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NEWS 5/9/11 8:28am

Special Sweep: Top stories from this school year

By The Pendulum

Do you remember reading about these stories when they first came out in print? Here are this year’s top 7 stories, straight from the news editors’ desks. FALL *Creating a place to worship: New multi-faith center seeks to raise awareness and acceptance for students: Plans for a new building to replace the Truitt Center and create more meeting and worship space for all denominations on campus were unveiled early during fall semester.

NEWS 5/6/11 10:17am

Is the Writing Center Truly Effective?

By The Pendulum

According to insidehighered.com, a recent study focused on the research papers of first-year college students at 15 different schools and found many students "simply copy chunks of text from the sources they cite without truly grasping the underlying argument, quality or context." As a service to students and faculty alike, the Writing Center's purpose is to help students improve their writing techniques and develop strategies and practices that will make them be more effective writers in any situation. But how helpful is the Center, in reality? Paula Patch, English lecturer and college writing professor, said she believes the Writing Center is beneficial for students because writers are forced to compile more than one draft after visiting with a consultant.

NEWS 4/28/11 6:53pm

What's happening around campus

By The Pendulum

Below are a few items discussed at the SGA meeting Thursday. Look for more in-depth articles in The Pendulum to better understand how these changes will affect you!Hiring process- in addition to hiring a chaplain they still have to replace Niki Turley and Leigh-Anne Royster because they were promoted earlier this year.

NEWS 4/26/11 11:11pm

Guest Blogger: Popular television shows serve as poor role models in real life

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This was written by  Pendulum columnist Nicole Monge. Like it or not, “Gossip Girl” and “The Real Housewives” series are television programs that have made their way onto our televisions and into our culture. One of the negative facets of both shows is they tend to teach audiences that manipulating people and stabbing them in the back are practical behaviors for personal gains.

NEWS 4/21/11 7:32pm

SGA passed new resolution following

By The Pendulum

SGA passed two new resolutions in an effort to demonstrate support of the victims of the  two recent natural disasters. It is customary and normally appropriate for a legislative body to pass a resolution following a tragedy in order to demonstrate sympathy for the victims, according to Darien Flowers, junior class senate member. SGA voted 29-0-1 to pass S.R.

NEWS 4/21/11 5:13pm

Student files lawsuit against Elon University, N.C. Attorney General for withholding campus police records

By Anna Johnson

An Elon senior filed suit against Elon University and N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for withholding Campus Safety and Police records concerning the arrest of a student last year. Nick Ochsner, a reporter for Phoenix14 News, Elon's student television news program, filed the lawsuit April 13, 2011. "I filed the lawsuit because I believe that the documents I am seeking are public records," Ochsner said. Ochsner said he was trying to obtain an arrest narrative, a document that describes the events surrounding an arrest. "(Campus Safety and Police's) practices subvert state law and I believe that the state public records law intends for the information that I am seeking to be public," he said. This is not the first time records have been withheld, he said, and about half of the police departments across the state do not release the records. Dan Anderson, director of University Relations, released a statement concerning the pending litigation. It states:  Elon University is surprised that this case moved to litigation despite the best efforts by the university and its attorneys over the past year to respond to this student's request for records concerning the arrest of another student.

NEWS 4/19/11 12:19pm

Bye, bye Blackboard?

By The Pendulum

Elon’s license with Blackboard expires October 2012 and the Teaching and Learning Technologies department is evaluating other options. According to Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president of technology, although the license expires in October, the university would switch over to another program during the summer of 2012 in order to cause less stress and confusion during the following semester. The university is very interested in Moodle, a learning management system very similar to Blackboard, but it does have some differences. Moodle is a free web application and open source learning management system software, while Blackboard is a proprietary form of software partially owned by Microsoft. Unlike Blackboard, Moodle would not require the university to pay for the software since it is an open source learning management system software.

NEWS 4/18/11 12:44am

The Sunday Sweep: Swept away

By The Pendulum

This past weekend, a tornado from a deadly storm touched down in the Town of Elon. Although there was no serious damage and no injuries at Elon University, other tornadoes from the storm flattened certain areas of North Carolina, killing some and leaving others homeless.

NEWS 4/14/11 5:39pm

We the People:

By The Pendulum

In the interest of student accountability, the entire student body, not only SGA, should be aware of the Elon Student Government Association constitution and bylaws.

NEWS 4/14/11 2:41pm

Tons of Empty Convocation Seats Despite Sold-Out Status

By The Pendulum

Rumor had it that Elon University's Spring Convocation was a sold-out event. However, attendees who sat in Alumni Gym on the afternoon of April 7 noticed hundreds of empty seats surrounding them. What was the reason responsible for contradicting the event's sold-out status with its actual attendance that left approximately 300 seats empty? A large number of unexpected no-shows, according to Jeff Clark, executive director of cultural and special programs. To find out more about the attendance issues of Convocation, the students who were placed on waiting lists and the policies that the cultural and special programs department is going to enforce from this point forward in order to avoid similar situations, check out this week's issue of the Pendulum, out on April 20. -Sam Parker, senior reporter

NEWS 4/12/11 4:08pm

Welcome to Elon's finest source for Wellness news brought to you by The Pendulum

By Bonnie Efird

The body is a temple, as the old saying goes, but in college some people stray from this mindset and, voluntarily or involuntarily fall into unhealthy eating habits and exercise patterns and experience high stress because of school work and outside activities, internships and jobs. This blog from Elon University's student-run newspaper The Pendulum, will keep you in the loop on all things wellness for the body, mind and spirit.

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LIFESTYLE 12/16/2025 10:30am
Grief, loss support group provides comfort for Elon faculty, staff

Elon University associate chaplain Rev. Julie Tonnesen said loss and grief are universal emotions, but found that they can be difficult for faculty and staff to process while continuing their usual routines. “Even when we show up to work, that doesn’t mean that we get to put the rest of our lives on the back burner,” Tonnesen said. “Our grief comes with us. It’s not something we can just keep on a shelf at home.” In collaboration with Counseling Services, the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, began offering a monthly group for faculty and staff to support those affected by loss. 

LIFESTYLE 12/14/2025 11:03am
‘Hemos olvidado la conversación’: el VIH/SIDA todavía afecta al Sur a medida que disminuye la conciencia

45 años después de los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA reportados en Estados Unidos, la lucha contra esta enfermedad está lejos de terminar, especialmente en el sur del país. Según los datos más recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el sur representó el 52% de todos los diagnósticos de VIH en Estados Unidos en 2023. "Sabemos que el VIH/SIDA ha afectado de manera desproporcionada a las personas de color y a las personas LGBTQ+ de color en este país", afirmó Jeff Bennett, profesor de estudios de comunicación en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. "Hay muchas personas que viven en zonas rurales, existe desconfianza hacia los profesionales de la salud y persiste el estigma social".

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