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NEWS 3/1/14 4:39pm

Men's tennis sweeps weekend slate

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University men’s tennis team opened up Southern Conference play with a 7-0 win over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Saturday, March 1. “We got on top of them and stayed on top of them,” Elon coach Michael Leonard said.

SPORTS 2/28/14 10:31pm

Elon Men's Basketball prepares for Senior Night

By ragarwal2

For Elon Men's Basketball Head Coach Matt Matheny, Davidson won't be the only thing on his mind Saturday night. Saturday is Senior Night for five members of the Phoenix squad: Jack Isenbarger, Lucas Troutman, Sebastian Koch, Ryley Beaumont and Egheosa Edomwonyi. "This is a special class," Matheny said.

NEWS 2/28/14 9:59pm

Elon professor prepares students for financial realties after graduation

By Meghan Leonard

An Elon professor recently traded his Thursday night to college students who penny-pinch and live paycheck-to-paycheck. Anthony Hatcher, associate professor of communications, led a presentation titled, “Life After Elon: Preparing for the Real World,” sponsored by Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. “What I wanted to do with my workshop is tell students what I wish someone had told me when I was 21,”  Hatcher said. “Life After Elon,” was a part of Elon University’s Professional Discovery Week.

NEWS 2/28/14 3:29pm

Grandfather passes love of cinema to granddaughter by sharing story

By Abby Franklin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIbQHwws3vc “There was so much blood.” This is a phrase Elon University sophomore Emma Vo heard her grandfather utter repeatedly into the phone as he told her, for the first time, the story of standing witness to one of the most iconic events of the Vietnam War. “He’d never talked to me about this,” Emma said.

NEWS 2/28/14 1:53pm

Elon raises tuition, financial aid for 2014-2015

By Michael Bodley

With the passing of the 2014-2015 fiscal budget, Elon University reaffirmed its commitment to a slow growth model, increasing tuition by 3.69 percent and bringing the total cost of an Elon education to $41,914 per year for students living on campus.

NEWS 2/28/14 1:49pm

S.E. Cupp says Millennials are the future of politics

By Michael Bodley

Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp visited Elon University Thursday, Feb. 27, to challenge students’ views of the United States’ “fractured political system.” Cupp asked the audience, largely students, some adjectives that come to mind when picturing how conservatives view young people.

NEWS 2/28/14 1:44pm

Elon senior Elizabeth Purvis prepares to push poetry beyond graduation

By Stephanie Butzer

Elizabeth Purvis, known to her friends as Liz, could read when she was three years old, something most children don’t master until they’re five or six. “I know that because my sister was born when I was two and a half, and I was reading in the waiting room of the hospital,” she said. Now, as a senior English major at Elon University, literature and creative writing are what she does best.

NEWS 2/28/14 10:45am

Cochran's 3-pointers down Elon

By Tommy Hamzik

Amid turnovers, fouls, and more than anything, missed shots, it all boiled down to the thing Elon University loves to do most. Shoot the 3-pointer. But that poison was used against the Phoenix Thursday night, Feb.

NEWS 2/27/14 11:56am

Behind the nameplate with Student Government President Joe Incorvia

By Gary Grumbach

Samuel Warren, Darien Flowers, Welsford Bishopric. These three men have represented Elon, and now the newest SGA President takes his seat at the head of the Executive Staff. Junior Joe Incorvia moves into the President's room in the Student Government Office on April 3, but there is more to Incorvia than just the title. "I come from a small town in Connecticut," Incorvia says.

NEWS 2/27/14 11:07am

Michael Sam is exactly what the NFL needs

By Chris Mench

Michael Sam is the kind of role model I wish I’d had growing up.  The South Eastern Conference (SEC) defensive player of the year from the University of Missouri recently came out as gay ahead of the 2014 NFL draft, a bold move that will likely make him the first openly gay player in NFL history.  While some have claimed it to be a publicity stunt, it’s important to remember that he did this in the face of considerable risk to his draft position, endorsement deals and relationships with future teammates, all because he didn’t want to spend his career hiding who he really was. The courage he demonstrated is admirable.  Growing up as a gay guy, I quickly noticed the lack of masculine role models in the gay community.  While I can’t say I have personally experienced much in the way of overt discrimination, I can say that certain activities by nature never seemed to be welcoming to people like me with sports being among them.  The hyper-masculine environment was the opposite of what society told me gay men were supposed to be, and so as a kid I stuck with extracurricular activities that were more in line with my concept of a “gay lifestyle.” Of course, I now realize this is all nonsense, but it’s not hard to see how common these views have become in our society.  One needs to look no further than a Sports Illustrated article that was published just last week.

NEWS 2/27/14 9:43am

Elon loses frustrating game to UNC Charlotte

By Kyle Maher

As the rest of the team walked back toward the home dugout to collect their gear after a discouraging 4-3 loss to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Elon University softball head coach Kathy Bocock shouted at her pitchers to come have a separate meeting with her. When the entire staff had crowded around her, Bocock began imploring each of them to continue to work hard at their craft.

SPORTS 2/27/14 8:38am

Curling's popularity grows in North Carolina

By amills6

The Winter Olympics may have wrapped up in Sochi recently, but one of its sports is still going strong in the local area. Curling became a Winter Olympic sport in 1998 and continues to grow in popularity around the United States. The winter sport involves two teams of four sliding a stone across the ice into four concentric rings.

NEWS 2/26/14 9:16pm

Police charge man in indecent exposure case

By jackermann

Elon University Police arrested a 31-year-old male Tuesday with indecent exposure following an incident that occurred at the intersection of O'Kelly and Haggard Avenue. According to an Elon University Police report, Colin Michael Mahoney was arrested at his residence in Chapel Hill on Feb.

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NEWS 02/25/2026 5:09pm
Elon to adopt new learning management system following fall review of Moodle platform

Students logging into their courses next academic year may notice a shift in how assignments, grades and course materials are organized as Elon transitions from Moodle, its old learning management system, to Canvas by Instructure, its new one. The decision followed a campuswide evaluation of Moodle that included surveys and open forums, according to Teaching and Learning Technologies Senior Director Kelly Reimer.

NEWS 02/25/2026 1:07pm
Elon Votes sponsors State of the Union watch party

Around 15 students gathered in Moseley Center on Feb. 24 for the State of the Union watch party, hosted by Elon Votes. The broadcast was President Trump’s first State of the Union of his second term and lasted a record 108 minutes, according to AP News. The previous record for the longest presidential address to Congress was 100 minutes and was set by Trump last year.

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