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NEWS 11/30/12 6:54pm

Coming home

BARCELONA—It has been almost three months. I have been to three countries other than Spain and I have been to nine different cities besides Barcelona.


NEWS 11/30/12 6:54pm

Hurricane Sandy pushes Elon to extend application deadline

Elon University's admissions has extended the deadline for early decision and early action applicants to accommodate applicants who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy "It shows we're in tune with what is going on in people's lives," said Greg Zaiser, vice president of admissions and financial planning. The early decision deadline was moved from Nov.


NEWS 11/29/12 6:05am

A child’s escape from Nazi Germany: Henry Landsberger grew out of his misfortune

At 6 years old, he recognized the threat Adolf Hitler’s regime posed. Jewish and German-born, Henry Landsberger sensed the approaching danger. It was evident by the way three men responded to the passing Storm Troopers with an outstretched arm; by the way Landsberger’s teammates harassed him following a soccer game; by the way his father fell silent after surviving a month in Buchenwald; by the way Germany slowly disappeared from view as he headed toward London, a passenger on the Kindertransport. “I don’t think I had any regrets about leaving because I was so aware of the terrible situation,” Landsberger, 86, said.


NEWS 11/28/12 1:24pm

Silverman’s hard work pays off

In any sport, hard work in the offseason can produce an improvement in performance in competition. But rarely does such work and improvement result in a hot streak such as the one Elon University junior tennis player Cameron Silverman has been on in cheap viagra pillsthe fall season. While the NCAA’s official tennis season is in the spring, athletes compete on an individual level in amateur tournaments throughout the fall.



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