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Amount of work to pick up from Bush administration may turn out to be excessive
By Ryan Catanese
A ticker in Times Square is being replaced.
It’s not broken, and there hasn’t been a recent breakthrough in ticker technology that has rendered it obsolete. The ticker works perfectly, but it must be replaced because it’s simply not big enough.
The ticker counts the nation’s debt, and it has run out of space on which to display the current number.
Are You Secretly an Independent?
By Ryan Catanese
Are you fed up with the current political system? Do you feel like you are not represented by your government?
Why not vote Independent?
“You know, there is a definition of insanity that is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
These are the words of Chris Cole, the Libertarian candidate for United States senate. “I’m an opportunity to try something different and to see if we get different results.”
Awards and Advice at Elon’s Fall Convocation
By Ryan Catanese
David McCullough advises students and faculty alike. (Photo courtesy of Elon University)
ELON, NC- “He encourages us through his characters to be better human beings,” said Charles Irons, assistant professor of history at Elon University, in his introduction of the true legend that visited the campus on Thursday.
David McCullough, arguably the most prolific biographer and historian of the 21st century, spoke at Elon University’s Fall Convocation in the University’s eighth Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture. The lecture series, which premiered with McCullough just days after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, is an annual event that has brought such names as Frank McCourt, David Halberstam, and George Will.
The Stars Come out at Elon
By Ryan Catanese
"McCain-Palin cards! Obama's head's on the joker!" Vendors line the way towards Elon University's Latham Park
ELON, NC – It was quite the spectacle at Elon University on Thursday. Roads were closed, the campus exploded with people, and security was everywhere for the arrival of the hottest name in America right now.
Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska and the Republican nominee for vice president, spoke on Elon University’s Latham Park, the varsity baseball field on campus. Her 25 minute speech, given at around 3 p.m., had people migrating to the fields as early as 9:30 a.m.
Kazickas Wows in Whitley
By Ryan Catanese
ELON, NC – “War is intoxicating, erotic. It was addictive. But is any story worth your life?”
These are the words of Jurate Kazickas, one of the few female war journalists who reported from the field in the Vietnam War, in her speech at Elon University’s Whitley Auditorium on Thursday.
“You could sit in your hotel in Saigon and watch explosions on the horizon just a couple of miles away,” Kazickas said.
Genre Synthesis Part 5: Court and Crime Reporting
By Ryan Catanese
Court and crime reporters have a dirty job.
They have to cover the dirty, the nasty, and the grotesque. They have to witness true anguish, from victim’s families to defendant’s families, on a daily basis, if not more.
This is one of the true difficulties in court and crime reporting.
Yes, it is hard to see these things day after day, and that will wear on you. The true reason, however, that this is the main difficulty of crime reporting, is that you have to relate this to an audience.
And they have to be able to stomach it.
Biden Takes Vice-Presidential Debate, but a Small Victory for Palin
By Ryan Catanese
ELON, NC – Junior Kevin Dudiak was disappointed.
“I thought Palin handled herself a lot better than was expected,” said Dudiak.
After a shaky CBS interview earlier this week with governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin that has been harshly criticized by the media and her opposing party, it seems that most expected a catastrophic meltdown. Viewers did not get this.
An informal survey of Elon students, faculty and staff the day after the vice presidential candidates’ debated
The Elon community says that Biden won the debate.
found that 35 percent of the Elon community was more impressed by senator and vice presidential candidate Biden, while only 22 percent were more impressed by governor Palin. Many of those polled, 27 percent, declined to comment, while 16 percent thought there was no clear winner.
