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NEWS 8/11/15 11:25am

Incarceration in America

 

Home | Capital Punishment | Juvenile Crime | Mental Illness | Prison Labor | Prison for Profit | Rehabilitation Programs The number of prisoners in America is growing, along with the wallets of private prison corporations   Article by Nicole Esplin The history of a prison nation is a little unclear, but it is hard not to question the impact that the increasing number of private prisons has on a growing number of incarcerated citizens. According to The Atlantic, the United States doubled its number of people incarcerated in the 1980s, and currently incarcerates 445 per 100,000 people, a large increase from the early 1970’s number of 110 incarcerations per 100,000 people. Expenditures: Inmates v.

NEWS 8/11/15 11:23am

Incarceration in America

By Kate Riley

One of the most controversial but historically integral parts of the criminal justice system and prison industrial complex in America is the practice of capital punishment.

NEWS 8/11/15 11:23am

Incarceration in America

 

Home | Capital Punishment | Juvenile Crime | Mental Illness | Prison Labor | Prison for Profit | Rehabilitation Programs Lack of parental discipline responsible for juvenile crime  Article by Meredith Browne Nationally, juvenile crime has been on the decline. According to statistics from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the overall juvenile arrest rate was 24 percent lower in 2010 than in 1980. Out of the 1.6 million arrests in 2010, property crime was the most common category of offense.

NEWS 8/11/15 11:23am

Incarceration in America

 

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NEWS 8/10/15 2:27pm

Sheriff Terry Johnson speaks after dismissal of DOJ lawsuit

By cbohle

Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson spoke today for the first time since a judge dismissed the federal lawsuit that alleged that he and his office discriminated against and profiled Latinos within Alamance County. Federal Judge Thomas Schroeder released the 253-page court decision on Friday. The U.S.

NEWS 8/7/15 1:20pm

'Up All Night' for 1D

By Mary Sheehan

Hours of standing in a line and scattered thunderstorms were still not enough to keep more than 10,000 fans from One Direction. Friday morning, “Good Morning America” surprised the country by announcing a performance by none other than the mega-famous boyband One Direction.

SPORTS 7/31/15 5:08pm

Column: Examining the academic side of Elijah Bryant's transfer

By Alex Simon

When word got out that rising sophomore Elijah Bryant planned to leave Elon University, many speculated as to the reason the reigning Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year chose to leave. Earlier this week, Bryant committed to Brigham Young University over Butler University, University of Miami and University of Dayton, all of which offered him. Questions still remained, as Bryant did not respond to requests from The Pendulum and other media outlets that covering Elon.

NEWS 7/31/15 12:07pm

Gisele Bündchen wore a burqa and people are not happy

By Tatum Pederson

Gisele wore a burqa to visit Paris and secretly got $11,000 worth of plastic surgery on Wednesday. Photos of the supermodel show her failed attempt to hide from the paparazzi in a burqa as she stepped into a plastic surgery clinic in Paris, France. Pictures on June 30th also surfaced and show Bündchen walking into the same clinic.

NEWS 7/31/15 8:36am

Cat patrol

By Xernay Aniwar

Australia is looking to introduce a new feral cat plan. Why? Turns out Australian felines aren’t minding their manners as much as they should, and have been helping themselves to one too many endangered birds. Oops. Gregory Andrews, Australia’s first threatened species commissioner, is plotting to create a law that would make all domesticated cats exclusively indoor cats.

NEWS 7/29/15 10:34pm

Witchy practices

By Xernay Aniwar

Suffering from sticky summer skin? Getting more breakouts than you were a few months ago? Probably from all the sweat and buildup hanging out in your pores all day. Our solution?

NEWS 7/29/15 6:15pm

Zayn Malik Goes #Zolo

By Lauryl Fischer

Zayn girls, rejoice, your hour is nigh — and so is Zayn’s. The 1D-detractor has gone #zolo. [embed]https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/626484859905658881[/embed] Zayn Malik tweeted a picture of himself signing a deal with RCA records this afternoon, officially moving from the label that repped One Direction and joining the likes of Chris Brown, Shakira, Justin Timberlake and Alisha Keys. His initial tweet was swiftly followed by another with the hashtag #REALME and one that strongly implied he had been planning his solo career for a while now — since his departure from One Direction.

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Student research discovers suspected cause of plant disease

During his freshman year, now-senior Billy Impagliazzo took two classes taught by biology professor Antonio Izzo. When he got to Elon, Impagliazzo said he knew he wanted to take part in research projects. In his sophomore year, Impagliazzo went to Izzo to discuss research opportunities he had in his lab. Izzo said he believed Impagliazzo would conduct research for only a semester, but almost three years later, Impagliazzo has identified the main microbe infecting the blue curls plant and has presented his research on SURF Day. 

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Elon student digs into Burlington’s past after historic hotel demolition

The Rockefeller Integrated Hotel stood on Burlington’s Maple Avenue before being demolished a few weeks ago. Created by McBride “Mack” Thompson, a prominent African American entrepreneur in the Jim Crow South, the hotel was both his home and a place for Black travelers to stay somewhere safe. A single box of papers was recovered from the demolition site by a neighbor. Marshall Sears, a sophomore researching African American entrepreneurship in Petersburg, digitizes documents including those found in the demolition, as a part of his undergraduate research.

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