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Leslie Johnson needs your help to win $10,000 for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. The manager of the Phoenix men’s basketball team, Johnson, a junior marketing major from Raleigh, N.C., is one of four finalists in a video contest sponsored by the UPS Store in which people can vote for their favorite collegiate basketball manager.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Dining Services received higher marks for overall visitor experience in the 2010 DiningStyles Customer Satisfaction Survey than did any other food provider at a college or university in the Southeast.

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ parent and CEO of a company that provides software solutions for the federal government has a piece of advice for entrepreneurs: when writing a business plan, never forget to show how you’ll execute it to make money for investors. Raj Ananthanpillai offered that wisdom and more on March 14 in the LaRose Digital Theatre as the latest university guest in the C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture Series.

The economy trumps all other issues facing Alamance County, with the effects of a prolonged downturn impacting the social, health and behavioral well being of its residents, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll. Poll director Hunter Bacot joined with leaders from the United Way of Alamance County and from Healthy Alamance on Tuesday to share findings in a midday news conference from campus.

Raj Ananthanpillai, president and CEO of InfoZen, a company that provides software solutions for the federal government and select commercial customers, visits ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on March 14 as the latest speaker in the C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture Series.

The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition is now entering its final stretch, and results are in for the first three weeks of the four-week competition. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has posted a 6.2 percent energy reduction to date in the competition with the goal of reaching a 10 percent overall decrease.

Four out of five respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll would support an amendment to the state constitution that would make all public business of any government body in North Carolina open and available to the public.

The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition has reached its halfway point with results now in for the first two weeks of the four-week competition. A cumulative campus-wide energy reduction stands at 6.5 percent, with the ultimate goal of a 10 percent decrease in energy use.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has collected more than 23,000 pounds of material in the first three weeks of the national RecycleMania 2011 contest and is currently in 10th place in North Carolina for the total amount saved from landfills.

A week-long trivia contest that tests knowledge of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s history is now in its final day with a chance for students, faculty and staff to win gift cards and prizes to local businesses. Read this story to learn more and to qualify for a gift card prize from the Student Government Association.