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NEWS 6/19/15 8:10am

Elon graduate signed to Lollapalooza, taking EDM by storm

By Michael Bodley

From fiddling with Garage Band in an Elon University dorm room, Tyler Marenyi ’13 – better known by his stage name, NGHTMRE – has from a home base in Los Angeles built an international following in the electronic dance music industry. Though the young graduate majored in finance and picked up an accounting minor, Marenyi grew disillusioned fast with his studies, which started to feel like a whole lot of going through the motions for the aspiring musician. “Every day at the end of class I was like, ‘I just want to go back and work on music,’” Marenyi said.

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NEWS 6/18/15 5:46pm

Taylor Swift wears a harness to lunch

By Lindsey Lanquist

Wearing harnesses in public has never really been a thing, but it might be now. Though she’s normally known for her crop tops and classic silhouettes, Taylor Swift stepped out to lunch with BFF Selena Gomez in a band tee, short shorts, and—wait for it—a harness. That’s right, the “Bad Blood” singer added extra edge to her already kind of edgy look by throwing on a slate gray, leather harness. Swift played it off as a joke, saying, “I think you’re ignoring a really important point here… That my harness and I are always ready for a zip line/rock climbing.

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NEWS 6/17/15 5:54pm

‘Bitch I’m Madonna’ is here, and everyone is Madonna now

By Lindsey Lanquist

Move over “Bad Blood.” Madonna’s music video for “Bitch I’m Madonna” is here, and it’s ready to kick you to the curb. The video—filmed almost entirely in one shot—is set at a party at the Standard Hotel, and it’s loaded with celebrity cameos.

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NEWS 6/17/15 5:52pm

The taco emoji is finally here

By Lindsey Lanquist

iPhone users of the world, your prayers have been answered—well, kind of. Emojipedia will add 37 new emoji characters to Unicode 8.0 today. The new characters include a taco, burrito, unicorn, champagne, cheese, and hot dog.

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NEWS 6/17/15 5:50pm

Rihanna does flash tattoos her way

By Lindsey Lanquist

When we first reported on the flash tattoo trend last July, we had no idea we’d still be talking about them almost a year later. But here we are.

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NEWS 6/17/15 5:49pm

Kim Kardashian sports yet another daring maternity ensemble

By Lindsey Lanquist

Gone are the days of flowy maternity dresses. Kim Kardashian is showing us all the right way to do maternity wear, and the answer is in the crop top. Instead of giving into social pressures that expectant mothers should stay covered up, Kim K stepped out in LA yesterday, bearing her baby bump in a Balmain crop top and skirt combo (and effectively putting us all to shame). This is just one of a string of bold maternity clothing choices by Kim Kardashian, who recently sported a sheer, embellished Proenza Schouler gown and a skin-tight, latex dress. It seems like Kim K’s second pregnancy is just one fashion statement after another, so we can’t wait to see how she surprises us next.

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NEWS 6/17/15 5:47pm

Princess Diaries 3 is NOT a go

By Lindsey Lanquist

Well Princess Diaries fans, it seems like we shouldn’t have gotten our hopes up after all. A source close to Disney reportedly told Entertainment Weekly thatPrincess Diaries 3 was not in the development phase, contrary to reports by websites like Tracking Board. To be fair, it seemed a little weird that Disney would release a third installment more than 10 years after Princess Diaries 2 was released, let alone nearly 15 years after the original film came out.

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NEWS 6/17/15 8:49am

Latest Elon Poll: North Carolina wants Obamacare changed, not abolished

By Max Garland

With the Supreme Court deciding on the Affordable Care Act’s future in the coming weeks, the majority of registered voters in North Carolina said Congress should modify the act instead of abolish it, according to an Elon University Poll released Monday. Sixty percent of registered voters in the state said the act, commonly known as Obamacare, should change if the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional so it still remains in effect.

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NEWS 6/16/15 10:30am

Upcoming Elon University construction projects

By Caroline Fernandez

Just because most students aren't busy on campus this summer, doesn't mean construction and additions comes to a halt, as well. According to Brad Moore, university architect, more than half a dozen construction projects and renovations will be taking place this summer, with a few more projects — one of them being the extension to the School of Communications — coming a few years down the road. Summer 2015 Arts West Music Production Estimated completion: Early July 2015 7,000 square feet of space in Arts West are being renovated this summer.

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NEWS 6/15/15 5:55pm

Zayn Malik 'ain't got no type,' according to his new single

By Lindsey Lanquist

The Zayn Malik saga continues. After leaving One Direction in March, Malik said he was going to pursue a solo career.

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NEWS 6/14/15 10:57pm

Elon professor publishes fifth book on sociology of play

By Caroline Fernandez

For many people, the word "play" might incite visions of sports, video games or board games. For Thomas Henricks, Elon University professor of sociology and anthropology, the concept of play has been at the center of his research for years, most recently resulting in his fourth and fifth published books, "Play and the Human Condition," and "The Handbook of the Study of Play." In the book "Play and the Human Condition," which was released in the spring, Henricks identified conditions that instigate playful behavior and activities. Henricks served as co-editor to “The Handbook of the Study of Play,” a compilation of essays that was also released this past spring. According to Henricks, the idea of play is hard to define because it is an expression that touches different aspects of what it means to be human; in the end it goes deeper than kicking a ball or shooting hoops. “Play is not simply sports and games,” Henricks said.

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NEWS 6/13/15 11:54am

Lady Gaga Takes on Lennon, Blows us All Away

By Kate Nichols

Lady Gaga performed musical legend John Lennon’s "Imagine" at the European Games Open Ceremony last night, and reminded us all that the girl is more than singsong hits and over-the-top ensembles. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ues1stefk[/embed] Kicking off the Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Gaga belted out the inspirational rock anthem in front of thousands of mesmerized onlookers.

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NEWS 6/11/15 5:58pm

A ‘Mean Girls’ mobile game is on the way

By Lindsey Lanquist

If you’ve ever wanted to make fetch happen, watch the drama between Trang Pak and Sun Jin Dinh unfold before your eyes or get personally serenaded by the one and only Kevin G, drop everything you’re doing and listen up. There is a Mean Girls mobile game coming.

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NEWS 6/11/15 5:57pm

Artist wants you to know there really are ‘2 Kinds of People’

By Lindsey Lanquist

Age, gender, ethnicity, religion — there are myriad characteristics we could use to divide the human race.

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NEWS 6/10/15 6:03pm

Introducing: The Dausage

By Lindsey Lanquist

Drop everything, because the “dausage” or “donut sausage” is here to blow your mind. Following in the footsteps of the creators of the cronut and the duffin, a man from Wales was inspired to invent his own donut-related creation. And thus, the dausage was born.

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NEWS 6/10/15 6:00pm

Blake Griffin breaks down 'Trap Queen' lyrics in this epic video

By Lindsey Lanquist

We love Fetty Wap's hit "Trap Queen" (like, a lot), but we're not going to pretend we know what every urban slang-ridden lyric of the song means. Bando, stove — even the title of the song, "trap queen," is an enigma to us.

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NEWS 6/9/15 6:06pm

Rihanna dresses up as a cartoon character and still looks cool

By Lindsey Lanquist

After sporting a Pebbles Flinstone costume to her baby niece’s Bedrock-themed birthday party this weekend, Rihanna proves, once again, that she can do no fashion wrong. Clad in an orange speckled mini-dress, matching spotted nails and a poofy ponytail with a bone hair clip, RiRi rang in baby Majesty’s as fashionably as possible given the cartoon theme.

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NEWS 6/9/15 6:04pm

Madame Tussaud’s to make history with Laverne Cox wax figure

By Lindsey Lanquist

Wax museums just got a little more diverse — thanks to the addition of a Laverne Cox wax figure at the Madame Tussaud’s San Francisco Wax Museum.

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NEWS 6/8/15 6:08pm

Zayn Malik dyes his hair… green?

By Lindsey Lanquist

Following in the footsteps of Nicki Minaj and Kylie Jenner, a new celeb has hopped on the fun-colored hair train. Former One Direction star Zayn Malik debuted a new do on his Instagram just a few days ago with the caption #GreenHairDontCare. First the shaved head, now this — it’s clear that Malik is using his departure from One Direction as an opportunity to create a new look for himself.

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NEWS 6/5/15 11:22am

Two Elon alumni awarded Princeton in Asia fellowships

By Caroline Fernandez

While many recent Elon University alumni flocked to major U.S. cities like New York, Washington D.C.

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