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NEWS 9/18/12 8:56pm

Outnumbered: Language barrier in Barcelona

By Victoria Dolan

My journey to Barcelona was uneventful.  I packed everything I needed, didn’t forget my contacts and made both of my flights with time to spare. But one image stuck in my mind. As I was going through security in the Boston airport, I noticed an older man and his son directly in line directly behind me.

NEWS 9/18/12 8:55pm

Analysis: Recapping West Virginia State-Elon

By Andrew Wilson

It’s been three different kinds of opponents in three games this season for the Phoenix. A clearly superior opponent in North Carolina, a clearly inferior opponent in West Virginia State, and an opponent hovering somewhere around Elon’s level in North Carolina Central. Elon did what they had to do this weekend, easily dispatching West Virginia State University in the team’s final non-conference game of the season before embarking on what could be called murderers row of the Southern Conference over the next three weeks. This week, Elon opens conference play in Statesboro, Ga.

NEWS 9/18/12 8:54pm

Elon welcomes higher number of transfer students

By Kristen Olsen

The community atmosphere at Elon University prompted sophomore Laurel Weibe to uprot from Chicago and relocate to a smaller town in North Carolina. While Weibe said she loved the big city, she felt Loyola Chicago University lacked a sense of community and personal relationships with the professors. “Classes were not engaging,” she said.

NEWS 9/18/12 8:52pm

Reality TV program follows Burlington officers in search for local woman

By Adriana Miano

A missing person report concerning a Burlington resident attracted the attention of a reality television series this season. This fall, interested viewers can watch as the Burlington Police Department investigates the disappearance of a local woman on an episode of “Find Our Missing” on TV One, a cable channel based in Silver Spring. The show will follow Staff Sgt.

NEWS 9/18/12 11:15am

A Computer Hacking At Elon

By jbruno

Ciera Martinez was on her computer in class when her mouse started acting funny. So she shut down her computer and went to the Alpha Kappa Alpha house. "I opened my computer and I realized there was a new folder on my computer that I didn't create," said Martinez. It was then she realized her computer wasn't just acting funny, but a hacker was on the prowl. [div class="alignleft"] [/div] "They started playing chess which is kind of awkward.

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NEWS 11/26/2024 3:44pm
Elon uses peer institution as a benchmark, has one mutual peer

Elon has 15 peer institutions and 47 colleges and universities chose Elon as one of its peers, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Yet, none of Elon’s peers deemed Elon as one its peers, as of data from IPEDS for 2022-23. Many colleges and universities have not updated their peer institutions since then, with the exception of Furman University, where Elon is now one of its peers, according to its website. Elon selected its peers in 2022, Jason Husser, chair of Elon’s Long Range Planning Committee, said.

SPORTS 11/26/2024 11:48am
Elon University men’s basketball coach returns to alma mater, captures historic victory

When Elon University men’s basketball head coach Billy Taylor arrived at Purcell Pavilion for the team’s Nov. 22 matchup against Notre Dame, he led the team through the back garage door — walking through the tunnel like all visiting teams do when they come to play the Fighting Irish. But as Taylor walked through the tunnel, he noticed his old locker room on his right — the locker room that had held his jersey, shoes and all the gear he needed for the four years he spent playing for the Irish in the 1990s.

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