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(08/07/12 3:29am)
Beginning this fall, high school seniors in Alamance County will have a new opportunity to get a head start on their college careers before graduation. Through Collegiate Start @Elon, eligible seniors may take up to two courses on campus each semester, and simultaneously earn both high school and college credit.
(07/31/12 5:02am)
After a real-world tragedy befell Aurora, Co. early last Friday, millions of Americans escaped to the digital world to express a wide range of strong emotions. Now, as the online conversation is trailing off, it’s worth considering the implications of turning to social media in the wake of such emotional events.
(07/08/12 7:42pm)
A college that once appealed to North Carolina residents within a relatively small radius of the school has since captured the attention of the entire East Coast. Now, Elon University will show itself to the other side.
(06/29/12 10:40pm)
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, legally affirming the constitutionality of the healthcare reform originally passed by Congress in 2010. The law, a key component of President Barack Obama’s platform, will take full effect in 2014.
(06/14/12 9:30pm)
North Carolina Public Records Law is not applicable to state-commissioned police departments of private universities within the state, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month.
(05/28/12 3:51am)
Raghu Tadepalli will replace interim dean Scott Buechler as the next dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business July 1, bringing with him a plan to emphasize entrepreneurship and international partnerships.
(05/13/12 7:16pm)
By midnight May 9, the results were finalized: Amendment One passed in the North Carolina primary elections with 61 percent of the vote. The strong amount of support for the amendment elicited strong reactions from all who had vied for or against its passage.
(05/09/12 12:16am)
The highly anticipated day arrived at last.
(05/08/12 2:12am)
Emblazoned with the C-SPAN logo, a charter bus carrying six touch-screen computers and a SMART Board rolled onto Elon University’s campus and parked outside Moseley Center at noon May 5.
(05/04/12 2:36pm)
A recent Elon Poll found more North Carolina residents think favorably of President Barack Obama than the likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The poll indicated 49 percent of residents think favorably of Obama, while only 28 percent think favorably of Romney.
(05/04/12 4:16am)
At Thursday night’s Student Government Association Senate meeting, representatives unanimously agreed to pass a resolution to express sympathy following the death of Elon sophomore Jordan West. The resolution will be transported to West’s funeral early next week, accompanied by a letter to his family.
(05/03/12 3:26am)
Heads were bowed, condolences were whispered and hugs were quietly exchanged as Jordan West’s many friends, acquaintances and professors gathered in his memory May 2 in Elon University’s Moseley Center. But the initial silence was soon cut by laughter, loud and genuine, as the many people West touched shared their favorite stories of him.
(05/01/12 11:36pm)
A traffic stop on South Williamson Avenue near the intersection of Ball Park Road resulted in the arrest of two males for drug possession, said Elon Police Chief Cliff Parker.
(05/01/12 10:28pm)
After much debate last week, the Student Government Association passed a resolution expressing SGA’s opposition to Amendment One during its regular Senate meeting.
(04/30/12 1:45pm)
Sophomore Jordan West died early Monday morning after developing difficulty breathing, according to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life. His roommates called 911 just before 3 a.m. and he was taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center, where he later died.
(04/27/12 1:56pm)
A proposed resolution to express the SGA’s opposition to Amendment One was the core issue of Thursday night’s Senate meeting. About 15 members of the Elon student body and community attended the meeting to express their opinions regarding the resolution.
(04/26/12 6:01pm)
Shouts of “break the silence, stop the violence!” could be heard as more than 150 students and faculty members marched down North O’Kelly Avenue, through Loy Center and past Alamance before stopping at Whitley Auditorium at Elon University.
(04/24/12 8:59pm)
An Invisible Children representative who lived through the experience hiding from the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group concentrated in central Africa, as depicted in the “Kony 2012” films, addressed a crowd at Elon University April 23.
(04/24/12 8:51pm)
The critical date is edging closer, and the buzz surrounding the controversy is growing louder every day.
(04/24/12 7:28pm)
Elon students have infringed upon her space for years. She has found a sorority-branded flip-flop in her yard and a pair of Victoria’s Secret underwear in her tree. But only when the university itself crept into her backyard did Jo Grimley get truly upset.