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NEWS 10/8/14 7:58pm

First-year looks for balance between classes and country music career

By Catie Willett

Growing up writing music, attending voice and guitar lessons and participating in every high school musical production she could, Elon University first year Rachel Hobbs is used to the spotlight. “Ever since I was little, I would ask my mom where a microphone was,” Rachel Hobbs said. Her love of country singing has drawn her to the stage since she was 9-years-old.

NEWS 10/8/14 7:49pm

Elon crosswalkers in danger as they cross streets without caution

By Courtney Campbell

“You have got to be kidding me!” a student exclaims as a car speeds through the crosswalk that bridges McEwen to West Haggard without slowing or stopping, disregarding students eager for Acorn or heading to class. North Carolina law 20-175 states that the driver of a vehicle must stop to give the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing at an intersection if a stop sign or stop light is not in place.

NEWS 10/8/14 7:00pm

Uneven laundry facilities irk students

By Kimberly Honiball

Students at Elon University have begun to notice the inequality in laundry accommodations across campus. With some students receiving free laundry as others have to dole out quarter after quarter in the same building, residents are frustrated.

NEWS 10/7/14 10:26pm

Elon loses groove, struggles to respond in loss at UNCG

By Tommy Hamzik

GREENSBORO — A momentum shift midway through the match once again proved to be Elon University’s undoing. The Phoenix volleyball team fell into a lull to start the second set in a 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-19) loss to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Tuesday night in Fleming Gym. UNCG, which hit .308 (46 kills, 13 assists, 107 attempts) as a team, stole all the momentum early in the second set, racing out to leads of 7-2 and 12-3, both of which prompted Elon timeouts. A stretch later of seven straight Spartans points put them up 21-6. “They put a lot more pressure on us serving,” Elon head coach Mary Tendler said.

NEWS 10/7/14 3:47pm

'Reckless' combines laughter, discomfort (Review)

By Casey Brown

Hilarious. Absurd. Upping the stakes at every turn. Even these praises don’t do justice to the Elon University Performing Arts Department’s production of “Reckless.” Craig Lucas’ dark comedy uses Christmastime as the backdrop to tragedy, as protagonist Rachel runs away after her husband takes a contract out on her life.

NEWS 10/7/14 9:54am

Proposed construction takes away Oaks parking

By Kimberly Honiball

Arguments to clear the way for a new mixed-use building next to Skids that would take parking away from The Oaks Apartments were heard at the public hearing at the Board of Alderman meeting Monday at the Elon Town Hall. Elon-based EDG Properties wants to construct a multi-level storefront with living spaces in upper floors, as permitted by new zoning laws passed this fall.

NEWS 10/7/14 12:01am

Never Back Down: Nicole Dennion kicks cancer

By Tommy Hamzik

Frantically going through her phone with a sentiment of jubilation swirling in her mind, Nicole Dennion held off the joy for just one moment to send a simple, powerful five-word text message in all capital letters to her teammates: “MY PET SCAN WAS CLEAR!” The memo incited utter hysteria from the Elon University women’s soccer team, signifying the triumph of Dennion in her battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer that affects the bone and its tissue.

NEWS 10/7/14 12:00am

Ball State transfer seizes opportunity as safety for Elon

By Matt Mallian

When Rich Skrosky accepted the head coaching position at Elon University in December, he was returning to a familiar program — he was an assistant there from 2006-to-2010. Skrosky brought with him various assistant coaches he knew previously, as well as one player from Ball State University, who no one knew much about at the time: Chris Blair. Blair used his redshirt year last year at Ball State before transferring to Elon with Skrosky.

NEWS 10/6/14 11:50pm

CAA move brings mixture of old, new faces for Elon volleyball

By Tommy Hamzik

Her second trip back to James Madison University in 12 years reminded head volleyball coach Mary Tendler what Elon University’s venture into the Colonial Athletic Association means to her. “It felt like I was going back where I came from,” Tendler said of Elon’s move to the CAA. After three years at James Madison as an assistant, Tendler took the Elon job in 2003.

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La clínica de atención médica local ofrece una ayuda vital a los residentes sin seguro del condado de Alamance

Valerie Epperson, residente del condado de Alamance, afirmó que no cree que estaría viva si no fuera por la Clínica Open Door del condado de Alamance, una clínica que brinda atención médica gratuita a personas sin seguro médico. “Cuando empecé a ir a la clínica, mi diabetes estaba descontrolada y comía lo que quería. Simplemente no me importaba”, dijo Epperson. “Cuando tienes a alguien que te ayuda, te mantiene alerta y te recuerda constantemente: ‘Tienes que hacer esto. Tienes que dejar de hacer aquello’”.

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Local healthcare clinic provides lifeline to uninsured Alamance County residents

Alamance County resident Valerie Epperson said she doesn’t think she would be alive right now if it were not for the Open Door Clinic of Alamance County, a clinic that provides free healthcare to people who do not have insurance. “When I first started, my diabetes were out of control, and I was just eating anything I wanted. It’s like, I just didn’t care,” Epperson said. “When you have someone there to help you, it keeps your mind open all the time about, ‘Hey, you need to do this. You need to stop doing this.’”

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