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NEWS 9/27/13 1:54am

SGA Senate Recap: Sept. 27

By Katherine Blunt

At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, a bill to “clarify and expand communication to students, faculty, and staff about acts of hate on campus” passed in a 36-5-2 vote. The bill was presented as a response to a recent bias incident in which Jewish student and a black student found a swastika, the letters “KKK” and male genitalia drawn on a whiteboard outside their dorm in Colonnades D.

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NEWS 9/26/13 11:42pm

Phoenix open SoCon play with victory over Western Carolina

By Andrew Wilson

After going 5-1-2 in nonconference competition, the Elon University women's soccer team entered Southern Conference play and didn't miss a beat in a 3-1 victory against Western Carolina University Thursday, Sept.

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NEWS 9/26/13 3:15pm

Kenyan Safari Acrobats at Elon

By lcook8

Elon's Center for the Arts welcomed the Kenyan Safari Acrobats on Sept. 24 to perform their routine of breathtaking stunts, comedy, and audience participation set to the heart-pounding music of the Kenyan Safari.

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NEWS 9/26/13 3:00pm

Book closes on Elon/Appalachian State football era

By Matt Krause

“You made your entire existence about beating App.

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NEWS 9/26/13 2:55pm

What “bust” feels like for Washington Nationals fans

By Matt Krause

“World Series or bust,” said Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson. At the outset of Spring Training, Johnson discussed the high expectations his team had for 2013.

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NEWS 9/26/13 11:30am

Elon’s second half magic: Can it be done for a whole game?

By Max Garland

Expectations are everything. And for the most part, the Elon University football team played better than expected against Appalachian State University Sept.

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NEWS 9/26/13 9:31am

Brace leads Elon men's soccer past Radford 1-0

By Kyle Maher

The Elon University men’s soccer team beat the Radford University Highlanders 1-0 in a tightly contested non-conference game at Rudd Field Wednesday Sept.

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NEWS 9/26/13 7:46am

‘Here and There’ feature film at Elon's Spanish Film Club festival illustrates Mexican poverty, lacks depth

By Dalton Cox

“Aqui y Alla” translates into “Here and There,” which is director Antonio Mendez Esparza’s first drama feature film.

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NEWS 9/26/13 7:24am

Competition within Elon men's soccer pushes junior Jason Waterman forward

By Andrew Wilson

Elon University men’s soccer junior forward Jason Waterman isn’t after personal records. While Waterman has the job of filling the void left by Chris Thomas, who led the country in goals and points in 2012, following Thomas’ 23-goal season with one of his own isn’t what the forward is interested in. Related: Filling the gaps: Elon men's soccer looks to replace holes left by Thomas, Latigue “It’s not about individual accolades.

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NEWS 9/25/13 9:26pm

Statements from the department of Psychology & Inclusive Community Council

By Letters to the Editor

From Elon University's Department of Psychology: We, the members of the Department of Psychology, do not tolerate and publicly denounce all acts of bias and discrimination, including acts of hate speech and imagery.

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NEWS 9/25/13 4:33pm

New York Jets are for real, but play-calling must get better

By Jordan Spritzer

Leading up to the start of the 2013 regular season, the New York Jets were the laughing stock of the NFL.

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SPORTS 9/25/13 11:18am

Women's Soccer Continues to Roll, Beats Liberty University 2-0

By dperell

The Elon Women's Soccer team returned to Rudd Field on Friday, Sept. 20 for a match up against Liberty University. Both defenses dominated in the beginning of the game, until the forty-first minute, when Rachel Driver put the Phoenix on the board with a header.

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NEWS 9/25/13 10:21am

The future can wait: Elon needs to build for now

By The Pendulum

Catapulted by its ambitious construction plans, determined academic initiatives and a revitalized campus and athletics, Elon University has risen through the ranks throughout the past two decades to sit deservedly as the No.

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NEWS 9/24/13 9:13pm

Cleveland Indians somehow still in playoff hunt

By Tommy Hamzik

They’ve been ruled out and ignored countless times already throughout the long haul that is the Major League Baseball season. The bullpen struggled, the power hitters failed to find sweet spots, and of course, the attendance.

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NEWS 9/24/13 4:11pm

To the student body of Elon University

By Letters to the Editor

To the student body of Elon University, By now, you are likely aware of an incident last weekend in which a swastika, the letters “KKK”, and a sexually explicit image were drawn on the whiteboard outside two students’ room in a dorm on campus.

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NEWS 9/24/13 3:14pm

The Last Word: Spice up your life ... this fall

By Jonathan Black

The first official day of fall has come and gone, and there is a lot to be excited for this season.

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NEWS 9/24/13 3:08pm

Remembering Elon Student Michelle Pfleger

By childyard

You may remember her as a freshman student in Fall 2010. She would be graduating with this year's Class of 2014, but Michelle Pfleger experienced only about a month of her freshman year before she died on Sept.

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NEWS 9/24/13 2:54pm

Students Personalize Their Education through Independent Majors

By arose8

Ask Elon students what their major is and the most popular answer may be Business or Communications, but not for Senior Gloria So. So is majoring in Human Rights and Social Activism, and if that major sounds unfamiliar, that's because So created it herself.

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NEWS 9/24/13 2:24pm

Masha Lockwood - 2013-09-24 14:24:56

 

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NEWS 9/24/13 12:46pm

Sarah Holland - 2013-09-24 12:46:16

 

PLEASE stop saying that Shelby Lewis wrote the letter to the student body. That is 100% false information.

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