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(02/08/24 2:27pm)
Member of the Elon trustees Jim Maynard passed away at 91 on Dec. 24, 2023. Maynard joined the board of trustees in 1985 after having a successful career as the owner of Tower Mills Inc. — a hosiery company founded by his father and former Elon trustee, Reid Maynard. Jim was elected a life trustee in 2014, and received Elon’s highest honor for service to the university, the Elon Medallion, in 2018.
(02/14/24 12:46pm)
Jamil Kadoura, owner of Mediterranean Deli, expects the restaurant to open the first week of March. He said construction for the new location in the Town of Elon finished, and that they received their certificate of occupancy from the health department on Feb. 6.
(02/12/24 10:00pm)
Freshman Eric Pettit remembers auditioning for Elon University’s music theatre program, trying to stand out among his peers in hopes of getting in. For his first Elon show, Pettit said he found himself channeling that energy again as he played Mark Anthony in “A Chorus Line.”
(02/11/24 6:28pm)
In the empty Holly Hills Burlington Mall on a quiet Saturday morning, a contagious burst of energy radiates from one room. The loud music, laughter and joy originated from a group of over 19 women, who were all dancing and wearing their brightest blue at 9 a.m. on Feb. 10.
(02/09/24 11:13pm)
Elon Law student Landon Eckard left for D.C. as soon as he got out of class on Tuesday, Feb. 6. After arriving at the Supreme Court building around 7 p.m., Eckard waited in line for a seat in former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court hearing on Feb. 8 — where The Court deliberated if Trump should be barred from the 2024 presidential ballot.
(02/09/24 9:28pm)
Elon University announced alumna Ginna Claire Mason ’13 as the 2024 undergraduate commencement speaker.
(02/09/24 5:28pm)
The fraternity rush process began with all nine Interfraternity Council (IFC) organizations meeting potential new members. While the recruitment process happens at the same time every year, this year’s spring rush looks a bit different.
(02/09/24 4:05am)
The Elon University men’s basketball team couldn’t find much success shooting or rebounding in their 79-64 loss to Stony Brook at the Schar Center on Feb. 8.
(02/09/24 3:28pm)
Elon Law’s Flex program has gotten the go-ahead by the American Bar Association and The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to begin enrollment. The part-time law program is accepting applications and will welcome in their first cohort in the fall.
(02/08/24 4:12pm)
Updated as of 1:04 p.m. on Feb. 8 to include update on road reopening.
(02/13/24 1:32pm)
Elon senior Jasper Myers said a common misconception she hears is current students don’t think they are a part of history. That’s why she started a ‘Homecoming History’ submission form for current students, alumni and community members to submit personal photos, videos and documents to the university’s archives. Myers said the goal for this project is to make information from previous research reports — such as the “Black Lumen Project” and the “Elon History and Memory Report” — more accessible to current students. Alongside the project, she created an edited campus tour focusing specifically on Elon's Black history.
(02/08/24 4:39am)
29-year-old Rom El-Hai and two of his friends found themselves hiding in the bushes after fleeing from the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023. Sharing the bushes with some other survivors, El-Hai said they couldn’t help but address their situation by asking a question:
(02/12/24 12:54pm)
Freshman Julia Swartz considered herself to be a fairly open-minded person before coming to Elon. Yet when Swartz decided to take WGS 1100: Sex and Gender Studies course her first semester, she found her perspective challenged in ways she hadn’t considered.
(02/11/24 6:17pm)
The town of Elon is currently facing a vacancy crisis among their staff.
(02/12/24 5:21pm)
Khirey Walker has seen a lot of change within Elon University’s sport management department since coming back as a professor. The former Phoenix defensive lineman graduated from Elon in 2011 before returning in 2022 to teach sport management.
(02/09/24 12:42pm)
Celo Faucette was born in 1947 in Glen Raven, Alamance County and grew up during the civil rights era. After living in Alamance County during segregation, Faucette tells stories of Burlington that haven't been documented in history books. He provides a perspective that helps accurately depict the history of Alamance County.
(02/08/24 1:19pm)
One thing that has always amazed professor Amanda Kleintop is how quickly a place can lose its institutional memory.
(02/07/24 12:56pm)
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(02/05/24 10:44pm)
Alamance County commissioners approved $250,000 of funding to delay potential Alamance-Burlington School System layoffs at their monthly meeting Feb. 5.
(02/06/24 8:51pm)
Unabashedly singing and dancing to Gloria Gaynor’s 1970’s hit “I Will Survive” after her Sundance premiere, journalist and filmmaker Shiori Ito seems anything but sad — despite her emotional story. Following her own case of sexual assault from 2015, Ito’s documentary “Black Box Diaries” covers her personal and journalistic journey in Japan as she tries to prosecute her high-profile rapist.