the largest and most diverse class in its history. The class contains 1,481 students, with 17 percent of those enrolled representing ethnic diversity.

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NEWS 8/23/13 11:00pm

Ally Golightly '13 makes teaching aspirations reality with Fulbright program

By Abby Franklin

As a child, there is a category of conversation that often cannot be suppressed — what they want to be when they grow up. Some folks remember this talk with fondness because they really did become an astronaut, firefighter, rock star or veterinarian.

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NEWS 8/23/13 9:52pm

Elon alumna Kelly Zug takes Fulbright award to Bulgaria

By Tony Weaver

When entering college, most students like to have a plan. But sometimes college comes with opportunities that change what one wants to do in life. For Kelly Zug, who graduated from Elon University in 2012, this was exactly the case. Zug recently received a Fulbright program English Teaching Assistantship award to teach in Bulgaria for one year, starting this fall.

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NEWS 8/23/13 3:38pm

The Last Word: It’s a (red) hot Move-In Day

By Jonathan Black

Never in my life have I bungee jumped, nor do I really ever want to. The thought of jumping off a cliff, bridge or building with more than one story isn’t exactly on my bucket list. And while I’m no expert on the emotions of bungee jumping, I imagine the worst feeling occurs right before you’re going to jump: an exhausting combination of excitement, dread and nerves, the same emotions students feel on Move-In Day in their first year of college.

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NEWS 8/23/13 3:05pm

Class of 2013: Where are they now?

By Katherine Blunt

Darien Flowers Bachelor of Arts, Political Science Former SGA Executive President Q: Where are you employed, and what do you do? A: I’m a research assistant for Sen.

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NEWS 8/23/13 2:37pm

Your Elon guide: books, bricks and Biscuitville

By The Pendulum

Right now, rising freshmen across the nation are hearing the same college advice from every ex-alum to ever step foot in a dorm: Talk to your professors, get along with your roommate, plan your time well, et cetera. But you’re not just coming to college, you’re coming to Elon University.

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NEWS 8/23/13 2:15pm

Alumna Brittany Woodard offers advice for incoming freshmen

By Ethan Smith

Don’t believe the hype — not when it comes to all the college horror stories, at least. “It’s really not that bad,” says Brittany Woodard, a recent graduate of Elon University.

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SPORTS 8/22/13 4:12pm

Photo Gallery: Elon Football Scrimmage First Look

By adrago

See Photojournalist Al Drago's raw edit of the Elon Phoenix football team scrimmage game at Rhodes Stadium on Sunday, August 18, 2013 in Elon, N.C. [gallery type="slideshow" ids="3967,3968,3969,3970,3971,3972,3973,3974,3975,3976,3977,3978,3979,3980,3981,3982,3983,3984,3985,3986,3987,3988,3989,3990,3991,3992,3993,3994,3995,3996,3997,3998,3999,4000,4001,4002,4003,4004,4005,4006,4007,4008,4009,4010,4011,4012,4013,4014,4015,4016,4017,4018,4019,4020"]

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NEWS 8/20/13 3:40pm

Has Stephen Strasburg become this generation's Rick Ankiel?

By Matt Krause

In recent memory, no Major League Baseball pitcher has had a more heralded debut than the Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg.

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NEWS 8/18/13 5:55pm

Mike Quinn named starting quarterback for opener against Georgia Tech

By Matt Krause

The Pendulum has learned Elon University head football coach Jason Swepson has named junior Mike Quinn starting quarterback for the team’s Aug.

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NEWS 8/16/13 1:50pm

College Street Taphouse, Town Table To Close

By rgreene5

Two off-campus favorites for Elon students are shutting their doors. Town Table closed on August 16 and, according to an Elon Local News exclusive interview on Wednesday with President Leo Lambert and Senior Vice President Gerald Whittington, College Street Taphouse will be closing as early as August 17. Lambert and Whittington said the bar and restaurant are closing for economic reasons. There are not any current plans for what will fill the spaces.

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NEWS 8/12/13 4:59pm

Mail Services goes paperless, implements new package delivery process

By Michael Bodley

This fall, Elon University students awaiting a package may be surprised not to find a white slip of paper in their university mailbox that formerly notified them of a new package.

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NEWS 8/11/13 4:22pm

Affirmative action and the broken idea of equality

By Alex Francis

Since the ruling in U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, race-based university admissions policies across the country are falling under stricter scrutiny.

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NEWS 8/8/13 11:42pm

Three months to a Deep South stereotype

By Ian Luther

I was born and raised in North Carolina. Raleigh, specifically. And maybe it was just the school I went to, or the neighborhood I grew up in, but most people I knew weren’t originally from North Carolina.

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NEWS 8/5/13 4:37pm

Johnny Manziel, Riley Cooper and the unforgiving American public

By Matt Krause

Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel has been all over the headlines this offseason. Sure, the defending Heisman Trophy winner is drawing all sorts of football-related buzz for his exciting play and ability to actually defeat the University of Alabama.

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NEWS 8/5/13 1:39am

The Summer Swing: Why it's OK to derail your life plan

By Rebecca Iannucci

To anyone that knows me well, one thing is clear: I’m a planner. I like to-do lists and spreadsheets, and without the “Stickies” app on my computer, I would essentially be lost in life.

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NEWS 8/5/13 12:33am

The Summer Swing: The art of juggling

By Kristen DeMaria

I will be the first to admit that I am always looking into the future. As soon as the spring semester started, I was already looking for summer jobs and internships.

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NEWS 8/5/13 12:20am

Summer baseball provides showcase, training for Elon players

By Matt Krause

Summer. The season of relaxing, visiting your favorite beach or lake and taking a brief break from the grind of the spring semester.

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NEWS 7/31/13 12:23pm

TV review: What you should be watching this summer

By Jessica Petrocchi

The middle-of-summer slump has been broken up by some new reasons to be a couch potato. The newest trend of binge-watching shows, brought to you by Netflix and cable, has been increasing in popularity during the past few months.

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