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NEWS 9/15/14 10:41pm

El Centro celebrates Central American independence

By Kimberly Honiball

To celebrate Central American independence, El Centro hosted a cultural jubilee outside Lakeside Dining Hall Monday evening. Held on the 193rd anniversary of Central America’s declaration of independence from Spain and at the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, the celebration included Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. The event featured Hispanic food made by El Centro students, including a taco bar, coconut balls, baleadas from Honduras, gallo pinto from Costa Rica and flautas from Mexico. Students from all over campus came to enjoy the free food and experience the Hispanic culture.

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NEWS 9/15/14 10:29pm

Visiting professor brings agricultural roots to neuroscience

By Michael Papich

Daniel Herr, nanoscience department chair at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, sees potential for better technology all around him, from the feet of a fruit fly to the DNA replication of his granddaughter. “A baby is assembling bio-bits a million times faster than a factory can put the same amount into a transistor,” Herr said, referring to blocks of biological information.

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NEWS 9/15/14 9:58pm

Apples and Airplanes rocks Elon tailgate

By bmcgovern

Football and tailgating weren't the only seasonal favorites welcomed at Elon this Saturday; so was Apples and Airplanes, a Raleigh-based multi-instrumental alternative modern rock band. "We love playing at Elon,"said Aaron Ordy, guitar player for the band.

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NEWS 9/15/14 1:16pm

The lost art of the tailback position

By Miles Garrett

It is rare in modern day football that you see a running back almost single-handedly takeover a game. In the heyday of the pigskin during the 1970s and 1980s, we were witness to greatness at the tailback position.

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NEWS 9/15/14 11:40am

Elon Assistant Director's campus cat quells chronic pain

By jcurtis11

If you walk around the Global Commons, you may run into a new furry face on campus. While Luna may look like your average cat, she's actually a registered emotional support animal.

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NEWS 9/15/14 1:06am

YouTuber begins journey at Elon

By jhook3

You may say first year student Katy Bellotte has several online friends. She has close to 300 thousand YouTube subscribers. "It's crazy to think that I'm sitting in my dorm filming a video and [a] million people have the chance to watch it," Bellotte said. Her channel has more than 21 million views, but her online presence goes beyond YouTube.

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NEWS 9/14/14 10:50pm

Elon breaks scoreless drought, tops West Virginia

By Kyle Maher

Before junior forward James Brace knocked in a loose ball in the 67th minute to give the Elon University men’s soccer team a 1-0 victory over West Virginia University Sept.

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NEWS 9/14/14 3:13pm

Elon women's soccer wraps up unbeaten weekend in Wilmington

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University women’s soccer team closed out its weekend trip to Wilmington by defeating Francis Marion University 3-1 on Sunday, Sept.

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SPORTS 9/14/14 11:43am

NC A&T runs rampant as Elon loses home opener

By afeather

North Carolina A&T runs the ball and it does it well. Elon's coaches knew it and its players knew it, but the knowledge did nothing for the Phoenix in their home opener on Sept.

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NEWS 9/14/14 12:44am

Elon uses unique methods to herd geese away from campus

By ehalperin

Canadian Geese have been populating Lake Verona; if left alone, they could eat enough grass to destroy the grounds.

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NEWS 9/14/14 12:32am

Speed kills: Phoenix falls to Aggies in home opener

By Matt Mallian

If one thing was known about the Aggies of North Carolina A&T State University heading into its Sept.

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NEWS 9/13/14 12:28pm

Elon sweeps home cross country meet

By Matt Krause

The Elon University men’s and women’s cross country teams dominated a rainy Saturday morning at the Elon Cross Country Course by sweeping the Elon Invitational. The four-team meet, which also included North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and Lenoir-Rhyne University, featured a five-kilometer event for the women and an eight-kilometer race for the men.

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NEWS 9/13/14 12:21pm

Gamecocks solve Elon adjustments in sweep

By Tommy Hamzik

BUIES CREEK — Mary Tendler tried to make adjustments. She used each of her timeouts in all three sets.

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NEWS 9/12/14 11:05pm

Henson nets first-career goal to push Elon past Coastal Carolina

By Jordan Spritzer

WILMINGTON — The Elon University women’s soccer team got back on the winning track by defeating Coastal Carolina 1-0 on Friday, Sept.

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NEWS 9/12/14 1:25pm

Is football heading to the same fate as boxing?

By Miles Garrett

Recently, I was discussing sports with a good friend of mine when he mentioned that his father believed that football is headed towards a similar fate to that of which boxing has become. His quote made me think about how the current state of football has changed since its inception into United States pop culture almost forty years ago, a time in which heavyweight boxing had reached the pinnacle of its popularity amongst viewers in America, as well as much of the world.

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NEWS 9/12/14 11:13am

Jenna Merchant - 2014-09-12 11:13:15

 

Hi, I am a freshman and am interested in getting involved at ELN and was wondering what days and times you meet? Thanks! AUTHOR: Jenna Merchant AUTHOR EMAIL: jennamerchant@hotmail.com AUTHOR URL: SUBJECT: ELN Website Contact: IP: 152.33.63.172 Array ( [Name] => Jenna Merchant [Email] => jennamerchant@hotmail.com [Phone] => 914-329-5684 [Comment] => Hi, I am a freshman and am interested in getting involved at ELN and was wondering what days and times you meet? Thanks! [Reason for Contact] => Join Our Team )

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NEWS 9/11/14 11:28pm

Phoenix not shaken by losing skid

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University women’s soccer team kept its composure despite struggles to open up the year.  After beating Jacksonville State University 2-0 in its season opener, the Phoenix has lost four straight games. “Four straight losses is something we’re not used to,” said Elon head coach Chris Neal.

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NEWS 9/11/14 2:48pm

Is Jerry Jones still the right man in Dallas?

By Miles Garrett

Jerry Jones has been in command of “America’s Team” since 1989 when he bought them for what was then an unprecedented $140 million.

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NEWS 9/11/14 1:59pm

Paul A Clements - 2014-09-11 13:59:26

 

1:53 pm 09/11/14. We just heard a whole lot of ambulance and fire truck sirens going off by Western Alamance Middle School,could not see anything because of a tree grove in between us and there so can you find out what happen?

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NEWS 9/11/14 12:25pm

TRUE LIFE: Sophomore starring in MTV's title show

By Leena Dahal

The week before classes resumed this fall, Elon University sophomore Chann Little was back-to-school shopping and spending time with family like everybody else.

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