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www.elonnewsnetwork.com Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Volume 42 Edition 20 Elon, North Carolina facebook.com/elonnewsnetwork STEPPING INTO ACTION Elon NPHC organizations seek more coiiaboration with campus Emmanuel Morgan News Editor @^EMorgan704 The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity house stands out amid a sea of houses circling Elon Jniversity’s Loy Center. While similar in size and structure to its leighbors, the Alpha Phi Alpha house is the ;ole residential building in the village that is also part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), the organization regulat ing historically black fraternities and sorori ties. Elon currently has 25 Greek affiliations on campus, and only six of them are NPHC. While the NPHC organizations are outnumbered on a predominantly white campus. Alpha Phi Alpha president senior Kennedy Ojimadu said he believes the NPHC community is vibrant and influen tial to Elon. He said their culture is distinct and offers a unique point of view than those offered to the campus by Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities and Panhellenic Association (PHA) sororities. Because NPHC organizations attract such a small number of students at Elon, they have to find creative ways to promote awareness of their presence and recruit potential mem bers for their intake process. Last week, all six of the organizations held collaborative events, all a part of “NPHC Week,” that ranged from game nights to forum discus sions that engaged the community. “We offer a great amount of cultural and historic values to campus that people aren’t See NPHC pg.5 NC remains divided on major candidates lurallty says NC reputation 'worse since HB2 enacted Iryan Anderson 1 :nterprise Manager gBryanRAnderson Eton University Poll results released donday and Tuesday show tight presi- iential, gubernatorial and senatorial races n North Carolina. Differences between rst- and second-place finishers fell with- the 3.86 percent margin of error. Republican presidential nominee 'onald Trump captured a narrow victory jver Democrat Hillary Clinton — Trump arned 44.2 percent of the vote, while linton got 42.8 percent. Libertarian lary Johnson polled at 6 percent. Republican incumbent Gov. Pat IcCrory finished ahead of Democratic hallenger Attorney General Roy ooper, 48.7 percent to 46 percent, democratic challenger Deborah Ross aptured 44.4 percent of the vote for U.S. NEWS PRESIDENTIAL RACE DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP iiTARIAN V Y JOHNSON UNDECIDED/ OTHER/REFUSED CLINTON COMPARED TO PAST ^DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 51.4% y 34.2% BETTER WORSE ABOUT THE SAME HOUSE BILL 2: a 6 39.sk SUPPORT I 49.5% OPPOSE 73.5K ■ DONTKNOW \JJ NEITHER/NO OPINION TRUMP COMPARED TO PAST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES 61.8K 22.3K I ■ 1 BETTER WORSE ABOUT THE SAME Senate, ousting Republican incumbent Sen. Richard Burr by 1 percent. Though the results show no clear winner, Elon Poll director Jason Husser said they reflect continuing divisiveness within the state. POLLING MARGIN Of ERROR:. 3,86 STEPHANIE HAYS | Design Chief “Everything is too close to call,” Husser said. “What we’ll probably see over the next couple months are polls See ELON POLL PR. 4 Elon students buy and S': distribute fake IDs 7 Latino, Hispanic students seek representation Hispanic Heritage Month an opportunity tor awareness Diego Pineda Photo Editor @DiEgo,Pinedal9 Elon University senior Philip Rodriguez thought Latinos on campus were non- existent. The Cuban-American was born and raised in Miami, a melting pot of a town that exudes racial and cultural diversity. That dynamic environment is drastically different from Elon, a predominantly white institution. Roughly 6 percent of students identify as Latino or Hispanic at Elon, an See HERITAGE PR. 6 Elon transitions to Under Armour with a few“hicoups”
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