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U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off his “Investing in America” tour with a visit to the Tar Heel State Tuesday, highlighting multiple pieces of legislation related to the tour’s agenda. These include the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan. The White House is using the tour to highlight Biden’s domestic agenda of growing the economy from the “bottom up.”
Elon University junior Britt Mobley will be Student Government Association’s next student body president after winning 68.9% of the vote. This year, 1,825 students voted in the election, which is 29.9% of the student body.
Fire Chief Landon Massey asked Elon’s Town Council to fund the $2 million purchase of a new ladder truck. During the March 27 town council meeting, the council voted to approve the purchase for the new truck in 2025, which is when payment would start. The council’s vote today did not determine where the money would come from. Massey said there is an option to prepay for the truck, meaning the town would pay the entire cost before getting the truck. The benefit to this option would be a discount of $81,500. Both Massey and Town Manager Rich Roedner did not recommend this option.
Elon University’s Student Government Association elections are temporarily closed. Jose said the issue was voting had been based on students' class standing currently, not their intended graduation year. This means students with additional credit hours would have received the incorrect ballot.
During the last business meeting of SGA’s 2022-23 term, senators passed three pieces of legislation and governing documents. SGA elections for the 2023-24 term open on PhoenixCONNECT Monday, March 27 at 8 a.m. and close Tuesday, March 28 at 5 p.m.
The two candidates for student body president and two candidates for vice president of finance answered student questions at Elon’s Student Government Association executive candidate forum Wednesday night in The Oak House. Voting for SGA elections open March 27 at 8 a.m. and close March 28 at 5 p.m. Students can vote on PhoenixCONNECT.
Elon University’s Student Government Association elections will open at 8 a.m. March 27 and close at 5 p.m. March 28. There are a total of 33 candidates running. All Elon students may vote on PhoenixCONNECT for their desired class representatives, finance board members and academic senators.
Elon University’s Student Government Association Vice President of Communications William Wood and Senior Class President Lily Kays said they hope more people decide to run for SGA this year.
Janet Williams, vice president for finance and administration, said the reasoning behind the 5.14% tuition, room and board increase is to assist with items such as hiring and retaining additional staff members, increasing financial aid for items such as student internships and increasing diversity efforts. During the Elon University March 2 Student Government Association business meeting, Williams shared details on what students tuition goes toward and Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for administrative services, and Jana Lynn Patterson, dean of students, shared what Elon’s student insurance will cover.
Sophomore Reese Guckert said that she first became interested in politics after feeling judged for expressing her views during the 2016 presidential election. Today, Guckert said she is both inspired and frustrated by both party’s responses regarding women in politics. Guckert, the public relations chair for the university’s College Republicans club, said that a candidate’s appearance is not something that the candidate themselves nor voters should be focusing on. Guckert said this is something she likes about Republican 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
A main problem Elon residents have with downtown Elon is a lack of parking. Benchmark planning, a consulting firm hired by the town of Elon to create a master plan for downtown Elon, proposed metered parking in some locations downtown. During the Feb. 27 council meeting, Benchmark planning shared findings of a survey and focus groups they hosted for input on downtown Elon.
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During Elon University’s Student Government Association meeting on Feb. 16, Provost Rebecca Kohn said that her new role has allowed her to work more with diversity, education and inclusion, as well as health and wellbeing within the university. Kohn said that she has been a part of work being done to advance the equity requirements that Elon students will be required to take, beginning in fall 2023. Kohn also said she helped with recruitment and retention of people of color on staff. Part of this work included looking at where there may have been existing bias and taking a closer look at how to recruit with diversity as a priority and use inclusive language.
During the Feb. 14 meeting, Town council members also discussed the first public art exhibit displayed in town hall and the town’s maintenance cart ordinance.
During Elon University’s Student Government Association’s town hall in the Moseley Student Center on Feb. 9, Mike Haskins, vice president of university communications, discussed Elon’s brand with students and how it impacts the school. Haskins said Elon’s brand is its story. Haskins said one of the reasons building a brand is crucial is because it helps build its reputation, making more students interested in attending the university. Haskins said Elon’s brand is important, as it increases students’ future career opportunities by increasing its name recognition.
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At its Jan. 23 regular meeting, the Elon Town Council voted to continue looking into the option to extend the blue line of Burlington’s fare-free Link Transit bus system, adding six stops in the town of Elon. The Link Transport proposal would mark the first time in 62 years that Elon has been linked with train service using public transport since the Elon College station, served by the Southern Railway, closed in 1961.The Elon College depot once stood on the corner of Lebanon and Williamson Avenues.
Jerry Tillman, who served in the North Carolina General Assembly for over 17 years, died on Saturday at age 82. The longtime senator played baseball for Elon University, where he was an honorable-mention All-American for the then Fighting Christians.
U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to a joint Congress for the annual State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. in Washington D.C. Elon Votes! is hosting a watch party tonight in the Moseley Student Center. The State of the Union will air on major television networks and other news outlets, in addition to online live streams.
