Letters to the Editor

Students to travel to Brazil for Internet Governance Forum

Next week, six lucky communications students, including a few members of our staff, will be traveling to Joao Pessoa, Brazil to participate in the tenth annual Internet Governance Forum and explore the future of the internet. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakSGBY8x6Y&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] This is a part of the Imagining the Internet Project led by Elon Professor Janna Anderson of the School of the Communications. "We take student-faculty teams across the world to big internet events to ask people at these events, the smartest people, about the internet, what they think might be happening now and in the future," she said. The role of the project is to look at the future of the Internet, a topic Anderson says is relevant to students. "The children are the future and so when people at these events see the people they're building the internet future for, they get very inspired and they also give really great answers.

Student creates blog after battle with eating disorder

Senior Anna Jervis created an outlet and resource for teens who have eating disorders.

Body image reflected through a mirror

Body image is a social issue facing the nation. According to nyc.gov, more than 80 percent of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMkIb3qru14&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] Elon senior, Colby Meagle, is fighting that statistic one mirror at a time.

Halloween in rare form: An AHS two-part spectacle

Since Halloween was this past weekend, "American Horror Story" sandwiched two Halloween themed episodes around the holiday.

Men’s soccer seniors ready to capitalize on last ride

The 72 percent

In the fall of 1999, my next-door neighbor asked me how I felt about my new place after having moved from Illinois to North Carolina two months earlier.

Bodies for a backrest

It wasn’t Josh Manning’s worst day—it was one day.

Megan Gravley says goodbye to volleyball

Elon University volleyball senior outside hitter Megan Gravley injured her knee Oct. 17 against the College of William & Mary.

Safe Rides struggles with budget

At the SGA Open Forum meeting Oct. 29, dozens pitched ideas and shared thoughts on how to improve Elon University’s student life.

Longtime N.C. congressman dies at 84

Howard Coble, 84, died Nov. 3, 2015, in Greensboro after an extended hospital stay. Coble's brother, Ray Coble Jr., sent this statement to local media outlets Wednesday morning: "J.Howard Coble passed away at 11:40 p.m., Nov.

Ciolkowski’s burst at final second wins CAA XC championship

With 100 meters left, Elon University men’s cross country freshman Nick Ciolkowski wasn’t sure he was going to win the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships Oct.

Rolling back to the future

Some call them hover boards, others call them mini-Segways, but the companies who sell them use the term “self-balancing scooters.” Whatever it is called, a new form of transportation is here.

English meets the environment

Lecturer in English and Environmental Science Michael Strickland’s garden is many things: a classroom, a project, a practice in sustainability.

Ian Baltutis is elected Burlington Mayor

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDDLIj_en3Y&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] Tuesday night Ian Baltutis woke his mother up with a phone call.

PARC holds grand opening

It took some time, but the Phoenix Activities and Recreation Center (PARC) received an official nod from Elon University Tuesday afternoon with the PARC Grand Opening Ceremony. Members of Elon University’s senior staff gave brief speeches and mingled with dozens of Campus Recreation and Student Union Board members, along with Danieley Neighborhood residents, to celebrate PARC’s impact since its Sept.

Fresh is best

Eating seasonally has major health perks, but it also can have a huge impact on local businesses and the earth as a whole. Simply put, it’s the right and delicious choice to make. 

Elon Town Center sold to investment group

Elon Town Center was sold Oct. 30 by local EDG Properties, LLC to New Market Strategies, a firm of investors based out of Stuart, Florida. As of early Tuesday evening, it was unknown the selling price of the building, which has an assessed value of more than $3 million, according to the Alamance County Tax Administration Records.

Getting through the holidays one cocktail at a time

Say goodbye (for now, fret not) to poolside margaritas and piña coladas. Fall is upon us, friends.

Serving with "Good Intentions:" Voluntourism and short-term service trips

The cautions and realities of short-term service trips [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVkQRkeO3b4&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] More than 1.5 million people in the United States participate in a mission trip each year, according to Missiology journal, and with that comes an estimated two billion dollars spent for those efforts (see below infographic). \0x200B Gone are the days when "serving" meant raking the leaves of an elderly neighbor or washing the feet of a stranger.

'Life doesn't always run smoothly'

I should have known to expect the unexpected on Halloween Eve.