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As Elon University students mindlessly scroll through Facebook, they often stumble upon recipe and food related articles and videos from outlets like BuzzFeed or Food Network that their friends have shared.
Burlington may appear overcrowded with vast options for fast food and chain restaurants, leaving few quick, healthy options available to Elon University students and the community. But, obscured alongside Macho’s Pizza and NC Jelly Donuts lies a new way to detox.
Junior Christina Rose has been struggling with an anxiety disorder for most of her life. It wasn’t a problem until the fall of her sophomore year, when a combination of high stress and bad side effects from her medication led to Rose taking a semester off.
On Elon University’s campus there was a Snapchat account where footage of drug use, alcohol use, naked women and other inappropriate pictures and videos were featured. The account was called “elon.snap,” and was accessible to any user who added the account as a friend.
In a room filled with black and white photos of the men and women of Alamance County, the “Portraits of Hope” photo exhibition and project strives to communicate the authentic stories of these people through simple photos and words.
At the age of 18, freshman Loren Brunson was looking forward to high school graduation and starting her first year at Elon University in the fall. After attending boarding school at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Brunson was planning to join the acting program at Elon.
As senior Madison Tamblyn prepared for the chance of a lifetime at the San Francisco ElevatorPitch event sponsored by PeopleConnect, her ticket inside almost got tossed.
Unlike the higher prices found at Red Bowl or Simply Thai, two sushi rolls (eight pieces each) with a soup or salad is just $9, or three rolls with a soup or salad is only $13.50 at the Japanese restaurant Harusaki. These prices fit within many college students’ budgets for an authentic meal.
The long awaited dream vacation has finally happened — Acorn Coffee employee Kathryn Thompson and her family, including her son Jeff, his wife Tonia and their two sons Jeremy and Joshua, made their trip to “the happiest place on Earth” over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.
Senior Sydney Harris arrives at The Oak House and immediately goes to order a cup of tea. Sipping it, she notices how it in no way compares to afternoon tea she had daily during her past semester in London.
The past year saw changes and advocacy for gender equality and acceptance, a topic largely hidden from the public dialogue until now. With public figure Bruce Jenner making her transition into Caitlyn and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds provoking the conversations of gender-neutral names by naming their daughter James, gender is becoming more of a hot topic.
Six years ago, Steve Papakostas saw that there was a gap in the variety of food available to the Burlington community. There were plenty of American food restaurants and chains, but nothing that resembled the food that Papakostas loved to make.
Imagine looking into the mirror every day and seeing a stranger. Imagine waking up in the morning and feeling that the essence of who you are is wrong. Imagine feeling lost and uncomfortable in your own skin. For 50 years this is exactly how Catherine lived her life.
When Tammy Davis and her husband Chad decided to adopt from Alamance County one of the first people they spoke to was Donna Range.Donna Range is a foster care and adoption worker for Alamance County. She works as the liaison between the foster parents and the children.When parents come to her to talk about adoption or fostering, she first directs them to the Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting class. (MAPP) The MAPP class is a 10-week course designed for families to more learn their strengths and weakness as parents.“You had to search your sole and really feel what you really wanted, whether you wanted a special needs child, whether you wanted an abused child, or whether you wanted to wait for an infant,” Tammy Davis explained.Range said that a MAPP class is required of most adoption agencies and is accepted as a universal training.Once families have passed the MAPP class they’re eligible to apply to be foster parents. The home, and other things will be inspected to insure that it is a safe environment for children.When children are eligible for adoption that’s when Range begins the process of finding them a foster home. Range works with families like the Davises to help them prepare for a child.“We really talk to parents about their end goal, what they will be willing to do,” Range said.
Instead of gobbling down turkey and mashed potatoes this Thanksgiving, a group of Elon University students spent their Thanksgiving break hiking the Inca trail as part of the newest embedded study abroad class “Adventure and Wilderness Therapy.”
Junior Hannah Fernandes-Martin has always had a passion for art. Though she has consistently had a flair for all things artistic, when she first arrived at Elon University, she planned on being an English major.
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The transition into college is typically a solo mission. Students will pack their bags, load up the car and leave their family behind to embark on a new independent lifestyle.
When sophomore Evan Seder graduates in 2018, he has a tough choice to make — which two minors he wants to have on his diploma.
Aleks Babic, adjunct instructor in public health studies and human service studies, said some of their happiest childhood memories were when an underground bomb shelter served as their family’s home. When the bombing was too heavy, their neighbors would come to the shelter.