Dear Vendor Policy Committee Members, One of your charges from Elon’s Board of Trustees is to “conduct an independent study to respond to community concerns raised about Chick-fil-A’s presence on campus and its charitable contributions.” I understand that you are collecting and considering input through emails that are sent to vendorpolicy@elon.edu.
Looking to improve upon an 8-5 record, the Elon University softball team traveled south down Interstate 85 for a nonconference doubleheader against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Wednesday, March 7.
The Elon University women’s basketball team honored five seniors before their final game March 2 in the friendly confines of Alumni Gym.
About a fifteen minute drive off campus is the Burlington Pet Adoption Center. Open six days out of the week, the center is home to cats and dogs of all ages that are waiting to go to a good home. Visitors to the shelter are able to open the cages and play with the cats, or take the dogs on a walk or to play fetch. Elon sophomore Sonia Berger isn't looking to adopt, but just wants to help in any way she can. "I make sure they're getting all the love and affection they need," Berger said.
He decided he wanted to be the next Hemingway while sitting in a laundromat.
Elon University Athletic Director Dave Blank couldn’t help but smile. The gym renovated under his direction in 2010 was packed to the brim with Elon students and excited community members clad in white Feb.
The payoffs are minimal and the risks are incalculable, at least for the United States. But for TransCanada, the Canadian company in charge of the Keystone Pipeline, the project has sizable value. There’s a lot of misinformation surrounding the Keystone Pipeline.
Facebook stalking. We’ve all done it. When we meet somebody new, especially somebody who we might be interested in, most of us turn to Facebook to find out all we can about them.
Before Tuesday afternoon’s tilt with the Elon University baseball team, the North Carolina State University Wolfpack had only been scored on 26 times in their first 11 games.
Last week, the eyes of the sports world were turned on Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium. Why, you may ask?
Some students spend their senior year doing extensive research. Some may even coast along for the final semesters of their college career.
Workers completed construction last week on the new multi-faith center, named the Numen Lumen Pavilion.
In her final regular season game in an Elon University uniform, senior forward Kelsey Evans carried the Phoenix with a career high 31 points on 14-17 shooting as the women’s basketball team defeated the Georgia Southern University Eagles, 76-65, on Monday March 4. To go with the career high in points, the 14 field goals made was also a career high for the senior.
Food will define the future. At least that’s what Steve Moore, a lecturer of environmental studies at Elon University, was thinking when he began discussing the prospects of a Peace Corps prep program with Elon administrators during fall semester 2011. President Leo Lambert signed off on the program Feb.
The Elon University baseball team was picked as the coaches’ preseason favorite to win the Southern Conference baseball championship in 2013.
The Elon University men’s tennis team got off to a good start in Southern Conference play by defeating The Citadel 6-1 on Sunday, March 3.
With the Elon University softball team having an open weekend this weekend and the Manhattan College Jaspers completely washed out by rain last weekend, Elon added Manhattan to the schedule for a doubleheader on Sunday, March 3. Elon jumped early in both games, almost blowing the first game in the late innings, but holding strong throughout in game two to sweep the double header 8-7 and 10-5. Junior center fielder Carleigh Nester started the slugfest early for the Phoenix in the bottom of the first inning of game one, as she took a 3-1 pitch from sophomore pitcher Amy Bright deep to left field. Seniors Camille Hill and Tomeka Watson followed with singles, then cleanup hitter Johanna Spencer knocked in Hill while moving Watson to third base.
20-10 is a long way from 9-23. But in just four years, the Elon University men's basketball team improved that much. The Phoenix capped off the program's first 20-win season since 1987-1988 with an 80-66 victory Saturday night over the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans in Alumni Gym, using a productive second half to cap the historic season. The win propels the Phoenix into the Southern Conference Tournament next weekend when it will face either the No.
One grueling extra-inning game between the Elon University baseball team and conference rival Furman University wasn’t enough, as the Phoenix and Paladins played another exciting, back-and-forth marathon of a game just a day later on Saturday, March 2.
