Letters to the Editor

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NEWS 11/29/16 5:11pm

Danieley, a beacon of Elon sports pride, to be missed at basketball games

By Alex Hager

Played within the intimate confines of historic Alumni Gym, the Elon University men’s basketball games tend to be an exciting affair. Though players and opponents have changed from year to year, one tradition has cemented itself as an unmissable part of any Elon game in the last decade. Without fail, after the under-eight media timeout in the second half, students begin to chant, “Dr. Danieley.”

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NEWS 11/29/16 3:33pm

A handshake and a hug: Danieley move-in tradition remembered

By Hannah Silvers

New first-year students stand in a lot of lines their first day on Elon University's campus — long lines for orientation packets, desk hutches and room keys snake through residential neighborhoods. But for those moving into Danieley Neighborhood, at the end of the longest line sat the man the neighborhood was named after: President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley.

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NEWS 11/29/16 1:14pm

J. Earl Danieley, president emeritus, dead at 92

By Tommy Hamzik

J. Earl Danieley died Tuesday at 92, succumbing to a number of health issues. He was president of Elon from 1957 to 1973.

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NEWS 11/28/16 6:34pm

Western North Carolina wildfires affect Elon Fire Department, students

By Anton L. Delgado

Since late October, North Carolina firefighters have been battling t wildfires spreading throughout the western part of the state, especially in the drier counties like Watauga.

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SPORTS 11/19/16 6:48pm

JMU ends Elon football's season with 63-14 rout

By Alex Simon

HARRISONBURG, Va. — A season that was supposed to be one of growth and fulfilled promise finished its freefall Saturday afternoon with expected humiliation, as the Elon University football team lost its seventh straight game 63-14 to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) champion James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia. James Madison’s offense moved the ball at will, gaining 699 yards with a near perfect balance of 362 rushing and 337 passing. “Obviously, their offense is very high-powered,” said sophomore linebacker Matt Baker, who finished with five tackles.

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NEWS 11/19/16 7:37am

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Faculty and staff members stand in solidarity with students who have been made to feel vulnerable

 

Dear Elon University Students, The undersigned faculty and staff stand in solidarity with those of you who have been made to feel vulnerable or unwelcome by the rhetoric of hate surrounding the 2016 election.

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LIFESTYLE 11/19/16 5:46am

Main Street Vinyl brings records to downtown Burlington

By Courtney Campbell

Josh Garrett was raised on listening to music on vinyl. At home his father would also have a record on, playing classic rock from the 50s and 60s. “When I got older and settled down and got my own home, he passed me all his old records and it led me to seek out my own,” Garrett said.

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NEWS 11/17/16 12:24pm

Elon trustee donates $100,000 toward School of Business expansion

By Tommy Hamzik

An Elon University trustee and his wife have donated two gifts that will help with the Love School of Business expansion and other university initiatives.

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NEWS 11/17/16 12:13am

Aramark Responds to moratorium on campaign against their practices

By Brooke Wivagg

Elon's food provider, Aramark, is now the first major food service provider to commit to more humane conditions for broiler chickens. The company released an updated policy on Nov.

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NEWS 11/16/16 10:43pm

Brothers of one of Elon's historically black fraternities find racist remarks at fraternity convention in Greensboro

By Paige Pauroso

These words and symbols were written on a bathroom wall at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro at an annual statewide convention for the historically black Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, founded in 1906.

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NEWS 11/16/16 4:15pm

Racial slurs yelled at Elon student Tuesday night

By Paige Pauroso

On Tuesday evening between 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m., a female Elon student had racial slurs yelled at her from a vehicle while walking on campus between the Inman Admissions Welcome Center and the Koury Business Center, according to Dean of Students Smith Jackson and Vice President of University Communications Dan Anderson

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NEWS 11/16/16 3:22pm

Panel examines free speech's role in classroom, media

By Tommy Hamzik

The role of freedom of expression in both the classroom and the news media were at the forefront of Tuesday's Community Connections Forum.

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SPORTS 11/16/16 10:45am

Football keeps Allison at forefront

By Alex Simon

For the Elon University football team, November 11 was more than just a day of practice ahead of its Senior Day game the next day. It had been exactly a year since teammate Demitri Allison died when he fell off of a residential building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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NEWS 11/16/16 8:00am

Elon community attempts to pick up the pieces after divisive Election season

By Emmanuel Morgan

For a tense, reflective moment, Elon University senior Josh O’Neil stared at the Nov. 11 front page of The New York Times, which was plastered with a picture of President-elect Donald Trump shaking hands with President Barack Obama at the White House. It was a picture he never thought he would see.

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NEWS 11/16/16 8:00am

EDITORIAL: In discussions related to the Trump presidency, let students lead

 

Since Donald Trump was announced the 45th president of the United States, professors from all departments — many of whom have no political science expertise — have likely stood in front of students, lesson plan in hand, and considered the question, “Do I address the red elephant in the room?” We think yes, absolutely.

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LIFESTYLE 11/16/16 8:00am

Elon Eats: Bringing the taste of New England

By Alyssa Potter

Calling all Elon New York and New Jersey area transplants: there exists a deli down the street that might just remind you of home.

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LIFESTYLE 11/15/16 7:00pm

​Feisty Fletch: Elon’s own master of social media

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Last September, sophomore Fletcher Rowe was just starting at Elon University, eager to begin his college life and explore a new campus of endless opportunity.

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NEWS 11/15/16 4:33pm

Millennial spending habits illustrate generational shift

By Christina Elias

When money and college campuses are mentioned in the same breath, often it’s in reference to the long-standing stereotype of the broke college student.

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NEWS 11/15/16 4:27pm

N.C. gubernatorial race still not called

By Bryan Anderson

Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper was in a neck-and-neck gubernatorial race against Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

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LIFESTYLE 11/15/16 2:34pm

Senior to appear on ‘The Affair’

By Courtney Campbell

While on set for the Showtime television show “The Affair,” senior Nicole Bloom ate more potatoes than she had in her entire life.

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