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The Pendulum
Elon, North Carolina • Wednesday, September 30, 2015 • Volume 41 Edition 22
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. Elon PD
• Elon Uni PD
• Gibsonville PD
• Graham PD
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. Elon University Library
• Little Portion Food Pantry
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Expires; 6/27/2015
Morgan Abate
Online Editor
On the last Friday of Sep
tember, the Rev. Paul Lininger
stood in front of a small crowd
of Latinos and Hispanics at
Blessed Sacrament Catho
lic Church in Burlington who
waited to hear what he had to
say.
Lininger welcomed them in
heavily accented Spanish, an
unwavering smile spread across
his face, before he switched to
English and invited an inter
preter to help him convey the
rest of the information.
Members of the Burlington
Police Department — includ
ing Chief Jeffery Smythe -— sat
to the right, listening to the pre
sentation about the FaithAction
ID program and its purpose.
“This program is the result of
a great deal of hard work, first
and foremost, from the Bur-
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lington Police Department,”
Lininger said. “The Burlington
Police Department, under the
leadership of Chief Smythe,
came to me and asked if there
was a possibility that we could
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Elon considering new off-campus transportation
Morgan Abate
Online Editor
As a way to increase the number of
transportation options to off-campus
destinations, Elon University’s Office of
Sustainability is looking into the possi
bility of a connector shuttle from Elon
to the Piedmont Authority for Regional
Transportation (PART) bus stop at Al
amance Regional Medical Center during
the week.
PART began its operations in 1997 to
provide transportation for the Piedmont
region to other areas of North Carolina.
Alamance-Burlington Express Route
is new. It provides service from Alamance
County to Greensboro and Chapel Hill,
where a rider can transfer from PART
to the Chapel Hill bus service. Accord
ing to Robert Buchholz, assistant vice
president for facilities management at
Elon, the organization notified Elon of
the stop at the medical center over the
summer. A one-way pass for students
costs $1.50.
To gauge the interest from different
populations at Elon, Buchholz and Direc
tor of Sustainability Elaine Durr created
a survey for students, faculty and staff to
fill out. The survey went out to faculty and
NEWS
In the sciences, Elon
goes against national
gender trends pg. 2
staff first but did not reach students until
Sept. 25.
Buchholz encouraged all students to
respond to the survey fully and honestly.
“Identify yourself as student, faculty or
staff,” he said. “You need to provide all of
the information so that we can figure out
what might be done through us or some
one else. Getting it will tell me if I need
to some method for next year.”
Until Buchholz and others analyze the
results, they will not know whether they
need to budget a new bus line, create a
carpool service or find another service for
students.
For students, such as commuter and
international students, the service would
provide them with another means to go
outside both Elon and Burlington.
The survey, which Buchholz said takes
no longer than five or 10 minutes, will be
open until fall break. A link to the sur
vey can also be found on The Pendulum
website.
Alamance County is one of 10 mem
ber counties associated with PART. The
10 county area represents 4,984 square
miles, or 9.5 percent of the state’s total
area. PART works in cooperation with
the city bus systems of Winston-Salem
Transit Authority (WSTA), Greensboro
Elon student wins film
competition pg. 11
Transit Authority (GTA) and High Point
Transit (Hi tran).
GRAPHIC COURTESY OF PART
Itzhak Perlman
Acclaimed musician
Itzhak Perlman to
speak at Convocation
Courtney Campbell
Style Editor
At age 4, Itzhak Perlman lost the use
of his legs to polio. But shortly after, he
began violin lessons. By age 10, he had
performed with the
Israel Broadcasting
Orchestra — and
today, he is one
of the most well-
known classical vi
olinists.
With 15 Gram
my Awards and
the 2008 Grammy
Lifetime Achieve
ment Award for
excellence in the
recording arts, Perlman has achieved a
classical musician’s superstar status.
At 3:30 p.m.Tuesday Oct. 6 in Alumni
Gym, he will speak at Elon University for
“Fall Convocation: A Conversation with
Itzhak Perlman.”
Perlman has performed with every ma
jor orchestra and venerable concert hall
in the world and was awarded a Kennedy
Center Honor for his achievements and
contributions to the cultural and educa
tional life of the United States in 2003.
He performed at the Inauguration for
President Barack Obama in 2009 with a
special piece for the occasion written by
John Williams.
According to Jeffery Clark, executive
director of Cultural and Special Pro
grams, Perlman was chosen because of his
renowned status, which comes from his
technique, direct interpretation and pre
cision in detail.
“Elon stands for excellence,” Clark
said. “It makes sense for us to bring guests
to campus who are the best in the world
at what they do and have them pass along
their knowledge and experiences to our
students, faculty, staff and community.
The arts are a major part of the liberal arts
education experience and bringing an art
ist of his stature accentuates that impor
tance.”
Achieving in classical music
Perlman completed his initial training
at the Academy of Music on Tel Aviv in
Israel. He began his path to world fame
in New York when he appeared on the Ed
Sullivan Show in 1958.
Perlman also studied at the Juilliard
School and won the Leventritt Compe
tition in 1964. He has received honor
ary degrees from Harvard University, Yale
University, Brandeis University, Roos
evelt University, Yeshiva University and
Hebrew University. He was awarded the
“Medal of Liberty” in 1986 by President
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SPORTS
Building a relationship
between quarterback
and receivers
pg. 16