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Elon News Network
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Volume 42 Edition 34
Elon, North Carolina
Students, faculty, staff engage in uncomfortabie conversations to improve social climate
Bryan Anderson
Enterprise Manager
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ophomore Tres McMichael is a gay,
black performing arts student who is
also in a fraternity.
It is this blend of identity and ex
perience that makes him a unique
figure on Elon University’s campus. When he
first arrived, though, he felt people had tried to
place him into a series of boxes — each box ex
clusive from the other.
“People are surprised when I do certain
things that aren’t typical of someone that looks
like me,” McMichael said.
Trying to strike a balance between theater
productions. Black Student Union and Phi
Beta Sigma has been no easy feat. These three
groups have little overlap, and there are clear
differences in what they expect from their
members.
See INCLUSIVITY
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Bodenarain elected SGA Executive President
Emmanuel Morgan
News Editor
@EMorgan704
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT
No-hitter signals
Welhaf’s comeback
After a head-scratching election sea
son, SGA has a new executive president.
In a close election that pitted two
friends against each other, junior
Morgan Bodenarain was elected
Tuesday over junior Rachel Hobbs as
executive president. Senior Kyle Porro,
See SGA
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Alex Simon
Sports Director
@alexsimon99
MORGAN BODENARAIN
The Elon University base
ball team’s Saturday after
noon game against Longwood
University was still in progress,
the unspeakable performance of
redshirt junior pitcher Robbie
Welhaf nearing completion.
And yet, even though there
was no guarantee Welhaf would
be able to finish off Elon’s first
no-hitter since joining Division
I, head coach Mike Kennedy
was almost overcome with
emotions.
See WELHAF
pg,18
STYLE
Elon senior set to
release first EP “Hello
Sunshine”
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