Athletes spend countless hours practicing and training outside of class, which gives them the right to certain benefits.
Friday, April 10, hundreds of Elon University students will take part in an “out of this world” experience of standing, dancing and celebrating “For the Kids” (FTK) at Elonthon 2015: To Infinity and Beyond FTK. As of Tuesday, March 31, 1,073 students signed up for Elon. Elonthon PR Chair Tegan Oglesby said that A popular event for Greek organizations to participate in — all nine PHC sororities and six out of the seven IFC fraternities are signed up — Elonthon executive members made it a goal this year to diversify the groups who participate in the event. “Every year, Exec makes it our mission to reach out to as many campus organizations as possible and personally invite them to make a team for Elonthon,” said Elonthon Director Kaylyn Weller.
Pedestrian safety is a problem at Elon. When it comes to looking both ways, neither the pedestrian nor the driver are engaging.
Two hits were all Elon could manage when it traveled to Virginia Tech University on Wednesday.
NBA legend Michael Jordan didn’t make his high school basketball team. Physicist Albert Einstein didn’t speak until he was 4 and didn’t read until he was 7.
After graduation, some students start their careers. Some take a year off to travel, and others move back home.
“Purpose, not paycheck,” drove Paul Castro to leave his life as a screenwriter in California to teach in Elon University’s cinema program.
A line of Elon University faculty, staff, students and community members coiled through the Center for the Arts lobby.
Through the tears and the heavy air, thick with the loss of a beloved wife, mother and friend, there was laughter, joy and love.
A utility tower, bedecked with get-well soon cards from members of the community, stands near the site of the accident.
I have been enrolled in Spanish classes since 6th grade. Looking back on my foreign language education, I can say confidently that the way many other American children and I were taught Spanish needs a serious overhaul. Spanish majors at Elon University are required to study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country to apply the language in a native setting.
The crunch of the fall leaves and the brisk wind blowing as the sun sets are sentiments usually associated with football season. Not the chirping of birds and spring flowers. Spring football practice has continued to grow across the college and high school game, with spring games at larger schools drawing upwards of 40,000 people.
She joined the Elon University women’s basketball team as a walk-on and played for one minute during her entire freshman season.
Free passes hurt the Elon University baseball team throughout the course of its game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels on Tuesday.
Kim Crawford raised her voice a bit, spoke in a sharp, serious tone and delivered a number of robust messages Tuesday night, but one might have resonated a little more than the rest. She and her three co-panelists were prompted about why, in a country that produces so much food, is hunger still an issue? “It’s appalling,” said Crawford, the executive director of Allied Churches of Alamance County.
Music fans across the country lost it last week when Lollapalooza released its 2015 lineup.
Robin Russell, who worked at Elon's campus bookstore, died last night in her sleep, according to an email from Provost Steven House. Robin was the wife of Alan Russell, an associate professor of mathematics at Elon.
Elon University staff member Robin Russell died in her sleep March 28, according to an email from Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven House.
Elon University’s Campus Safety and Police will launch LiveSafe, a smartphone safety application, March 30. The app will allow students to submit tips to Campus Security via their smartphones as well as communicate with officers on duty. To urge students to download the app, Campus Safety and Police will administer a scavenger hunt from March 30-April 2 that will send students searching for images of the Elon Phoenix across campus.
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