Editorials

LIFESTYLE 8/31/16 10:26am

Elon Eats: Big city feel in Downtown Burlington

By Courtney Campbell

Walking into Redefinery & Co., you’re immediately hit with a wave of trendiness. The dimly lit space is open, with cozy couches, a few tables, vintage art and black-and-white films projected on the wall. Patrons are casually sipping on classy cocktails and eating appetizers called tapas.

LIFESTYLE 8/28/16 9:57am

ELONightlife Getaways to provide group trips off campus

By Courtney Campbell

Since his opportunities for college nightlife was mostly restricted to West End Terrance, Tony’s Pub-N-Subs and The Fat Frogg, Adam Salaymeh ’16 always wanted a way to explore the rest of the North Carolina nightlife scene. After working at Rally, a crowd-powered bus service, Salaymeh wanted to bring additional nightlife to Elon students through ELONightlife Getaways. His hope is to bring large group of students to different areas and events in a safe and cost-efficient way.

NEWS 8/26/16 4:16pm

A virtual tour of #ElonMoveIn 2016 with Elon News Network

 

On Aug. 26, the largest and most diverse class in the history of Elon University moved into their new home. OLs, O-team members and others in the Elon community were on hand to help incoming freshmen and their parents through the hot, humid Friday. Tour the four major neighborhoods of #ElonMoveIn 2016 through the eyes of Elon News Network.

NEWS 8/26/16 8:00am

You're already making history, so make it loudly

By Hannah Silvers

I'm not the first, and I won't be the last, to say this to you today: Welcome to Elon University, Class of 2020. We've heard a little about you already. We've heard you're the largest and most diverse class to date in Elon history. The entire Elon community is excited to get to know the entire class of 1,569 students, 20 percent of whom are non-white. You're already historic, and you've just started here. But also.

NEWS 8/26/16 7:00am

EDITORIAL: If you're calling Elon your new home, treat it like one

 

Class of 2020: If you haven’t declared it already, you’re likely preparing to call Elon your “new home.” And it’s true — this is your new home. But it stretches far beyond your new lofted bed. When you call this community your home, think about everything you’re embracing. All of it.

NEWS 8/25/16 8:49pm

AAPI Phoenix, we see you for who you are

By Nikki Valente

When I first toured Elon University, it seemed like the perfect school. When I arrived here, it almost was. I loved the small class sizes. I had fantastic professors. I enjoyed the courses that I took. I felt like I was growing as a student. I became involved in InterVarsity, so my spiritual needs were provided for. To top it all off, the campus was beautiful. But despite all of the wonderful things Elon offered, I wanted to transfer a month or two into my freshman year. I’m a first-generation Filipino-American, and I didn’t feel like my ethnic identity was welcomed or supported on Elon’s campus.

NEWS 8/25/16 7:48pm

Become authors of your own worldview and faith

By Jan Fuller

Oh behalf of the Chaplains — Father Gerry, Rabbi Meir, Chaplain Joel, Muslim Coordinator Shane Atkinson, and myself, Chaplain Jan — I want to welcome you! It is a joy to have the campus teeming again with happy and energetic students. Our presence on campus means that Elon cares about your spiritual self, and your whole self. Our mission, in the Truitt Center, is to provide you resources to explore, consider and deepen your religious or spiritual commitment. We also offer you opportunities to understand and interact with those who follow different paths. And we provide events and moments to support religious and non-religious students to think together and learn from each other.

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In 2024, Shell, a corporation responsible for roughly 2% of all global emissions, posted a poll on social media asking what the public was willing to do to reduce their carbon footprint. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, did not let the post slide, she said during her Earth Week keynote at Elon University in McKinnon Hall on April 22.

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Fighting stereotypes: junior finds ways to expand opportunities within stage combat

Elon junior Aubrey Kocsis wants to fight the patriarchy, literally. A Lumen Scholar winner, Kocsis first became familiar with stage combat when she travelled to Oxford, England in high school to attend a Shakespeare Summer Intensive. She learned so much about what she calls the “illusion of violence,” but also left the program feeling discouraged. 

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