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NEWS 3/8/12 11:55pm

Visiting professor encourages further engagement, enthusiasm in the classroom

By Ben Donahue

“The stem with no root bears no fruit.” That is Dr. Christopher Emdin’s allegory for his critiques of the educational system in the United States.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:58pm

Breaking the mold: What does spring break mean for students?

By Kyra Gemberling

For college students, spring break is often regarded as the light at the end of the tunnel after half a semester of difficult classes and an intense workload.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:33pm

The Root Trackside offers diverse cuisine, warm atmosphere to local crowd

By Kyra Gemberling

When alumni Chris Brumbaugh, Class of 1998, and his wife Lynn Terrell, Class of 1997, heard that Sidetrack Grill on W.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:30pm

Favorite food not sacrificed when making healthy choices

By Grace Elkus

High school seniors often joke about the “freshman fifteen.” Nonetheless, many teenagers approach college confident they can maintain a healthy body weight.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:16pm

DIY trend adds color to spring wardrobe

By Alessandra Losa

Who wouldn’t want to make their own skirt or chalk their hair without having to go somewhere to buy it or get it done?

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:13pm

Getting into Character: Inside the wardrobes of music theatre majors

By Merissa Blitz

Imagine the backstage atmosphere of a Broadway musical — a lead character is in the middle of a musical number and has to run offstage to change out of a ball gown and into a slinky red dress.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:11pm

Wall Street gone, but not forgotten

By Claire Esparros

“You can’t evict an idea.” The catchphrase of the Occupy movement still resonates, though the momentum itself has slowed down.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:10pm

Cirque du Soleil: Alumna brings technical and artistic skills to road show

By Ashley Fahey

It isn’t every day that a college graduate joins the circus following commencement, but for Elon graduate Stuart Richie, that’s exactly what happened. While interning with Cirque du Soleil for three months during the spring semester of her senior year in the Las Vegas production of Mystère, Richie applied for her current position as a stage manager on the European tour of Alegría. “On my trip back across the country (to get back on time for Elon’s 2010 commencement) I was contacted for an interview,” Richie said.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:05pm

Virtual board games trade tangibility for accessibility

By Eric Dinkins

What ever happened to the days of whipping out an old-school Monopoly board and arguing over who’s going to get the racecar board piece?

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:02pm

Area Nightlife: Greensboro, Chapel Hill and Raleigh

By Katie Kolls

Sometimes being a part of the “Elon Bubble” can makes it difficult to find exciting, new things to do on the weekends.

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NEWS 3/8/12 9:00pm

Cut the fries, America: Poor Nutrition Is No Substitute for Time

By Emily Hines

Steatopygic: Greek for meaning “fatty buttocks.” In ancient times obesity was a symbol of wealth.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:53pm

Spring Break: Top-10

By Casey Brown

Bikinis, board shorts, clear water, tanning lotion and fruity drinks with little umbrellas. These images are typically associated with spring break.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:41pm

Restaurant Watch: Nico’s Restaurant and Bar

By Kati Asbury

When Nico Scavone came to Greensboro in 2003, he came for love. Since he arrived, he has focused on Italian family recipes, fresh ingredients, homemade pastas and the development of a local Italian gem. The sounds of Italy danced through the air as soon as I stepped into Nico’s Restaurant and Bar and within moments of being seated, the waiter brought a basket of fresh Italian bread. Drizzled with a balsamic reduction and covered with rosemary-infused olive oil, the bruschetta had the right amount of fresh, diced tomato upon a crunchy, toasted slice of bread. The Linguine Con Le Polpette (Linguine with Meatballs) had a creamy and mild tomato sauce, topped with Parmesan, and had a spicy aftertaste.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:39pm

Discovering the Southeast

By Diana Davis

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Only four hours from campus, Columbia provides a vast amount of Civil War history as the state’s capital and largest city.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:37pm

Indoctrination doesn’t belong in public schools, only education

By Derek Scully

Last month, a Tennessee high school student was prevented from publishing an editorial in her school paper titled “No Rights: The Life of an Atheist.” School officials censored editor Krystal Myers on grounds that the piece could cause disruption in the predominantly Christian student body. What her school did was absolutely legal.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:31pm

Is It Fate...Or Luck?

By Andrew Wilson

He’s said to be the man who saved the Indianapolis Colts from leaving just 25 years after they got there.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:31pm

Flubs and snubs in national football

By Brennan McGovern

Flubs: Rex Ryan — Another season, another Super Bowl guarantee from New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan, another failure to deliver the hardware.

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NEWS 3/8/12 8:30pm

March Madness - The Gray Areas

By Caitlin Leith

With less than a month until the selection of 68 teams for the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, it is important to look at the grey areas of statistics as it’s not necessarily about the black and white statistics to prove a team’s success.

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NEWS 3/8/12 7:59pm

Ahlquist is right — religion does not belong in public schools

By Kassondra Cloos

“Our Heavenly Father,” read the beginning of a prayer banner that used to hang in Rhode Island’s Cranston High School West.

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NEWS 3/8/12 7:58pm

Studs and duds of the gridiron

By Zachary Horner

While there are players that go beyond what is expected of them, often known as “studs,” there are also those guys who are affectionately referred to as “duds.” These are the guys that fall short of all that is expected of them, enough to lose fans and even change teams. Two studs stood out in the college ranks of the gridiron in 2011.

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