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NEWS 10/5/16 6:30am

Examining voter registration at Elon

By Bryan Anderson

Registering to vote can be a complicated process at Elon University. Forty-nine different states are represented on campus, with 75 percent of the student population coming from out of state, according to the university’s most recent Registrar’s Report.

NEWS 10/4/16 5:26pm

Kathleen Parker responds to petition, advocates for free speech

By Tommy Hamzik

Kathleen Parker regrets if her writing was misinterpreted in a way that suggests she advocates for victim-blaming in rape cases, but questioned the motives of those who organized a petition that sought to bar her from speaking at Elon University. Parker, the most widely syndicated columnist in the U.S., was on campus Tuesday to deliver the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture, months after a petition was sent to the administration calling Parker "dangerous" and a "rape apologist." 

NEWS 10/4/16 2:32pm

SEIDEL: Visual transcripts are not a full indicator of the Elon experience

By Jane Seidel

On a typical Monday, I leave my apartment at 8 a.m. and don’t return until about midnight. During that time, I go to class, I work as a barista, I work in the newsroom, I sometimes eat, and I try to do homework.  My visual transcript remains blank through all of this.  The purpose of the visual transcript is to capture and validate student’s co-curricular experience.

SPORTS 10/4/16 2:00pm

SIMON: Football suffers 'humiliating' defeat

By Alex Simon

Sophomore quarterback Daniel Thompson didn’t want to look at the stats after the Elon University football team’s game Saturday afternoon against Villanova University. And frankly, I can’t blame him. Not after the Phoenix was blown out by the Wildcats 42-7, a 35-point loss that felt like much more.

NEWS 10/4/16 12:31pm

Latest Elon Poll shows Clinton edging Trump, stark divide over protests and police treatment of blacks

By Emmanuel Morgan

The latest Elon University Poll released Tuesday shows Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton edging Republican nominee Donald Trump by nearly six percentage points in North Carolina, while Democrat Roy Cooper is edging Republican Pat McCrory 48 percent to 44 percent in the governor’s race. The poll also asked potential voters about the treatments of African-Americans by police in light of the recent protests in Charlotte over the killing of Keith Lamont Scott last month.

NEWS 10/3/16 8:35pm

Elon in San Francisco program to launch this summer

By Courtney Campbell

Students will join the minds of the creators of Apple, Facebook and Google while having time to bike the Golden Gate Bridge this summer with Elon in San Francisco, a new branch of Study USA. For eight weeks beginning June 1, 20 students will have to opportunity to take an Innovation Course and complete and internship in the innovation capital of the world.

SPORTS 10/3/16 5:56pm

Football puts out suicide prevention video

By Alex Simon

While the Family Weekend game did not go well for the Elon University football team Saturday afternoon, the Phoenix received attention around campus for something positive. The football team partnered with Active Minds — the student advocacy club that “strives to break the stigma surrounding mental illness” — to create a 40-second video that was shown on the videoboard during the first half of Saturday’s game.

NEWS 10/3/16 5:35pm

Kathleen Parker, after summer controversy and student petition, to speak Oct. 4

By Emmanuel Morgan

The fall semester at Elon University has just started this, but this summer, Kathleen Parker was the catalyst for many Elon students grumbling about certain aspects of the upcoming school year— complaints that were more serious and ethically challenging than homework and exams. A planned Baird Pulitzer Prize lecture in October from Parker, a syndicated Washington Post columnist, was met with hostility among the Elon community as more than 300 students, alumni and others signed a petition asking the school to cancel the event, according to the Greensboro News and Record.

NEWS 10/3/16 9:55am

Celebrating inclusivity with Alamance Pride

By Courtney Campbell

Gary Cooper was shocked by what he saw in downtown Burlington. Living their since the 40s, he never imagined he would see rainbow flags and the community coming together to celebrate the LGBTQIA and inclusivity. A pioneer in the Burlington LGBTQIA movement, Alamance Pride on Oct.

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LIFESTYLE 12/20/2025 12:34pm
La clínica de atención médica local ofrece una ayuda vital a los residentes sin seguro del condado de Alamance

Valerie Epperson, residente del condado de Alamance, afirmó que no cree que estaría viva si no fuera por la Clínica Open Door del condado de Alamance, una clínica que brinda atención médica gratuita a personas sin seguro médico. “Cuando empecé a ir a la clínica, mi diabetes estaba descontrolada y comía lo que quería. Simplemente no me importaba”, dijo Epperson. “Cuando tienes a alguien que te ayuda, te mantiene alerta y te recuerda constantemente: ‘Tienes que hacer esto. Tienes que dejar de hacer aquello’”.

LIFESTYLE 12/20/2025 12:27pm
Local healthcare clinic provides lifeline to uninsured Alamance County residents

Alamance County resident Valerie Epperson said she doesn’t think she would be alive right now if it were not for the Open Door Clinic of Alamance County, a clinic that provides free healthcare to people who do not have insurance. “When I first started, my diabetes were out of control, and I was just eating anything I wanted. It’s like, I just didn’t care,” Epperson said. “When you have someone there to help you, it keeps your mind open all the time about, ‘Hey, you need to do this. You need to stop doing this.’”

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