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9/2/16 3:45pm
Elon Summer Concert Series comes to an end
The Town of Elon finishes up the “Alive After Five” summer concert series Thursday September 8.
The Town of Elon finishes up the “Alive After Five” summer concert series Thursday September 8.
In front of an audience of around 20 students, faculty and staff, Ray Lin, Assistant Director of the Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education, sighed into his microphone. Reflecting on the shootings of black men by law enforcement officers over the summer of 2016 — including that of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was shot and killed during a confrontation with two police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Lin urged the audience took look at the bigger picture. “These events are nothing new — they are symptoms of much larger, systemic problems,” he said.
In their self-proclaimed “political” show, The Second City performed almost two hours of sketch and improv comedy for a nearly full house in McCrary Theatre Thursday night. Hailing from Chicago, The Second City opened in 1959 and has produced comedy greats like Tina Fey, Gilda Radner, and Joan Rivers.
Saying that it was an eventful Tuesday for freshman defensive back Khalil Moore would be a colossal understatement. Not only did Moore take his first college class, he found out he would be starting in his first collegiate game tomorrow for the Elon University football team as the Phoenix takes on Gardner-Webb University at 3:30 p.m. “I didn’t really know until after class today,” Moore said.
Elon University President Leo Lambert has so many things on his mind that he forgot to send a planned video presentation to SGA’s executive staff — a mistake that was met with laughs and lightheartedness at the first 2016-2017 SGA meeting in its inaugural town hall format.
Correction: The graphic initially posted listed incorrect student to faculty ratios for the 1994-1995, 2004-2005 and 2014-2015 school years.
As Scott Riddle ‘11 was wrapping up his speech to conclude the Elon University football team’s day Aug.
Head coach Rich Skrosky can’t help but recite one of his favorite stats about the Elon University football team. “We’ve talked about these two classes — last year’s freshman class and this year’s freshman class — that’s the bulk of this team,” Skrosky said.
Kimberly Johansen has been through a lot of change during her three years with the Elon University cross country team. There was the coaching switch less than two weeks before her sophomore season, when Nick Polk took the helm. At the same time, Elon entered the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
Sophomore Nick Ciolkowski isn’t the most vocal guy on the Elon University men’s cross country team. And he didn’t think that’d be an issue, particularly so early in his career. That’s what comes with success.
As the Elon University women’s soccer team enters its third season in the Colonial Athletic Association, head coach Chris Neal has seen what it takes to win in this conference. Neal spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, working under head coach Paul Cairney as the Seahawks improved its CAA record from 0-4-1 in 2001 to 8-3 in 2006.
With the college football season kicking off, an activity that might be almost as exciting as watching the Elon Phoenix play comes with it: tailgating.
Around three years ago, the Black Lives Matter movement began. And for the most part, I’ve stayed silent. I watch the news every day and continuously see acts of institutional racism, and yet say nothing about them. Sure, I’ve shared and liked videos on Facebook that others post, but that is the extent of my action. Or, I guess I should say, inaction. I hear these discussions of white supremacy, but refrain from saying a word.
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To incoming freshmen: Enjoy the moment. It’s an exciting time for you. You will not only meet many people but also experience different things. This doesn’t just apply to move-in day but to your entire year. So once in a while, put your phone up, look around, and enjoy the moment.
This year, Orientation Leaders (OLs) — clad in their signature beige shorts and white T-shirts — added something new to their standard uniform: a name tag that included their gender pronoun.
Senior Sara Galinko had no idea she would end up saving a dog's life.
A group of transfer students sitting on the Moseley Center patio looked over to the table next to them and said, almost in unison, "What? That's so cool!"
Elon University has welcomed more than 1,500 incoming students this week, but one new face has been here since the start of August: Julia Bleakney, the new Writing Center director in The Center for Writing Excellence.
WINSTON-SALEM — Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence was greeted by chants and numerous “Make America Great Again” posters as he took the stage at a rally here Tuesday evening. This is Pence’s second time in the state this month.
