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NEWS 4/5/14 10:48am

AP's Nicole Winfield visits Elon

By Gary Grumbach

Nicole Winfield spoke to Elon students, faculty and community members Friday night about her experience as a Rome-based Vatican correspondent for The Associated Press. During the past 13 years as Vatican correspondent, Winfield has covered three popes - John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. Winfield, originally from New York City, says that she has the opportunity to see the Pope in a "vastly different light" than the general population does.

NEWS 4/5/14 10:04am

King's grand slam helps Elon get by Samford

By Tommy Hamzik

Highlighted by a sixth inning grand slam by junior Chris King, the Elon University baseball team overcame multiple deficits in picking up a 7-5 road win at Samford University April 5. Trailing 3-0 in the sixth, the Phoenix loaded the bases with nobody out on singles by juniors Ryan Cooper and Casey Jones and a walk by senior Sebastian Gomez.

NEWS 4/4/14 2:50pm

Buddhist teacher reflects value of positivity at Elon

By Michael Papich

A touch of Tibet came to Elon University April 3 when Buddhist teacher and expert-meditator Geshe Gelek visited campus to promote strategies for positive thinking. “In my time in the United States, one thing I’ve learned here is that people are very hard on themselves,” Gelek said. Gelek, the resident teacher of Buddhism at the Kadampa Center in Raleigh, led a meditation and spoke at the Numen Lumen Pavilion in a visit sponsored by the Truitt Cente, Elon’s Asian Studies department and Iron Tree Blooming, Elon’s meditation society. Much of Gelek’s talk, filled with laughter and direct interactions with audience members, focused on Buddhist teachings and scholarship from the eighth century and the importance of using control of the mind to control the difficulties people face. “We cannot fix everything,” he said.

NEWS 4/3/14 6:53pm

Junior’s heart beats three times faster for THON

By Leena Dahal

This weekend hundreds of Elon University students will be participating in ElonTHON, a 24-hour dance marathon committed to raising money and awareness for Duke Children’s Hospital. One of the many dedicated participants involved with the event is junior Tessa Kroninger.

NEWS 4/3/14 3:48pm

Darren Powell resigns as Elon men's soccer coach

By Tommy Hamzik

After three consecutive Southern Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances, Elon University head men's soccer coach Darren Powell is moving on. Powell resigned Thursday after nine years at the helm in which he amassed 94 wins, the most in program history, to accept a position with the Orlando City Soccer Club.

NEWS 4/3/14 3:27pm

MLB’s new replay system still a work in progress

By Matt Mallian

To the chagrin of many baseball die-hards, Major League Baseball instituted an expanded instant replay system for the 2014 season. This seemed inevitable, as all three of the other major sports leagues in the United States have had extensive replay systems in place for years.  But just days into this season, the flaws of baseball’s new system have been exploited. One issue that has plagued all leagues that use instant replay is a lack of quality camera angles.  When reviewing a play, umpires are at the mercy of the camera crews that broadcast the game for each team.  Many times, these angles don’t provide the necessary conclusive evidence that umpires need to overturn a call. During the April 2 game between the Miami Marlins and the Colorado Rockies, this exact predicament played out.  During the fourth inning, Marlins second baseman Derek Dietrich fielded a ground ball and proceeded to throw it to shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria in an attempt to force the runner out.  But Hechavarria was forced to stretch away from the second base bag to make the catch, while still attempting to keep his foot on the base.  Umpire Jerry Layne ruled the runner safe on the play, leading to Marlins manager Mike Redmond to challenge the play. After review, the call on the field was upheld, and the game was resumed.  The Rockies would go on to score three runs in the inning and win the game, 6-5.  In the end, the play reviewed in the fourth inning was very important in determining the outcome of the game.  Redmond said after the game that he thought there was evidence in the replay to overturn the call. The question to be asked is this: Why can’t major sports leagues get more reliable camera angles? Major League Baseball surely invested millions of dollars into the new replay system, so why not have a separate set of league-mandated cameras that provide a better angle of the plays? Unfortunately, this is a problem that will never be solved in major sports.  In many cases, the required camera angle is just not there to overturn a call.  It is still astounding, though, that the league could go through so much to institute instant replay and then get the calls wrong even after reviewing the play. The new system gives managers one challenge in the first six innings of the game, unless a challenge is used and the play is overturned.  In this case, the manager would be given a second challenge to use.  After the beginning of the seventh inning, all reviews must be initiated by an umpire. San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy found himself on the wrong side of this rule during his team’s April 1 game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  In the bottom of the fourth inning, Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain attempted to pick off Arizona’s A.J.

NEWS 4/2/14 8:19pm

Elon men's tennis powers past UNCG

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University men’s tennis team defeated local rival the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for the first time in four years, winning in decisive fashion 6-1 on April 2 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The Phoenix took all three doubles matches to take the early lead.  Junior Brian Kowalski and sophomore Robert Lindgren won first at No.

NEWS 4/2/14 5:25pm

'Veronica Mars' movie a satisfying tribute for fans

By Casey Brown

Marshmallows have waited seven years for their favorite teen sleuth, Veronica Mars, to make a comeback. March 14th, thanks to a history-making Kickstarter campaign that raised $5.7 million, the witty, resourceful heroine is back in a satisfying two-hour reunion with all our favorite Neptune residents. The film opens with Veronica (Kristen Bell) 10 years after she left Neptune, interviewing to be a lawyer in New York and dating Stosh Piznarski (Chris Lowell), her one-time college flame.

NEWS 4/2/14 2:00pm

Ozzie Smith is right: Opening Day should be a holiday

By Matt Krause

A few years ago, Major League Baseball messed with tradition. Angry with the fact that the last day of its regular season, a Sunday, was being overshadowed by professional football, the league shifted the traditional “start on a Monday, end on a Sunday” model to “start on a Thursday or Friday, end on Wednesday.” Sure, we saw some great midweek drama as the season ended, but Opening Day was ruined.

NEWS 4/1/14 11:54pm

Phoenix snaps out of skid with win over NC A&T

By Kyle Maher

Less than a week ago, the Elon University softball team was in the midst of a tailspin. The Phoenix had lost nine in a row and couldn’t escape the rapid free fall it had entered. But then, all of a sudden, the Phoenix stopped the bleeding and has now reeled off two straight wins, the latest a 7-3 victory over North Carolina A&T State University in a midweek nonconference game at Hunt Softball Park April 1. The Phoenix, which had scored two or fewer runs in three of its last four games, hit a groove against the Aggies, whistling line drives and long blasts all over the park. It began in the bottom of the first, as freshman designated player Emily Roper lofted a harmless fly ball to center with the bases loaded that was just deep enough for senior second baseman Lauren Oldham to score to put the Phoenix up 1-0. After holding the Aggies scoreless in the top of the second, Elon stretched its lead to 2-0 on a long home run from junior pitcher Caitlin O’Shea that clanged off the scoreboard in straightaway center. The Phoenix would strike again in the bottom of the third.

SPORTS 4/1/14 11:25pm

Elijah Bryant commits to Elon Men's Basketball team

By jbiegel

[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm6TXOps7K8&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] The Elon University men's basketball team has picked up its second commitment in the class of 2014. Elijah Bryant, a 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard of the New Hampton School in New Hampton, N.H., committed to the Phoenix on Tuesday, April 1, according to a source within the Elon Athletics department. One of Bryant's main reasons for committing was that he felt comfortable with Elon's coaching staff. The Atlanta native originally committed to Samford in the class of 2013, before attending prep school this year. He averaged 20 points and nine assists a game during his senior season. Bryant joins Jack Anton, a 6-foot-8 power forward out of Cincinnati, Ohio, who committed to Elon last August. Andrew Feather contributed to this article

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NEWS 04/17/2026 5:48pm
Elon University physics major explores connection between quantum, classical physics in SURF project

Junior Muhammad Awal Tahiru’s project for this year’s Student Undergraduate Research Forum is focusing on how small-scale things move and how to bridge together quantum physics and classical physics. Classical physics deals with the predictable behavior of human-scale objects; whereas, quantum physics deals with probabilities of the smaller, atomic world of particles. These two types don’t always fit together, according to chair of the department of physics and astronomy Martin Kamela, who served as Tahiru’s research mentor.

NEWS 04/17/2026 3:20pm
Belk Library to add neuroinclusive spaces guided by student research

Over the summer of 2026, Elon’s Carole Grotnes Belk Library will create two new neuroinclusive spaces to better support diverse learning needs, building on the success of two classrooms in Lindner Hall that have been in use throughout the school year.These spaces are a result of research conducted by students: senior Kira Campagna, junior Benjamin Krasnow, and junior Kaz Kelly, who are studying what makes a classroom accessible and effective for all learners.

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