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NEWS 4/18/15 1:13am

Men's tennis advances to CAA Tournament semis

By Jordan Spritzer

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.

NEWS 4/18/15 1:02am

Women's tennis team blanks Towson, advances to CAA semifinals

By Jordan Spritzer

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.

NEWS 4/17/15 11:32pm

Elon Dining continues to provide opportunities for global engagement

By Leena Dahal

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.

NEWS 4/17/15 11:30am

Women's lacrosse edges William & Mary, looks to hit tournament in stride

By Kyle Lubinsky

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.

NEWS 4/16/15 4:35pm

Women’s tennis enters CAA Tournament with young talent

By Jordan Spritzer

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.

NEWS 4/16/15 2:46pm

Doctor's Orders: Economic diversity: Who needs it?

By Frankie Campisano

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?

NEWS 4/16/15 2:44pm

Learning from the mistakes of Rolling Stone

By Tanza Loudenback

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.

NEWS 4/16/15 10:17am

Clinton, Rubio announce run for president in 2016

By Caroline Fernandez

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.

NEWS 4/15/15 8:13pm

Hilary Corna dares Elon students to reach beyond limits, achieve more

By Tommy Hamzik

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.

NEWS 4/15/15 6:22pm

The ‘mother of Moseley,’ Drema Holder

By Matt Mallian

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.

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SPORTS 04/25/2026 12:25pm
Rising defensive mind joins Elon football coaching staff

Elon has hired experienced defensive coach Jalen Hairston to lead its secondary. Hairston comes to Elon after many years of success in Division II football. He joins the Phoenix coaching staff after spending the past two seasons as the defensive backs coach for the University of Maine. While there, he also served as the safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Black Bears. Before he was a coach, Hairston played three seasons with the University of Charleston from 2015-2018.

NEWS 04/24/2026 4:42pm
Former Elon University student arrested for sexual exploitation charge

A Burlington man, who previously attended Elon University, was arrested April 21 and charged with four counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Nikolaos Alexander Fotiou, 18, was taken to the Alamance County Detention Center and is being held there under no bond, as of April 24. According to a Burlington Police Department press release, the Invictus Task Force aided with the investigation. 

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