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By Aidan Powley | 3/4/25 11:09pm

The Eastern Alamance Eagles have a tradition of crowning their home run hitters with a sombrero when they return to the dugout. Eastern Alamance had three players put on the sombrero during the team's game against the Person Rockets which the Eagles won 17-1 on March 4.

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NEWS 03/16/2025 11:25am
Elon University faces tornado watch

According to an E-Alert sent out at 9:58 a.m. the National Weather Service has extended a tornado watch to include Alamance County and Elon University. The watch is expected to last until 2 p.m. The tornado watch includes 23 counties in North Carolina as of 10:56 a.m. according to the NWS. The counties under tornado watch include Alamance, Chatham and Durham counties. According to an email from Vice President of Student Life, Jon Dooley sent on March 5 if a tornado warning is issued, an E-Alert emergency notification will be sent out and outdoor sirens on Elon’s main campus will be activated. 

NEWS 03/16/2025 10:40am
Elon University announces 2025-26 speaker series

Elon University announced its 2025-26 speaker series including Olympian Katie Ledecky, common reading author Alejandra Campoverdi, intelligence officer Ret. Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah, and New York Times columnists Zeynep Tufekci and Frank Bruni. Executive director of cultural and special programs, Jeff Clark, who spearheads the selection process for the annual speaker series, hopes the Elon and local communities can come together and take advantage of the speaker series. All of the speaker series events are free to Elon University students, faculty and staff with a Phoenix Card ID and tickets for the public are $15.

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