DECEMBERS, 201B EOK THE PENDULUM A PUBLICATION OF ELON NEWS NETWORK Established 1974 Volume 44, Edition 21 r Eton News Network is a daily news organization that includes a newspaper, website, broadcasts and podcasts. Letters to the editor are welcome and should be typed, signed and ■ emailed to enn@eton.edu as Word documents. ENN reserves the right to edit obscene and potentially libelous material. Lengthy letters may be trimmed to fit. All submissions become the property of ENN and will not be returned. EMMANUEL MORGAN ANTON L. DELGADO MAYA EAGLIN JACK NORCROSS SAMANTHA CASAMENTO BRIAN REA CARRIE CARLISLE JACK HALEY NINA FLECK HANNA MEYERS STEPHANIE NTIM ALEX ROAT LAUREL WIND SOPHIA ORTIZ MEGHAN KIMBERLING GRACE TERRY ABBY GIBBS ELISABETH BACHMANN Executive Director ofElon News Network Managing Editor of The Pendulum News Director o/£/on Local News Breaking News Manager Event Coverage Coordinator Event Coverage Coordinator Social Media Coordinator Sports Director Chief Copy Editor Assistant Chief Copy Editor Opinions Director Video Production Manager Analytics Director New Member Coordinator Design Chief Assistant Design Chief Photo Editor Public Relations Coordinator EDITORIAL POLICY: ENN seeks to inspire, entertain and inform the Elon community by providing a voice for students and faculty, as well as serve as a forum for the meaningful exchange of ideas. CORRECTIONS POLICY: ENN is committed to accurate coverage. When factual errors are made, we correct them promptly and in full, both online and in print. Online corrections state the error and the change at the top of the article. Corrections from the previous week’s print edition appear on this page. Contact enn@elon.edu to report a correction or a concern. WHEN WE PUBLISH: The Pendulum publishes weekly on Wednesdays Elon Local News broadcasts Mondays at 6 p.m. ELN Morning broadcasts Thursdays at lo a.m. ELN Online Exclusive broadcasts Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. ENN Radio Podcast publishes Friday afternoon FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook Elon News Network Twitter/lnstagram/Snapchat @elonnewsnetwork YouTube Elon News Network V- THIS MONTH IN HISIDRY-FESTIVAL OF HOLIOAniGHIS GAMES NEWS . No corrections were issued to Elon News Network for this section. vamrojE No corrections were issued to Elon News Network for this section. ssmas No corrections were issued to Elon News Network for this section. wmmm No corrections were issued to Elon News Network for this section. How to Play: Guess the missing word in the five clues, then find them in the word search below. Words can be found backward, diagonal, etc. 1. Elon . is the name of the movement of non-tenure-track faculty members to form a union on campus. See Page 6-7 for answer. 2. The university’s hip-hop dance team, established in 1991, is called _ is the last name of the assistant professor of business that sued the university for discrimination. See Page 5 for answer. 4- is the last name of the custodian that sued the university for discrimination. See Page 5 for answer. 5. President , the 41st President of the United States, visited campus in 2001 and died on Nov. 30. See Page 8 for answer. FILE PHOTO BY ELON NEWS NEMORK Purple lights illuminate Fonville Fountain during the 2016 celebration of the Festival of Holiday Lights. DEC. 1997- Eton University held its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. Several members of the university community helped place more than 1,600 luminarias along the sidewalks and by Fonville Fountain and hung lights and gar lands around Moseley Center and the Alamance building. During the ceremony, the Salvation Army band also performed and was accompanied by Christmas carolers. This time of season encom passed several religious holidays, Elons Hillel group acknowledged the upcoming celebration of Hanukkah by lighting the Menorah and offer ing a Jewish prayer. Following the prayer, then-chaplain Richar McBride promised the children a special guest from the North Pole “We all will get to be children once again and enjoy the season,” McBride said. Now better known as the Festival of Holiday Lights, Elon has rec ognized its generous alumni and senior student donors by adding their names on each of the luminar ias, which now total more than 3,000 in the university’s fifth year celebrat ing the holidays in this way. i Se I ch CALENDAR:DEC.5-DEC. 11 ELON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. DAVIDSON I 7 P.M. Schar Center ELON ELECTRIC ENSEMBLE I 7:30 P.M. MeCrary Theatre FESTIVAL OF HOLIDAY LIGHTS | 6:30 P.M. Scott Plaza SHOWING OF ELF’ 8 P.M. Turner Theatre MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. UNCG I 7 P.M. Schar Center ELON M.A. HIGHER EDUCATION INFO SESSION 110:30 A.M. Inman Admissions Center SANTA FUN RUN | 5 P.M. W. College Ave. and N. Williamson Avo, PHOENIX WALK WITH PRESIDENT BOOK I 7 A.M. Campus Recreation and ELON MBA VIRTUAL INFO SESSION 16 P.M. Visit Graduate Admissions on WebEx to register ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DISCUSSION 17 P.M. Fat Frogg Bar & Grill