Editorial: Fellows across all programs should have equal opportunities pg. 8
The Pendulum
Elon, North Carolina • Wednesday, November i i, 2015 • Volume 41 Edition
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Carson still
tops in latest
Elon Poll
In the midst of national conversation
regarding smoking on college campuses,
Elon students challenge, defend idea of ban
Sarah Wood
Senior Reporter
N ovember is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and many
North Carolina colleges and universities have recently
launched campaigns against smoking on campus.
At Elon University, smoking is banned within 30 feet of any
building on campus or in Rhodes Stadium. Students and faculty
must keep the campus clean by throwing away their smoking waste
in designated areas.
But despite the tobacco awareness and regulations at Elon and
elsewhere in the state, North Carolina still ranks highly among
states with the highest concentration of tobacco users, according to
the North Carolina Alliance for Health.
This discrepancy prompted Elon’s Colleges Against Cancer club
to team up with SPARKS Nov. 5 for “Smoke Out for a Cure” in
Speakers Corner to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking.
See SMOKING
pages
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NEWS
Third culture kids
make their way to
Elon pg. 4
Physical Plant
employee gets
opportunity to travel
abroad pgs. 12-13
Ben Carson
Staff Reports
Recent Elon University Poll results
reveal Republican presidential candidate
Ben Carson has a double-digit lead over
Donald Trump —
his nearest com
petitor — in North
Carolina. The
results, released
Nov. 5, also show
Carson has a lead
over Democratic
candidate Hillary
Clinton.
“Nearly a
third of registered
Republican voters here said they plan on
voting for Carson, more than 10 points ahead
of Donald Trump, his closest primary com
petitor,” said Kenneth Fernandez, assistant
professor of political science and policy stud
ies and director of the Elon University Poll,
in a news release.
SeeELONPOLL
page 4
Campus Police
debuts traffic safety
campaign
Caroline Fernandez
News Editor
To help enforce motor and pedestrian
laws, Elon University Campus Safety and
Police will begin a weeklong traffic safe
ty education and enforcement campaign
Nov. 11.
This is the second year the depart
ment has conducted a campaign related to
implementing motor vehicle safety.
“We do this in efforts to raise the
awareness of pedestrian safety, especially
now that it is getting darker earlier,” said
Dennis Franks, director of Campus Safety
and Police. “It is also an effort to reduce
risky or aggressive driving on and around
campus.”
Franks said the department will be
focusing on unsafe and aggressive driving,
and there will be repercussions — warn
ings and citations — for violators. He said
pedestrian violations include failing to
obey pedestrian signals and failing to walk
on sidewalks when possible.
In addition to enforcing laws, Franks
said Elon police officers will hand out
pedestrian safety flyers in locations across
campus.
SPORTS
Basketball previews:
Women pgs, 14-15
Men pgs. 16-17