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7/23/14 2:22pm
Matthew Pertz - 2014-07-23 14:22:53
I'm currently a high school senior looking at several different schools in NC for broadcast journalism.
I'm currently a high school senior looking at several different schools in NC for broadcast journalism.
Members of the Elon Community are remembering Darlene Boggs, an environmental services custodian, who died Sunday, July 20. Boggs worked for Elon for nearly eight years.
The New York Yankees’ first 94 games can be summed up by one phrase: treading water. They sat at .500, 47-47, at the All-Star break with the same glaring holes they’ve had all season — a wildly inconsistent and often discouragingly poor offense and a depleted rotation that has seen four of its five starters go down with serious injuries. C.C.
Looking back through the history of our country, numerous instances of social wrongdoings and oppression can be listed. From the Civil Rights Movement to the fight for women’s equality, the U.S.
It’s never easy to leave home. Whether you’re a 5-year-old kid heading to the first day of kindergarten, or a 25-year-old athlete leaving the town and team that shaped you, leaving home is tough. But LeBron James was able to do it back in 2010, and he went on to win two championships in another city. Now, four years later, he is headed back to the place he used to call home, with two rings on his fingers and a load of young talent waiting for him in Cleveland. Carmelo Anthony was sprung into a similar situation as James in 2010. After opting out of his contract with his hometown New York Knicks, Anthony heard pitches from Chicago, Houston, Dallas, the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Knicks. Anthony prolonged his decision, later narrowing his choice down to Chicago or New York. As far as basketball fits go, Chicago was a dream destination for the 30-year-old Anthony. He would be joining a loaded team with a core consisting of Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson, as well as a proven head coach in Tom Thibodeau. Instead, Anthony chose to re-sign with the Knicks and put his faith in newly hired team president Phil Jackson. In a statement on his official website, thisismelo.com, Anthony said, “In the end, I am a New York Knick at heart. I am looking forward to continuing my career in Orange & Blue, and to working with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams.” Nobody ever said leaving New York was going to be easy for Anthony. But in the end, his legacy has to be called into question. Anthony’s talent has never been called into question, but his inability to come close to winning a championship will forever deter him from being mentioned with the greats. His new five-year, $125 million contract (no, $5 million is not a “pay cut”) will eat up the majority of the salary cap space on a mediocre team that will be shooting for the offseasons of 2015 and 2016 as its best chances of building a championship-caliber squad. Sure, he would have had to take less money to join the Bulls, but why does cash have to trump championships? Anthony would have made the Bulls instant title favorites, yet he chose the Knicks and is relying on a whole lot of “if’s” to pan out over the next few years for the Knicks to be competitive. When James spurned his hometown Cavaliers and bolted for Miami in 2010, he noted how tough a decision it was. “I never wanted to leave Cleveland,” he said in his much-maligned “Decision.” “But I also felt like this is the greatest challenge for me is to move on.” Anthony should have taken notes. He spent three and a half seasons in New York, but it just didn’t work out. End of story. He could have taken the same path as James. He could have accepted the two-year offer that was on the table from Chicago and made two runs at a championship while Jackson retooled the roster in New York. Returning to New York was never out of the question. Instead, Jackson will now have less flexibility in the coming years to add to his team because Anthony’s near-max contract will be filling most of the cap. When comparing the career paths of James and Anthony, both 2003 draftees, it is interesting to see the similarities along the way. Both led their teams in their first years in the league (LeBron in Cleveland, Carmelo in Denver), but never had enough talent around them to win it all. James hit the market in his prime, left his hometown to win championships, and now is returning home in hopes of winning more. Anthony, on the other hand, forced his way out of Denver and subsequently became a free agent at an older age than James, then chose to stay home rather than leave for a better opportunity in another city. Some call it loyalty, others call it stupidity. Ten years from now, we will look back on both of their careers and note the difference: James was willing to take the chance and leave home. Without his two championship rings, James is a great player. With his rings, he is considered one of the best to ever step foot on a basketball court. And how did he win those rings?
Starting in fall 2015, one student from Alamance Community College will be chosen to receive an annual scholarship of $22,500 that will go toward Elon University tuition, fees, room and board. Alamance Community College students who will be considered for the scholarship must have at least 24 transferrable credit hours.
In the age of headphones and portable speakers, silence is rare. For some, though, silence is impossible. In the United States today, a condition called tinnitus affects 25 percent of the population, and at least 3 million of those affected say they can't function in society as a result.
Following the end of my freshman year at Elon, I went on a Taglit-Birthright trip to Israel from May 25 to June 6.
AACHAN, GERMANY — I checked the time on my watch. Five minutes until the bus would leave. I reached over my desk, grabbed my German flag and swiftly walked out. I found my group, consisting of two Americans, a Canadian and an Angolan – all of us budding researchers at RWTH Aachen in Aachen, Germany.
An Elon store clerk has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report, larceny by employee and resisting a public officer. Steven Shane Jernigan, 24, was taken into custody Wednesday, according to the Elon Police report.
When I decided to stay at Elon University for the summer, I was expecting to be fairly bored. I've never been the type of person who enjoys sitting around doing nothing, but since most of my friends are living the glamorous intern life in Munich or New York or Los Angeles, I resigned myself to a life of work, sleep and television. But within a week of arriving, I began to realize that this summer might not be as boring as I thought. I soon ran into an acquaintance of mine from freshman year.
Students checking their Elon University inbox this week may have found a strange e-mail waiting for them. Starting Thursday June 10th, many current students and alumni received a spam e-mail with the subject "Deactivation of Account!!!" Elon University officials confirm that they did not send the e-mail and students should be cautious. The e-mail asked recipients to reply to the message with information such as their username and password. "Elon University will never ask students to reply with their personal information in an e-mail," Assistant Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Office Christopher Waters said. Waters says spammers will hack into Gmail to try and obtain personal information from users. In this case, recipients can tell the e-mail is spam because although the sender is labeled "Elon University," the actual address is "gmail.com," not "elon.edu." According to Waters, the university's spam filters occasionally do not block out everything they should. Campus Technology says that students should only provide their personal information when it is through an Elon University secured login.
The Elon University football team has received five verbal commitments from the class of 2015. The coaching staff couldn’t be more ecstatic. Coaches filled Twitter with phrases like “Phoenix on the Way” and “Embrace the Grind” emblazoned in capital letters which seem to be in reference to various players committing.
Greensboro, the third largest city in North Carolina, is located around thirty minutes from Elon University.
After releasing their debut studio album An Awesome Wave in 2012, Alt-J has returned to the musical scene with their newest single "Hunger of the Pine." The song, off their second album This Is All Yours (out Sept.
NEW YORK CITY - New York fashion is something that has always fascinated me. Being an avid blog-reader and fashion enthusiast, I’d heard the rumors that New Yorkers only wear black and I’d listened to both sides of the who-wore-it-best debate — Parisians or New Yorkers. I’ve seen more than my fair share of New York street style photos and have been exposed to pop culture portraying New Yorkers as skinny, black-wearing, cigarette-smoking types who either work on Wall Street, sell their souls to the fashion industry or paint for a living. To put it simply, stereotypes were not going to cut it for me.
August 22. T-Minus 45 days until Freshmen Orientation Day at Elon University. To get you ready for one of the best years of your life, two of our rising-sophomore staff members, Paige Pauroso and Mackenzie Grace Murray, have their top ten tips for making the most out of your freshman year at Elon. 1.
Elon University Junior Devon Bartholf of West Grove, PA was seriously injured in a single car accident near campus July 6. Town of Elon Police report that Bartholf 's car struck a utility pole around 3 p.m.
Ask any American how to properly celebrate the summer solstice – the first day of summer – and you’ll get a variety of answers.
The Elon student in Sunday afternoon's car accident near the Elon Post Office has been identified. According to the Town of Elon Police report, 21-year-old Devon Bartholf '16 of West Grove, PA was traveling northbound on South Williamson Ave.
