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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.

NEWS 12/6/11 12:41am

Elon is our school, but are we our school's keeper?

By Zachary Horner

The Elon University honor pledge states, "On my honor, I will uphold the values of Elon University: honesty, integrity, responsibility, respect." The university's website states this applies not only on campus, but "in locations and at events not occurring on campus," "in locations abroad" and "in situations involving technology as a means of recording or communication." Essentially, wherever you go, you represent Elon.

NEWS 12/6/11 12:37am

Excessive photo editing dishonest, misleading

By Kate Riley

As if the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show weren't enough, creating the perfect body image has become a part of everyday life for so many women, and billboards, television shows and photographs have skewed what beauty really is. Retouching.

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