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NEWS 11/8/12 10:03pm

SGA Recap: Nov. 8

At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, Senator Molly Shoop asked the Senate to consider voting to raise the student activity fee, which is currently too low to cover all allocations requested from the SGA. “I think this is something we need to take into consideration over the next couple week and think about if we need to raise it,” Shoop said.


NEWS 11/8/12 12:26pm

Elon University students cast ballots in NC to give vote more weight

Before the polls officially closed, more than 90,000 registered voters finished casting their ballots in 37 different precincts, or voting zones, in Alamance County. Among those registered in Alamance County are Elon University students — including individuals originally from all over the United States who are voting in the battleground state of North Carolina in hopes of making an impact. The First Baptist Church of Elon served as a polling place for registered voters in the Town of Elon. Elon senior Courtney Whiting, a Connecticut resident, said she decided to register in North Carolina because she felt her Republican vote would make more of a difference in North Carolina than in her historically blue home state. Elon senior Jonathan Cart, a Texas resident, also decided to cast his ballot in North Carolina because he felt it would make a bigger impact here. “I felt like my vote would matter more here because Texas obviously will go red,” Cart said. Elon sophomore Dean Shapero expressed a similar sentiment.


NEWS 11/8/12 11:01am

Hidden course fees negatively impact student bank accounts

Amid all the recent buzz about student loans, the skyrocketing price of higher education is a hot topic across America — but the financial impact of college extends far beyond mere tuition payments. Plenty of secondary expenses that aren’t factored into the annual college “sticker price” lighten many students’ wallets every semester.


NEWS 11/7/12 4:52pm

Chicago plans for huge number of Obama supporters

Chicago is no stranger to large crowds on election night. In 2008, an estimated 240,000 people gathered in Grant Park for the watch party as Obama and his family addressed the crowds after winning the election. But this election, the game plan is a little different.


NEWS 11/7/12 4:36pm

New presidency could shift balance of Supreme Court

With four Supreme Court justices in their 70s, some analysts are saying it's likely that the next elected president will appoint at least one justice, shifting the balance of the court. Elon Political Science Professor Dion Farganis agrees, and predicts that if President Obama is re-elected he would appoint a liberal justice and Governor Romney would do the opposite. "If Obama gets re-elected and a conservative justice retires like Scalia, that would then change the balance," Farganis said.


NEWS 11/6/12 8:36pm

The final push: How campaigns try to win votes to the very end

Political ads and campaigning for the Nov. 6 election have been ongoing for several months, but the weekend prior to the election, as well as Election Day itself, showed the hardest efforts made by both Democratic and Republican supporters in Alamance County. “The Alamance County Democratic Party has staff volunteers at all 37 voting locations to (give out) sheets that have our candidates listed on them, all the way from the president down to the local races for judges,” said Anna Gerow, vice-chair for the Alamance Country Democratic Party.



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