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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The service fair tent on the National Mall swelled with energy Jan. 19 as volunteers young and old convened to participate in the National Day of Service, an inauguration weekend tradition President Barack Obama initiated to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
As 2012 came to a close, Congress and the White House were able to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff", that would have caused more than a five-hundred-thousand dollar tax increase and across-the-board spending cuts.
Making snowflakes is an activity children do every year, but on Saturday, January 5th the children in Graham were designing snowflakes for a cause.
Genetically engineered Atlantic salmon may soon become the first transgenic animal to be sold in grocery stores and supplied by food service vendors across the country, possibly including ARAMARK, Elon University’s food supplier. The fish swam a bit closer to FDA approval when the administration released a draft of its environmental assessment affirming the modified salmon does not pose a considerable environmental threat last month. In 2010, the FDA concluded the genetically altered AquaAdvantage salmon was safe for human consumption, generating controversy among proponents and opponents of biotechnology. The modified salmon, engineered by AquaBounty Technologies at Prince Edward Island and grown in tanks in Panama, grow nearly twice the size of conventional Atlantic salmon at a faster growth rate. They contain two superfluous growth genes from other fish, including the Chinook salmon. Proponents of the genetically engineered salmon see it as the future of the aquaculture industry, which includes the commercial farming and harvesting of fish, while opponents are concerned the hybrid salmon may escape its land-based confines and interbreed with wild Atlantic salmon. If the FDA eventually allows the modified salmon to be purchased or sold for consumption, some stores will not supply it. “We will not sell the genetically modified salmon,” said Whole Foods spokeswoman Beth Krauss. “Our farmed seafood standards require farm-to-fork traceability and require producers to provide detailed information on farming practices and pass independent third-party audits. These standards prohibit the sale of both genetically modified or cloned seafood and their progeny.” ARAMARK may take a different stance. “Professional experts are reasonably satisfied that the current regulatory guidelines in the United States and feel they reasonably address the safety of genetically engineered foods that are permitted by regulatory authorities to be brought to market,” said ARAMARK spokeswoman Karen Cutler. Some members of the Elon community will support the sale of transgenic salmon. "A lot of research is put into genetically modified foods,” said senior Marion Copeland. "I believe that if such a food product is to be put on the market, it is because it provides benefits to consumers." But other members of the Elon community are concerned about the effects it may have on human health and the environment. “When you take genes that were never intended to be in that animal, it’s opening up something that nature never intended,” said Stephen Moore, an environmental studies lecturer. “It’s irreversible.” And if the FDA ultimately approves the modified salmon for market sale, it may not be explicitly labeled as a genetically altered product. According to federal health regulation, genetically modified food and their substantial equivalents do not differ on a material or nutritional level, and therefore do not require separate labeling. “At this time, a decision is still pending on the AquAdvantage application,” said FDA spokeswoman Siobhan Delancey. “Therefore, no decision has been made on the labeling of food products from these salmon.” Several countries around the world have implemented regulations monitoring the labeling of genetically modified food. Nearly all European countries require that the majority of modified food products be labeled. Moore said he thinks the United States should consider similar regulations. “People have the right to know and select genetically modified salmon or not”, he said. “As a community, we need to become more conscious of our food and work to be more environmentally and socially conscious of what we eat.”
In the wake of the Newtown shooting last month, more than 320 university presidents in the United States have signed a petition against legislation for legal possession of firearms on university campuses.
Google Inc., creator of the world’s most popular search engine and owner of sites such as YouTube and Blogger, recently faced one of its few real challenges to future growth. And it came out relatively scot-free.
As the United States hung suspended from the “fiscal cliff” early this month, both the Senate and the House of Representatives approved legislation to raise taxes on America’s wealthiest and suspend deep cuts in federal spending, a complicated last-minute deal that may directly impact taxpayers in every income bracket, including Elon University students, faculty and staff.
ELN will be reporting on the upcoming Gubernatorial and Presidential Inauguration festivities this month. Our coverage will be broadcasted on January 21. Here is a list of gubernatorial inauguration events ELN staff members will be attending.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on “Front Lines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality” earlier this month at Dublin City University, just five days before Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.
The end of the semester is here and while students are stuck studying in the library, many students are wishing for an excuse to relieve them from the stress of finals. Their excuse could be that the total destruction of the earth is happening in a few days.
Over the past decade, Americas mission has been to fight the War on Terror has almost exclusively dominated US foreign policy decisions. This mentality has allowed for US intervention toward any and all perceived threats to America or its interests, exemplified through our involvement in other nations’ affairs to protect these interests.
Students were able to experience the culture of West Africa without having to leave the campus community. International Education Week hosted programs that enabled students actively learn about the region.
SAMOA— Press freedom has been an issue plaguing the Pacific region since the introduction of the written word. Islands without an independently owned newspapers suffer from press freedom for lack of an unbiased and honest voice, and islands that prin