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SPORTS 5/23/19 6:52pm

Elon senior found dead in southern Alamance County

By Jack Haley

Elon University senior and former member of Elon's football team Nicholas Kavouklis was found dead in a rural part of Southern Alamance County just after 2 p.m. on May 23 according to an email from Vice President of Student Life Jon Dooley. Kavouklis from Tampa, Florida, and an exercise science major.

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LIFESTYLE 5/23/19 8:00am

Elon Fulbright scholars reflect on the application process

By Emery Eisner

Every year, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards about 2,000 grants to recent graduates and graduate students in over 140 countries in six global regions. This year, five Elon seniors and an alumna were awarded Fulbright grants, an increase from four students last year. Four recipients accepted while two declined.

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NEWS 5/22/19 12:00am

Constructing a legacy of leadership

By Hannah Massen

When Provost Steven House arrived at Elon University in 2001, he was given one piece of advice from the former provost: don’t break anything. While holding on to that wisdom for the past 18 years, House has not left the university as he found it. House looked beyond not breaking anything, and he started building.

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NEWS 5/20/19 8:26pm

Third provost candidate presents at Elon

By Maeve Ashbrook

In response to the prompt given to each provost candidate, Debbie Ricker drew inspiration from Connie Book's inauguration speech during her presentation as a candidate for the next provost at Elon University Monday afternoon.

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NEWS 5/17/19 1:05pm

Two arrested for over 400 grams of cocaine in Burlington

By Christian Galvano

Jose Manuel Plantillas-Crespo and Luis Alfredo Plantillas-Crespo were arrested and charged on Wednesday for trafficking cocaine, and conspiring to traffic cocaine, according to an Alamance County Sheriff's office press release.

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NEWS 5/16/19 7:09pm

Second provost candidate speaks at Elon

By Christian Galvano

Aswani Volety is the second provost candidate to speak at an open event at Elon University.  On Thursday afternoon, Volety — who is currently a marine biology professor and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington — addressed members of the community in upstairs Lakeside about his qualifications and experience in higher education. He answered how he will leverage opportunities here at Elon to approach challenges that higher education faces in the 21st century.  

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LIFESTYLE 5/16/19 6:59pm

CEO to Farming: Reverence Farms Café

By Amanda Gibson

From CEO suite to farm land, one man changed his life to be with family. Bruce Nelson, part owner and manager of Reverence Farms café made the move from Boca Raton, Florida, to Saxapahaw, North Carolina, just a few years ago. His daughter, Suzanne Nelson had invested herself in farming, and Bruce decided it was time to make the move. 

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NEWS 5/15/19 5:46pm

Power outages hit parts of campus

By Jack Haley

At 3:59 p.m. on May 15 a power outage was first reported to Duke Energy that has impacted much of the east side of campus. East Neighborhood, Danieley Neighborhood and the Francis Center are all currently without power. All together, Duke Energy currently estimates three outages in the area, which also stretches east of campus into several off-campus student housing complexes. 

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NEWS 5/15/19 5:42pm

Nation Labor Relations Board officer recommends overruling university objection to new union

By Jack Haley

On Monday, May 13, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer made the recommendation to the NLRB Regional Officer to overrule an objection filed by Elon University against the Service Employees International Union, Workers United Southern Region (SEIU)-backed push for non-tenure-track faculty members to unionize at Elon. The university and SEIU will have one week to respond to the recommendation. 

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NEWS 5/14/19 1:42pm

Hudson speaks at first provost candidate presentation

By Amanda Gibson

On Thursday afternoon, Elizabeth Hudson addressed a crowded McKinnon Hall filled with staff, faculty answering how she would leverage opportunities here at Elon to approach challenges that higher education faces in the 21st century.

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LIFESTYLE 5/14/19 11:06am

Summer school: day trips to check out over break

By Brian Rea

As Elon University students are gearing up to head home for the summer, others are planning their stay on campus. According to MarQuita Barker, director of Residence Life, more than 1,500 students are staying on campus this summer. 

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NEWS 5/12/19 8:00am

ABDULLAH: Did JUUL Labs Inc. allow the JUUL to be cool?

By Isabella Abdullah

The majority of JUUL users are children under the ages of 18. JUUL Labs Inc. claims it did not see this coming.

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LIFESTYLE 5/11/19 8:00am

Constructing furniture one prayer at a time

By Diego Pineda

He considers every moment at his shop in Burlington to be a spiritual experience. All the pieces he has made since he began his business in 2014 have a unique stamp on it — a Bible scripture. Garrett said this scripture is laid in his heart for the family or person for whom the piece is made. 

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SPORTS 5/10/19 8:00am

Softball heads to CAA tournament

By Caitlin Rundle

On May 4, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) officially announced the seedings for the CAA Championship tournament, with the Elon Phoenix sitting in second as expected.

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NEWS 5/9/19 8:00am

Potential gas pipeline expansion to run adjacent to Haw River

By Cate McCahill

Some residents of Alamance County have been working hard to fight against a potential pipeline extension that would run through much of their land and propose a threat to the environment around them. 

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NEWS 5/8/19 8:00am

Failing to report ethnicity on arrest forms is a problem for Latino Americans, research shows

By Maggie Brown

Lucia Jervis, a senior at Elon University from Ecuador, said she never thought of herself as White until she came to Elon. But when she was filling out basic paper to apply to college in the United States, she had to place herself into a category.

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NEWS 5/7/19 9:49pm

Graham couple wanted for sex trafficking found in Virginia

By Christian Galvano and Maggie Brown

Police are investigating a case of sex trafficking and kidnapping in Graham. 

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SPORTS 5/7/19 11:33am

Tony Trisciani settled in as new football coach as season approaches

By Emmanuel Morgan

After a quick transition, Trisciani, his family and Phoenix program adjust to one another using lessons from how they got here.

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NEWS 5/7/19 8:00am

CHEAT SHEET: Everything you need to know about Brexit

By Kieran Ungemach

Brexit, the term for the “British Exit,” refers to the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) that was voted on June 23, 2016. Safia Swimelar, associate professor of political science and policy studies, discusses the implications of the U.K.’s decision to leave the EU.

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NEWS 5/6/19 5:15pm

Provost search committee announces four potential candidates

By Christian Galvano

Elizabeth Hudson, Aswani Volety, Deborah D. Ricker and Jason W. Osborne have been announced as finalists to become the next Elon University provost. All four candidates will be on campus this month for interviews and opportunities to engage with the community.

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