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.vww.elonpendulum.com VroftllHUUii^^EBRUARY 3 Volume 42 Edition 2 Elon, North Carolina f facebook.com/thependulum ► Elon Pendulum SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN Elon students have trouble finding a likable candidate to support in this years presidential election AAlchael Somerby Senior Reporter (®elonpendulum Elon University junior Cody Hoyt opened his mouth to answer the question, but no words came out. Finally, after several attempts, he arrived at his best answer: “People are desperate.” Hoyt was referring to the upcoming election and the dissatisfaction voters feel toward the existing candidates. Like many in the country, he said he feels candidates are earning votes out of increased extrem ism coupled with the personal attacks against fellow candidates. The Wall Street Journal and NBC held a focus group in October 2015 to measure-the Elon announces common reading Mercy’ by Bryan ■Stevenson is chosen thristina Elias Assistant News Editor geliaschristina4 The Elon Core Curriculum office §«cently announced the 2016-2017 com mon reading will be “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. The announce ment comes months later than its usual fall date be.cause of sched uling conflicts with the author. Jeffrey Coker, director of the •Elon Core Curriculum and associate pro fessor of biology, said Elon University Relayed the announcement because it was Bryan Stevenson waiting for Stevenson to respond to an invitation to come to campus. But as Coker waited for a response from the author, he could not push the announcement back any longer. Shortly after revealing the book incoming fresh men will be required to read during the summer, Stevenson’s team confirmed the author would be able to visit campus. Stevenson, who founded and serves as executive director for the Equal Justice Initiative, is a long-time defense lawyer who serves populations in need of rep resentation, including women, children, people in poverty and wrongfully-ac cused prisoners. “Just Mercy” is a collection of mem oirs of real cases Stevenson worked. The book presents an argument for dramat ic improvement in the criminal justice system. Amy Johnson, common reading coor dinator and assistant professor of history, said the committee chose “Just Mercy” because it was well-written, thought-pro voking and easily accessible. Johnson hopes the book’s themes of poverty, inequality, social justice, institu tional racism and discrimination, mental health and social activism will resonate with incoming students. She added “Just Mercy” connects well with last year’s selection, “Why "Just Mercy" is a collection of memoirs of cases the author, Bryan Stevenson, worked on. We Can’t Wait,” by Martin Luther King Jr- “There is consen sus largely across racial, political and socioeconomic lines that we need prison reform, bet ter access to juve nile justice and police demilitarization,” Johnson said. Criminal justice reform direct ly impacts Alamance County. Retired See READING pg.5 Few students report using Take a Student to Lunch program 61 STYLE Freshman juggles courseload and " 11 phenomenon of picking the least objection able candidate. The findings were telling of national political sentiment — none of the candidates earned above a 50 percent in the “optimism/satisfaction” category. “I don’t think people immediately get See SATISFACTION pg.4 Club hockey plays through late nights, long travel Alex Simon Sports Editor @alexsimon99 HILLSBOROUGH - Ifs 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, but it could be any Wednesday. For most Elon University students, it’s time for bed, studying or Netflix. But for freshman Drew Waetjen, it’s time to set up the goals on the ice rink at the Orange County Sportsplex so Elon’s club hockey team can start practice. It’s a typical freshman duty, but an atypical time for a practice. Yet it’s all the Elon hockey team knows. “We’re just trying to get as much ice as See HOCKEY pg. 14-15 OPINIONS Communal atmosphere easy to find outside Greek life 1
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