Archive for February 9, 2010

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The 2010 U.S. Census "Portrait of America" Road Tour stopped at Elon University on Tuesday as part of the largest civic outreach and awareness campaign in the bureau's history, with a specific focus on the hard-to-count demographics such as college students and economically disadvantaged Americans.

On the brink of collapse in 2008, two American icons – General Motors and Chrysler – turned to Uncle Sam for billions of dollars to stay in business. But as assistant professor Christina Benson finds in her latest research, by protecting domestic automakers to save U.S. jobs in the short run, Washington may have created bigger headaches for the American economy in the not-so-distant future.

For whatever reason, be it their out-of-the-way location in the R.N. Ellington Health Center or the confidential nature of their work, Elon Counseling Services doesn’t often generate publicity. But two counselors - Gary Bailey and Chris Troxler - are looking to change that.