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NEWS 6/24/15 10:26am

Summer concert series promotes "Elon scene"

By malfini

Class is out and most students have returned home, but Downtown Elon is looking to keep the streets "alive" this summer. For the third time, Downtown Elon merchants are partnering with Elon Parks and Recreation to put on Alive After 5, a summer concert series. Quinn Ray, the General Manager of The Root says the goal of the event is to attract the community members and students still on campus to downtown and keep the area thriving while the university isn't in session.

NEWS 6/24/15 9:47am

Elon summer construction should prompt wide eyes in fall

By Kimberly Honiball

Picture arriving on campus for the upcoming fall semester. There are so many changes to formerly familiar buildings on campus, and you can’t imagine how it all was done in three months. There is a whole new part of Daniel Commons with an Einstein Bros Bagels, and Danieley Neighborhood added a huge gym.

NEWS 6/23/15 5:46pm

Teen wears prom dress with a cause

By Lindsey Lanquist

Forget the poofy ball gowns and embellished satin dresses, our vote for best-dressed at a Canadian prom goes to Erinne Paisley, a girl who used her homemade dress to make a major statement. Paisley crafted a cocktail dress from recycled math assignments and wrote “I’ve received my education.

SPORTS 6/23/15 1:45pm

Breaking down Elon 2015 men's, women's soccer schedules

By Tommy Hamzik

In the last month, Elon University has released its men’s and women’s soccer schedules for this fall. It’ll be the second year in the Colonial Athletic Association for the Phoenix, which the men thrived in during the regular season but the women struggled. Let’s break down both team’s schedules. Men’s soccer (2014 record: 9-6-4) After exhibition games at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and North Carolina State University, Elon heads to Duke University for the John Rennie/Nike Classic.

NEWS 6/21/15 11:03pm

#TheNew10

By Xernay Aniwar

On August 18th, 1920, men decided to allow women to vote. On June 17th, 2015, another man-- Secretary of Treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that he and his team would redesign the $10 note to feature the face of a woman.

NEWS 6/19/15 8:10am

Elon graduate signed to Lollapalooza, taking EDM by storm

By Michael Bodley

From fiddling with Garage Band in an Elon University dorm room, Tyler Marenyi ’13 – better known by his stage name, NGHTMRE – has from a home base in Los Angeles built an international following in the electronic dance music industry. Though the young graduate majored in finance and picked up an accounting minor, Marenyi grew disillusioned fast with his studies, which started to feel like a whole lot of going through the motions for the aspiring musician. “Every day at the end of class I was like, ‘I just want to go back and work on music,’” Marenyi said.

NEWS 6/18/15 5:46pm

Taylor Swift wears a harness to lunch

By Lindsey Lanquist

Wearing harnesses in public has never really been a thing, but it might be now. Though she’s normally known for her crop tops and classic silhouettes, Taylor Swift stepped out to lunch with BFF Selena Gomez in a band tee, short shorts, and—wait for it—a harness. That’s right, the “Bad Blood” singer added extra edge to her already kind of edgy look by throwing on a slate gray, leather harness. Swift played it off as a joke, saying, “I think you’re ignoring a really important point here… That my harness and I are always ready for a zip line/rock climbing.

NEWS 6/17/15 5:52pm

The taco emoji is finally here

By Lindsey Lanquist

iPhone users of the world, your prayers have been answered—well, kind of. Emojipedia will add 37 new emoji characters to Unicode 8.0 today. The new characters include a taco, burrito, unicorn, champagne, cheese, and hot dog.

NEWS 6/17/15 5:49pm

Kim Kardashian sports yet another daring maternity ensemble

By Lindsey Lanquist

Gone are the days of flowy maternity dresses. Kim Kardashian is showing us all the right way to do maternity wear, and the answer is in the crop top. Instead of giving into social pressures that expectant mothers should stay covered up, Kim K stepped out in LA yesterday, bearing her baby bump in a Balmain crop top and skirt combo (and effectively putting us all to shame). This is just one of a string of bold maternity clothing choices by Kim Kardashian, who recently sported a sheer, embellished Proenza Schouler gown and a skin-tight, latex dress. It seems like Kim K’s second pregnancy is just one fashion statement after another, so we can’t wait to see how she surprises us next.

NEWS 6/17/15 5:47pm

Princess Diaries 3 is NOT a go

By Lindsey Lanquist

Well Princess Diaries fans, it seems like we shouldn’t have gotten our hopes up after all. A source close to Disney reportedly told Entertainment Weekly thatPrincess Diaries 3 was not in the development phase, contrary to reports by websites like Tracking Board. To be fair, it seemed a little weird that Disney would release a third installment more than 10 years after Princess Diaries 2 was released, let alone nearly 15 years after the original film came out.

NEWS 6/17/15 8:49am

Latest Elon Poll: North Carolina wants Obamacare changed, not abolished

By Max Garland

With the Supreme Court deciding on the Affordable Care Act’s future in the coming weeks, the majority of registered voters in North Carolina said Congress should modify the act instead of abolish it, according to an Elon University Poll released Monday. Sixty percent of registered voters in the state said the act, commonly known as Obamacare, should change if the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional so it still remains in effect.

NEWS 6/16/15 10:30am

Upcoming Elon University construction projects

By Caroline Fernandez

Just because most students aren't busy on campus this summer, doesn't mean construction and additions comes to a halt, as well. According to Brad Moore, university architect, more than half a dozen construction projects and renovations will be taking place this summer, with a few more projects — one of them being the extension to the School of Communications — coming a few years down the road. Summer 2015 Arts West Music Production Estimated completion: Early July 2015 7,000 square feet of space in Arts West are being renovated this summer.

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LIFESTYLE 12/16/2025 10:30am
Grief, loss support group provides comfort for Elon faculty, staff

Elon University associate chaplain Rev. Julie Tonnesen said loss and grief are universal emotions, but found that they can be difficult for faculty and staff to process while continuing their usual routines. “Even when we show up to work, that doesn’t mean that we get to put the rest of our lives on the back burner,” Tonnesen said. “Our grief comes with us. It’s not something we can just keep on a shelf at home.” In collaboration with Counseling Services, the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, began offering a monthly group for faculty and staff to support those affected by loss. 

LIFESTYLE 12/14/2025 11:03am
‘Hemos olvidado la conversación’: el VIH/SIDA todavía afecta al Sur a medida que disminuye la conciencia

45 años después de los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA reportados en Estados Unidos, la lucha contra esta enfermedad está lejos de terminar, especialmente en el sur del país. Según los datos más recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el sur representó el 52% de todos los diagnósticos de VIH en Estados Unidos en 2023. "Sabemos que el VIH/SIDA ha afectado de manera desproporcionada a las personas de color y a las personas LGBTQ+ de color en este país", afirmó Jeff Bennett, profesor de estudios de comunicación en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. "Hay muchas personas que viven en zonas rurales, existe desconfianza hacia los profesionales de la salud y persiste el estigma social".

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