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NEWS 11/12/15 1:19pm

Mother remembers Demitri Allison's kindness

By elonlocalnews

"He was an extremely kind and gentle, thoughtful person who was so humble and I always felt like when Demitri came into our life, he was just a blessing from above to us," said Allison's mother, Lisa Hartman. The mother of Demitri Allison remembered her son as a "kind and gentle, thoughtful person who was so humble," speaking the day after he fell to his death from a 10-story building. Allison, 21, was an Elon University junior who died Wednesday afternoon after falling from Morrison Hall, a residence hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native of Cornelius, N.C., Allison was a wide receiver on Elon's football team. Mark and Lisa Hartman took in Allison eight years ago when "he was going through a rough time," and he became a part of their family, Lisa Hartman told Elon Local News and The Pendulum in a phone interview Thursday.

SPORTS 11/12/15 1:18pm

Mother remembers Elon junior's kindness

By Tommy Hamzik

The mother of Demitri Allison remembered her son as a “kind and gentle, thoughtful person who was so humble,” speaking the day after he fell to his death from a 10-story building. Allison, 21, was an Elon University junior who died Wednesday afternoon after falling at a residence hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native of Cornelius, N.C., Allison was a wide receiver on Elon’s football team. Dave and Lisa Hartman took in Allison eight years ago when “he was going through a rough time,” and he became a part of their family, Lisa Hartman told Elon Local News and The Pendulum in a phone interview Thursday. “We were really proud of Demitri,” Lisa Hartman said.

NEWS 11/12/15 12:34pm

Pumpkins

By Xernay Aniwar

Turns out fall’s favorite fruit (well, technically, a pumpkin is a berry, part of the Cucurbitaceous family) is actually kind of a super food. 

NEWS 11/12/15 10:35am

Triple the pitches, triple the impact

By Max Garland and Hope Koene

More than 90 Elon University students pitched their ideas for business ventures and social entrepreneurial opportunities, ranging from a pet rental service to a hunger prevention app, at the Triple Impact Challenge Nov. 11 in Upstairs Lakeside. The pitch competition, sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, aimed to promote entrepreneurship and innovation among Elon students. Even more so than previous iterations of the challenge, that included non-business majors.

NEWS 11/12/15 8:00am

'The Great American Songbook' gets jazzed

By Ally Feinsot

Audiences will travel back to the 1900s and listen to America's historical musical art form — jazz. Elon’s Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert, “American Standardization,” in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14.

NEWS 11/11/15 9:34pm

Elon athletes share respects for Allison on social media

By elonlocalnews

The Elon student body received word of the death of Demitri Allison, a junior wide receiver on the football team, on Wednesday night. According to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president for student life, Allison died Wednesday afternoon after falling from Morrison Residence Hall, a 10-story building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since Allison's death, the football team and student body have expressed their condolences and mourning for him on social media. https://twitter.com/cchristiansen_8/status/664615671871991808 Close friends and members of the team such as Megan Gravley, Connor Christiansen and Alex Higgins posted their thoughts and feelings of loss on Twitter. https://twitter.com/HiggeeSmalls/status/664616511672221696 https://twitter.com/meggravley/status/664621050626486272 Tomorrow the university will hold a Gathering of Friends in remembrance of Allison at 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS 11/11/15 9:29pm

Elon athletes tweet respects after football player's death

 

Junior Demitri Allison died Wednesday after falling from a 10-story residence hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Allison, a member of the football team, left campus Tuesday and friends, teammates and family asked police to look for Allison because "they were concerned for his well-being and emotional state." Shortly after Smith Jackson, vice president for student life, sent an email to Elon University students regarding Allison's death, a number of athletes took to Twitter to pay their respects to Allison.

NEWS 11/11/15 8:19pm

Tampon tax

By Xernay Aniwar

As any woman knows far too well, getting your period is not a choice. But pads and tampons are, more often than not, taxed as a luxury item.

SPORTS 11/11/15 8:00pm

Elon junior dead after fall at UNC Chapel Hill

By Tommy Hamzik

An Elon University student died Wednesday after falling from a 10-story building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president for student life. Demitri Allison, 21 and a native of Cornelius, N.C., was a junior management major and wide receiver on the Elon football team. There will be a gathering of friends at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Rhodes Stadium open to all.

NEWS 11/11/15 1:01pm

Fellows Programs should be equal

 

Every March, hundreds of high school seniors flood onto Elon University’s campus, all hoping to earn a spot in one of Elon’s prestigious Fellows Programs. These programs offer students opportunities for academic and professional exploration beyond those already offered by the university.

NEWS 11/11/15 11:11am

First date outfit guide

By Jayme Baum

Every first date comes with jitters and anticipation, but it's time to take one anxiety-provoking thought out of the equation: outfit stress.

NEWS 11/11/15 10:00am

Up in smoke

By Sarah Wood

The month of November is Lung Cancer awareness month and many North Carolina schools have launched campaigns against smoking on campus.

NEWS 11/11/15 8:00am

Traveling to the Dominican Republic without identity

By Bryan Anderson

He had no passport, no birth certificate and no way of getting to the Dominican Republic. But when Elon University Physical Plant employee Anthony Totten arrived to work one chilly January morning, he received a life-changing call. With less than six hours until the flight was scheduled to depart, the university informed him it had procured a travel document in the nick of time.

NEWS 11/10/15 9:09pm

Presidential Social Task Force listens to student opinions

By mfoard

Students and faculty gathered together on November 10 in the McBride Gathering Space to continue the discussion on the Presidential Social Task Force. Naeemah Clark led the discussion by creating an open forum with students to see what needs the most change.

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Students and community members gathered in McKinnon Hall for the first-ever Beyond the Athlete Conference. Leaders in sport spoke about the challenges that Black or African American and allied community members, identifying as women, face during and after their athletic career.

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Rising defensive mind joins Elon football coaching staff

Elon has hired experienced defensive coach Jalen Hairston to lead its secondary. Hairston comes to Elon after many years of success in Division II football. He joins the Phoenix coaching staff after spending the past two seasons as the defensive backs coach for the University of Maine. While there, he also served as the safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Black Bears. Before he was a coach, Hairston played three seasons with the University of Charleston from 2015-2018.

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