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NEWS 12/31/13 5:28pm

Cold shooting day plagues Elon against No. 7 Duke

By Tommy Hamzik

Just over a year ago in Durham, Elon University hung with the top-ranked Duke University Blue Devils for nearly the entire first half. The Phoenix held a lead down the stretch, but a Blue Devils run early in the second half broke it open and the hosts went on to win, 76-54. When the two schools, separated by just 39 miles, met again on Dec.

NEWS 12/14/13 3:25am

Elon falls at No. 21 Colorado

By Tommy Hamzik

As the game began, Elon University showed promise at No. 21 University of Colorado. The Phoenix was forcing the Buffaloes into turnovers and stifling the team’s shooters.

NEWS 12/12/13 9:04pm

Elon travels to No. 21 Colorado in homecoming for Samson, Winters

By Tommy Hamzik

After losing four consecutive games during one early stretch of this season, the Elon University men’s basketball team has now won three straight games inside the friendly confines of Alumni Gym. While the Phoenix struggled in areas such as defense and rebounding, three-point shooting and spreading the ball around seemed to be areas of strength for coach Matt Matheny and company. Elon will put all it has learned to the test this Friday, Dec.

NEWS 11/27/13 11:43am

Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart bursts back onto national scene

By Tommy Hamzik

They’re all over ESPN. They are the faces of College Basketball. “The Diaper Dandies!” as Dick Vitale would say. All the buzz and more in this young college basketball season has been surrounding the freshmen phenoms that plan to take over the landscape of the sport for a year before bolting for the glamour and money of the NBA.

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NEWS 05/01/2024 2:11pm
Elon University hosts record-breaking SURF Day

Elon University’s annual Spring Undergraduate Research Forum had record-breaking participation this year. There were a total of 322 presentations this year, a 19% jump from last year and the highest in the forum’s 31 year history. According to Jen Hamel, associate director of undergraduate research, this is the result of an upward trend she has noticed over the past several years. Hamel attributes this growth to increased participation in SURF from the School of Communications and the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. The 322 presentations were divided into 168 poster presentations, 154 oral presentations and 35 creative performances.

NEWS 05/01/2024 1:43pm
Elon’s Speakers’ Corner finds another voice

Elon sophomore Noelle Vaught said she finds students at Elon University are “politically sleepwalking.” On April 25, Vaught stood at the Speakers’ Corner holding an upside down American flag with the words “there is no flag large enough to cover up the shame of killing innocent people” written on it. Vaught also said she feels Elon is very “cloistered,” or secluded from the rest of the world. Vaught said her second reason is that she is opposed to the United States’ involvement in the Israel-Hamas War.

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