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NEWS 12/9/13 2:39pm

SoCon regular season champion Elon men's tennis releases 2014 slate

By Tommy Hamzik

Elon University men’s tennis, which returns its entire starting lineup from last year’s Southern Conference regular season Champion team, has announced its 2014 schedule. The Phoenix and coach Michael Leonard welcomes back SoCon Player of the Year and senior Cam Silverman, in addition to his doubles partner, junior Stefan Fortmann. Similar to the women’s tennis squad, the men’s team will travel to the prestigious ITA Division I Kick-off Weekend on Jan.

NEWS 12/9/13 1:28pm

Elon women's tennis schedule highlighted by ITA Kickoff Weekend

By Tommy Hamzik

After going 21-4 a year ago and finishing ranked No. 66 overall by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), coach Elizabeth Anderson and the Elon University Women’s Tennis team will play a tough nonconference schedule in the 2014 season. The Phoenix open up against Virginia Tech and University of North Carolina from the ACC, before heading south to Athens, Georgia, to compete in the ITA Kickoff Weekend with annually hosts some of the nation’s top teams and programs.

NEWS 12/8/13 11:47pm

United States files for extension in Alexis Gray's trial

By jbruno

Federal attorneys representing the United States of America are asking a federal judge to extend their time to respond to the defense's motion of particulars from December 9 to December 16. The United States was told to respond to Alexis Gray's attorneys requests for details on Gray's alleged intent to kill, injure or harass and for any information on what "crime of violence" Gray is accused of committing. Gray, 20 of Holland, Pennsylvania, is facing a federal felony charge of traveling in interstate commerce to commit a crime of violence against a dating partner. Gray was arrested last November outside the Danieley Center at Elon with a rifle in her car.

NEWS 12/8/13 6:12pm

Elon women's basketball loses big to Wolfpack

By Kyle Maher

The Elon University women’s basketball team knew it was faced with an uphill battle against North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The Phoenix was unable to respond to that battle, and was beaten handily by the Wolfpack, 91-51, on Sunday, Dec.

NEWS 12/7/13 4:06pm

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NEWS 12/7/13 12:09pm

San Francisco gears up for NFC West showdown with Seattle

By Alex Simon

With four weeks left in the NFL season, 29 of the 32 teams are still mathematically alive. While many need a miracle to make the playoffs, one team has already clinched their spot: the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks are in the driver’s seat in the NFC at 11-1, two games ahead of the NFC South leaders, the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers (both teams at 9-3). They also own the tiebreaker over each, after beating the Panthers in Week 1, 12-7, and dominating the Saints on Monday night, 34-7. With the Saints and Panthers facing each other in Weeks 14 and 16, the Seahawks seem to have the No.

NEWS 12/5/13 5:06pm

Reigning SoCon Tournament champion Elon baseball releases 2014 schedule

By Tommy Hamzik

Building off a Southern Conference Tournament Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth a year ago, the Elon University baseball team has released another challenging slate for the 2014 season. Head coach Mike Kennedy’s team went 34-31 in 2013, defeating The Citadel in the SoCon Championship game and advancing to the Charlottesville Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

NEWS 12/5/13 12:47pm

Respect for Jim Grobe continues despite resignation

By Tommy Hamzik

It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas. The annual football coaching carousel has begun with the FCS tournament underway and the FBS ending its regular season. Legendary coaches step down, mediocre ones get fired, and upstart and successful guys move on to greener pastures.

NEWS 12/2/13 1:34pm

Elon releases tough 2014 softball schedule

By Andrew Wilson

With four teams that participated in the 2013 NCAA Tournament on the 2014 Elon University softball schedule, the Phoenix will face an uphill battle trying to rebound from a down year last season. Finishing with a record of 21-31 in 2013 and a 8-14 mark in Southern Conference play, the Phoenix struggled to maintain consistency throughout the season, winning just two weekend series’ in SoCon play and dropping out of the conference tournament in the play-in game against Samford University to end the season. This year, the Phoenix will compete in four weekend tournaments, including two hosted at Hunt Softball Park. Elon opens the season in the Charleston Southern Tournament in Charleston, S.C., Saturday, Feb.

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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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