Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / Oct. 3, 2018, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
www.elonnewsnetwork.com Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Volume 44, Edition 13 Eton, North Carolina |3 facebook.com/elonnewsnetwork @elonnewsnetwork 3M IH ftfuGt The Burlington Police Department is cracking down on sweepstakes cafes after a string of criminal activity Brian Rea Event Coverage Coordinator | @brianmre3 F rom the outside, it may look like a dollar store — or at least it did to a group of Elon University students walking by. But on the inside is a virtual Las Vegas, illuminated by the light from computer screens displaying tempting internet games. Dollar Doz-It is a sweepstakes cafe less than two miles from campus. Patrons pay to play online gambling games to win cash prizes. Because of the dangers of online gam bling, the Burlington Police Department (BPD) is starting a crackdown on sweep- stakes cafes such as Dollar Doz-It begin ning Oct. 15. This action comes following a string of crime including a murder in 2017. On April 8, there was an armed robbery at Gone Fishing Sweepstakes on North Church Street in Burlington. According to records from the North Carolina Court System, four people were charged with a variety of felonies be tween April 8 and 18 in 2017 as a result of the incident. Lieutenant Alan Balog, a member of the criminal investigation division at the BPD, says sweepstakes cafes are a magnet for crime. See SWEEPSTAKES Ipg. 4 Community members back on campus with Life (a) Elon Seniors continue their education beyond the classroom Anton L Delgado Managing Editor | @antonldelgado Four sons and Elon University. That’s what Cynthia Ward had left after her husband Max, a former trustee at Elon Univer sity, died. Following her loss. Ward knew she had to continue giving back to the community that had meant so much to her husband. Together with a small team of faculty and com munity members. Ward helped welcome the Life@ Elon program to the com munity. The program of fers non-credit learning opportunities to people age 50 and older. The importance of providing a way for older members to stay mental ly engaged is something Ward has been preaching throughout her entire life. “Eve said all along ZACHARY OHMANN | STAFF PHOTOGRAFTFER Cynthia Ward cheers on the Phoenix during the Family Weekend football game against the University of New Hampshire, Sept. 28. that continuing educa tion doesn’t need to be in a formal classroom, it can take another form,” Ward said. “Even with it being outside of the for mal classroom, education can be diverse, interesting and challenging.” With this mindset of creating a diverse, inter esting and challenging learning environment, Life@Elon hosted its first two classes in fall 2011. This first semester was considered to be a huge success with almost 100 participants in each class. “I was so privileged to be a part of the first Life@ Elon class here at Elon,” Ward said. “It involved so many of the leaders in ii I’VE SAID ALL ALONG THAT CONTINUING EDUCATION DOESNT NEED TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. CYNTHIA WARD LIFE@EL0N MEMBER the Alamance community and brought together such a wide variety of profes sions and interests.” Since then, the class es and the senior student body have continued to grow each year. Now in its eighth year, there are four Life@Elon classes with a total of 491 participants. These weekly classes cover a range of topics, many of which have been suggested by students within the class. At first. Ward was un sure if some of these top- SeeLIFEL0NGIpg.il NEWS‘PAGE 7 The decision behind homecoming performers LIFESTYLE • PAGE 13 Second-annual Merge art show hosted in Graham .fail SPOiriS * PAGE 14 The Phoenix rolls over UNH on Family Weekend
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 3, 2018, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75