Twenty-nine people were injured near a Manhattan neighborhood Saturday night after an explosion detonated in the area.
It’s been a month since the Elon University athletic teams began competition in 2016-17, which marked the beginning of Elon’s apparel partnership with Under Armour. And, since Elon became an Under Armour school July 1, Director of Athletics Dave Blank said that the relationship between the school and company has been great. “They’ve been outstanding with getting the equipment that we needed,” Blank said.
When she was 12-years-old, senior Reagan Ogle hopped off the Winnie the Pooh ride in Disney World.
Classes have been in session for nearly a month, and amidst the papers and projects, one Elon University club is seeking positivity.
About 30 minutes away in Mebane, a group of 20 “horse-obsessed” students head to Rosewood Farm weekly to take riding lessons, care for their horses and prepare for horse shows against other collegiate riders. A lesser-known organization on Elon’s campus, the club sport Elon Equestrian Team has garnered a group of dedicated riders, passionate about horses to come together and do what they love.
The Elon University football team used a powerful running game and a dominant defensive effort to down Division II Fayetteville State University 26-3 Saturday night.
After thirty years at Elon, history professor Nancy Midgette is wasting no time taking advantage of her new found free time. Midgette came to Elon in 1985 after meeting Professor George Troxler and his wife at a southern historians meeting. Troxler told Midgetter that if she ever found herself in North Carolina, to stop by Elon and apply for a job because they were often hiring new professors.
In its final match before Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play begins, the Elon University women’s soccer team got a first-half goal from each of its young, speedy forwards to beat Davidson College 2-0 Thursday night at Rudd Field. Freshman forward Taylor Paradoski scored in the 17th minute for her first career collegiate goal and sophomore forward Tori Baliatico found the back of the net in the 28th minute, something that encourages head coach Chris Neal ahead of conference play. "I think we took a big step forward today,” Neal said.
Members of the Elon Community gathered in the McBride gathering space in the Numen Lumen Pavilion on Thursday to celebrate Eid Al Adha, the Muslim holiday of sacrifice. The event featured speakers discussing the importance of the holiday, food, and discussion about the holiday’s traditions.
A head-on collision resulted in the death of a Gibsonville woman at approximately 11:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, according to Town of Elon Police. A car crossed the center line and crashed into her car while they were traveling in opposite directions down University Drive.
Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, activist, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, the Elon’s 2016-17 Common Reading selection, spoke to students about injustice and inequality on Sept. 15.
GREENSBORO — Hillary Clinton spoke Thursday less than two miles from where NCAA Tournament games were scheduled to be played this March, and in the same city the Atlantic Coast Conference calls home.
A drag show to benefit Alamance Pride was hosted last night at the Jazznmore in downtown Burlington.
Acorn coffee shop is set to get a new awning this Friday causing four parking spaces along N Williamson Ave next to Elon University and two spaces in front of Acorn to be closed from 5:30am to 9:00pm. The sidewalk area in front of Acorn will also be closed during the installation of the awning.
As Elon University has continued to grow its enrollment, the school is finding students in all regions of the country and the world.
As North Carolina’s House Bill 2 continues to linger in scrutiny, Elon University may see an impact come to its campus and its state through athletics. This wekk, both the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) pulled its neutral-site championship events out of North Carolina this week, with the NCAA pulling four Division I championship events and the ACC pulling all eight of its neutral-site championships. Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) commissioner Joe D’Antonio released a statement Wednesday, saying that the conference is “monitor[ing] all aspects of a conference championship event being held in the state of North Carolina.” “At all CAA championship events our goal is to provide an environment in which our fans, student-athletes, administrators and all people involved in the event are treated fairly and in a non-discriminatory manner,” D’Antonio said.
Seven Apple Macbook computers were damaged in a breaking and entering that occurred Saturday at the on-campus Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority house in the Loy Center.
SPARKS Peer Education hosted “Can I Kiss You?,” a discussion about consent headed by speaker and award-winning author Mike Domitrz, Tuesday, Sept. 13 in McKinnon Hall. The event was billed as “a fun-filled look at relationships and consent,” and covered topics ranging from recognizing and stopping sexual assault to how to respond if someone says, “No,” to the question, “Can I kiss you?”
In the editorial published on September 7, 2016, Make conversations more accessible to all leaders on campus — not just ‘the most involved,’ the editorial staff addressed the issue of hyper-involved students holding leadership positions in administrative-level forums about change on campus. While we maintain that the administration needs to seek out voices of less involved students, our editorial glazed over facts pertaining to the many steps taken by the Presidential Task Force on Social Climate and Out-of-Class Engagement.
It didn’t matter if you knew Derek Winton, the fifth-year senior at Elon who died early Saturday morning. The loss of a community member — less than three weeks into our academic year — is painful for all. And for a campus that often moves too quickly into our own organizational silos, it’s important for all of us to stop, slow down and be there for each other in this time of grieving.
