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► Elon Pendulum
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Volume 42 Edition 13
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Mackenzie Dunn and Madison Demmitt
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Hundreds of Elon University students
fathered to increase cancer awareness in
the annual Colleges Against Cancer Relay
tor Life 12-hour fundraiser April 23-24.
Despite having to be moved inside because
tf rain, the event shattered previous fund-
iaising records with a total of $90,388.61.
The race debate
[SGA holds spirited
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Tarpley, an academic senator for the
ollege of Arts and Sciences, was frus
trated because he recently attended a
ace education event without any other
senators. Tarpley implied his colleagues
were hypocrites because they adhere to
the wishes of the LGBTQIA community
)ut continually neglect the concerns of
African-Americans — a vastly outnum-
Mbered portion of Elon’s population.
"We say we’re leaders, but if we’re
not doing anything to be leaders and
to make progress on this campus, then
we’re all talk,” Tarpley said. “I wish we
didn’t have to have that conversation,
but I’m glad that we were able to because
people were open and saying how they
really felt.”
Tarpley, who stepped out of SGA’s
April 14 meeting early to hear George
Yancy speak at Elon, said he was disap
pointed he was the only SGA representa
tive in attendance. Yancey, a professor of
philosophy at Emory University, talked
with Tarpley after the lecture and chal
lenged him to confront the issue of race
with his colleagues.
Though SGA members have an obli
gation to be at meetings, he argued
Though the event financially succeed
ed, Relay for Life brands itself as an event
with the goal of raising hope. For almost
all of the students, families and commu
nity members in attendance at this year’s
event, cancer has impacted their lives or
the lives of someone they know.
Senior Nicole “Colie” Dennion was a
varsity soccer player when she found out
she had cancer two and a half years ago.
Coming off a season of success, Dennion
was devastated when she was told that a
baseball-sized mass had been found in
her chest. After multiple chemotherapy
rounds, Dennion continues her battle with
Ewing’s sarcoma. But on April 23, she
shared with her peers that she remains
positive and hopeful.
“This is where I am now in my jour
ney,” Dennion said. “I will keep doing
what I have been this whole time — fight
ing and living my life how I want to despite
what has been thrown my way.”
Because of stories like Dennion’s, Elon
became the largest collegiate Relay for Life
in North Carolina. The community-based
event consisted of teams with a member
who carried a baton and a luminary-lit
track to honor those affected by cancer.
Throughout Relay for Life, at least one
See RELAY
pg.5
JACK HARTMANN | Staff Photographer
Elon infielder Danny Lynch (17) races to third base for an out, just beating a Hofstra University base-runner in Elon's win April 23 at Latham Park.
See SGA
pg.7
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presidential candidate
visits Elon Law
Offense leading
Phoenix during
winning streak
Tommy Hamzik
Editor-in-Chief
@T Hamzik
Elon University head base
ball coach Mike Kennedy
chalked up his team’s recent
offensive success to a handful
of players, but more notably,
two spots in the lineup.
The first two.
Kennedy noted freshman
infielder Ryne Ogren’s owner
ship of the lead-off spot, along
with junior utility man Nick
Zammarelli’s emergence in
the two-hole, as keys to Elon’s
offensive prowess that plated
61 runs in a span of five games
last week.
Ogren and Zammarelli have
formed a one-two punch, and
with senior infielder Tyler
McVicar’s 13-game hitting
streak and freshman outfielder
Liam O’Regan’s stretch of five
straight games with a home
run, the Phoenix is in the midst
of its longest conference win
ning streak in seven years.
Elon’s won eight straight
games in Colonial Athletic
Association (CAA) play and
has climbed to third place in
the league after stumbling early
to a 2-7 start in the league.
Ogren has hit in the leadoff
spot in every game during this
hot stretch, and was a cata
lyst in the victory that started
the streak. He was 3-for-4 with
an RBI single in Elon’s victory
at Northeastern University on
April 9.
Overall, he’s hitting .281
with 20 RBI.
“In the last two or three
weeks, you know, everyone
talks about [Zammarelli],
See BASEBALL
pg-20
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Men's tennis season
ends with dramatic
tiebreak a