Michelle Alfini

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NEWS 11/30/15 5:02pm

Globetrotters at a young age

By Diana Stancy and Michelle Alfini

Few high school students move halfway across the world and start a new life in a foreign country, but this was reality for Elon University senior Ingrid Frahm. Frahm’s father accepted a job in Switzerland and uprooted the family from their Texas home. Though the family originally planned on living in Switzerland for two years, their stay was extended for another two years.

NEWS 3/7/13 2:59pm

Sexual assault victims should not be silenced

By Michelle Alfini

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, 54 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to the police and 97 percent of rapists never spend a day in jail. Landen Gambill, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, faces possible expulsion due to an Honor Code violation for “disruptive or intimidating behavior” toward her alleged rapist.

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NEWS 04/25/2024 4:06pm
SGA aims to increase student awareness under Cote Administration

After 20.4% of the student body voted in the 2024-25 student body elections — compared to the 29.9% that voted in the 2023-24 elections — junior Ella Kucera, vice president of communications, said she hopes to increase awareness of the function of Elon University’s Student Government Association. With the decrease in voter turnout for this past election, members of SGA, both current and former, said they hope they can increase voter turnout in future elections by educating the student body about what student government does and making itself more present on campus.

LIFESTYLE 04/25/2024 12:37pm
Elon Performing Arts presents “Myths and Hymns” for spring musical

After learning “Myths and Hymns” would be the spring musical, Elon professor and director Alexandra Joye Warren knew she would have to add some sort of story into the song cycle. Song cycles are a group of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence without having an overarching narrative. “Myths and Hymns” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on April 26, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on April 27 and at 2 p.m. on April 28 in Roberts Studio Theatre in Scott Studios. Tickets are $15 at the door or free with an Elon ID.

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