A Year for Change: Obama’s Inauguration Expected to Jump Start 2009

 
Noelle Clemente
 
After a campaign that was based on change, President Elect Barak Obama is preparing to address the country in 40 days, on January 20.
“I hope to hear what he believes to be important and where the focus will be early in his presidency. I am hopeful that he is consistent with his campaign focal [...]

Planners, Plans and Procrastination

Elon University Balances Commitments and Curriculum
Noelle Clemente
College, the best four years of your life. University students attend classes, organize meetings, support events and even find time for a social life. Planners are a staple to any responsible Elon University student’s backpack.
At the start of every semester professors hand out syllabi outlining what students should expect [...]

The Cost of Study Abroad: Is it Worth it?

Noelle Clemente
Recent economic turbulence has had some students cutting back expenses, and for some, this means foregoing a study abroad experience.
With the Euro trading for $1.48 and the pound for $1.85, a semester abroad seems like an increasingly costly endeavor. Dr. Larry Basirico, dean of international programs, said it may be too early to say [...]

Ten Years of Top Tens

Noelle Clemente
What constitutes an era? Is it ten songs five days a week for ten years? Or is it the innumerable stars that graced the Times Square studio? Or perhaps the hoards of teenagers who stood on Broadway Ave. every afternoon to maybe get the chance to see a star 4 stories up through a [...]

Defining Business

Noelle Clemente

Quarterly Financials and Annual Reports are some of the resources used to obtain information for articles in the Business section. These articles contain a world of jargon that must be dissected to begin to understand the meaning and intention of these very important articles. Just as researching the history of the basketball coach is [...]

The Pros and Cons of Micro blogging: What messages are you putting out there?

Noelle Clemente
140 characters. Micro blogging has decided that 140 characters are considered enough to convey a message.
Internet communicators have developed their own language abbreviating to squeeze big messages into small spaces. Blog, the abbreviated version of Web log, has developed into a popular means of communication for the fast paced society.
Twitter boasts “you can stay [...]

What is Reporting?

Noelle Clemente 

“Reporting is a constant process of making choices,” according to Janna Anderson, Reporting professor at Elon University. The intention of good reporting is to help people make the right choices in times of distress. A “storyteller who uses the details to help people find meaning, justice, education, illumination, emotion, entertainment, equality and the way [...]

A Cure in Our Lifetime: Susan Patton Profile

Noelle Clemente
Many students know Susan Patton as the associate registrar, the faculty member with whom all graduating seniors must meet. But Patton is also a breast cancer survivor.
On Sept. 19, 2006, Patton’s journey with breast cancer began. After a routine mammogram, she was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer, meaning that although the tumor was [...]

Election for Change: Voters and Candidates define the direction for the American Future

Noelle Clemente
At the onset of the depression, American’s elected a Democrat into a Republican White House. After Bill Clinton questioned the trust of Americans with a questionable relationship, Republicans regained control. When the state of the country or the world is unpredictable at best, American’s have been known to elect into office the other major [...]

Push the Music Rocks Whitley

Noelle Clemente 
Rip_Chord, Sweet Signatures, and Twisted Measure return for a second annual Push the Music. Whitley Auditorium filled up last Thursday night to support the philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi and listen to Elon’s a cappella best.
Push America was created by the men of Pi Kappa Phi; philanthropy to raise money for people with disabilities. [...]