On Friday June 26, 2015, Americans witnessed one of the biggest victories for the LGBTQIA community when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states could no longer ban same-sex marriage.
The Elon University women's tennis team swept the University of Delaware 7-0 Thursday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
The following is a live blog for today's Spring Convocation scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute will deliver the address.
Members of the Town of Elon and Elon University community gathered alongside Williamson Avenue to commemorate the removal of a 50-foot section of the historic wall along Williamson Avenue in downtown Elon.
Letter to the Editor in response to Dan Anderson's statement on House Bill 2 by Jameson Dion, ‘06: Elon’s Dan Anderson made a statement recently in response to North Carolina’s legislative action.
Friday, May 6, students can watch MisterWives the group headlining the SUB Spring Event Series. The event is free to all Elon students, staff, faculty, and alumni with a valid university ID.
The Elon University’s baseball team lost its fifth straight game Tuesday night, falling 4-3 to Wake Forest University at Latham Park. The Demon Deacons scored two runs in the top of the seventh after Elon pitchers walked the bases loaded to start the inning.
Elon University's Student Union Board announced this morning that indie pop band MisterWives will headline this year's Spring Concert scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, May 6 in the Colonnades Lot.
The proliferation of mobile devices has brought several major advantages. An iPhone can be used to take photos, offer driving directions, send text messages and emails, record videos and so much more.
As he sat back in his chair, an iPhone 6 in front of him, Rich Skrosky couldn’t help but laugh.
This past weekend, I took a flight from California back to North Carolina. It was a long flight already, but with the delay and the three-hour time difference, we could have mistaken it for a trip overseas. During our layover in San Francisco, I shuffled around with my overpacked suitcase, trying to spot two seats in the waiting area that were side-by-side, to enable my husband and I to sit together during our wait.
At the beginning of the semester, I was shocked when I read the syllabi of two of my classes and saw that students were not allowed to use laptops in class.
Texting can be a pain. Sometimes you forget to respond to an urgent request, or the four group texts you’re a part of are blowing up nonstop when you’re in class.
We’ve all seen the political cartoons: A group of Millennials, maybe at a party or on an airplane or subway, have their eyes on their phones instead of each other. The point?
Social media has not only become a necessity in everyone’s personal life, but also essential to the success of anyone’s professional career.
Elon University’s WiFi network has enough bandwith to support the campus, and the only issue in making sure it runs well is communication. The number of unique devices on Elon’s network is constantly growing, according to Christopher Waters, assistant vice president for Technology and Chief Information Officer.
Imagine receiving an email from techservices@elon.edu. The email, complete with the new Elon University logo in the header, says you won’t be able to access your transcript on OnTrack anymore unless you register your OnTrack login and password with Technology Services at the link below. Would you think twice before clicking on it? According to Chris Waters, assistant vice president for technology and Chief Information Officer, you should think twice — or else you could become a victim of the latest of many phishing scams that plague Elon University email users every semester. “They happen so often, we’d be sending out emails every day [if we notified users of every attack],” Waters said. Gone phishing Phishing emails, which many students might know better as spam emails, are emails sent by attackers that usually ask a target to click a link or enter credentials.
Apps on smart phones are becoming an increasingly popular way for students not only to get information, but also to send it.
Students across the country are using wearable technology to track their steps and access apps from the convenience of their wrist with products like Fibit, Apple Watch and Garmin Vivoactive. Some universities have taken this appreciation so far as providing the advanced wristbands for students.
With the rise of technology, computer programs and online homework websites have become commonplace in classrooms to help enhance student learning. Programs such as Microsoft Excel are common in business classes, while lesser-known programs such as Mathematica have a dominant place in Elon’s math classrooms. And online homework sites such as Cengage, McGraw Hill, Pearson, Moodle and WebAssign are all used by students for submitting homework and getting homework help.
