North Carolina mid-majors to be familiar with
Without opening the can of worms that is the debate as to “which U.S. state has the best college basketball,” it is safe to say that North Carolina is among the very best.
Without opening the can of worms that is the debate as to “which U.S. state has the best college basketball,” it is safe to say that North Carolina is among the very best.
The Elon University softball team used timely hitting and a dominant showing on the mound from junior Caitlin O’Shea to hold off Presbyterian College, 4-2, March 5 at Hunt Softball Park. Phoenix sophomore starter Kayla Caruso lasted just two innings, giving up two runs on two hits.
Days after losing a tight one at home to High Point University, the Elon University baseball team fell to the Panthers, 2-1, in 12 innings March 5 at High Point. With one out in the 12th and runners at the corners, High Point center fielder Josh Greene lofted a 3-2 pitch into center, good for a sacrifice fly and to score the winning run. The Panthers drew a leadoff walk from Elon senior Jacob Baker, and Elon coach Mike Kennedy pulled Baker in favor of freshman Dimitri Lettas.
I have been surrounded by cigarettes since before I was born. No, my family wasn’t made up of smokers, nor have I ever smoked, but it’s been prevalent in my life nonetheless.
Five straight wins for the Elon University women’s tennis team have gotten the team back on track after starting the season 0-4. Its recent success has been due to the consistency throughout the lineup. From senior Jordan Johnston at No.
Jan Register drives to her job at Elon University’s Numen Lumen Multi-Faith Center every morning and enters a building that promotes open-mindedness.
Elon University freshman Jenifer Rhodes was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year as voted on by the coaches, the league announced March 5. Rhodes averaged 9.7 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game while being named CRONS Freshman of the Week three times throughout the course of the year.
Making its spring debut on the course, the Elon University women’s golf team placed 10th out of 36 teams at the Kiawah Island Classic in Kiawah Island, S.C.
More than 219.4 million Americans were captured by the graceful figure skaters, the aggressive ice hockey matches and the swift luge at Sochi this winter.
It is time to reconsider any thoughts that classical music cannot be deeply moving, highly inspiring or fiercely passionate. The Dali Quartet, with members hailing from Venezuela and Puerto Rico, describes its style as classically rooted with a Latin passion.
Somewhere on Elon University’s campus lies a cape, two lawn chairs and some basketballs. It sounds like something you’d picture in a toddler’s play room, but those objects took on a new meaning March 1. With the Elon men’s basketball team playing host to perennial power Davidson College at 7 p.m.
The Town of Elon released its first downtown master plan two weeks ago. The plan calls for an eight-block change to the downtown area bordered by Williamson and Manning Avenues to the east and west and Haggard and Lebanon Avenues to the north and south. The proposal plans for 10 mixed-use buildings to house retail and restaurants on the first floor and offices or residential space on the top floors.
The Elon Fire Department responded to 216 calls from Elon University in 2013, and each one of them came at a price.
A walk across Elon University’s campus in the middle of the night is never completely pitch-black, thanks in large part to the 31 blue light emergency response systems that illuminate the darker reaches of campus. The blue lights, which cost $5,000 to install and have yearly electricity fees, are a necessary crime deterrent on campus, according to Dennis Franks, Elon University police chief.
With 21 freshmen on roster, leadership is one pivotal piece to success for the Elon University women’s lacrosse team. Beyond the large freshmen class, four upperclassmen have been practicing with the coaching staff and preparing the launch the program since last spring.
More than 100 people attended a Mardi Gras party sponsored by Catholic Campus Ministry (CCM) and Lutherans, Episcopalians and Friends (LEAF) at Elon March 4. Mardi Gras (the French term for Fat Tuesday) is a tradition in the Christian faith, celebrating the time before the Lenten season.
March 5, the Global Education Center unveiled its Winter Term study abroad programs for 2015 at the Winter Term study abroad fair. This year there are more programs being offered than ever before, including the first upper level GST study abroad course, among several others. Bill Burress, assistant director of international programs at the Global Education Center, said he is very excited for Winter Term 2015. “We have a really good variety of courses this year,” Burress said.
Elon University senior forward Lucas Troutman and senior guard Sebastian Koch each garnered All-Southern Conference honors for their play this past season. Troutman, who averages 16.1 points per game, was named to the All-SoCon Team selected by the coaches and First Team All-SoCon by the media.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made headlines this past week by suggesting that basketball players are better off skipping college and playing in the NBA Developmental League. I whole-heartedly disagree. And since this isn’t Shark Tank, I’m free from the billionaire’s criticism. Cuban argued that the talent level and rules of the D-League are better suited for grooming future stars, but there’s more to a player’s development. First off, the competitiveness of the D-League comes nowhere near that of the college game.
For many Honors and Elon College fellows, college ends with a lengthy thesis that is pages and pages long.