
Cheat Sheet: Pope visits the US
Pope Francis returned to Vatican City Monday after a six-day trip to New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia — his first visit to the United States.
Pope Francis returned to Vatican City Monday after a six-day trip to New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia — his first visit to the United States.
The North Carolina Senate voted 41-3 Sept. 24 in favor of a bill that would ban the sale of body parts resulting from an abortion.
Moseley tables, workshop sessions and social media posts coming from The Center for Leadership this week have all echoed the same message: Elon University students striving for change are recognized, valued and encouraged. Their weeklong celebration of leadership — LEADSTRONG Week, an event that previously had more of a global and national focus — is turning its spotlight strictly toward Elon this year with its theme, “Change Agents of Elon.” Purpose and schedule of events Running Sept.
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 29, House Bill 318 has been ratified by the N.C. General Assembly and is to be presented to Governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday morning. Short titled, Protect North Carolina Workers Act, the bill aims to make stricter rules for employers that are verifying whether or not their employees can legally work in North Carolina and also includes a section that tightens rules regarding the forms of identification that government and law enforcement officers can accept. That second part is an issue that concerns local law enforcement in Alamance County, who have recently began issuing and accepting alternative ID cards in the area.
North Carolina is one step closer to seeing its first cooperative brewpub. The Burlington Beer Works cooperative announced Sept.
Three percent of all undocumented immigrants in the United States live in North Carolina, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
People flocked to the Oak House this family weekend for open mic night and to escape the torrential downpours.
As suicide prevention month continues, some students have been wondering why Elon does not require pre-screening for mental health issues like depression or anxiety. More than one thousand suicides take place on college campuses every year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
This past Friday the Elon community gathered in McEwen Communications Building's Studio B to dedicate the site of the expanded School of Communications.
Elon University President Leo Lambert remembers a phone call with Dwight Schar from last December, days after he and his wife donated $12 million for a number of university projects, including the School of Communications expansion. "OK, have the bulldozers shown up yet?" Schar asked. They arrived in May, and the construction has continued on the project that Schar's donation spearheaded.
McKinnon Hall was more silent than it had been the entire night. There was none of the usual call and response.
Donald Trump holds a slim lead over Ben Carson for North Carolina’s Republican presidential preference, but Carson and Jeb Bush would fare better against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, according to the Elon University Poll’s latest report.
With flu season approaching, Elon University is expanding its preparations to keep students healthy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu outbreaks can begin as early as October.
This coverage was a collaboration between Elon Local News' Alex Hager and The Pendulum's Tommy Hamzik and Sarah Wood Society is in a continual struggle with the crime of innocence, according to Pulitzer Prize winner and Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. He called race in America, also the title of his speech, a "big, scary topic" and that there's an "accepted script" the nation follows in incidents where a "brown person is singled out treatment that's harsh out of proportion based on the threat." There was the time 41 years ago, when Pitts walked out of a University of Southern California dormitory aside a white man, and Pitts was asked if he knew anything about a stolen bike.
Five and a half minutes left in the half. The goalie dives to her left to block a shot. It deflects off her, but she cannot get to the rebound shot in time.
A panel of faculty and staff members talked about the future of solar power Sept. 22 in Whitley Auditorium.
Who passed the budget and when was it passed? After more than three months of delays, Gov. Pat McCrory signed off on the $21.74 billion state budget Sept. 17.
President Lambert one of nine university presidents to say they won't offer cost of attendance stipends to athletes.
After 27 years of face-painting, magic shows and youth-centric events, the Burlington Carousel festival rebranded itself for Saturday and Sunday’s 2015 edition.
Nearly three-quarters of the public think that religion is losing influence in American life. According to a recent poll by Pew Research Center that number rose 5 percentage points since 2010, and the majority of people see that as a bad thing. “A religion as defined in this particular survey has to do with the worship of a deity with a set of rituals with an agreed upon set of moral laws,” said Anthony Hatcher, Associate Professor of Communications at Elon University.