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In My Words: A lynching on the side of a road for all to see
June 11, 2020
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Jean Rattigan-Rohr, vice president for access and success and professor of education at Elon, notes both the similarities and differences between George Floyd's death and those killed at lynchings throughout American history.
In My Words: Don’t feed President Troll
June 9, 2020
In the column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of Law Enrique Armijo argues that President Trump's recent Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship would do more to limit free speech than to protect it.
In My Words: For democracy’s sake, end racism and support journalism
June 9, 2020
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate. Rochelle Ford, dean of Elon's School of Communications, writes about the role that journalism plays in educating the public about the impact of racism upon society and the need to support journalism going forward.
In My Words: Discarded buildings and silent streets: What do they mean?
April 28, 2020
In this column distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor Rosemary Haskell looks at how our current COVID-19 world parallels that described in Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us," which imagines a future world devoid of people.
In My Words: During Covid-19 outbreak, those in higher education can still ‘be the human’
April 15, 2020
In this column originally published by Interfaith Youth Core and then distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, President Emeritus Leo M. Lambert writes about ways that those in higher education can continue to "be the human" during this time of remote learning.
Jason Husser discusses why Trump is reliant on white evangelicals in Brookings Institute column
April 8, 2020
Husser, an associate professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll, draws data from a recent survey by the Elon Poll for the column.
Pamela Winfield: A meditation on Buddhism in the time of pandemic
April 7, 2020
Pamela Winfield is an associate professor of religious studies.
Kieran Ungemach ’22: ‘I wondered when I would see my family again and if our lives would be the same.’
March 29, 2020
In this column originally published March 29 in the Greensboro News & Record, Kieran Ungemach '22 writes about the challenges facing his family as his brother recovers from COVID-19.
In My Words: There’s nothing like the Iowa Caucuses
March 3, 2020
This column by Emery Eisner '22 focuses on her experience covering the Iowa Caucuses during the Winter Term course "Iowa: The Trail Starts Here" in January. The column was published by The Burlington Times-News.