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NEWS 2/23/23 10:09am

Tuition, loan interest increase amplify Elon student concerns

By Annemarie Bonner

Junior Jasmine Smith toured colleges knowing she might not be able to attend a four-year university without a scholarship. She had two choices in spring 2020 — the second semester of her senior year of high school —  pay upward of $62,000 per year for the University of the Arts in Philadelphia or pay what was $51,062 per year at the time.  Despite a scholarship, Smith is paying her tuition and fees out of pocket.

NEWS 2/21/23 10:48am

Cheating or a resource: Elon University faculty balance ChatGPT in classroom

By Alicia Clanton and Alexandra Schneider

The bot in question is an artificial intelligence chatbot called ChatGPT, released in November 2022 by San Francisco-based research laboratory OpenAI. It is not the first of its kind — Siri, Grammarly and customer service bots are all examples of chatbot technology. But ChatGPT distinguishes itself with its ability to answer advanced, creative questions and remember the thread of dialogue.

NEWS 2/19/23 9:14pm

Ashton Newhall to be Elon University’s 2023 commencement speaker

By Ellis Chandler

Ashton Newhall '98 will deliver the keynote address for the class of 2023 at Elon University's undergraduate commencement ceremonies May 19. The 133rd Commencement Exercises will include two ceremonies for the Class of 2023 in Schar Center. The 9 a.m. diploma ceremony will be for the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education and Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences. The 2:30 p.m. diploma ceremony will be for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and the School of Communications. 

NEWS 2/10/23 10:17am

Free tutoring returns to Haw River Elementary school for preschoolers

By Margaret Faust

Starting at the end of the month, the Little Village Project, a subset of the It Takes a Village Project, will resume after a three year hiatus due to a lack of resources during the COVID pandemic in 2020. The program, founded in 2014, is designed specifically for pre-K students, in hopes of preparing them for kindergarten. 

NEWS 2/10/23 8:12am

Elon becomes open to AI as campus police departments adopt higher-grade surveillance technology nationwide

By Ryan Kupperman

Joe LeMire, Elon University’s chief of campus safety and police, first heard about the use of artificial intelligence software to track student social media activity at the annual North Carolina Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Conference on Feb. 2. During a break in between conference sessions, LeMire spoke to other North Carolinian directors and chiefs of police about the practicality of using AI software as a viable campus safety measure. While LeMire said Elon does not currently use or have plans to implement AI software, the concept is on his mind as the practice becomes more common and effective nationwide.

NEWS 2/9/23 8:16pm

Alamance County activists urge all Oct. 31, 2020 protest charges to be dropped

By Ryan Kupperman and Miranda Ferrante

If it hadn’t been overcast Thursday, those words would have been in the Rev. Gregory Drumwright’s shadow as he urged the Alamance County district attorney to drop all outstanding charges against individuals arrested at the Oct. 31, 2020 “I Am Change” march to the polls. Just three days after he was found not guilty for “resisting a public officer” at the October 2020 protest, and six days after his “failure to disperse” charge was dismissed, 19 individuals stood in front of the memorial as Drumwright demanded justice for the vocal minority who put their lives at risk for change and equality. 

NEWS 2/9/23 2:42pm

History of Black travel presentation at Elon analyzes past, present movements

By Nyah Phengsitthy

Charis Tucker said she will always remember every trip and vacation she’s ever been on. The creator and host of the study abroad podcast, STAMPED, considers herself a Black traveler and explorer. But when she learned that other Black and African American individuals weren’t exposed to the same experiences, she knew there was a part of history that needed to be addressed. “There's these gaping holes and things that we don't know about the early experiences of Black travelers from a leisure perspective,” Tucker said. “There's a lot that starts kind of right after the civil rights movement, but Black traveling was long before that and we don't really know a lot about that Jim Crow era.”

NEWS 2/8/23 9:26am

University Bursar to leave Elon after decades of service

By Miranda Ferrante

Jay Harper first stepped on Elon University's campus as an undergraduate student in 1990. Little did he know, being a Phoenix would become a decades-long endeavor. Harper returned in 2002 and spent more than 20 years working as the university bursar. Harper will leave his role of working with tuition, students and parents to head to Duke University Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics, where he will work in a primarily remote finance position with the Children’s Clinical Research Unit. Harper said while he will be performing similar tasks in his new position,  he’s excited to become a piece of an entirely new puzzle. 

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LIFESTYLE 03/19/2026 9:12am
Skateboarders work toward approval of skate park

For three hours, skateboarders took to the pavement of Beth Schmidt Park — setting up ramps and rails to get some tricks in on a rainy Sunday. But they are all waiting for one thing: a skate park.It has been years in the making, but chairman of the Elon Skate Coalition Scott Ingalls said they hope to break ground on the skatepark this year — either late summer or early fall. Ingalls said that donations help the skate committee and overall funding of the skatepark.

NEWS 03/18/2026 7:31pm
Leaving for spring break? What to know when traveling

Travelers across the country are standing in longer airport security lines and paying more at the pump. Transportation and Security Administration agents just missed their first paycheck after Congress could not agree on funding related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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