Cate McCahill

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LIFESTYLE 5/7/21 8:56pm

Lavender Graduation honors Elon’s graduating LGBTQIA+ students

By Cate McCahill

After over a year of limited opportunities for Elon’s LGBTQIA+ community to gather in person, Lavender Graduation took place in-person on Friday, May 7 at 5:00 p.m. in McKinnon Hall. Unlike previous years, only lavender graduates, professional staff and the staff of Elon’s Gender and LGBTQIA+ Center were in attendance.

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LIFESTYLE 4/27/21 1:38pm

Burlington farmers market reopens for spring season, increases social media presence to build younger customer base

By Cate McCahill

Garden Valley reopened for its spring season the first week of April. The farmers market operates on a seasonal basis selling produce, flowers, plants and other local goods like jams and honey. The products currently sold align with what grows best in warmer spring climates. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/23/21 12:49pm

Barefoot Dialogues offers safe space for vulnerable conversations

By Cate McCahill

Elon’s Barefoot Dialogues organization offers Elon students an outlet to participate in “barefoot” conversations where vulnerability — and taking off one’s shoes — is encouraged and accepted. Elon sophomore and Barefoot Dialogues facilitator Morgan Chisholm said being barefoot represents a mindset that is cognizant of one’s own vulnerabilities and circumstances and those of others. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/18/21 4:32pm

Local florist industry is blooming, but supply can't keep up

By Cate McCahill

Local florists in the Burlington area, including Roxie’s Florist, are experiencing an increase in demand as events resume. However, the surge in business has left the florist industry facing a major supply shortage. Longtime Roxie’s employee Wendy Grady said the pandemic didn’t decrease the demand, but it did decrease the supply.

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LIFESTYLE 4/11/21 1:23pm

Burlington local opens beauty salon in Elon

By Cate McCahill

The hair and beauty bar opened in January 2021. But the growth of an Elon student clientele had been slow until the last few weeks, according to Ashley Waddell. Waddell traded her stethoscope and scrubs in for scissors and style when she opened Brushed Hair + Beauty Bar. The salon is located next to Fat Froggs Bar off of West Haggard Avenue less than a mile from Elon’s campus. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/2/21 4:35pm

Suspension of Broadway leaves Elon music theatre majors in limbo

By Cate McCahill

When seniors in Elon’s music theatre department began college, no one expected in four years to graduate into a stagnant job market, after more than a year of virtual performances. Music theatre students have not only adjusted to physically classes and the loss of live theater, but program seniors seeking post-graduate employment are facing an additional burden — the shutdown of Broadway. 

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NEWS 3/19/21 10:04am

Some Alamance County, North Carolina residents face food insecurity

By Cate McCahill

March 2021 marks the one year anniversary of the pandemic, yet as it continues with food insecurity rates on the rise, many food banks and pantries are weary of the strain the past year has put on food resources and volunteers and staff. Food insecurity — the lack of access, at times, to sufficient amounts of food for a healthy life for all household members — has been an issue in North Carolina prior to the pandemic. 

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LIFESTYLE 3/9/21 3:48pm

Studying abroad amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Caroline Donohue and Cate McCahill

Elon University junior Heeba Chergui was studying abroad in Jordan last spring when she and many other students across the globe were sent home at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Determined to get her full experience abroad, Chergui is currently in Jordan for the second time. However, study abroad programs were not guaranteed for Elon students during the 2020-21 academic year. 

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LIFESTYLE 2/3/20 8:41am

BEST OF: Dessert

By Cate McCahill

Smitty’s Ice Cream has become stiff competition for local dessert shops to beat.  

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NEWS 9/22/19 12:00pm

Auditing: Taking the class, without the tests

By Cate McCahill

Course auditing allows students, faculty and staff to attend a class and learn all of the material without having to complete any of the actual course work or receive a grade.

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NEWS 5/9/19 8:00am

Potential gas pipeline expansion to run adjacent to Haw River

By Cate McCahill

Some residents of Alamance County have been working hard to fight against a potential pipeline extension that would run through much of their land and propose a threat to the environment around them. 

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NEWS 3/22/19 8:00am

Elon and Alamance County communities unite in opposing a potential gas pipeline installation

By Cate McCahill

Elon University’s SGA voted to oppose a potential gas pipeline installation projected to come within six miles of Elon University’s campus. This resolution passed by a vote of 26-1-4.

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