Articles by Eric Townsend

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How The Onion makes you laugh until you cry

February 24, 2016

Scott Dikkers, founding editor of the The Onion satirical newspaper and TheOnion.com humor website, entertained an Elon University audience on Tuesday night in a campus visit sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum.

'Amistad We Stand' by Jason Aryeh – Feb. 26

February 23, 2016

A performance choreographed and directed by an Elon University assistant professor of dance tackles the 18th and 19th century trans-Atlantic slave trade in Ghana and the journey of captives held in dungeons for months before their forced migration to the Americas.

Elon Poll: In N.C., Donald trumps the GOP but not Hillary

February 22, 2016

Likely voters in North Carolina would currently vote for either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over any of the 2016 Republican presidential nominees, save for one - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

In My Words: Why the Y is the 'true America'

February 15, 2016

A newspaper column by Professor Tom Arcaro reflects on the YMCA's first national advertising campaign, "The Y. For a better us," and contrasts the Y's mission with rhetoric in the 2016 presidential election cycle.