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NEWS 11/1/20 4:32pm

March organizer demands law enforcement to be held accountable, police stand by actions

By Christian Galvano and Mackenzie Wilkes

Following a march to the polls that ended abruptly after law enforcement clashed with peaceful protesters, both Graham Police Department and the Rev. Greg Drumwright, organizer of the march, held dueling press conferences where they addressed what happened at the march in Graham.

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NEWS 10/31/20 8:33pm

Elon students, others released from custody after being pepper sprayed during march

By Jack Norcross and Margaret Faust

Two Elon University students, along with other marchers,  are out of police custody after being arrested during a march for voting rights and justice.The event was civil until members of law enforcement began pepper spraying marchers. Members of the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office and Graham Police Department were present on scene.

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NEWS 10/31/20 3:37pm

Multiple marchers arrested, pepper sprayed in Graham at march for voting rights and justice

By Christian Galvano and Kyra O'Connor

A march for voting rights and racial justice in Graham — that was headed to an early voting location — was dispersed after a clash with law enforcement. Law enforcement used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd that was gathered in front of the Alamance County courthouse.

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NEWS 10/30/20 2:18pm

Alamance County's people of the polls

By Grace Terry

Voters in Alamance County have lined up at the polls for early voting at the county's five locations. Adrianne Mowry has been at Holly Hill Mall encouraging voters to vote for the Green Party while Sadie Howard-Stanfield has been working at polls for over 30 years and his currently the Democratic precint chair at the Elmira Community Chair.

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NEWS 10/30/20 1:12pm

Elon University announces plans for Winter Term and spring semester

By Jinger Callwood

Elon University has announced that classes for the upcoming Winter Term and spring semester will be conducted in-person or hybrid and will require pre-semester COVID-19 testing before students, faculty and staff return to campus.

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NEWS 10/30/20 11:31am

Contact tracing catches COVID-19 clusters

By Mackenzie Wilkes

Within the past two weeks, ten clusters have been identified by the Alamance County Health Department amongst Elon University students. Clusters of COVID-19 cases have been popping up in residence halls and greek organizations across campus. Seven fraternities and sororities and three freshman dorms all have had clusters.

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NEWS 10/29/20 2:55pm

Over 60 new cases of COVID-19 identified from Elon University’s expanded testing

By Miranda Ferrante

Since starting expanded testing of 5,000 Elon University students due to a record high number of COVID-19 cases on campus, over 1,800 test results have been returned, according to an email to the Elon community from Jeff Stein, chair of the Ready & Resilient committee.  

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NEWS 10/29/20 1:38pm

COVID-19 testing continues while the power is out

By Kyra O'Connor

Despite the campus wide power outage at Elon University’s coronavirus testing is still up and running in Alumni Gym. According to Brett Simon, assistant director of campus recreation and wellness for sport programs, COVID-19 testing will continue as planned for the remainder of the day, despite Alumni Gym currently being without power. 

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NEWS 10/29/20 11:28am

LIVE BLOG: Multiple power outages across Elon University

By Elon News Network

Several on-campus buildings have lost power including residence halls in the Historic neighborhood and Oaks neighborhood. This comes after the National Weather Service issued a high wind warning in the area. 

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NEWS 10/29/20 10:33am

COVID-19 spikes cause anxiety, ire among students

By Grace Terry

Some students are angry after seeing the spike in the school’s COVID-19 case numbers, while others feel like they can't socialize at all because of the record high case numbers. One student said she most of that anger was directed at the Elon administration and believes that through their emails, the university is blaming students for the spike in cases. 

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NEWS 10/28/20 5:51pm

Elon University uses new, cheaper COVID-19 test

By Maeve Ashbrook

Elon University is using a new PCR COVID-19 test from Radeas Labs. The change in test comes as the university hopes to test up to 5,000 students for the virus this week. Chair of the Ready & Resilient Committee Jeff Stein said after assessing the company’s “capabilities negotiating a contract,” the university was able to start using the tests this week. 

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LIFESTYLE 10/28/20 3:26pm

Initiative builds bridge between religion, sexual identity

By Quinn Corrigan

The Gender and LGBTQIA Center and Truitt Center created the Spirit and Pride Initiative, a program that strives to create a bridge between gender and sexual identity and religion. In its first year on campus, this initiative has already started to get positive feedback. 

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SPORTS 10/28/20 1:04pm

Burlington Baseball unaffiliated with minor league

By Jon Sarver Jr.

Major League Baseball and USA Baseball announced that the Royals’ league — the Appalachian League — will no longer be affiliated with minor league baseball and will become a collegiate summer league. This announcement ended the Burlington baseball team’s relationship with its MLB affiliate the Kansas City Royals.

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NEWS 10/27/20 6:07pm

Alamance County 2020 voter guide

By Elon News Network

The presidential election is not the only thing on the ballot in North Carolina this November. In addition to voting for president, Alamanace County voters will pick a governor, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, state senator, state representatives and Alamance County commissioners. 

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LIFESTYLE 10/27/20 10:40am

Life@Elon continues to push virtual learning

By Quinn Corrigan

For a decade, Life@Elon has been helping senior citizens in the Elon community continue their education. Although they can’t meet in their usual home of Johnston Hall because of the coronavirus pandemic, Life@Elon is still promoting their mission of lifelong learning online.

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LIFESTYLE 10/27/20 9:50am

Vote for Best of 2021

By Elon News Network

It's time for Elon News Network's Best of 2021 edition. In our survey, vote for your favorite things and places in and around Elon.

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LIFESTYLE 10/26/20 5:28pm

Local couple opening smoothie bar in Elon amid coronavirus pandemic

By Brian Rea

Jenipher and Jerry Smith, of Whitsett, are co-owners of Deep Roots, a smoothie bar that they hope to open in Elon this December. The couple said they began their own wellness journey and wanted to bring a healthy quick-service option to the area.

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NEWS 10/26/20 5:15pm

Faces of Homelessness panel to take place virtually

By Christian Galvano

The Kernodle Center for Civic Life is hosting a virtual panel that will include three people who have faced or currently facing homelessness. This year, the event is taking place on Zoom. The Faces of Homelessnes panel is assembled by the National Coalition for the Homeless and sponsored by the Elon chapter of Campus Kitchen. 

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NEWS 10/26/20 1:25pm

Elon Votes encourages civic engagement

By Molly Healy

Elon Votes! is a student-led, nonpartisan initiative on campus aimed to engage students in civic and political participation. The initiative started in 2014 and is currently the exclusive voter registration organization on campus.

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NEWS 10/26/20 10:20am

Elon to host national undergraduate research journal

By Jacob Kisamore

For the next three years, Elon University’s political science department will edit and publish the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, which releases both a spring and fall issue each year. Elon will be the fourth school to host the journal since it was founded in 2001.

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