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NEWS 3/6/12 3:56pm

Students help tackle the ‘Impossible’ at nearby restaurant

By Grace Elkus

When Elon University students were offered the opportunity to join the “Restaurant: Impossible” crew as they re-modeled University Grill, appreciation and excitement came from both ends. Students who participated in the effort had the chance to go behind the scenes of the popular Food Network show, in which chef Robert Irvine has two days and $10,000 to transform a failing restaurant. “I literally was watching them create a show, which is what I want to do,” said junior Julie Morse, a broadcast journalism major and a self-proclaimed addict of the series.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:32pm

Garden class grows self-productivity

By Kyra Gemberling

Instead of picking up fast food for lunch, students in a new Garden Studio class can make their own meal — literally. Michael Strickland, professor in English and environmental studies, decided to start the class two years ago as a way of teaching students of any major how to properly plant and maintain a home-scale garden and harvest their own food. “It’s really about producing good food in small amounts of land in the most efficient manner,” Strickland said.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:28pm

Black and White Ball foxtrots ‘for the kids’

By Lindsay Kimble

No experience was necessary for attendees at the Black and White Ball, cohosted by the Ballroom Club and Elonthon March 3 in McKinnon Hall. The ball was a semi-formal event, so attending students were dressed to the nines in black and white attire for a classy evening. Originating in 2007, the ball is a co-sponsored event between the Ballroom Club and another organization asked by the Ballroom Club to volunteer each year.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:08pm

Internet study speculates about cognitive skills of younger generation

By Katherine Blunt

Generation gaps are not a foreign concept. Many adults question the effect of digital technologyon the younger generation, a new survey shows. Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications and director of Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, and Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, conducted a survey that explored the increasing prevalence of digital technology and its potential consequences come 2020. More than 1,000 Internet experts and users provided predictions about the overall consequences of hyper-connectivity.

NEWS 3/6/12 1:19pm

SGA allocates funds to 86 student organizations despite budget decrease

By Katherine Blunt

The Student Government Association approved funding for 86 campus organizations, with money remaining in the organization budget. More money was requested from the SGA by student organizations for 2012-2013 than last year, but approved allocations for the upcoming year total slightly less compared to the past year. At  the culmination of budget hearings March 1, allocations for student organizations totaled $484,293.40, and a remainder of $20,990.60 will be allocated to the 26 SGA-recognized campus organizations that did not yet submit budget applications. “We (trimmed) the fat off the budget this year,” said Nick Livengood, current executive treasurer.

NEWS 3/6/12 12:28am

International Briefs - March 6 2012

By Katie Moran

Russia passes new anti-gay law St. Petersburg legislatures approved a law Feb. 29 that prohibits homosexual propaganda. Gay rights groups have expressed the fear that they will not be able to pursue their agendas as they have been allowed to in the past.

NEWS 3/6/12 12:27am

News Briefs - March 7, 2012

By Katherine Blunt

Dennis Franks selected as Director of Campus Safety and Police Dennis Franks will join the Elon community March 26 as the new director of Campus Safety and Police.

NEWS 3/5/12 11:28am

Bustle of the week

By Katherine Blunt

This week was hectic but fulfilling. Profiling Darien Flowers allowed me, and our readers, to get to know the new top dog in the SGA as more than just a student politician.

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