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	Beauty Picks for Every "Type" of Collegiette By Natasha Whitby February 26, 2013 - 12:44am The All-Nighter READ MORE
	TGIFSS-Four New Members Reflect on Sweet Sigs By Avery Lucas November 30, 2012 - 12:40pm Although it's only been a semester since they "found Sweet Signatures," four of the seven newest members share what being in Sweet Sigs has meant to them and what they're looking forward to over the next few years at Elon. Olivia Robin, 18 READ MORE
	Lessons I've Learned from the Chick-Fil-A Debate By Tess C McCurdy November 12, 2012 - 4:17pm As the roar of the Chick-Fil-A debate turns to a whisper, I find it important to take away some valuable lessons from this situation. As Elon students know, the past month has been full of debate, anger and emotion coming form both sides surrounding the Chick-Fil-A issue. This debate has stemmed from Chick-Fil-A’s extensive donations to anti-gay organizations such as Focus on the Family, a classified hate group. The company’s president also reiterated that he believed in marriage and family but only in the biblical sense, meaning only a bond between a man and a woman. READ MORE
	Spontaneous Trip to Paris By Avery Lucas November 5, 2012 - 12:04pm One of the greatest parts of studying in Europe is getting to travel to other places. While a lot of my friends get to jet off every weekend on 15-euro Ryanair flights, my internship hours have interfered with a lot of the cheaper flight times. I was lucky enough to get to spend last weekend in Paris with my loving grandparents - much more luxurious than most of my friends' trips. My grandparents spoiled me to the core. As wonderful as Dublin is, my apartment is what's to be expected for student housing – a little cramped and a bit uncomfortable. The weekend of luxury in Paris was just what I needed. READ MORE
	Incredible Instagram By Deirdre Walsh October 22, 2012 - 10:00am There's no way to deny it- the iPhone has become both incredibly popular and trendy. Elon's campus is filled with the touchscreen phones branded with the infamous Apple logo, and with this surge of popularity has come a multitude of time-wasting apps. One of the trendiest apps to date for the iPhone connoisseur is Instagram- the app that allows users to edit their mobile photos with filters and special effects that bring a sort of brilliance to any subject. READ MORE
	How Pinterest-ing... By Julia Miller October 12, 2012 - 3:00pm This summer I became addicted to Pintrest. And by addicted, I mean I remembered my addiction, as living in London and actually having a life (shocking!) caused me to forget. I know I’m not the only one with this addiction and it’s resulting problem – I see all these cute ideas, repin them with grand plans for them and then promptly do nothing with them. I decided to change that, despite the fact that I neither cook nor do artsy things by nature. READ MORE
	A "Real Life" Summer By Kyra Gemberling October 6, 2012 - 10:57am While many lucky Elon students were off scuba diving in Australia or parading the streets of New York City, I spent my summer at home – but hey, don’t pity me yet. I had a pretty cool experience of my own – one that really gave me a good idea of what I’d like to do when real life catches up to me after graduation. READ MORE
	The Perfect Storm By Jessica Jacobs September 24, 2012 - 12:55pm Imagine: Water, foul smells and broken furniture in the first floor of your house. Dogs in need of rescuing; deceased bodies everywhere you turn. This is the life author Dave Eggers places us in in his novel Zeitoun. As Eggers introduces us to Zeitoun, a selfless man who saves his peers and then must fight misdirected criminal charges, we learn that hardships make us more tenacious people. This “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” philosophy is nothing new; rather, it has been debated for years now. Before Kelly Clarkson came out with her hit song, scientist Friedrich Nietzsche discovered this same philosophy, stating that amounts of trauma make us more resilient. READ MORE
	My New York Fashion Week Experience By Avery Lucas September 19, 2012 - 4:56pm For as long as I can remember, one of my lifelong dreams has been to attend Fashion Week in New York City. But, with the unrealistic expectation that I would in fact ever be amongst some of the world’s most incredible and brilliant fashion designers, I gave up that dream a long time ago. Then, after a summer spent at a Fashion PR firm in Manhattan, my dream returned. READ MORE
	My Summer Without an Internship By Emily Adams September 3, 2012 - 8:00am Like most college students, I woke to a blaring alarm at 7:30 this morning. It may be summer but we all have responsibilities at this age. While most of my peers are getting up to go to a job or an internship, I’m waking up to work on me. I had an opportunity handed to me for a great internship and everyone thought I was a fool when I turned it down, but I had to take a step back and decide what was best for me. READ MORE