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The Swing - February 16, 2012

By The Pendulum

This week on The Swing: Sam Warren and Grant De Roo explain the SGA elections process, find out what a couple of basketball players are doing off the court, Julia Boyd gets your opinions on Elon Memes, Elon University has proposed a new bias and discrimination policy, and Kassondra Cloos runs through this week's edition of The Pendulum in less than 90 seconds.

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Transfer looking forward to first season with Elon

By Kyle Maher

Transferring schools is never an easy decision. Elon junior pitcher Nate Young knows this first-hand. He started his pitching career at his high school in Kalamazoo, Mich., spent a year at a small junior college in Robinson, Illinois.

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Community member explores the Alaskan wild

By Rebecca Smith

At first, Joe Jacobs was studying pre-dentistry. But after taking a class in marine biology, he realized that he could not imagine spending his life looking into people’s mouths, so he changed his degree to marine biology. By finding his own calling, Jacobs is able to help Elon University students do the same. With so many students studying abroad each year, many different cultures are bound to be experienced.

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Do you speak fashion?

By Kanree Wright

Do you have trouble defining your sense of fashion? You may be a fan of one of the many reality TV shows that provide more fashion advice than we can handle.

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Students' personal lives, mistakes, not responsibility of universities

By Natalie Allison

This is an age of convenience. A culture of drive-thru establishments and vending machines has enabled us to get what we want when we want it, without having to plan ahead. Drink machines have been  a common conveience for Americans for years, selling bottled water and canned Coke right down the hall from workspaces, classrooms and meeting areas. Go to the right restroom and you can find aspirin and ibuprofen machines — even condom dispensers — for people who need to purchase personal items without dealing with a clerk. But what about birth control pills?

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North Carolina Student Legislature empowers students to shape state politics

The North Carolina Student Legislature is a nonprofit organization that gives students firsthand experience of the legislative process at Elon University. Through debates, students enhance their public speaking skills and work on real-world policy ideas. Junior Eva Farmer, who serves as the vice president of Elon’s NCSL, explained that members bring resolutions to meetings — written proposals for new laws or changes to existing ones — sparking debates among the group.  Every Monday, NCSL holds meetings where members propose resolutions on various topics, ranging from education to abortion and other pressing issues. 

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Women’s basketball player looks to build off successful freshman campaign

Within team environments, there has to be a leader to step up to the task. Sophomore Maraja Pass said she hopes to step up to the role this season. Pass, coming off of an extremely strong freshman season, found herself on the Coastal Athletic Association All-Rookie team. She also earned three CAA Rookie of the Week honors. The 5-foot-4 guard averaged 8.6 points per game, along with 4.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists across 30 games played. She led all CAA freshmen in assists. She found her career high in points in a game against Marshall last December where she notched 21 points for the Phoenix.

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