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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 9:08pm)
Elon News Network is a student-run daily news organization. It features a vibrant website and active social media accounts. ENN produces a weekly newspaper (The Pendulum), a weekly nightly newscast (“Elon Local News”)
(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.
(02/11/24 6:38pm)
Khirey Walker, former Phoenix defensive lineman, graduated from Elon in 2011 before returning in 2022 to teach sport management. Photo courtesy of Elon Athletics Archive.
(02/14/24 1:33am)
State Sen. Amy Galey speaks to ABB Superintendent Dain Butler during a joint meeting between state delegates and members of the Board of Education and the Alamance County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 8 inside the ABSS administrative offices in Burlington.
(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 4:35pm)
Traffic on East Haggard Ave. is closed from Antioch to Lawrence on Feb. 8 due to a gas leak, according to an E-Alert sent at approximately 11 a.m. The Utility Company is on scene and repairs may take up to a couple of hours.
(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:
(02/08/24 4:41am)
Israeli Rom El-Hai describes how he hid from Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on a music festival. Members of the Elon community filled LaRose Theater in the KOBC on Feb. 7 to listen to El-Hai tell his story.
(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.