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Town of Elon reflects on its history to guide its future
MAGGIE BROWN | Politics Editor | @maggieabrown_
T bDAY, AROUND 10,000
PEOPLE live in the town
of Elon though it is only
5 square miles. About 70
percent of the town is comprised
of students. The population of
Elon is growing by 290 people
each year, according to the
town.
Historically, the town of
Elons success is a result of the
university. And while Found
ers Day is a time to celebrate
the history of Elon, the town
is also celebrating its prog
ress in moving forward with
future changes.
Downtown Elon — North
Williamson Avenue — is one
part of the town where many
residents are working to pre
serve Elons history, and 125
years later, it is still the center of
thriving small businesses.
To keep up with the speed of
the university’s growth, down
town Elon is promoted by the
See ANNIVERSARY I pg 4
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NEWS. PHOTO COURTESY OF DON BOLDEN.
Top: Downtown Elon in the late
1960s, including The Elon
Grill, Garrison's Soda Shop
and Swift Cleaners.
MAGGIE BROWN I POLITICS EOrrOR
Bottom: Downtown Elon in
2018 with coffee shops, a har,
the Elon University bookstore,
restaurants and more.
Elon alumna to perform in
‘Mean Girls’ on Broadway
Kelly Farmer
Elon News Network | @elonnewsnetwork
The popular cult classic
film, “Mean Girls,” is being
brought to life to the Broad
way stage as a musical, fea
turing a familiar Elon Uni
versity alumna face.
The musical has just be
gun previews this month
after premiering in Wash
ington, DC this past fall.
The book of the musical
was written by Tina Fey and
composed by her husband,
Jeff ^chmond and it sports
a young cast.
Barrett Wilbert Weed
Elon University alumna’11
Cast in the role of Janis
Ian is Barrett Wilbert Weed,
an alumna of Elon Universi
ty’s Music Theatre program.
She graduated in 2011 and
has since been working
professionally as an actress.
After receiving her diploma.
Weed moved to New York
City and began auditioning
for shows.
“I tried to go to two
or three auditions a day,”
Weed said.
Only a few months after
See MEAN GIRLS I
pg 9
College Republicans request more
SGA funds than College Democrats
Ariana Reyes
Elon News Network | @elonnewsnetwork
For the past two years,
the SGA budget has
granted College Repub
licans more money than
College Democrats.
In the 2016-2017 bud
get year, College Republi
cans requested $6,313 and
received $3,250. Mean
while, College Democrats
requested $2,503 and re
ceived $2,100,
College Republicans
were allocated $3,500
and College Democrats
$2,200 for the 2018-2019
budget year during the
SGA meeting March 8.
Funding is a crucial
part of an organiza
tion’s ability to grow on
campus and to expand
their opportunities and
achievements in a school
year. SGA holds budget
hearings to give organi
zations the opportunity
to request money, but
some clubs request more
than others.
Every organization
undergoes the same
process in their budget
hearings, but many peo
ple might not know what
that entails.
SGA BUDGH
100
student organizations
request funding from SGA
annually.
SGA’s executive trea
surer, junior Max Piv-
onka, explained that as
SGA’s budget grows, the
number of students in
the university also grows,
so they are usually not
See BUDGET | pg. 5
NEWS • PAGE 6
Immigrant Realities
organizes panel to
discuss real journeys
LIFESTYLE‘PAGE 8
Professor, Jessica
Carew, makes an
impact outside of Elon
SPORTS • PAGE 10
Sophomore baseball
player leads division
in strikeouts