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NEWS 3/30/26 8:29pm

Gathering of friends celebrates life of Elon faculty member

By Abby Gravely

Students, colleagues, family and friends gathered in the Numen Lumen gathering space on March 30 to celebrate the life of Allison Keill, director of the Elon Curriculum Resources Center. She passed away March 25 at 50 years old following an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer. The gathering of friends began with words from University Chaplain and Dean of Multifaith Engagement Kirstin Boswell before the floor opened up for attendees to share feelings and memories.

NEWS 3/28/26 9:26pm

Crowds gather across North Carolina for third nationwide “No Kings” protests

By Kate Gray and Katrina Holtz

RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people assembled around the North Carolina State Capitol Building at 1 p.m. on March 28 for the third nationwide “No Kings” protest.According to the No Kings website, there were more than 3,000 planned protests nationwide, with 79 in North Carolina alone.The demonstration was primarily organized by progressive advocacy groups Indivisible and the 50501 movement. They previously held the Hands Off protest in April 2025, and two No Kings protests in June and October 2025.

OPINIONS 3/27/26 9:35pm

OPINION: Elon’s choice of infamous consulting groups challenge the morality of its education

By Alex Nettles

The haste of Elon Day’s fundraising is over. Now is an important time to reexamine what it means to be a university using our financial ties. It seems we haven’t talked about the consulting half of the picture. The Elon-Queens merger also brought Elon University to consult with ethically dubious consulting firms, including the consulting firm that did infamous financial mapping used in a proposal to turn the bombed-out Gaza strip into a resort.

SPORTS 3/25/26 5:31pm

Basketball player’s unlikely rise follows historic scoring leap

By Kathan Gandhi

Getting to the free-throw line is a major part of graduate forward Chandler Cuthrell’s game. He has attempted the 10th most free throws per game of any player in Division I men’s basketball this season, per ESPN. He was shooting 69% from the free-throw line through his first 27 games. In his final four appearances, he only missed two. As Cuthrell sank 11 of his 12 free throws at the Schar Center on March 2, he ended his only regular season with Elon men’s basketball on an emphatic, somber note. 

LIFESTYLE 3/24/26 6:21pm

‘I feel like I had been pulled out of my life’: Elon University student returns to campus after battling sepsis

By Monika Jurevicius

Elon University junior Jackson Weber was wrestling with a friend when he tore his ACL in Nov. 2023, an injury that completely changed what he thought his college career would be like. When Weber entered Elon University, students could find him on the football field and basketball courts stunting for the Elon cheerleading team. The first time he tore his ACL in his sophomore year, he had decided to just take Winter Term off. Going into Spring Term, he expected to make a full recovery.

SPORTS 3/23/26 7:17pm

Record-breaking Elon University track star reflects on collegiate career

By Riley Hale

As Elon University’s women’s track and field team continues its season, redshirt junior Katie Blount is leaning on consistency, community and mental toughness while continuing to add to her record-breaking resume. She has been named the All-Coastal Athletic Association outdoor runner in 2023 and 2024 as well as breaking Elon University’s 5k and 6k records this year in cross country. Blount said it being a college athlete is about drive. She said she thinks if an athlete commits and puts their mind to it then they can excel in any sport.

SPORTS 3/22/26 1:22pm

Elon University's cheer team builds community, connection

By Alannah Klingsporn

Beyond the sidelines, Elon University’s cheer team is embracing a new chapter, not just as athletes, but as competitors entering Game Day cheer competitions for the first time in program history. Elon’s cheer team recently participated in the College Classic Competition hosted by Dance Team Union, which provides both virtual and in-person competitive opportunities for collegiate cheer and dance programs. Elon cheer entered the virtual competition in the Spirit Showdown Gameday Division and placed first. Assistant cheer coach Marcus Thompson said he sees passion through the team, especially as they connect with prospective students. 

OPINIONS 3/21/26 9:30pm

OPINION: You should be keeping up with the partisans

By Pat Propst

Why hate some politicians when you can learn to hate them all? This is the half-ironic question that ricocheted in my mind as circumstances dictated that the story I’d been working on for a few would have to take a new angle. My original plan had been to attend an Elon College Republicans meeting and get a sense of how the Grand Old Party’s future representatives were handling the latest release of the Epstein Files, along with the various other misgivings of the current administration.

NEWS 3/21/26 12:48pm

NCDHHS launches new program looking to expand number of mental health providers in state

By Monika Jurevicius

In North Carolina, the demand for social workers in the state is growing as substance use and mental health service needs increase. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Public Service Leadership Program, a collaboration between the NCDHHS and 25 higher education institutions in the Social Work Coalition on NC Work Development, to help with that demand.Alongside the announcement of the new program on March 2, the NCDHHS released its first “State of North Carolina’s Mental Health and Substance Use Services Workforce Report” supported by UNC’s Behavior Health Workforce Research Center and Sheps Health Workforce NC.

LIFESTYLE 3/20/26 9:00am

Elon University staff member pursues chaplaincy through Duke Divinity School

By Ruby Burckle

Kenneth Brown Jr., assistant director of first-generation student support services at Elon University, is continuing his journey toward becoming a chaplain. Though Brown can’t pinpoint the specific moment he decided to become a chaplain, he said the discovery of this passion was more like pulling the strings from various areas of his life together as he explored what made him “come alive.”

LIFESTYLE 3/19/26 9:12am

Skateboarders work toward approval of skate park

By Fiona McAllister

For three hours, skateboarders took to the pavement of Beth Schmidt Park — setting up ramps and rails to get some tricks in on a rainy Sunday. But they are all waiting for one thing: a skate park.It has been years in the making, but chairman of the Elon Skate Coalition Scott Ingalls said they hope to break ground on the skatepark this year — either late summer or early fall. Ingalls said that donations help the skate committee and overall funding of the skatepark.

NEWS 3/18/26 7:31pm

Leaving for spring break? What to know when traveling

By Charlotte Pfabe

Travelers across the country are standing in longer airport security lines and paying more at the pump. Transportation and Security Administration agents just missed their first paycheck after Congress could not agree on funding related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

NEWS 3/18/26 12:45pm

Local nonprofit raises money to pay ABSS school lunch debt

By Anjolina Fantaroni

The total cost of lunch debt across public schools nationwide is $194 millions, according to a 2025 report from the Education Data Initiative. North Carolina accumulates $243,639,200 a year. However, the lunch debt from the Alamance-Burlington School System will not be a part of that number anymore — because as of right now, it has none.

LIFESTYLE 3/17/26 1:15pm

Local youth program helps teens explore filmmaking, acting

By Anjolina Fantaroni

Teen 2 Teen Video & Theatre, an Alamance County production group, is giving teenagers a chance to showcase their creativity, with help from a Queens University of Charlotte alum. Katie Farrell, who graduated from Queens in 2019, said she was searching for a job when she found an opening at Thataways Youth Center that closely matched her major, a Bachelor of Arts in multimedia storytelling. She first worked for Teen 2 Teen’s summer film lab. 

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NEWS 03/19/2026 3:13pm
Primary elections bring changes to NC statehouse

The North Carolina primary elections have altered what the statehouse may look like in November. North Carolina, Wilmington, Aaron King said incumbents usually have an advantage when running for office because of name recognition, a record of accomplishments and organization. King said challengers are able to campaign as an outsider against an incumbent and explain to voters how the incumbent is failing them. Eight incumbent state lawmakers lost their primaries March 3, three Democrats and five Republicans.

SPORTS 03/17/2026 9:51am
New era, same expectations for Elon men’s golf

The standard for Elon University men’s golf hasn’t changed. After a senior-led squad captured the team’s first Coastal Athletic Association title and advanced to NCAA play last season, the Phoenix enter spring of 2026 younger but no less ambitious. Head coach Don Hill said he believes the foundation is already in place.

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