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ENDULUM
Elon, North Carolina • Tuesday, October 7, 2014 • Volume 40 Edition 23
www.elonpendulum.com
National News Engagement
Day encourages Elon to
participate in news
"The Elon University School of Com
munications, in collaboration with the As
sociation for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication, is hosting National
News Engagement Day on Tuesday in an
effort to make engaging with the news a
national priority.
AEJMC created National News En
gagement Day to raise awareness about the
importance of staying informed, help peo
ple of all ages discover the benefits of news
and ensure that news engagement does not
die out.
The National News Engagement Day
committee has created four activities for
Elon community members and profession
al journalists to engage in throughout the
day.
Anthony Hatcher, associate professor of
communication, said people in general are
not fully informed about what is happen
ing in the world.
“You can’t be a fully functioning citi
zen unless you know the issues. "There is no
dovmside to being more informed,” he said.
All students, faculty and community
members who are interested in participat
ing in the event can take pictures of them
selves and others engaging in the news.
"The photos can be posted on any social
media platform using the hashtag #Elon-
NewsEngage. At the end of the day photos
will be published on the website https://
www.rebelmouse.com/eloncomm/.
Students can pitch their own story ideas
and issues to campus media at the College
Coffee News Engagement Day table.
"Throughout the day there will be oppor
tunities around campus for students to de
fine what news is to them. "Their repsonses
■will be captured on camera and made into
a video compilation.
News will be relayed to students in an
engaging manner with the presence of
town criers. Students will act as town criers
and will shout headlines from campus and
professional media groups.
Media is engaged throughout the year,
but the goal of Tuesday is people are made
more aware of the importance of news.
#ElonNewsEngage
Post photos of yourself or others
engaging in the news using the
hashtag
Here ye, here ye
Students will act as town criers
and shout local and national
headlines
What is news to you?
Students are stationed around
campus to ask your definition of
news. Responses are captured
on camera.
Uneven laundry facilities irk students
JANE SEIDEL I Pholo Edilor
First year Rachel Foley crams her laundry into a dryer in Virginia Residence Hall. Students have complained that on campus dryers are ineffective.
Kimberly Honiball
Senior Reporter
Students at Elon University have begun to
notice the inequality in laundry accommoda
tions across campus.
With some students receiving free laundry
as others have to dole out quarter after quartei;
in the same building, residents are frustrated.
“I feel like its unfair,” said sophomore
Emma Da'vidman. “Especially since some of
the students who receive free laundry pay less
for their living space than some who have to
pay.”
Davidman lives in the Sigma Kappa
House in the Loy Center, and she says she is
paying significantly more this year for her liv
ing accommodations than she did last year in
her ten-person downstairs flat in the Danieley
Neighborhood.
"The Danieley Flats have presented a di
lemma when it comes to laundry. Upstairs
flats received free laundry in their suites last
year, and all downstairs flats had to share two
■washers and two dryers and pay for their own
laundry.
“Its inconsistent and a little unfair,” said
sophomore Campbell Wentworth-Ping. “I
don’t know what it’s like in the other Dan-
ieleys, but here we have two washers and
two dryers for downstairs and then'upstairs
has free laundry in their suites. It’s the luck
of draw. It’s not like they tell you when you’re
signing up for rooms, and they probably
should.”
Another laundry inequality students find
burdensome is the inconsistency between
swiping a Phoenix card and paying in quar
ters.
Sophomore Abigail Peabody, who lives in
the Sigma Kappa house with Davidman, fac
es this problem.
“"There is no swipe access for a Phoenix
card, so we have to pay in quarters only,” Pea
body said. “In Colonnades, it was the same
price, but there was swipe access to Phoenix
Cash that was a little more convenient.”
Access to quarters can quickly become
a problem for students, especially since busi
nesses around campus are reluctant to make
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Never Back Down: Nicole Dennion kicks cancer
Tommy Hamzik
Sports Editor
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, pow
erful 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 womens soccer team, signi
fying the triumph of Dennion in her battle
with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an aggressive form
of cancer that affects the bone and its tissue.
She was diagnosed in February with
a treatment plan spanning a year. "The text
message was sent only five months later in
mid-July, and the last two scans have both
been clear of any signs of cancer.
“It’s the biggest, best news you could ever
ask for,” said Mel Insley, a junior defender
for Elon and Dennion’s best friend.
Abbreviated process
Known as “Colie” to her friends and
family, Dennion shredded defenses left and
right in fall 2013 for Elon, scoring 15 goals
and garnering Southern Conference Player
of the Year honors.
She went through January workouts
with no issues before doctors discovered a
tumor and diagnosed her with cancer, which
prompted a return home to New Jersey to
receive treatment.
Once that began, her physical shape and
health from training allowed doctors to put
her on an accelerated treatment program.
She received chemotherapy once every two
weeks instead of three, had surgery earlier
than expected and cut the number of chemo
treatments to eight.
Dennion underwent surgery June 4,
when doctors made an incision nearly two
feet in length stretching down her back and
all the way up her side. "Three of her ribs
were removed and two were reconstruct
ed with titanium. Her right lung collapsed
during the process, which prompted another
procedure two days later.
She spent seven days in the hospital, go
ing through a number of different respira
tory therapies. Just as was the case with her
treatment program, Dennion is slated to be
discharged from physical therapy early.
Now, Dennion’s receiving chemotherapy
treatment every three weeks and has three
remaining. She’s working her way back
physically, starting to run and lift weights a
little bit.
“I was really fortunate,” Dennion said
in a phone interview last week. “["The doc
tors] said I was young and my body was so
healthy. It’s still way sooner than expected.”
In the meantime, she’s taking some on
line classes and even completing an intern
ship with the physical therapist that is treat
ing her.
“I’ve always wanted to do PT,” Dennion
said. “After seeing what she does and work
ing ■with cancer patients, that’s what I real-
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