Eric Townsend

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Jan. 4, 2009, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. "Use the economic downturn as a wake-up call, not a panic call" uses the tale of Chicken Little to encourage readers not to listen to those whose response to the current financial meltdown as a cry that "the sky is falling."

Charles Becton, president of the North Carolina Bar Association and a former judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, comes to the Elon University School of Law on Jan. 14 for a program sponsored by the Black Law Students Association in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thirty-eight students enrolled Jan. 5, 2009, in the DPT program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education. Their enrollment marks Elon’s seventh class of DPT students.

Rudy Zarzar, a professor of political science, was interviewed at length by WFMY News 2 (Greensboro, N.C.) for a Jan. 1 segment on local reaction to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Why would white, middle class men and women at the turn of the 20th century emulate Native American customs as a pastime? Clyde Ellis, a professor of history at Elon University, examines the motivations – and consequences – of self-described Indian hobbyist activities in recent scholarship presentations that stem from a book due out next year.

The Triad Business Journal published a column by Andrew J. Haile, an assistant professor of law, in its Dec. 26-31 edition. “Ponzi scheme a painful reminder, but so was Enron” offers a cautionary lesson in the wake of the Bernie Madoff investment scandal.