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It’s been a truly fascinating journey for me these past few months after finding an online archive of The Pendulum, Elon University’s student newspaper.  I’m finding articles written by me that I had forgotten about.  I can really see the person I was then, and contrast him with the man who I am today.  There is a lot of growth there.  Some things changed in the intervening decades while others remained starkly the same.  I think my beliefs evolved, while staying true to the heart meat of my being.

So here’s my essay from The Pendulum‘s October 1st, 1998 issue… gadzooks that was twenty-five whole years ago!  Well, this one calls for some background.  A year and a half before this was published Joycelyn Elders – the former surgeon general under President Clinton – visited Elon and spoke one night.  And I was a hot-blooded American youth “full ...

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I just got back from Burlington a little while ago. On the return trip I decided to stop by Sandy’s Subs, located near the campus of my alma mater Elon University, to get a sandwich to take home.

I had totally forgotten about how Elon is playing Appalachian State today in football. Bear in mind that a few weeks ago Appalachian State pulled off an amazing victory against Michigan, one of the top-ranked teams in the nation. And then factor in that this is Family Weekend at Elon.

When Lisa and I were dating, she was a student at University of Georgia. Whenever I visited her on Saturdays in the fall, if Georgia had a home game going on the whole place was pandemonium. I’d never seen people go so positively bonkers for football as I did whenever it was a game day at Sanford Stadium.

What I saw today, ...

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Working late on a few things, and I had to go out for a bit. This was like at midnight. And I was feeling both that I needed a good nighttime drive, and that I was feeling hungry. How many places for good food are open at this time of night though?

So 20 minutes out from home, just before 1 a.m., I stopped by Sandy’s Subs and Italian Grill at Elon. This was a place I loved to eat at when I was a student at Elon. Well, Thursday through Saturday nights they’re open ’til 4 a.m. I got a foot-long ham and cheese and brought it back home. And it was dee-licious!

Sandy’s Subs is on Haggard Avenue not far from campus (if you’re on Williamson Avenue coming through from the direction of I-40, turn left and it’s just a short distance on the left, near the Domino’s ...

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