For the last two years, Senior Erica Schenhals has been doing scientific research on breast cancer cells, watching them bond and double in quantity. "It's $450 dollars to buy those cells so you get a million cells for that much," she said. Her Lumen Prize research grant financially supported her research on alternative treatments to battle breast cancer.
Elon students, war veterans and ROTC cadets gathered to play kickball this past Saturday. The tournament raised money for "Paws and Stripes," a nonprofit organization that rescues dogs and helps train them to be service dogs for war veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Starting tonight, catch "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in the Black Box Theatre. Shows will be Wednesday thru Saturday at 7:30 p.m, with a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m.
Inside Elon University men’s soccer head coach Darren Powell’s office hangs a signed, framed jersey of Major League Soccer’s Steven Kinney. Kinney, a 2009 Elon graduate, was the first-ever player out of the Phoenix soccer program to be drafted into the MLS, let alone sign a contract.
“You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you could’ve got for a dollar-fifty in late charges at the public library.” That’s a quote from Matt Damon’s character in “Good Will Hunting,” one that always makes me cringe when I think about my own college career.
Five first-inning runs helped to push the North Carolina State University softball team past Elon University on Wednesday April 24 by a final score of 11-0. Freshman designated player Hanna Sommer opened the scoring by reaching on an error to plate sophomore shortstop Renada Davis.
Many of us are guilty of turning to religion and ethnicity as ways of making sense of inexplicable tragedies, but we must stop using these stereotypes as excuses for cultural ignorance and disdain.
The funky vibes of Yardbird Kitchen on South Church Street will hit you square in the face the second you open the door and smell sweet pastries baking in the back. From the offbeat pictures hanging on the walls to the Edison chandelier in the back corner, the atmosphere of this new restaurant is bringing something original to the Burlington restaurant scene. There is no shortage of restaurants in Burlington, but many of them are large fast food chains that do not offer diverse options.
With torrential rainfall pouring down and increasing tension in Boston April 19, Elon University students needed a distraction — and for some, that was the 2013 Spring Show, with headliners DJ 3LAU and rap artist Big Sean. The show opened with Justin Blau, better known as his stage name, 3LAU.
Who doesn’t love a shout-out from @ElonGDIProblems addressing Jesus as “Everyone’s favorite GDI”? There are tons of anonymous Twitter accounts focused on Elon University’s campus culture, and, let’s face it, they’re witty and entertaining and we probably scroll a little slower when a tweet from @ElonConfessions appears on our feed. Last month, @Elon_Black_Prob tweeted, “Just because the professor mentioned diversity doesn’t mean you all stop writing typing and texting to look at the lone black person.” Two weeks ago, @TheElonGay tweeted, “Stop what you’re doing and go pet the cats/bunnies/puppies outside Moseley!
Plays with the word “Shakespeare” in the title typically scare students away, but the acting students in Elon University’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega, put a humorous spin on the classic Shakespeare plays with “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).” “It’s one of the funniest shows I’ve ever done,” said Sean Liang, a senior BFA acting major.
The Elon University women’s track team put in one of the team’s best performances during the Southern Conference Championship meet this past weekend by finishing fourth.
North Carolina music festivals like Shakori Hills and MerleFest have been outlets for bands and artists of all genres to make it big.
As she reached the 40-kilometer marker, she turned a corner and suddenly, everything stopped. Instead of continuing with the race, she ran into a wall of people.
Jess Dugan described various details of her identity, such as how she was prom king in high school, before showing her artwork April 15 in the Isabella Cannon Room at Elon University.
All season long, the Elon University baseball team has struggled in the late innings. Tuesday night was no different, as the Phoenix headed to the bottom of the ninth leading the host East Carolina University Pirates 5-3.
Just over a week ago – at approximately 2:50 P.M. on Monday – two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Elon University has 483 students from the state of Massachusetts, and Elon Professor Jeremy Tessem ran in the Boston Marathon. “I finished the race about 45 minutes before the first bomb exploded,” Tessem said.
Junior center fielder Carleigh Nester has been on a tear for the Elon University softball team. That hot streak continued Tuesday April 23 in a 9-1 win at North Carolina Central University in Durham.
Every morning I awaken, and in the confusion between trying to turn an alarm off with an arm that fell asleep and wondering what day it is, I remember the war that is consuming my life. The enemy is everywhere, and like Antoine “Bed Intruder” Dodson, I am on the constant lookout for it to climb into my bed. The enemy is pollen. And like Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen and any other young adult novel hero not including dead-eyed Bella Swan, I am looking to vanquish my mortal enemy. But unlike Harry Potter, I am without my support system and am calling on Elon students to apply for the positions of intelligent, and trustworthy female sidekick and useless, blubbering male best friend. Without my sidekick Hermione Granger, how will I ever learn to finish homework and vanquish evil, all the while maintaining a healthy social life? As for my Ron Weasley counterpart… well, Ron is pretty useless and abandoned his friend one too many times. I can’t have a friend of mine abandoning me when I reach stardom shortly into my post-college career.
