Michael Papich

Homeless and hopeful below the Alamance County poverty line

The human face of homelessness “It’s been rough as far as our family because we can’t stay together in the building,” Vickers said. he has a six-month-old baby girl, Allie, who she wants to raise in a safe environment, but unemployment has made that difficult. “[Day to day], we apply for jobs and more or less try to keep her entertained and hopefully try to get out of there as soon as we can,” Vickers said. “It’s been a struggle.”

Elon tries to better include non-religious

Elon University prides itself on being a leading school when it comes to religious inclusivity.

Elon poll reflects tight race with midterm elections looming

With midterm elections slated for Tuesday in North Carolina, the latest Elon University Poll shows incumbent Sen.

NC race important on national front

The 2014 North Carolina Senate campaign is set to be the most expensive race in U.S.

Law changes affect youth voting

The life of a North Carolinian under the age of 30 is very different from the life of a North Carolinian above the age of 30.

In an effort to maintain security at Elon, cameras multiply

While most students may not notice them on a normal day, Elon University has hundreds of security cameras across campus.

Cheating, plagiarism persist as current academic concerns

Cheating and plagiarism sit at the top of honor code concerns at Elon University and at most schools.

Elon Law Forum offers advice on police stops in light of Ferguson

The events in Ferguson, Missouri started with police officer Darren Wilson stopping Mike Brown in the street.

Visiting professor brings agricultural roots to neuroscience

Daniel Herr, nanoscience department chair at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, sees potential for better technology all around him, from the feet of a fruit fly to the DNA replication of his granddaughter. “A baby is assembling bio-bits a million times faster than a factory can put the same amount into a transistor,” Herr said, referring to blocks of biological information.

NC expected to lose movie, TV productions with incentives cut

Raleigh hosts Hopscotch Music Festival

Just an hour or so away from Elon University, music fans from across North Carolina flocked to Raleigh for the city’s Hopscotch Music Festival Sept.

New Study USA director hired

As any student knows, Elon University prides itself on having a large and well-attended study abroad program, with 70 percent of students leaving the country at least once in their college career.

Love School of Business revamps curriculum

As technology improves, the world continues to change at an exponential rate. To keep up with a world forever changed by computing power, Elon University’s Love School of Business is altering the courses and curriculum for the new school year to teach students how to solve problems and analyze data. The business school is offering seven new courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, to instruct students in data analysis.

Standing out in a field of journalists

The question journalists, and particularly journalism students, are being asked isn’t how to write and report, but how to make writing and reporting stand out.

Elon bucket list: 5 things every Elon student should do before graduating

Going to College Coffee What other school lists “take the free food we give you” as a bucket list item?

Elon Poll shows Tillis in lead ahead of primaries

With primaries for the Senate and House this week, the April 2014 Elon University Poll shows North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis maintaining his lead for the Republican Senate nomination with more than 60 percent of respondents now recognizing his name. In February, the Elon Poll showed that only 38 percent of voters recognized Tillis’ name.

Elon takes on the climate change divide

Students and faculty were invited April 9 to debate and discuss climate change and pick apart why it’s dividing the country. For those who deny climate change, it is a scientific falsehood that could derail needed economic investment.

Buddhist teacher reflects value of positivity at Elon

A touch of Tibet came to Elon University April 3 when Buddhist teacher and expert-meditator Geshe Gelek visited campus to promote strategies for positive thinking. “In my time in the United States, one thing I’ve learned here is that people are very hard on themselves,” Gelek said. Gelek, the resident teacher of Buddhism at the Kadampa Center in Raleigh, led a meditation and spoke at the Numen Lumen Pavilion in a visit sponsored by the Truitt Cente, Elon’s Asian Studies department and Iron Tree Blooming, Elon’s meditation society. Much of Gelek’s talk, filled with laughter and direct interactions with audience members, focused on Buddhist teachings and scholarship from the eighth century and the importance of using control of the mind to control the difficulties people face. “We cannot fix everything,” he said.

NC debates keeping financial incentives for movies, TV shows shot in state

As more and more high-profile movies and television shows are starting to be filmed in North Carolina, the General Assembly is considering making the state’s financial incentives for producers permanent. The incentives, which started in 2005, give film and television crews a 25 percent refund on expenses and can even pay back crews more than they pay in state taxes.

Elon Poll finds NC Senate candidates losing support in state

While politicians like Gov. Pat McCrory and President Barack Obama rose in voter support over the past four months, the latest Elon University Poll shows Sen.