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NEWS 1/21/14 4:05pm

Seasoned Silverman continues to lead Elon as season begins

By Jordan Spritzer

The Australian Open may be taking place on the other side of the globe, but fortunately there is still high quality tennis being played here in the states – at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Senior men’s tennis star Cameron Silverman has put Elon University tennis on the map for the last four years.  Fresh off his win in the Men’s National Open Indoor Championship, Silverman is sitting pretty ranked No.

NEWS 1/21/14 3:56pm

Phoenix women's tennis ready to reach new heights in 2014

By Matt Mallian

Coming off a 21-win spring season in 2013, the most successful campaign in program history, the Elon University women’s tennis team is gearing up for the beginning of a new spring season in which the team will return many of its top producing players from a year ago. The Phoenix roster includes four seniors, most notably Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker.  The two have been a dynamic doubles pair for Elon in the past, going 22-2 on the 2013 season, including 9-1 in the Southern Conference.  When asked to describe what makes them such a dominant duo, Johnston said it goes beyond words. “We have gotten into a really good system of playing doubles together and we have so much experience now, this being our third season playing together,” she said.  “We really have a great understanding of each other.  It doesn’t even require words anymore.  We just know what it takes to win and we know how to get the best out of each other and I think that’s the reason why we are so successful – because we know what to do to help each other out and pick each other up.” Johnston and Jansaker, the No.

NEWS 1/21/14 10:50am

Grade inflation: Are A's too easy to come by?

By Matt Lee

If you are one of the students who made the President’s and Dean’s Lists over Winter Break, don’t celebrate just yet. The President’s List consisted of 718 students who received straight A’s, and 1,256 students received no grade lower than a B- in a minimum of 12 semester hours while maintaining a 3.5 GPA, landing them on the Dean’s List.

NEWS 1/20/14 8:22pm

Flu spreads through North Carolina, across college campuses

By mbrogan

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JViM7ghhcuI&w=560&h=315] Sneezing, coughing and wheezing may not be the greatest way to ring in the new year, but that's exactly what a typical January in North Carolina often brings with it. For students who live in close quarters, germs are everywhere, including the flu.

NEWS 1/20/14 8:21pm

After six months, unemployment insurance may return to NC

By Michael Papich

The United State Senate’s top priority for January has been the extension of expired federal unemployment insurance – a reality in North Carolina for nearly six months. Federal unemployment insurance ran out at the end of 2013, and the Senate is currently working on legislation to extend those benefits until March.

NEWS 1/20/14 7:51pm

Rich Skrosky adds assistant coaches to staff

By Matt Krause

Elon University head football coach Rich Skrosky announced the addition of several assistant coaches to his staff: Damian Wroblewski, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Most recently the offensive line coach at Rutgers University, Wroblewski helped to guide the Scarlet Knights to the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl and the 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl.

NEWS 1/20/14 7:48pm

Semiconductor technologies key to revitalizing U.S. manufacturing industry

By Stephanie Lamm

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama announced that North Carolina State University will serve as the head of his manufacturing technologies initiative.  This public-private partnership between universities, companies and research institutions will work to create more efficient and sustainable methods of powering electronics. For the past 50 years, electronic devices have relied on silicon-based semiconductors to convert electrical energy into power.

NEWS 1/20/14 7:03pm

Elon Law's new dean to build on university's strengths

By Michael Papich

The Elon University School of Law now has its third dean, with Luke Bierman taking over for the school’s previous dean, George Johnson, starting June 1. Before accepting the position at Elon, Bierman was a distinguished professor of practice of law at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, as well as the school’s associate dean of experiential learning. Faith Rivers James, professor of law and co-chair of the search committee for the school’s dean, said the committee looked for candidates who could use the strengths of Elon to improve the relatively young law school. “Elon’s outstanding record in terms of engaged learning is an important foundation for the law school,” James said. James said Bierman’s background and experience shows that he can combine university education with practical, hands-on teaching.

NEWS 1/20/14 5:25pm

Former faculty member Alexis Kamerman dies in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

By Stephanie Lamm

Last Friday, Elon University lost former faculty member Alexis Kamerman in an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Kamerman served as assistant director of residence life for the East Residence Area from 2012 to 2013. In June 2013, Kamerman took a job at the American University of Afghanistan.  She wanted to inspire young women to seek higher education.

NEWS 1/20/14 2:29pm

Elon book launch ties to Periclean scholars work in Mexico

By Simone Jasper

On Friday, the Periclean Scholars at Elon University held an event to launch the book Aquí & Allá/Here and There. Campus and community members gathered as author Blanca Zendejas Nienhaus and others who had connections to the book spoke. At the event, Blanca gave a brief overview of the book and noted its association with the Periclean Scholars class of 2013. Elon’s Periclean Scholars program is a part of Project Pericles, a national non-profit organization that encourages colleges and universities to prepare students for global citizenship.

NEWS 1/19/14 8:05pm

'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' chosen as common reading for next school year

By Michael Bodley

The recently selected 2014-2015 common reading selection, William Kamkwamba’s “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” is designed to show incoming students the world through the eyes of a boy growing up in third world Malawi, one of Africa’s poorest countries. The nonfiction book was chosen by the Elon Common Reading Program (ECRP) to combat stereotypes and poverty through ingenuity, according to Jeffrey Coker, chair of the ECRP and director of general studies. “It’s empowering,” he said.

NEWS 1/19/14 5:59pm

Disney and the 21st Century: Redefining happily ever after

By Kelsey Higgins

At this point, we have all heard the commercials for Disney’s newest animated film, “Frozen,” that advertise critics who call the film Disney’s best since “The Lion King.” While this is still an opinion open for interpretation, the numbers at the box office are beginning to tell the same story. “Frozen” quickly became Disney’s number one all-time animation debut and, according to Time magazine, has grossed $669 million so far without having gone worldwide.

NEWS 1/19/14 5:50pm

Zumbathon garners higher energy, greater turnout in 2014

By ktracy4

Students clapped, danced and wobbled their way through Zumbathon Jan. 17 in Jordan Gym. Zumba group exercise instructors led the two-hour event, which attracted lively participants. "We had a really good turnout," said Emily Armstrong, team leader of Group Exercise. "We had a lot of people sign up in advance and a lot of people come the day of and high energy this year.

SPORTS 1/19/14 2:35am

#15/16 UMass outlasts Elon at Alumni Gym

By afeather

ELON N.C.--In front of a raucous crowd inside Alumni Gym, the Elon University Men's Basketball could not overcome a poor shooting night and the length of #15/16 UMass as the Minutemen beat the Phoenix 83-73 on Saturday, Jan.

NEWS 1/18/14 7:06pm

Former Elon staff member killed while working in Afghanistan

By nchadwick

Former Assistant Director of Residence Life for the East Residence Area, Alexis Kamerman, known as Lexi, was killed Friday evening during an attack on a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to an email from Smith Jackson Saturday evening. Kamerman, a 27-year-old Chicago native, was working in residence life at the American University of Afghanistan. Her family released this statement to the Chicago Tribune via an email from her aunt, Julie Pfeffer: "She was an amazing young woman -smart, strong, beautiful, funny, stubborn and kind.

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NEWS 04/09/2026 10:59pm
Dystopia to hope: New York Times columnist urges a shift in public mindset

Dystopian worlds have defined modern culture, through survival dramas like Squid Game to zombie-filled television shows. Some of today’s most popular stories imagine societies collapsed and filled with distrust and scarcity. Negative narratives have set themselves in everyday life. The same outlook appears in public opinion, according to New York Times journalist and best selling author Frank Bruni. Bruni delivered the James P. Elder Lecture on April 9 in Whitley Auditorium at Elon University. He talked about how pessimism has shaped Americans’ views of the country and their role within it, themes all relevant in his book “The Age of Grievance.”

NEWS 04/09/2026 6:43pm
Arrest made in connection to April 5 assault in Mill Point neighborhood

Elon University officials announced April 9 that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the April 5 assault in the Mill Point neighborhood, according to a campuswide email.Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley wrote in the email that an individual, who is not affiliated with the university, was taken into custody with assistance from the Gibsonville Police Department. 

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