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NEWS 4/25/12 12:00am

International Briefs - April 25, 2012

By Katie Moran

Guantanamo Bay prisoners transferred to El Salvador The United States transferred two Chinese prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador after holding them for a decade with no charges. China urged other countries not to accept the two men into their nations, but the El Salvadoran government agreed to let them settle down there in their own homes. The men’s attorney said they are happy in their new home in El Salvador. The Pentagon announced that with the departure of these two men, the Guantanamo prison population is now 169. Israel honors Holocaust victims Israelis celebrated Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 19 throughout the country.

NEWS 4/24/12 9:13pm

Smarties gone Southern

By Gloria So

After traveling on all-expense-paid trips to Tiger World, an aquarium sleepover by Kure Beach, and Charleston, the Honors Pavilion residents can safely say that they have greatly enjoyed the perks of living in a Learning Community.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:59pm

Softball's week a tale of two outcomes

By Zachary Horner

The Elon University softball team played four games this past weekend, looking to improve on their plus-.500 record as the season is nearing to a close. Phoenix womp Wolfpack 7-1 in non-conference play  The Phoenix defeated North Carolina State University 7-1 April 19, the first time in seven years that the Phoenix had come out on top of the Wolfpack. Elon senior pitcher Erin O’Shea (13-7) pitched four shutout innings, giving up just four hits and striking out three batters for the win.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:59pm

Controversial ‘Kony 2012’ films elicit visible response from student activists

By Katherine Blunt

An Invisible Children representative who lived through the experience hiding from the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group concentrated in central Africa, as depicted in the “Kony 2012” films, addressed a crowd at Elon University April 23. As a 5-year-old in northern Uganda, Agnes Aromorach slept alone in the jungle each night, using the brush and the darkness to conceal herself from the LRA led by Joseph Kony. “It was so cold, I had no shelter and I was so scared of the darkness and the animals and just everything,” said Aromorach, who now works as a traveling volunteer, or roadie, for Invisible Children.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:57pm

Men's tennis rides young wave into 2012-2013

By Andrew Wilson

Adversity was the name of the game this season for the Phoenix men’s tennis team. With more than half of the team being comprised of freshmen and only one senior who battled hip flexor problems all season, head coach Michael Leonard knew it would be an uphill battle all year long. “The whole season was about adversity,” Leonard said.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:56pm

Finding reporting joy in a totally unexpected place

By Zachary Horner

I want to cover the footballs, the basketballs. I want to cover the popular sports, the ones that make the headlines on ESPN. But it's quite amazing what you may find when you decide to step out of your comfort zone and cover something that you may not have wanted to initially.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:53pm

Earth Week events aim for lasting impact on student lifestyles

By Adriana Miano

The Office of Sustainability's series of Earth Week events made practicing an eco-friendly lifestyle accessible by narrowing the focus of the global movement to Elon students specifically. Those involved in organizing the week’s events said they hoped students would be motivated to use their knowledge about sustainable living to engage in environmentally-friendly practices, said sophomore Lily Siegal, an Office of Sustainability intern. “People are becoming more and more educated about (sustainability), and now a lot of us know what we can do, and what we should be doing,” Siegal said.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:51pm

Legislation opposing Amendment One generates discussion in SGA

By Katherine Blunt

The critical date is edging closer, and the buzz surrounding the controversy is growing louder every day. Elon University’s Student Government Association partnered with Lauren Clapp, advocacy and eduation chair of Spectrum, last week to draft a resolution expressing SGA’s opposition to Amendment One, an issue in the upcoming North Carolina primary election May 8.

NEWS 4/24/12 4:29pm

Multiple organizations find values rooted in Holocaust remembrance

By Mary Kate Brogan

The reading of the names of Holocaust victims revealed a connection to the past, according to Phil Smith, associate chaplain and director of Religious Life at Elon University.  While students, faculty and staff read the names aloud outside Moseley April 19 during the internationally recognized day for Holocaust Remembrance, many others walked past and continued with their normal business.

NEWS 4/24/12 3:51pm

Annual celebration reveals discordance between faculty, student expectations

By Melissa Kansky

The spring tradition, CELEBRATE! week, is comprised of events honoring Elon University students’ achievements in academics, but many students recognize the week by one day less of class. “I do definitely think it is underappreciated,” said senior Brenna Lakeson. During her freshman year, Lakeson spent the day of Student Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) at the zoo, but said her experience as an orientation leader helped her better grasp the value of the event. [quote]I really don’t know very much about CELEBRATE!

NEWS 4/24/12 3:48pm

Watson-Odyssey scholarship offers opportunities for first generation college students

By Melissa Kansky

[quote]I think support is probably one of the biggest (services the program offers). Being able to turn to your family for advice about college decisions isn't always an option. - Kristin Greene, senior[/quote] Their drive for excellence matches the profile of an Elon University student, but their path to achievement differs. "We're like a lot of the students in terms of academic pursuits, but not the same in terms of financial status," said senior Kristin Greene, Watson Scholar and interim assistant director for the Multicultural Center. Students in the Watson-Odyssey Scholarship program, designed for generation college students from low-income families, often lack the same resources to which the majority of Elon students have access. While resources include tangible items, such as textbooks and class materials, even guidance about college life requires a different source.

NEWS 4/24/12 3:44pm

Schedule proving tough for Elon baseball

By Adam Lawson

On paper, the Elon University baseball team’s trip to Wofford College in  Spartanburg, S.C., was everything the Phoenix could have wanted. It was a three-game opportunity for Elon to correct its ills against the team at the bottom of the Southern Conference standings. But games aren’t played on paper.

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