The Pendulum
NEWS
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 / Page 3
Student media
move to new spaces
Proximity of future locations
to aid in collaboration efforts
among campus media groups
— Colin Donohue,
coordinator of student media
Alexa Milan
Reporter
Changes are in store for some of
the student media groups on campus
as The Pendulum, WSOE, Live Oak
Communications and Phi Psi Cli
prepare to move from their current
locations in Moseley Center to
Williamson Avenue.
The new Pendulum office in the
old Fidelity
Bank building U
beside Acom
is nearing
completion.
WSOE and
Phi Psi Cli
are tentatively
scheduled to
move into
a building
currently used
by technology
staff in January or February 2008.
The first floor of that building will
house WSOE while Phi Psi Cli will
share the second floor with Live Oak
Communications, a student PR agency
that operates out of the School of
Communications. The other campus
media organizations are run through
the Student Media Board.
Paul Parsons, dean of the School of
Communications, thinks that having
The Pendulum, WSOE, Phi Psi Cli
and ESTV in a central location will
benefit all of the media groups.
“It gives student media a lot more
visibility,” he said.
Parsons also hopes that the closer
location will open up the possibility
of working together more closely,
creating a feeling of synergy among
the media groups.
“We want this to pull us together
into a sphere of connectedness,” he
said.
The change in location is meant to
provide the student media staff with
new opportunities and to encourage
the involvement of the entire student
community. The new facilities will
allow for the production of sharper
TUITION
Because not all of the Stafford
Loans have been distributed yet, the
number of students receiving this type
of assistance for the 2007-8 academic
year is unknown.
Murphy said that, although those
receiving financial aid will feel the
impact of this act, the day-to-day
operations in Elon’s Financial Planning
office will not be greatly affected.
“Overall, the changes made
will have very little impact on the
department and how we operate,” he
We want to encourage and
hasten convergence efforts
and higher-quality media material.
Part of the motivation behind this
move is to better prepare students for
what life will be like in the media
world after graduation.
“We want to encourage and hasten
convergence efforts among campus
media groups,” said Colin Donohue,
coordinator of student media.
The media organizations are
encouraged to combine their skills
to create a
professional
quality
product.
The goal
is that The
Pendulum,
WSOE and
Phoenix 14
News will
work together
more closely
to cover
news and events. There is also the
possibility of establishing a pool of
photographers from Phi Psi Cli that
The Pendulum and Phoenix 14 could
pull from.
The vault in the old bank building
that houses The Pendulum will
be equipped with audio and video
equipment and editing software.
The Pendulum Web site will soon
be updated more frequently and will
feature podcasts. The vault will also
have a camera, providing another
possible place for Phoenix 14 to film
stories and interviews.
Donohue and J. McMerty,
coordinator of video projects, are
working to form convergence teams,
which would use people from
different concentrations to make a
media package. This would combine
print, video and still photos and could
be run on ESTV, in The Pendulum or
on The Pendulum’s Web site.
“We want to create a cross
platform product,” Donohue said.
“Everyone has a specialty but they
should have competency in other areas
as well.”
continued from p. 1
said. “The daily procedures will remain
unchanged.”
But for those students who are
affected by the act, its implementation
will secure a more affordable college
education.
Democratic Rep. George Miller of
Calif sponsored the bill. It was passed
overwhelmingly in the House with a
vote of 297-97. The Senate approved
the bill by a vote of 79-12.
Correction
The $36 million mentioned in last week’s endow-
i^ent story is an expected endowment- it has not yet
been received by the university, said Nan Perkins, vice
president for institutional advancement.
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