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NEWS 10/22/14 10:50am

Frenzy over Ebola causes animal deaths

By Kate Nichols

While the topic of Ebola continues to spread around the world, news stories instill shock and fear throughout the United States.  It is difficult to leave one’s home without hearing a new story about the fatal disease, and with good reason.  At this moment, more than 4,000 cases have been discovered in West Africa alone.  And as the fear and mass deaths continue on to more victims, people are taking extreme precautions. Just recently, it was announced that even animals are not safe from this frenzy.  According to a recent Washington Post article, one Spanish dog was euthanized after his owner tragically caught the disease.

NEWS 10/22/14 10:46am

Racism isn't gone, only changed, speakers say

By Paul LeBlanc

Racism in America isn’t dead — it’s only taken on a different guise, two visiting speakers said at a recent talk at Elon University. Two professors of phycology — Mikkie Hebl from Rice University and Leslie Ashburn-Nardo from Indiana University — challenged an audience of Elon students, faculty and staff in Whitley Auditorium to consider the difference between two different types of racism. Hebl began by drawing a distinction between formal discrimination and what she calls interpersonal discrimination. "Formal [discrimination] is an overt type of discrimination that is illegal,” Hebl said.

NEWS 10/22/14 8:01am

Freshman receiver producing for Elon

By Tommy Hamzik

Tre Lennon isn’t difficult to pick out among the Elon University football receivers. Amid a group of shorter guys known for their speed, Lennon sticks out as a tall, lanky option with his 6-foot-3-inch, 174-pound build.

NEWS 10/22/14 7:58am

New strength coach brings wealth of ambitions, goals to Elon

By Miles Garrett

Ask any competitive athlete what the key component is in gaining the competitive edge in sports, and the answer will most likely fall along the lines of strength and staying injury-free. That’s precisely the philosophy that head strength and conditioning coach Ryan Horton is implementing for Elon University athletes. Horton is in the midst of his first season as the head of the strength and conditioning program at Elon.

NEWS 10/22/14 7:55am

Campus Rec sets goals for the year

By Bryan Anderson

After working with IMLeagues last year to switch from a paper format to a new online system for students to register for intramurals, Campus Recreation initially saw a slight decrease in the number of participants.

NEWS 10/22/14 12:22am

Elon holds on for tight victory against Duke

By Kyle Maher

It wasn’t as easy as it may have appeared on paper beforehand, but in a game wrought with momentum shifts and physical play, the Elon University men’s soccer team held off a gritty, yet ultimately overmatched Duke University team 2-1 on Oct.

NEWS 10/21/14 10:18am

Long live Ludacris

By Caroline Fernandez

The crowd jumped, the beat blared and Ludacris delivered Saturday night for Elon University’s homecoming concert in Colonnades parking lot. The concert, sponsored by Student Union Board and Student Government Association, drew a record 5,700 people from across campus and the surrounding community.

NEWS 10/20/14 4:50pm

Recycling on campus needs additional options

By Kate Nichols

In today’s world, recycling is no longer a foreign word.  Whether or not one recycles at home, many Elon University students are familiar with the concept and know how to separate out plastics and glass products.  The school’s Office of Sustainability makes it difficult to ignore recycling, since events throughout the year, including RecycleMania and the Don’t Trash it!

NEWS 10/20/14 4:49pm

Ebola slowly spreading to US, isn’t worth the worry

By Tim Melton

The Ebola virus has reached the United States but it may not be as bad as it seems. Since its initial outbreak in Africa last March, there have been more than 7,000 documented cases of fever caused by the Ebola virus, with 3,349 being classified as fatal.

NEWS 10/20/14 11:40am

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For Immediate Release Elon Faculty Member Patricia Ragan Receives National Master Faculty Award Alexandria, VA -- Patricia Ragan, PhD, MPH, PA-C, is the recipient of the 2014 Master Faculty Award from the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA). The award, presented at PAEA's Education Forum in Philadelphia on Friday, October 17, recognizes a program faculty or staff member with a minimum of seven years of service who has made noteworthy contributions to PA education. Ragan has been involved with PA education for more than 20 years and has served as a faculty member at Elon University since 2011.

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Student research discovers suspected cause of plant disease

During his freshman year, now-senior Billy Impagliazzo took two classes taught by biology professor Antonio Izzo. When he got to Elon, Impagliazzo said he knew he wanted to take part in research projects. In his sophomore year, Impagliazzo went to Izzo to discuss research opportunities he had in his lab. Izzo said he believed Impagliazzo would conduct research for only a semester, but almost three years later, Impagliazzo has identified the main microbe infecting the blue curls plant and has presented his research on SURF Day. 

LIFESTYLE 04/20/2026 12:37pm
Elon student digs into Burlington’s past after historic hotel demolition

The Rockefeller Integrated Hotel stood on Burlington’s Maple Avenue before being demolished a few weeks ago. Created by McBride “Mack” Thompson, a prominent African American entrepreneur in the Jim Crow South, the hotel was both his home and a place for Black travelers to stay somewhere safe. A single box of papers was recovered from the demolition site by a neighbor. Marshall Sears, a sophomore researching African American entrepreneurship in Petersburg, digitizes documents including those found in the demolition, as a part of his undergraduate research.

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