Elon’s Irish Dance Team provides strong sense of community for members
The sound of fiddles and flutes fill the conference rooms in upstairs Lakeside as the Elon Irish Dance Team begins its weekly practice.
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The sound of fiddles and flutes fill the conference rooms in upstairs Lakeside as the Elon Irish Dance Team begins its weekly practice.
On Dec. 6, members of the Elon Electric Ensemble class had the chance to debut songs they worked on throughout the semester, and the crowd had the chance to see the talent present at Elon.
Specks of gray peek out of Donna Burch’s blonde hair while she sits in downtown Elon during a crisp autumn day. A white, linen long-sleeve top disguises her cobalt blue undershirt. Resting on a thin chain, a silver, circular pendant resembling a wedding ring dangles from her neck. When the sun hits her, the lenses of her glasses darken. Through the tint, tears form in her eyes as she remembers her husband, Haley Burch.
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With over 2.1 million followers on TikTok, Elon University senior Nik Salah — also known as judyhoppsl0vr69 — expanded his digital presence by releasing original music.
With shaky hands, Bob Rice opened one of the various plastic tall storage cabinets in his garage. Inside are a mix of wooden, plastic and shoe boxes. Some are labeled vintage spoons, forks and coins but that’s not what he is looking for. He scans his inventory with the thick lenses that he calls his glasses, but he eventually finds a box labeled knives.
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Inside a World War II quonset hut, a building shaped like a silver half-moon, lies two cased doors resting along tall wooden crates. This door sticks out in the Salvage Shop like a sore thumb; it’s the tallest object in the entire shop, but it’s also quite beautiful. The top of the door has a half-circle structure with details on it to look like rays of sun. Besides the fade and chipping of paint, this door remains completely intact and in decent condition. The only thing it was missing is its story.
The lack of relationship with the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation shocked junior co-president of the Native American Student Association, Sakura Kawakami, upon arrival to Elon. During her convocation, Kawakami and her father had expected a welcome from the Occaneechi Band, as this is customary for her tribes, the Ngāti Porou and Te Arawa of the Māori Indigenous people of New Zealand.
Elon University's Student Union Board hosted its first SUBFest on Nov. 8, an outdoor music festival featuring live performances, student-run businesses and giveaways.
As the cast of Elon University’s fall mainstage musical, “Legally Blonde,” came on stage to take their final bows, the audience rose out of their seats to give the actors a standing ovation.
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Two robotic dogs are making their debut appearance during Elon University’s fall mainstage musical “Legally Blonde.”
A ghoulish castle drenches a hill in shadow. Lightning illuminates the cobweb ridden staircases of its interior. Outside, horses whine as werewolves howl throughout the thick forest of the town below. If this sounds like the introduction to a horror film, that couldn’t be more incorrect.
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In honor of the annual awareness campaign Banned Books Week, promoted by the American Library Association, English professors Dan Burns and Dinidu Karunanayake decided to co-lead a reading and discussion of Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.” While not technically a banned book, “Knife” describes the aftermath of the assassination attempt on the controversial author in 2022. Burns hosted the second meeting covering the memoir on Oct. 21 in Carlton 224.
To end Hispanic Heritage Month, Elon University’s El Centro hosted its eighth annual gala to support and empower students, faculty and staff who identify as Latinx/Hispanic. With laughter, music and cultural food, there was a community atmosphere in LaRose Student Commons throughout the night of Oct. 18.
Since they first became friends, Stephanie Batten and Callie Oldham have joked about running a bookstore together. The two met when they were teaching second grade and high school, respectively, at the same school.
In remembrance of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, Elon’s Jewish Life team organized an art exhibit to provide a meaningful way to mark the war’s one-year anniversary, according to Director of Jewish Life Betsy Polk. Hebrew professor and Jewish educator Boaz Avraham-Katz, along with his colleagues, wanted to offer Elon students a different perspective into life in Israel during a time of war through the showcased art.