Wayne Simmonds is not a superstar. He’s your average NHL player by the stats. In three full NHL seasons, he has had 39 goals, 54 assists and 264 penalty minutes.
Grace Elkus Senior Reporter I am so glad I had the chance to interview Stacey Crutchfield, an Elon sophomore who is also an Elon Academy scholar. Stacey has lived in Burlington her whole life, and both sets of her grandparents are from Alamance County. None of Stacey’s grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles or older cousins attended college, so she never seriously considered applying. Stacey told me she wasn’t motivated to try very hard in her classes her freshman year of high school. But when she heard about Elon Academy, she decided to fill out the application. She was one of 26 students accepted into the program. It was there she realized that college was more than just some “far off idea.” She began doing better in class and challenging herself in harder courses. She was also happy that the Academy included her family in some of the meetings, so they could understand how the program could help her apply to college and for grants and scholarships. Stacey had never been interested in attending Elon because it was so close to her home. But when she was offered the Odyssey scholarship, which provided her with generous academic and social support, she knew she could not pass up the opportunity. Now that she’s a student at Elon, Stacey works with the Academy to coordinate the summer program and works with the younger scholars. I was truly inspired by Stacey. She is extremely self-motivated and made me realize that so many of us take going to college for granted - an obvious next step after high school. I look forward to writing more articles for the Pendulum that allow me interview such motivated and passionate people. Look for Grace's story about the Elon Academy in this week's issue of The Pendulum.
The Georgia Southern Eagles were able to take advantage of two early Elon turnovers and lead the Phoenix 24-7 at halftime. Elon took a 7-0 lead after junior quarterback Thomas Wilson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Taylor Berry.
Discrimination, diversity, direction. The three d-words have permeated the discussions of many in the Elon University community over the past few weeks as the student body continues to voice its opinions on the racial slur incidents that recently occurred on campus.
Sonia Nazario went on a 16,000 mile journey to tell a story. Nazario spoke at Elon University Thursday night about what she saw during that journey, which led to her writing "Enrique's Journey," originally published as a journalistic series before expansion into a book. She was inspired to write her story by her housekeeper, Carmen, who left four children behind in her native country of Guatemala.
Many television news sites are reporting that recent Elon student Grant Gustin has signed on to play a new character on the hit FOX series "Glee." TVLine reported on the evening of Sept.
It's the ugliest word that can be uttered in a college newsroom. And unfortunately, it's an all too frequent occurrence. College reporters across the country wake up to find their newspapers snatched from stands, broadcasts barred from airing and their funding slashed by angry student government associations and university officials. Censorship.
Dear Parents, Hope you made it home safely from Parents Weekend. It was nice to have you visit Elon.
It is getting harder to find Mr. or Mrs. Right. Just ask any young person how their last relationship went. According to the U.S.
It took less than 48 hours for the N.C. General Assembly to pass an amendment saying marriage is only between a man and a woman. Once that decision was made, the constituents of North Carolina had 5,736 hours to decide what the definition of marriage is before they enter the polls for the May 2012 primary ballots and vote on writing the Defense of Marriage amendment into the state constitution. When voters are deciding whether to approve or reject the amendment, they will only be able to read the first sentence of the amendment on the ballot.
Four hundred forty-seven billion dollars is a lot of money. That's the amount President Barack Obama's recently announced American Jobs Act will cost to implement.
Elon University student surveys reported the past meal plan system was the best in the region, noted for its variety in food options and dining locations.
For the first time in its history, Elon University identified the number of first-generation college students in the incoming freshmen class.
The annual Emmy Awards ceremony acknowledges that one of the greatest measures of success is recognition.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Elon University $1.2 million for the training of math and science teachers as part of its Robert Noyce scholarship program.
Among the list of resources and programs that Career Services offers Elon University students and alumni is the Elon Career Network.
The Elon Town Center will soon welcome another restaurant, Pandora's Pies. The restaurant, which is still under construction inside, will feature specialty pizzas, salads, soups, bruschetta and a small bar. Owned by Jeff MacKenzie and Peter Ustach, who also own the Fat Frogg, Pandora's Pies will occupy the remaining space on the first story of Elon Town Center, next to the Elon University campus bookstore, Barnes & Noble at Elon University.
Support for President Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign was overwhelming on college campuses.
President Barack Obama has proposed a new tax on individuals making more than $1 million per year.
Elon team travels to Kenya for forum about the Internet Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center sent three students to the Internet Governance Forum in Kenya this week. Seniors Kellye Coleman and Samantha Baranowski and sophomore Nicole Chadwick were joined by alumni Taylor Foshee and Lee Hopcraft and communications professor Rich Landesberg in Nairobi. Professor receives NSF grant Duke Hutchings, assistant professor of computing sciences, has received a $14,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a software tool that assists beginning computer programmers with writing code. Hutchings will be joined by colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Johnson C.
