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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.


NEWS 11/28/12 12:05pm

Republicans back away from Norquist pledge in favor of fiscal compromise

For years, GOP candidates running for Congress, governor or president would sign conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist’s pledge against tax increases, but those days may be coming to an end. Some promicheap cialisses are made to be broken, and in the case of Norquist and his “Taxpayer Protection” pledge, it’s never been a better time to break one. Norquist, founder of the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform, and his supporters have been clamoring for legislators to sign the pledge for decades.


NEWS 11/28/12 10:48am

Business students buy real world experience: Senior fellows manage investment portfolio with portion of university endowment

At a university where engaged learning is a primary focus, finding the means to manage an investment portfolio as an undergraduate can be a difficult task for students aspiring to be professionals in the financial services industry. But such an opportunity is afforded to a select group of students at Elon University — the business fellows — some of which selected the school largely for the portfolio management program. David Campbell, a senior double major in finance and accounting, was one of those students attracted to Elon because of the opportunity to manage a portion of the university’s endowment. Campbell is one of eight business fellows enrolled in the two-semester senior investment course.



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