Archive for January 8, 2010

Leaders need to adapt to changing conditions. They need to communicate their ideas. And if you ask Dee Dee Myers, the first woman to serve as a White House press secretary who spoke Thursday night as Elon's sixth Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership, she’ll tell you that leaders can’t be afraid to fail.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, spoke Jan. 8 with News 14 Carolina about the overall health of the American economy and when the public can expect to see job growth and lower unemployment figures.

A series of events to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place next week at Elon University, from a special College Coffee to a candlelight ceremony and a “Day of Service” in conjunction with Elon First Baptist Church. The theme of this year's events is “His Past. Your Future. One Dream.”

From Mountain Xpress (1/7/10): The Carolina Stompers, a conservative activist group, recently wrote a letter to the North Carolina Attorney General's office querying the legality of Buncombe County Commissioners' handling of a decision to keep prayer at their meetings. According to the Stomper’s Jan. 6 press release, "Commissioners 'polling a consensus' of each other to be it by phone, e-mail, or meeting is a violation. This should be done in a public, open, and transparent regular county commissioners meeting."

From Mountain Xpress (1/7/10): The agenda itself was light, but public comment took up over half the Jan. 5 meeting, as the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners got an earful on its pre-meeting prayer.