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NEWS 3/16/09 1:05pm

Amazingly Incompetent Generosity

By pendulumopinions

List of bonuses given to AIG executives Sunday: $40 million for remaining employed despite incompetence. $10 million for dressing themselves for a week straight. $20 million to be put toward tinted windows when the public finds out about the bonuses. $30 million as a reward for being rewarded. $60 million because they can. Three cheers for bailouts in action!

NEWS 3/16/09 1:46am

No, give me a f#&%*ing break

By pendulumopinions

What happened to the f-bomb? Where did that lovely potent nugget of language run off to? It's like the bison of the English language, hunted down and overused until its almost gone.

NEWS 3/14/09 7:53pm

Brian Williams!

By pendulumopinions

At Colonnades around noon, a broadcasting sasquach walked right by, barely saying a word and fully intent on carrying chocolate milk out of the dining hall.

NEWS 3/11/09 9:04pm

The cage or the whip?

By pendulumopinions

Two issues involving incarceration arose today that are, inexplicably, related. One, involves the despicable Bernie Madoff's expected guilty plea for criminal charges related to his estimated $65 billion fake investment scheme.

NEWS 3/10/09 6:00pm

Monkey business

By pendulumopinions

What does it say about the western world when it's outsmarted by a chimpanzee? Sure, we wear pants, drive cars and lewdly groom ourselves in private, but just how much superior are we to our simian pals?

NEWS 3/4/09 9:38pm

A Rush of stupid to the head

By pendulumopinions

What do you get when the media is bored with covering the economy and world affairs, the White House wants to kick its policies through the door as quickly as possible and demagogues on both sides of the fence have their sleeves rolled up, fisticuffs twirling in the air? If you guessed a stupid feud between Rush Limbaugh and the Democrats, then you win!

NEWS 3/4/09 3:12pm

FCC? Competence?

By pendulumopinions

Julius Genachowski, while sounding like the type of guy who would still occasionally misspells his name, is about to become a unpronounceable household name. But only in the households of communications majors.

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NEWS 11/30/2023 7:36am
Dean of Elon College candidate offers vision for liberal arts education

Jennifer Fredericks presented and spoke to Elon faculty members about her vision for the College of Arts and Sciences, along with her philosophy on the ideals of liberal arts education. Following Gabie Smith’s decision to step down as the Dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, Fredricks is one of four candidates interviewing for the position of dean of the college. Nicole Guajardo of Christopher Newport University, the next candidate, will speak to Elon Nov. 30 from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. in Lakeside 212.

NEWS 11/29/2023 2:11pm
Elon University announces increase in parking permit price; freshman parking move to Danieley, Francis Centers fall 2024

All Elon University students will see an increase in parking permit rates next academic year. For regular permits, the rates will increase from $160 to $225, except for Global Neighborhood lot permits which will increase from $50 to $100. According to a campus-wide email forwarded by Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley on Nov. 29, Chief of Campus Police and Safety Joe LeMire will be initiating a parking pilot program in which all freshman parking will be moved to the east side of campus, including at Danieley Center and a new lot being built at the Gerald Francis Center.

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