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Hillary Tester, PA-C, and Hemang Shah, MD, with the Neurology Department can help you End relief and manage your headache pain so you can get back to enjoying life. We offer: • Explanation & Understanding of Your Headache • Lifestyle Modification • Medication Management Self-referrals are welcome, and urgent visits for headaches are available. For appointments, call: (336) 538-2365 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES & PRINT & ONLINE JOURNALISM Kernodle Clinic Department of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC 1234 Huffman Mill Rd. Burlington, NC I Ion's once predominantly —I Christian campus is starting I to look a little bit different. Groups of students who identify themselves as Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist increase every year. They hail from the States, but also represent other countries such as Syria, Cameroon and Brazil. Elon recognizes the changes in its student population. It has been trying to make these students feel at home by commemorating some of the holidays they may miss while being away at school, like Eid al-Adha or Diwali. Elon's efforts allow students to celebrate these holidays and to learn about and experience them alongside their friends. Many members of the com munity come out to celebrate too, like during Elon’s first Eid al- Adha holiday held on Oct. 22. The holiday remembers Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to Allah. "Having people from the community here is great," said Shahd Hawsa, a sophomore from Jordan. Eid al-Adha is all about spend ing time with family and giving, she said. Families make special desserts, visit each other — and kill a sheep. Hawsa said that families usually give one-third of the meat away to those who can not afford it. "Eid is about embracing people with love, showing them affection... To reunite with family and friends," said Toorialey Fazly, a senior from Afghanistan. Throughout most of the Mus lim world, Eid is celebrated with prayer and family gatherings; but Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, looks different depending on where you are. Diwali for all Hindus cel ebrates the return of Ram and Sita, the beloved characters of the Ramayana, one of the great Hindu epics. In Nepal, Diwali worships Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, who represents Sita. On that day, families draw footprints with rice flour that lead the way to their wealth. Nepali Hindus pray for success in their studies and work. Candles light streets and shine through win dows. Children run from house to house and sing for money, like carolers do during Christmas. "I love that [Elon] is trying to create something they don't understand," said Leena D freshman from Nepal. "Jm idea that Elon is hosting sj thing for a group that isn’t large is amazing." | The states of India cele Diwali a little bit different Nepal and each other. Fir displays light up the nightj in Mumbai. Students hav equivalent of Elon's wint around Diwali. Weddings abundant and henna dec many hands and arms. ^ This is the second yea Elon has planned a Diwalf tival for its Hindu student those interested in under the significance of the holi "It shows a real commitj ment toward being Ameya Benegal, a sophomi^ from Singapore. Celebrations like these,_^ong with other traditions like luminary ceremony and Presi dent Lambert's holiday par^^ make Elon a festive place in the wintertime. Despite students growing differences in traditions and celebrations, we continually have the chance to come together to share our common values of family and friendship during the holiday season. Hillary Tester, PA-C Hemang Shah, MD Duke University Neurologist
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