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NEWS 1/14/14 3:08pm

Fall gap semester students arrive on campus

By mbrogan

Most freshmen spend the first day of school moving in and getting settled. But this year, 15 Elon students spent their first day of college in the remote wilderness of Wyoming with Elon's gap semester program. Now, the gap semester students are arriving on campus for the first time after their semester-long adventure, and students like Lizzie Thomson and Michaela Contois are looking back on how much they've bonded as a group. "I think throwing anybody into the wilderness, you don't have a choice other than to become like family," Thomson said. The gap semester program takes Elon students from the National Outdoor Leadership School in Wyoming, across the country to Washington, D.C.

NEWS 1/14/14 12:48pm

Killer instinct driving Stephen Curry in NBA

By Tommy Hamzik

It’s been six years since a scrawny guard from Charlotte, N.C., danced into the hearts of thousands while leading tiny Davidson College to the Elite 8 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Wildcats have made the NCAA Tournament twice since then, but have failed to win a game there.

NEWS 1/14/14 12:51am

Students put fitness first as New Year's resolution in 2014

By avogelsang

The clinks and beeps of workout machines are ringing in 2014 at Elon University. Well, at least, they are if you have been going to the gym lately. "Go to the gym or exercise everyday." "Stop drinking soda and play more tennis so I don't get the 'freshman 15.'" "Do more pushups." "Do more yoga." These are only some of the many New Year's resolutions that have been expressed on campus.

NEWS 1/13/14 10:49pm

Phoenix routs Georgia Southern on road

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University women’s basketball team picked up a rare road blowout on Monday night with a 68-49 win over the Georgia Southern University Eagles. Senior guard Kelsey Harris led the Phoenix in scoring with 12 points on 4 of 9 shooting, while sophomore guard Jessica Farmer tallied a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, as the team used a steady balance of defense and team scoring to rack up its second conference victory of the season. The two sides exchanged baskets in the early going and after a few minutes neither side had any advantage as the score remained even at five apiece.

NEWS 1/13/14 5:25pm

Cristiano Ronaldo rightfully deserves top honor

By Jordan Spritzer

Cristiano Ronaldo was the best soccer player on the planet and it’s a shame it took an extension of the Ballon d’Or voting deadline to show just how great Ronaldo was. Although the Ballon d’Or is a sort of an odd award since it is voted on based on a player’s performance during the calendar year rather than the most recent season, Ronaldo proved that 2013 belonged to him.

NEWS 1/13/14 4:56pm

A remodeled West End rings in Winter Term

By Meghan Leonard

Students returned from winter break to find that Elon’s signature bar, West End Station, underwent a massive transformation. West End’s new owner Harold Hill bought the bar at the end of the summer with the goal of creating more variety in the Elon community.

NEWS 1/13/14 4:43pm

HOPE strives to localize hunger

By mstutz

While man cannot live on bread alone, the need for food is still necessary to survive. According to the United Census Bureau, 17 percent of Alamance County lives under the poverty line compared to the national average of 15 percent. After serving in food kitchens for years, sophomore Jensen Roll came to North Carolina for school and found two main problems. "One of those was not [having] enough volunteers, and the other was not having enough food to feed everybody there," said Roll. Roll is creating his own Social Entrepreneurship major, and in December of 2012 he envisioned a solution to help solve Alamance County's hunger problem.

NEWS 1/13/14 3:38pm

Duke University professor offers unorthodox solutions for U.S. income gap

By Stephanie Lamm

As a part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. 50th Anniversary Speaker Series, William Darity, Jr. spoke about economic justice Wednesday at Elon.  Darity serves as the chair of the African and African American Studies department at Duke University.  His research focuses on economic inequality. The talk focused on his plan to end unemployment and racially fueled wage discrimination. “The United States is characterized by a long-standing pattern of large structural racial inequality that has deepened further as a result of the economic down-turn,” Darity said. Despite the efforts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the unemployment gap and the racial gap have remained about the same nationwide. The joblessness rate for black male teen high school dropouts is 95 percent, according to Remapping Debate, an advocacy group based in New York. African-Americans with some college education or an associate’s degree earn less than white high school dropouts, on average.

NEWS 1/13/14 6:14am

Challenging Winter Term Courses

By cdavis46

Winter term offers diversity in both classes and experiences. Some students study abroad during the three-week term, while others choose to stay at Elon and take classes such as Hogwarts for Muggles, or Films of Woody Allen.

NEWS 1/13/14 5:21am

To be a Panthers fan

By arose8

Few things can describe the sensation. "It's just like fire," said Senior Kyron Turner. "That's the only way I can describe it.

NEWS 1/13/14 12:46am

Piano encourages artisitic mentality in student center

By ktracy4

New melodies echoed through Moseley this week stemming from a piano. The music is thanks to junior Connor Whitaker's idea to move the piano from McKinnon Hall to the Moseley student center. "I think having a piano to play adds to a creatively conducive environment where students aren't afraid to just present themselves and another asset that they have," Whitaker said. An avid piano player, Whitaker would "occasionally just play whenever, just when I had free time" when it was in McKinnon.

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Elon University report urges institutions to lead response to AI’s growing impact

Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center released a report April 2 titled “Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age.” The report featured input from excerpts around the world, totaling 386 responses. The report’s central message is that artificial intelligence will play a much larger role in everyday life within the next decade. Experts warn that the biggest risk is not a sudden disaster, but people slowly losing control and relying too heavily on AI for decisions.

NEWS 04/01/2026 5:36pm
Elon Poll finds 35% of North Carolinians approve of President Trump, over 50% oppose Iran conflict

An Elon University poll, published April 1, found that 35% of North Carolinians approve of President Donald Trump, while 51% oppose the current U.S. military involvement in Iran. Director of the Elon Poll Jason Husser said the poll focused on big picture questions related to approval rating of the Trump Administration, the economy and current events like the war in Iran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Husser said that they did not find broad support for escalation of the conflict in Iran.

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