The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the national unemployment rate lingers at 5.5 percent, with 126,000 jobs added in March.
Senior Casey Jones provided an offensive spark for the Elon University baseball team in its 6-1 series opener win Friday against Towson University. From the moment Jones stepped into the batter's box as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, he came up hacking.
The Elon University women’s lacrosse team lost 10-9 to Hofstra University Friday. Despite a four point lead — Elon's largest lead in CAA play this season — the Pride fought back into contention, tying the game with 3:01 to play. The Phoenix started off strong.
Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year senior Stefan Fortmann led the Elon University men’s tennis team past Drexel University in Friday's CAA tournament quarterfinals. The senior earned victories in singles and doubles to help blank the No.
The Elon University women’s tennis team shut out No. 6 Towson University 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament on Friday, April 17. Senior Brabora Lazarova and freshmen Erica Braschi and Kirsten Ward picked up wins in singles against the Tigers to jump out to a tremendous start. Phoenix freshmen Olivia Lucas and Bridget Liddell doubled up senior Ayana Dow and freshmen Lucy Williams 8-4 at No.
Elon’s commitment to diversity manifests itself across campus — one of the most popular platforms being food. In addition to Lakeside Dining Hall’s “country of the week” program, which features an international station that serves dishes form a designated area of the world every week, Elon Dining hopes to continue hosting “special events,” throughout the year.
With less than a month until the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament begins May 6 and a tough show of upcoming conference opponents, every game becomes more important for the Elon University softball team.
The Elon University women’s lacrosse team defeated the College of William & Mary 8-7 Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak in Colonial Athletic Association play and garner momentum going into its final two regular season competitions. “The Atlantic Sun was awesome [to be in last season]. We were very appreciative to be in there,” said head coach Josh Hexter.
She earned several accolades during her freshman season for the women’s track and field team in the discus throw and shot put.
It’s hard to believe a team that won a conference tournament championship last season and followed it up with a 14-7 record this year would be flying under the radar, but that’s the case for the Elon University women’s tennis team. Playing in a new conference — the Colonial Athletic Association — with six freshmen, there’s an element of the unknown clouding the team. “Most of our opponents don’t know us that well and haven’t seen most of our players,” said freshman Erica Braschi. Braschi said the young roster is an advantage for the Phoenix because the new players are unfamiliar to their opponents. While they are all still freshmen, they have gained plenty of experience throughout the season.
To say that technology — specifically computers and smartphones — has altered society throughout the past decade is an understatement.
Doctor's Orders is a weekly satirical column in which two unprofessional, definitely fake doctors offer up prescriptions for their Phoenix patients. Elon University got dragged through the mud by traditional media this past week when education news and analysis website The Hechinger Report revealed that, apparently, Elon isn’t economically diverse, and The Times News — our hometown newspaper — picked up the story. Burned on our own turf? Stabbed in the back?
If you’re a journalist, a college student, a professor, a college administrator, or any participating member of society, you’ve probably heard about the epic misstep made by Rolling Stone’s editorial team in the reporting of a University of Virginia campus gang rape. “A Rape on Campus” was published in November 2014, and within weeks major news outlets like The Washington Post were seriously and publicly questioning the validity of Rolling Stone’s reporting.
In recent weeks, political figures from both sides of the aisle have come forward and announced their campaigns to run for president in the 2016 elections. Clinton runs for second time Stating what was expected for months and confirming the beliefs of pundits everywhere, Hillary Clinton announced Sunday she will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. Clinton posted a video announcement to her campaign website Sunday.
The PHC contest was won by Alpha Xi Delta, with a tie for second place between Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.
Senior Daniela Nava has been thinking about food trucks since sophomore year. But Nava didn’t just have them on her mind for the food they offer and the unique ordering experience they give.
Hilary Corna ’07 told everyone in the room to stand up, and asked for a student to come forward. Then she and the student gave the audience a series of dares including telling interesting facts, performing jumping jacks and doing the hokey pokey. Corna, an speaker and author, preached the importance of going out on a limb to achieve goals to Elon University students Wednesday evening at LaRose Digital Theater in a speech sponsored by the Love School of Business and the International Business Club.
The era of 1920s Chicago is being fused with modern day hashtags, selfies and reality televison.
“Commedia dell’arte”: a genre of theater marked by character masks, improvisation and — of course — humor.
Drema Holder has just one son, but during any given semester, that number balloons to more than two-dozen. For the past six years, Holder has worked part-time in the Moseley Center at Elon University as a program assistant alongside two full-timers and watching over nearly 30 student workers. These students are Holder’s self-proclaimed “all-time joy,” and the relationship she has deveolped with them has given her the title of “the mother of Moseley Center.” “I still feel like I’m raising children,” she said. It’s a tight-knit group inside the Moseley Center that’s made up of Holder, Michael Williams, director of campus center operations, Henry Walling, assistant director, a graduate assistant and 27 student workers.
