Letters to the Editor

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LIFESTYLE 4/12/17 10:30am

The stars behind the scenes of The Importance of Being Earnest

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

The applause sounded and then faded to a slow clap. A man in the aisle seat rose and offered his hand to the woman next to him, his eyes following the performers as their beaming smiles blinked off and their bodies sank down stage for the last time.

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SPORTS 4/12/17 9:53am

Phoenix fall to triad rival High Point Tuesday night

By Erik Webb

Elon baseball took the diamond under the lights Tuesday night looking to defeat Triad rival High Point University. The Phoenix struggled offensively throughout the game, falling short to the Panthers 5-4.

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NEWS 4/12/17 7:00am

Asian American and Pacific Islander students share concerns of inclusivity during AAPI Month

By Junie Burke

According to Ray Lin, assistant director for the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education (CREDE), 2.5 percent of students identify as Asian-American or AAPI at Elon.

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NEWS 4/11/17 5:11pm

Residence Life to cooler painters: proceed with caution

By Taylor Turgeon

With banquet season approaching, spray painting coolers is making a debut once again and Residence Life is as attentive to it as ever.

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LIFESTYLE 4/11/17 4:08pm

She Can Lead empowers women leaders on campus

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Last summer, sophomore Katie Mars received a call from Emily Golden— a friend and classmate— proposing the idea to start a women’s leadership organization on campus.

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NEWS 4/11/17 3:00pm

Sexual Assault Awareness month starts conversations

By Sonya Walker

April marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and many different organizations have joined together for the cause, including the Department of Health Promotion, SPARKS peer education, Elon Feminists, I Am That Girl, the Iota Psi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, One Love, CrossRoads Sexual Assault Response & Resource Center and Family Abuse Services.

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NEWS 4/11/17 1:36pm

Elon University and town of Elon work toward community

By Sonya Walker

Elon, North Carolina, home to Elon University, has never been named one of the “best college towns in America,” but residents do not think the relationship between the school and the town is lacking.

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NEWS 4/11/17 12:37am

New housing registration process causes controversy

By Anton L. Delgado

While most lottery winners can win up to a million dollars, winners of the Elon University's housing lottery win the chance to choose where they live next school year.

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NEWS 4/11/17 12:24am

SPDC Introduces Big Interview

By Perla Salazar-Rangel

In late March, the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) introduced a new resource for students to use before their upcoming interviews for jobs and internships. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/10/17 11:00pm

Tips to take on the cooler craze this spring

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Every year around this time, the sidewalks and fields outside of residence halls begin to fill with blank coolers.

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NEWS 4/9/17 7:19pm

Holi celebration exceeds expectations and unites participants

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Yesterday at Speaker's Corner, The Truitt Center for Religious Life sponsored Elon’s 2017 Holi, one of the largest Hindu festivals, which celebrates spring, new life and energy.

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NEWS 4/8/17 8:33pm

ElonTHON breaks record for total money raised "for the kids"

By Alex Hager

Elonthon made history raising $351,554.17 "for the kids." Students danced through the night in Alumni Gym as part of Elonthon, a 24-hour dance marathon held annually to raise money for children's cancer research.

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NEWS 4/7/17 6:00pm

SGA hosts town hall as part of sexual assault awareness month

By Liam Collins and Emily Harrison

The Student Government Association hosted its 6th town hall on Thursday, which allowed students to openly discuss the issue of gender and sexual-based violence on campus.  The event, moderated by Elon News Network Executive Director Jackie Pascale, was meant to facilitate a discussion about what were issues surrounding the topic of sexual harassment, specifically on Elon's campus, and what the role of students is in solving those issues. The town hall was the first event hosted by the incoming student body administration, which was sworn in just a few days after spring break.  Student Body President Morgan Bodenarain said that although there is already a conversation about gender and sexual-based violence on campus, the climate surrounding it is a conversation that the organization wanted to have. "I think a lot of time we talk about how the administration is responding to these kinds of things, but never how the student body is responding to it," said Bodenarain.

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LIFESTYLE 4/7/17 11:04am

Senior Iris Sullivan makes first short film "About Paris"

By Rachel Ellis

Senior Iris Sullivan is turning her own heartbreak and personal experiences into a series of short films. "About Paris" is meant to represent all types of relationships in an open letter to Paris, the name of the boy who was Sullivan’s inspiration and her first love.

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NEWS 4/5/17 5:55pm

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Staff editorial did not effectively address race issues on campus

By Morgan Bodenarain

On April 2, Elon News Network released a staff editorial entitled, “Racist themed parties and costumes should not be tolerated.” At first glance, I was excited.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 5:00pm

Carnegie Hall presents: The Shirley Tempos

By Lilly Blomquist

For the Shirley Tempos, one of Elon University’s female a cappella groups, the members never imagined scoring an opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. However, their dreams will soon become a reality Sunday, April 14 when they will perform in Total Vocal, a contemporary a cappella music concert in Midtown Manhattan, with Deke Sharon, the father of contemporary a cappella who created the event.  In this performance, 14 of the 16 Shirley Tempos members will sing four songs, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Put on a Happy Face”, “Summertime” and “We Are Home”, while also enjoying arrangements from cast members of the movie Pitch Perfect. In order to receive this opportunity, president of Shirley Tempos Sabrina Campelo ’18 took the initiative.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 3:00pm

Freshman student charges into technology industry

By Rachel Wingrat

What do Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Elon First-Year Jack Kane all have in common? They all started technology companies in a college dorm room. This past December, Kane was looking online for a new iPhone charger and struggled to find one that was high quality but still fit in his college student budget.

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LIFESTYLE 4/5/17 12:00pm

Staying active and happy despite pollen and allergies

By Marjorie Anne Foster

It’s been a long, cold, confusing winter, but spring is finally here and it’s time to focus on both mental and physical health.

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NEWS 4/5/17 9:00am

CAMPUS VOICES: Be mindful of who is benefiting from your service

By Crosby Melendi

Four summers ago, I was on a two-hour bus ride to the Malnutrition Center in San Juan, Guatemala, belting out Christian songs with my church group.

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NEWS 4/5/17 8:46am

BENSON: Millennials must stop cancelling plans

By Hannah Benson

The world and all of its inhabitants loves to use millennials as the punching bag for blame — other generations tend to pin fault on this young, innovative and self-concerned sector of society for its handful of flaws. We have been perceived as lazy, stubborn, arrogant and resistant by other generations, and these allegations can be fought and challenged in numerous ways.

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