Track and Field

With upcoming elections, Elon political interest pops

Ever since the first presidential candidates announced their runs earlier this year, a slow but steady buzz has been building at Elon University around the direction the country could take, depending on who wins the White House. As debate season swings into high-gear, a storm of media coverage has propelled campus conversation, with groups of liberals and conservatives divided down party lines opponents each call radical.

What can you fit in a backpack?

There are 20 million refugees in the world at this moment, more than at any other time in history.

Stop talking, start listening

Americans from all over the country are frustrated with their government, and rightfully so. The past seven years have been an exercise in gridlock, with Republicans in Congress determined to block any initiative on any issue made by the president.

Upperclassmen want more SGA engagement

Last week was a big one for Elon University’s SGA. If any incoming Elon freshmen were unaware of SGA’s existence, the recent election of officers for the Class of 2019 and Thursday’s Call to Honor ceremony certainly made its presence known — to younger students.

Event to bring consent strategies to Elon students

As sexual assault continues to be a key issue at U.S.

Students make magic with ‘The 24 Hour Plays’

Putting on a play from start to finish requires more than year of writing and editing, a few weeks of casting and a couple of months of practice and technical rehearsals.

Elon shows well in U.S. News rankings, but falls short in diversity

Diversity has once again been pegged as a weak point for Elon University, this time from a national point of view instead of a local one. U.S.

A festival with a cause

Food vendors, campers, bands and hundreds of people came together for one of Gibsonville's biggest parties of the year...Applefest. Applefest was first created by Ronny Apple.

SURPRISE: Elon students making Acorn worker's dream come true

The friendly faces behind the counter serving you cookies, sandwiches and coffee at Acorn are often thought of as just workers with some southern sweetness.

2016 Presidential candidates and their stances on student loans

With the presidential primary elections nearly four months away, candidates are laying out their platforms for many issues.

CHEAT SHEET – IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL The new Iran Nuclear agreement constructed by President Barack Obama, which would lift international sanctions against Iran in exchange for a halt to their nuclear program, could begin to be implemented by the end of this month, thanks to its recent backing by Senate Democrats. However, the deal, one of Obama’s most significant pieces of legislation during his presidency, and its future in relation to the United States could change with the next President.

Kenneth Brown Jr. endured challenges, hardships on path to Class of 2019 presidency

When Kenneth Brown, Jr. was helping his seven younger siblings and parents move into a bug-infested hotel room four years ago, his mother embraced him with tears in her eyes and said, “Tell me it’s going to be okay.”

Greensboro "Feeling the Bern"

North Carolina "Felt the Bern" Sunday night in Greensboro, as democratic presidential candidate Sen.

Sanders to packed Greensboro crowd: platform isn't radical

Derided by the right as too radical, Bernie Sanders said much of his policy is built on what works in other developed countries. 

Playing past regulation: Elon football notebook from Gardner-Webb

The triple-overtime victory for the Elon University football team Saturday night was the longest game in school history.

International photographer Edward Burntynsky shows how 'humans reshape the land'

World-renowned landscape photographer Edward Burntynsky visited Elon as the first speaker in the Liberal Arts Forum series. 

Selena Gomez shuts down haters

Selena Gomez has been making rounds promoting her new album, Revivial, and this time she's laying down the law.

Men's soccer starts 5-0 for first time in program history

Fortune scores twice in 4-0 win over Davidson

Elon splits final two matches of Popcorn Classic

Phoenix swept by Kennesaw State, sweeps Savannah State

Students value gender-inclusive, single-sex dorms

While gender-inclusive housing options are popping up on campuses across the country, some students question if single-sex housing should be eliminated at universities.