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NEWS 9/16/14 5:01pm

Smith, Klein helping Elon in the middle: volleyball notebook

By Tommy Hamzik

Danielle Smith doesn’t let her size bother her while playing middle blocker. The Elon University senior stands at 5 feet, 9 inches tall, but she remains effective going up against players who are typically 6 feet tall or bigger. “I’m used to being the small one in the middle,” Smith said.

NEWS 9/16/14 10:08am

Around the State: Horsin' around with Elon's service learning community

By kmaraghy

It's an early Saturday morning on Sept. 13, and Elon's service learning community isn't sleeping in. The group from Virginia Hall's first floor is up early to lend a hand at the Kopper Top Life Learning Center in Liberty, N.C. The farm for horses, cats, dogs, goats, bunnies and chickens opened 24 years ago with just three horses, and has provided a safe place for disabled children and adults to interact with animals in a form of interactive therapy ever since. With more than 30 horses today, the farm is an opportunity for clients to get a true hands-on experience. "It's actually amazing to see all these people come down, work on the horses, grooming them," said Elizabeth Canto, first year student.

NEWS 9/16/14 10:04am

Israeli Fellow brings perspective and personal story to Elon

By mmurray16

Shani Knaani, an Israeli Fellow with the Jewish Agency for Israel and Hillel International, is paying a visit to Hillel and the Elon community as a whole. Knaani grew up in a kibbutz, a communal living area in northern Israel, and then moved on to join the Israeli army. "So in Israel, the army is mandatory," Knaani said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Beyond the Athlete conference highlights mental health in sports

Students and community members gathered in McKinnon Hall for the first-ever Beyond the Athlete Conference. Leaders in sport spoke about the challenges that Black or African American and allied community members, identifying as women, face during and after their athletic career.

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