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NEWS 2/26/13 5:00pm

Student Hit by Car on East Haggard Avenue

A first-year, female Elon student was hit by a car on East Haggard Avenue today, at the crosswalk outside of the Powell building, according to Director of the Elon University New Bureau's, Eric Towsend, Twitter account. According to Alamance County Communications, Elon Police and EMS responded to a call around 3:23 p.m.


NEWS 2/26/13 2:06am

Ford, Elon top Appalachian State for first time in eight tries

Five days before the Elon University women’s basketball team will honor its seniors in their final home game of 2013, they and the rest of the Phoenix accomplished something they haven’t been able to do since prior to the class of 2013 arriving on campus: Win against Appalachian State University. “We played really well tonight,” senior guard Ali Ford said of Elon’s monumental 75-58 victory against the visiting Mountaineers.


NEWS 2/25/13 5:17pm

Baseball takes two in Caravelle Resort Baseball Tournament

On a rainy weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Elon University baseball team played a lot of waiting games. Due to predicted rains throughout the weekend, the tournament, hosted by Coastal Carolina University, was moved up a day to allow the first scheduled games to be played without having to worry about making the games up later in the weekend.


NEWS 2/25/13 4:53pm

Men's basketball upended by Chattanooga

Two nights after clinching its second North Division title in school history, the Elon University men’s basketball team lost a hard fought battle to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 72-68, at the McKenzie Arena on Sunday, Feb.


NEWS 2/25/13 11:41am

85th Annual Academy Awards balance humor, sophistication

There's just something about the Oscars. Once a year, there is a three-hour-long snapshot in time -- okay, three and a half, though I can't even be mad about host Seth MacFarlane's 17-minute opening this year -- during which the moviegoing public unites for one cause: critiquing films they most likely haven't even seen yet.


NEWS 2/24/13 9:23pm

Bill legalizing medical marijuana surfaces in NC General Assembly

Note: By the time this article ran, the NC General Assembly gave the legislation an "unfavorable report." This means that similar legislation will be marked as being "unfavorable" and this will be made known to the representatives by the clerk and allows them the opportunity to vote to accept the report and kill the bill.


NEWS 2/24/13 1:41pm

Privacy Check: Social media changes highlight importance of terms and conditions

When Instagram released a new privacy policy last December that suggested the company would sell users’ photos to advertisers without any compensation to the user, Elon University freshman Aurora Albi-Mercier was worried. “I think not knowing if my personal photos, that I really only share with my close friends, were being shared with the rest of the world without my permission or compensation would have made me feel uncomfortable,” said Albi-Mercier.  “Had they instated that policy, I would have felt pressured to take my pictures down and delete my account.” Albi-Mercier is not the only one.  After Instagram announced the policy change, more than half of its 16.7 million users deleted their accounts.



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