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PAgE 16 // WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
Apply: Log onto onTrack and enter your group’s Datatel numbers.
Phase II
Find your roommates: housing applications require a minimum in a group, ranging from one to eight depending on location. Get your priority number: Log onto onTrack after Feb. 16 to determine the time you will be able to select housing. The person in your group with the highest number should be log in to select your housing.
rising juniors and seniors: Upperclassmen are guaranteed housing if they squat, but only a Apply: Select a building from the list of available limited number will be given housing. What’s Changed: housing, and a Oak House is no longer specific room will be posted at the end an option. Dates to remember: of the application Apply between 8 Danieley A-F apartments will period. be furnished. a.m. Feb. 26 and 5 p.m. Feb. 27.
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Phase I
Find your roommates: Depending on the type of housing, squatting requires a minimum number of roommates. check the residence Life Web site for more information.
ThE PENDUlUm
Pay your reservation fee: A $200 deposit must be paid to the bursar’s office before students can complete housing applications. Make sure to allow 48 hours for the fee to be processed. Students renewing leases in Elon-owned apartments are the only ones exempt from this fee.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Lindsay Fendt Reporter Few students get off campus and into the Burlington community that surrounds it, leading many people to refer to university life as living in the “Elon Bubble.” But Burlington has more to offer than Target, Wal-Mart and Cookout. For this reason, it comes as no surprise that few students know about the Burlington Alamance Airport situated a mere 15 minutes from campus. The airport was created in the 1930s when a group of businessmen began flying their planes out on business trips. Now the airport has grown to include a flight school and a number of small businesses. “We’re a small airport,” said Dan Danieley, the executive director of the airport. “But there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that people don’t know about.” Among these is the $27 million jet engine plant built by Honda in 2007, making Burlington the Honda Jet Engine world headquarters. Engine production is set to begin in 2010 and will create up to 140 jobs. Aside from the factory, the airport is primarily used by private companies, but it also gets business from private
pilots and the occasional VIP. Elon senior Melissa Sienko works for Sky South Aviation, a company that sells aviation products and services to pilots. “A lot of parents actually fly their kids in and out through here,” she said. “Sarah Palin came through here when she came to Elon.” Another feature of the airport is the flight school, Burlington Aviation. For around $8,500, Burlington Aviation will train any qualified person to fly. They give lessons whenever it is convenient for the student and also rent aircrafts. The school is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, meaning there are shorter time requirements to learn to fly. “Usually the second time a student is here, they’re airborne,” said Burnice Hilliard, the flight school manager. Although the school does train the occasional military officer, the majority of people training at the flight school are just regular civilians want to learn to fly. It takes 41 to 55 hours of training to obtain a pilot’s certificate. According to Burlington Aviation, this training can be done in as little as a month, but more realistically in three to four months. For more information, contact Burlington Aviation at (336) 227-127 or www.burlingtonaviation.com.
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