Eric Townsend

Dozens of students huddled together at a campus candlelight vigil Nov. 15 to pray for the safe return of Kyle Fleischmann, an Elon alumnus who disappeared in Charlotte six days earlier after a night out with friends. His fraternity brothers are now organizing a carpool to the city on Saturday for a second massive search.

Rather than be treated to a free meal courtesy of the university provost, the staff of Student Life on Monday preferred another idea: Use the hundreds of dollars that would have been spent on lunch to instead support a Burlington, N.C., food bank.

A majority of residents in the southeastern United States disapprove of the way President George W. Bush handles his job, according to the latest Elon University Poll, and nearly the same percentage of people indicated little or no confidence in Congress.

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008 continues to strengthen across the South Atlantic region of the country with more than double the support from Democrats than her closest rivals, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, is the current favorite for the Republican nomination.

The Elon community is invited to a vigil Thursday night for students, faculty and alumni to pray for the safe return of Kyle Fleischmann, a 2006 university graduate and former Kappa Alpha fraternity officer who vanished in Charlotte nearly a week ago.

Elon University is one of four colleges and universities across the nation honored with the 2007 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, which recognizes schools that infuse international education into their studies and classroom culture.