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NEWS 3/6/12 5:54pm

Elon Poll projects people’s voice into public light

By Mary Kate Brogan

Elon students reach into the community and out to the public with the Elon Poll. The increased use of social media and partnership with North Carolina media organizations contributed to the political dialogue that characterizes the Elon Poll. The Elon Poll, held from Feb.

NEWS 3/6/12 5:17pm

Elon sorority keeps Service Day tradition alive

By Adriana Miano

Members of many Elon organizations gathered in Harden Clubhouse 9 a.m. Saturday, March 3 to benefit a cause they said they felt was well worth waking up early for. These students were participating in Impact Day: A Day of Service, an event that promotes community service at several sites in Elon and the towns surrounding it. “I think (service) is an important part of being a student at Elon,” said Brittany Walker, chairwoman of the event. Walker decided to organize the event after she learned the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement had chosen not to host it, as it had in the past. [quote]I think it’s always good to take part in an event that gives back to the community. -- Candice Blacknall, Impact Day participant.[/quote] Walker said her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, considers community service one of its core values, and its members agreed to host Impact Day to benefit those in need. “We thought it was such an amazing day that people could volunteer for,” Walker said. Walker said she was eager to expose participants of Impact Day to a wider range of service opportunities than they may not have known existed. In order to partner with a variety of service locations, Walker personally contacted the Elon community partners listed on the university’s website, many of which she coordinated with in the past as the director of the Kernodle Center’s Leadership in Collaborative Services. She then worked with the service sites that responded to her emails to identify their greatest areas of need, some of which called for labor-intensive projects. “We’re cleaning out stables, we’re digging up gardens and we’re weeding,” Walker said.

NEWS 3/6/12 4:04pm

Distinguished visiting professor champions passion as life’s guide

By Ben Donahue

Judith Jamison, dancer and choreographer, addressed a fully-seated auditorium with an informal speaking style, advising the primarily student-based audience to live passionately. Passion has been her guideline to success as a leader, she said. “The people that make a difference are not always visionaries, but people that passionately and vehemently believe in what they are doing,” Jamison said. Too often people are fixed on goals they are not truly passionate about, she said. “I know it looks good on paper, but how does it really feel?” she asked.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:56pm

Students help tackle the ‘Impossible’ at nearby restaurant

By Grace Elkus

When Elon University students were offered the opportunity to join the “Restaurant: Impossible” crew as they re-modeled University Grill, appreciation and excitement came from both ends. Students who participated in the effort had the chance to go behind the scenes of the popular Food Network show, in which chef Robert Irvine has two days and $10,000 to transform a failing restaurant. “I literally was watching them create a show, which is what I want to do,” said junior Julie Morse, a broadcast journalism major and a self-proclaimed addict of the series.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:32pm

Garden class grows self-productivity

By Kyra Gemberling

Instead of picking up fast food for lunch, students in a new Garden Studio class can make their own meal — literally. Michael Strickland, professor in English and environmental studies, decided to start the class two years ago as a way of teaching students of any major how to properly plant and maintain a home-scale garden and harvest their own food. “It’s really about producing good food in small amounts of land in the most efficient manner,” Strickland said.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:28pm

Black and White Ball foxtrots ‘for the kids’

By Lindsay Kimble

No experience was necessary for attendees at the Black and White Ball, cohosted by the Ballroom Club and Elonthon March 3 in McKinnon Hall. The ball was a semi-formal event, so attending students were dressed to the nines in black and white attire for a classy evening. Originating in 2007, the ball is a co-sponsored event between the Ballroom Club and another organization asked by the Ballroom Club to volunteer each year.

NEWS 3/6/12 3:08pm

Internet study speculates about cognitive skills of younger generation

By Katherine Blunt

Generation gaps are not a foreign concept. Many adults question the effect of digital technologyon the younger generation, a new survey shows. Janna Anderson, associate professor of communications and director of Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center, and Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, conducted a survey that explored the increasing prevalence of digital technology and its potential consequences come 2020. More than 1,000 Internet experts and users provided predictions about the overall consequences of hyper-connectivity.

NEWS 3/6/12 1:19pm

SGA allocates funds to 86 student organizations despite budget decrease

By Katherine Blunt

The Student Government Association approved funding for 86 campus organizations, with money remaining in the organization budget. More money was requested from the SGA by student organizations for 2012-2013 than last year, but approved allocations for the upcoming year total slightly less compared to the past year. At  the culmination of budget hearings March 1, allocations for student organizations totaled $484,293.40, and a remainder of $20,990.60 will be allocated to the 26 SGA-recognized campus organizations that did not yet submit budget applications. “We (trimmed) the fat off the budget this year,” said Nick Livengood, current executive treasurer.

NEWS 3/6/12 12:28am

International Briefs - March 6 2012

By Katie Moran

Russia passes new anti-gay law St. Petersburg legislatures approved a law Feb. 29 that prohibits homosexual propaganda. Gay rights groups have expressed the fear that they will not be able to pursue their agendas as they have been allowed to in the past.

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Elon University looks to dismiss lawsuit from former professor

Elon University is seeking dismissal of former Elon professor of accounting Ray Knight’s federal lawsuit, which he filed against the university on Feb. 6. Knight alleges the university retaliated against him for whistleblowing, wrongfully denied him tenure, wrongfully terminated his employment and violated both federal whistleblower protections and North Carolina public policy. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

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Elon University dances for a cause

Elon University’s Alumni Gym was transformed into a sea of energy April 11 as the community gathered for the 2026 Elonthon. The six-hour dance marathon, one of Elon’s many philanthropic events, brought students together to raise over $47,000 for Duke Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada.

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