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NEWS 10/1/13 5:06pm

The Government Shutdown: How Will it Affect You?

By ekantlehner

After weeks of arguing over this upcoming fiscal year's national budget, the United States government officially shutdown at 12:01 a.m.

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NEWS 9/30/13 6:45pm

National minimum wage at lowest real value since 1968, workers barely above poverty line

By Ethan Smith

It’s no secret that the dollar has been losing value — but for minimum wage workers, this has especially dire consequences.

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NEWS 9/29/13 5:33pm

Global Lego Exhibit Comes to Graham

By mstutz

When you think of Louisville Sluggers and Mount Rushmore, Graham, N.C. probably doesn't come to mind.

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NEWS 9/27/13 3:56pm

International student embraces Elon life during her semester abroad

By Jessica Leano

[audio mp3="http://www.elonpendulum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pendulum_Study-Abroad.mp3"][/audio] Elon University encourages all students to study abroad during their college years.

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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 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 9/24/13 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 9/23/13 5:59pm

Elon Students Address Campus in Blog Post

By elonlocalnews

This letter was published by sophomore Shelby Lewis in the Class of 2016 Facebook page.

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NEWS 9/23/13 1:54am

Transitioning into Elon as a Transfer Student

By scowans

Making the transition from high school to college isn't always easy. But for many students, the real difficulty is transferring from one university to another. Junior Stephanie

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NEWS 9/21/13 1:28pm

Election law changes may hinder students from voting in North Carolina

By Katherine Blunt

When President Obama’s term expires in 2016, students at Elon University and other North Carolina colleges may find it more difficult to vote for his successor. Last month, North Carolina General Assembly approved a sweeping piece of legislation that requires voters to show a state-issued photo ID or a U.S.

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NEWS 9/19/13 11:47pm

SGA Senate Recap: Sept. 19

By Katherine Blunt

At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, Matthew Antonio Bosch, the new director of Elon’s LGBTQ center, addressed the Senate about promoting awareness and education about LGBTQIA issues.

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NEWS 9/18/13 10:45am

Allied Churches steps up for the county

By jpuckett

When Loaves and Fishes food pantry suddenly closed at the end of last month, it left the county reeling.

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NEWS 9/18/13 10:29am

Elon battles spider problem

By childyard

Whether you're a student living on or off-campus, you may have noticed more creepy-crawlies around your house than in years past. Many students are saying that spiders are roaming students' homes in greater numbers than last year, and in some cases, they're bigger than before. Large spider webs seem to be common in the fall on Elon's trees. "I'm not really scared of spiders," Senior Tucker Bolding said.

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NEWS 9/18/13 10:20am

Sewage causes temporary evacuation of Oaks

By nchadwick

Margaret Bryant wasn't expecting such a loud apartment, and she wasn't expecting one with a fragrance, either.

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NEWS 9/17/13 11:22pm

Theater Master Class Takes the Stage

By jbowden4

It's the one performance at Elon where the audience is part of the show: Improv. Yeager Recital Hall hosted the 2013 Improv Olympics Saturday night, which is a master class in Elon's theater department.

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NEWS 9/17/13 7:20pm

Health Center Gets Facelift

By kmaraghy

This year, Elon's population expanded to 5,357 students. With the growth in student enrollment, comes a growth in campus infrastructure, according to U.S.

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NEWS 9/17/13 7:19pm

Elon Community Reacts To Slurs

By jbruno

Campus is reacting to our report that two roommates woke up to hate language on Sunday morning. The two women, one Jewish and one African-American, claim they found drawings of 'KKK' and a swastika on the whiteboard of their suite. Chaplain Jan Fuller condemned the incident in a message to the Elon community that was posted on the Religious Center's website. "This is an unprecedented act of anti-Semitism for our campus, accompanied by all-too-familiar acts of racism," Fuller said.

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NEWS 9/16/13 10:34pm

Military officials face sentencing as victims are remembered at ESMA trials

By Rachel Shippee

BUENOS AIRES — Officials from Argentina’s past military regime face sentencing this week for crimes against humanity under the Escuela de Mecanica de la Armada (ESMA) trial. In 1976, a military junta, or military run government, seized power in Argentina and for the next seven years carried out the National Reorganization Process, a period of state terrorism against left-wing guerrillas, political activists and anyone believed to be associated with socialism.

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NEWS 9/16/13 10:30pm

Remembering Lake Blalock

By arose8

Last year we introduced you to Lake Blalock, the former Town of Elon Police Department's parking enforcer.

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