Letters to the Editor

New deputy athletic director comes to Elon with SEC experience

Elon University Athletics Director Dave Blank announced last month that he would be adding a new position to his staff the same time he announced who would be filling the role. Mike Ward was named the deputy athletics director for Elon University Sept. 18. With his background, it might be surprising to sports fans why he made the move to Elon. 

Understanding the lifecycle of fake news in a digital age

Cheat Sheet: Australia’s controversial burqa ban debate explained

Alamance County housing market prospers

Crime rates decline, students applaud campus safety and police

The 2016 annual crime and fire report showed that in the past three years, campus crimes have been dropping.  

Tuning in to the sounds of Elon: behind the scenes of WSOE

Forty years ago, the Wonderful Sounds of Elon radio station, WSOE, broadcasted its first record ever through its 89.3 FM frequency. The record was “More Than a Feeling” by Boston. Today, the record is set to be framed and placed in the WSOE office built last year in McEwen School of Communications.

Elon alumna reflects on 2008 trip to Capitol Hill with future Elon president Connie Book

When the newly-appointed university president Connie Book testified in front of a House of Representatives subcommittee on the digital television transition, she brought a special guest with her: Lauren Duffy.

Baltutis and Faucette win Burlington mayoral primary

Two of Burlington's three mayoral candidates will move on to the final elections after today's primary election.  The three candidates, Celo Faucette mayor pro tem, Craig Deaton local business owner and Ian Baltutis, current mayor, have varying levels of political experience. 

Comedian John Oliver mentions Alamance County confederate statue on 'Last Week Tonight'

HBO's popular late-night comedy show, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," aired as usual this Sunday, but this week had a twist that hit a little closer to home.  Graham's Common Soldier Confederate statue, located outside of the Historic Alamance County Courthouse, less than 15 minutes from Elon University was mentioned during Oliver’s show. 

NTIM: Do we have a right to values?

  So far in college, I’ve learned it is impossible to view U.S. politics from only one perspective. Like the range of students at a liberal arts college, the combinations of viewpoints are endless. Notions of representation and freedoms become jumbled in rhetoric about identity politics in this era of globalization.  We grapple daily with our differing interests, occupations and political affiliations. These three, together, are derived from our self-imposed rules and values. 

EDITORIAL: Elon's ninth president faces challenges in new role

On Oct. 9, Elon University announced its newest President-elect, Constance “Connie” Ledoux Book, who will be the university’s first female president. This announcement came after a closed eight-monthlong search that left many Elon community members wanting more information.  Book is undoubtedly very qualified for this job — her experiences in her varying roles at Elon and at her previous institution, The Citadel, show her commitment to and passion for higher education. Many students, faculty and staff members who knew or worked with her during her time here at Elon showed excitement for her return. 

Caught between cultures: One professor’s journey from China to Elon

Xiaolin Duan thinks it's strange that so many Americans see China as a restrictive Communist state. She would say that it’s quite the opposite — and she would know. Duan spent her entire childhood there before moving to the United States for graduate school.

Activist by day, mother by night

Elon University students have always been part of a busy campus culture. Students often have to balance classes, meetings and working on-campus jobs. Citlaly Mora felt these pressures while she was a student at Elon just a few years ago. The Elon alumna graduated in 2016, and had to balance all of the above — and more.

Students pleased with 'progressive' presidential appointee

This morning, the Elon University Board of Trustees announced that Connie Book will be stepping into the shoes of Leo Lambert March 1, 2018 as Elon's ninth president. But students are most excited about the fact that Book will be the university's first female president in its 128-year history. 

Connie Ledoux Book introduced to Elon community in Alumni Gym

Elon University announced the selection of Connie Ledoux Book as its next president on Monday morning. Book was introduced to the Elon Community in an event in Alumni Gym on Monday afternoon following introductions from Kerii Anderson, Elon trustee, and Wes Elingburg, head of the presidential search committee.

Football beats William & Mary, captures fifth-straight win

After scoring on its opening drive and only four minutes into the game, No. 18 Elon football looked like nothing was going to stop them from cruising past the William & Mary Tribe. 

Damages in Smith Residence Hall discussed over Family Weekend

More than 20 students are displaced after a urinal was ripped from the wall in Smith residence hall, the all-male freshman dorm in Historic Neighborhood. The incident occurred early in the morning Sept. 30 in a communal bathroom on the first floor. Elon Physical Plant is now using intense drying and heating machines to prevent mold growth on the first floor.

Burlington 'Dreamer' urges Elon students to show solidarity

As Elon wrestles with DACA, one program recipient outlines her personal experience.

Former U.K. Prime Minister shares optimism at Elon's Fall Convocation

On Oct. 5, 2017, Elon University students, staff and a heavy security detail filled Alumni Gym as former U.K Prime Minister David Cameron headlined Elon’s Fall Convocation. 

On and off, short power outage across campus

Power outages spread across campus Thursday afternoon due to a cut electrical wire near East Trollinger Avenue, according to Lt. M. Brewer of the Town of Elon Police. Most South Campus locations' power should be restored at this time, excluding the Ellington Center and South Gym.