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NEWS 12/7/11 4:12pm

Senior saxophonists prepare for careers in music

By Samuel Davis

The smooth sounds of saxophone notes are familiar to two seniors concentrating in the woodwind. Jon Moore, a performance major, and Nathan Thomas, a music education major, have been coaxing jazzy tunes out of their horns since before they enrolled at Elon University. Their first encounter was four years ago in Elon's marching band, the Fire of the Carolinas, when Moore played tuba and Thomas played euphonium. "We met each other outside of what we usually play, in the low brass section of marching band," Thomas said.

NEWS 12/7/11 3:49pm

Annual lights, luminaries bring community together

By Chelsea Wingo

Drinking hot chocolate, hearing joyous music and seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus on campus brings community members together. But what really catches people's attention each year are the lights and luminaries that span from Alamance to Moseley Center. "Looking at the lights themselves is the best part of the celebration," said President Leo Lambert.

NEWS 12/6/11 9:02pm

In wake of fire at Crest, false alarms still frequent, costly

By John Tinkelenberg

False alarms from Elon University continue to place a bind on the town of Elon's fire response resources. Any time Elon students pull a fire alarm or set off the smoke detectors by burning their dinners, the Town of Elon pulls out the cash register. According to Eddie King, fire chief for the town of Elon, the combined cost of personnel and vehicles is $575 per false alarm. "There's no such thing as a free response to anything," King said. "We're using fuel, wear and tear on the vehicles and man-hours." One recent incident at the Crest Apartments showed how the line between harmless cooking accidents and dangerous fires is blurred. According to the fire department, students cooking doughnuts led to a vat of grease causing a fire. The fire was extinguished by the apartment's sprinkler system and the apartment had more water damage than fire damage.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:42pm

Students: University not doing enough to promote sexual health

By Edith Veremu

There are many resources on campus regarding sexual health, but Elon University students aren't aware of these resources because the administration isn't disseminating these tools, students said. Sophomore Tori Walker said she doesn't think the university is doing enough to promote safe sex, sexual health and overall good decision making.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:40pm

LabCorp under Senate investigation for fraud

By Kassondra Cloos

Laboratory Corporation of America, the largest private employer in Alamance County, is currently being investigated by the United States Senate for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Senators Chuck Grassley, R–Iowa, of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Max Baucus, D–Mont., of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to the company in early November requesting a response to allegations of cheating the Medicare and Medicaid systems.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:36pm

The Ranking Game

By Nick Zanetti

Since the creation of the U.S. News & World Report rankings in 1983, prospective college students have looked to the rankings to navigate the myriad of opportunities available to them. But there there have been people who disagree with the schools that are described as "America's Best" every year.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:33pm

From Happy Valley to Silicon Valley

By Jeff Stern

A group of entrepreneurs hope to integrate students' lives inside and outside of the classroom all on one mobile application, aptly called OneSchool. The Elon University edition of OneSchool is now available and contains BioBus route information, building and food locations and a chat room.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:29pm

Progressive view of faith at Elon

By Natalie Allison

The founders might be surprised to see how the small Christian college they birthed from a church became a place where no one deity holds preeminence. There was a day at Elon College when chapel attendance was a requirement, a day when college trustees were elected by the local church and professors had to be members of that church. More than 120 years have passed since Elon was founded as a training ground for young ministers of the Christian church.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:27pm

Stress, worry take focus off basic needs for students

By Hannah Delacourt

For Tylre Bigbie, sleep takes a back seat. The sophomore said her schoolwork and social relationships take precedent over her sleep cycle. "It never seems like you have enough time in the day for all three so usually you don't get as much sleep as you'd like because you feel you don't want to or can't sacrifice much of your social life and school work," Bigbie said. But she is not the only college student who struggles with the delicate balancing act. Katie King, associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, said having good support groups is important, but that students need to have effective strategies for dealing with stress. "Everyone experiences stress in their life," she said.

NEWS 12/6/11 4:26pm

Beards into Bucks

By Kassondra Cloos

As their beards grew, so did the donations. For the newly clean-shaven brothers of Kappa Sigma at Elon University, No Shave November was a serious endeavor. The fraternity recently took a strict no-shaving policy to the extreme to visibly demonstrate their fight against prostate cancer, raising more than $20,000 in the process through Movember, an organization that benefits the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG.

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LIFESTYLE 12/14/2025 11:03am
‘Hemos olvidado la conversación’: el VIH/SIDA todavía afecta al Sur a medida que disminuye la conciencia

45 años después de los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA reportados en Estados Unidos, la lucha contra esta enfermedad está lejos de terminar, especialmente en el sur del país. Según los datos más recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el sur representó el 52% de todos los diagnósticos de VIH en Estados Unidos en 2023. "Sabemos que el VIH/SIDA ha afectado de manera desproporcionada a las personas de color y a las personas LGBTQ+ de color en este país", afirmó Jeff Bennett, profesor de estudios de comunicación en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. "Hay muchas personas que viven en zonas rurales, existe desconfianza hacia los profesionales de la salud y persiste el estigma social".

LIFESTYLE 12/14/2025 11:03am
‘We've forgotten about the conversation’: HIV/AIDS still hits the South as awareness fades

45 years after the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS in the U.S., the fight against this disease is far from over, especially in the South. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the South accounted for 52% of all HIV diagnoses in the U.S. in 2023. "We know that HIV/AIDS has had a disproportionate effect on people of color or queer people of color in this country," Professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University Jeff Bennett said. "You have many people living in rural areas. You might have distrust of medical providers, you have the social stigma.”

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