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NEWS 5/24/16 9:20am

Sophomore charged in breaking and entering

By Tommy Hamzik and Andrew Feather

An Elon University sophomore was arrested and charged in connection with a breaking an entering at a Town of Elon residence Tuesdaymorning. McCrae A. Wahl, 19, of Burlington, was charged with felony first degree burglary, felony larcey after breaking and entering and misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Alamance County Jail.

NEWS 5/22/16 7:15pm

Top 10 Stories of 2015-2016

By Tommy Hamzik

Elon University came together in November after the death of junior football player Demitri Allison, and again in March when Professor of Geography Heidi Frontani died.  Hundreds convened at Gathering of Friends for both Allison and Frontani, sharing memories and stories about their loved ones. 

NEWS 5/21/16 11:18am

Signing in plain sight

By Hannah Silvers

She’s standing near the stage in plain sight of everyone at Commencement. She’s wearing colors that contrast with her skin tone, as dictated by her discipline’s ethical guidelines, to make her hands and face stand out even to audience members seated far away.

NEWS 5/21/16 11:11am

Senior chooses personal development over job

By Kate Sieber

For most college seniors, the final year of undergraduate school is spent scouring for jobs in the dreaded “real world.” Students obsess over landing the job of their dreams; the job they have worked their entire college career to get. But for senior Jaclyn DeVincent, finding a job for her post-college life had not yet crossed her mind.

NEWS 5/21/16 10:23am

Elon Poll Director leaving university

By Ashley Bohle

After four years of working as the Director of Elon Poll and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kenneth Fernandez is moving to Las Vegas for family reasons. “It really is just family driving me there,” Fernandez said.

NEWS 5/20/16 12:05pm

Rain forecast for tomorrow's Commencement

By Christina Elias

Elon University experienced backlash from students and families after sending a letter last fall explaining that because of School of Communications construction, seniors’ families would be limited to four Commencement tickets.

SPORTS 5/19/16 6:30pm

The football player leaving without a plan

By Alex Simon

While most Elon University seniors or graduate students have tried to set up their jobs post-commencement, Alexander Dawson ’15, MBA ’16 has never tried to be like the typical college student. After five years with the Elon football team — four years of undergrad, and a year getting his MBA — Dawson is ready to move on to his next phase of life. But, right now, he has no idea what he’s doing next. “I’ll say, ‘Well, I could start working right now and start building my wealth and see what I can do,’” Dawson said.

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LIFESTYLE 04/20/2026 8:37pm
Student research discovers suspected cause of plant disease

During his freshman year, now-senior Billy Impagliazzo took two classes taught by biology professor Antonio Izzo. When he got to Elon, Impagliazzo said he knew he wanted to take part in research projects. In his sophomore year, Impagliazzo went to Izzo to discuss research opportunities he had in his lab. Izzo said he believed Impagliazzo would conduct research for only a semester, but almost three years later, Impagliazzo has identified the main microbe infecting the blue curls plant and has presented his research on SURF Day. 

LIFESTYLE 04/20/2026 12:37pm
Elon student digs into Burlington’s past after historic hotel demolition

The Rockefeller Integrated Hotel stood on Burlington’s Maple Avenue before being demolished a few weeks ago. Created by McBride “Mack” Thompson, a prominent African American entrepreneur in the Jim Crow South, the hotel was both his home and a place for Black travelers to stay somewhere safe. A single box of papers was recovered from the demolition site by a neighbor. Marshall Sears, a sophomore researching African American entrepreneurship in Petersburg, digitizes documents including those found in the demolition, as a part of his undergraduate research.

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