The Edge

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NEWS 10/22/14 5:16pm

Offensive inconsistency haunts Phoenix

By Miles Garrett

“Defense wins championships” is a saying that has always echoed throughout sports. But sometimes a little offense wins games. The Elon University football team has struggled to put points on the board in its inaugural season as members in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Phoenix offense has found it difficult to execute drives that produce touchdowns and hasn’t been able to reinforce the valiant efforts put forth by the defense.

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NEWS 10/22/14 5:14pm

Fountain jumping tradition holds consequences

By Leena Dahal

The daring tradition of wading in all four of Elon University’s fountains without being caught has left trails of wet footprints for years. In a Pendulum survey of 112 students, 98 percent indicated they have jumped or plan to jump into one of the Elon fountains before they leave.

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NEWS 10/22/14 4:37pm

Curry taking reins at setter for Phoenix

By Tommy Hamzik

The Elon University volleyball team desperately needed a spark. Injuries plagued the team for much of the nonconference schedule.

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NEWS 10/22/14 4:05pm

Review: Improv group shines in Homecoming Weekend performance

By Ally Feinsot

A Port-a-Potty. Dentures. Kanye West. And a goth. Yeager Recital Hall featured all of these things at Instant Laughter’s fourth annual Homecoming Weekend performance Oct.

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NEWS 10/22/14 4:01pm

Review: Choreography Salon showcases student works in progress

By Diana Stancy

Choreography I and II students showcased their choreography projects Oct. 16-17 for small audiences in the Center for the Arts during the fall Choreography Salon.

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NEWS 10/22/14 3:58pm

‘Frozen’ seeks to change the perception of mental illness

By Casey Brown

This past weekend, Elon University’s Renegade Productions presented “Frozen,” Bryony Lavery’s play that follows the lives of three people — a mother, a serial killer and a psychiatrist — who become intertwined after the disappearance of a young girl. Renegade, an Elon organization for student-written or directed theatrical productions, provides an outlet for all majors to produce, design and perform all forms of theater. The show’s director, senior Cody Schmidt, brought the play to Renegade’s attention after he read the show a year ago. “I was looking for something to direct and stumbled upon the script again,” Schmidt said.

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NEWS 10/22/14 10:53am

Getting outside your comfort zone

By Erin Valentine

Standing on one of the thousands of pagodas in Bagan, Burma, I really felt like I was on an adventure.

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NEWS 10/22/14 10:50am

Frenzy over Ebola causes animal deaths

By Kate Nichols

While the topic of Ebola continues to spread around the world, news stories instill shock and fear throughout the United States.  It is difficult to leave one’s home without hearing a new story about the fatal disease, and with good reason.  At this moment, more than 4,000 cases have been discovered in West Africa alone.  And as the fear and mass deaths continue on to more victims, people are taking extreme precautions. Just recently, it was announced that even animals are not safe from this frenzy.  According to a recent Washington Post article, one Spanish dog was euthanized after his owner tragically caught the disease.

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NEWS 10/22/14 10:48am

Diagnosis of Google Glass addiction reveals technology pitfalls

By Tim Melton

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the majority of today’s generation is at least a little addicted to technology.

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NEWS 10/22/14 10:47am

NC State fair balances guns rights with safety

By The Pendulum

The North Carolina State Fair is a quintessential American experience.

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NEWS 10/22/14 10:46am

Racism isn't gone, only changed, speakers say

By Paul LeBlanc

Racism in America isn’t dead — it’s only taken on a different guise, two visiting speakers said at a recent talk at Elon University. Two professors of phycology — Mikkie Hebl from Rice University and Leslie Ashburn-Nardo from Indiana University — challenged an audience of Elon students, faculty and staff in Whitley Auditorium to consider the difference between two different types of racism. Hebl began by drawing a distinction between formal discrimination and what she calls interpersonal discrimination. "Formal [discrimination] is an overt type of discrimination that is illegal,” Hebl said.

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NEWS 10/22/14 8:54am

In an effort to maintain security at Elon, cameras multiply

By Michael Papich

While most students may not notice them on a normal day, Elon University has hundreds of security cameras across campus.

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NEWS 10/22/14 8:47am

Cheating, plagiarism persist as current academic concerns

By Michael Papich

Cheating and plagiarism sit at the top of honor code concerns at Elon University and at most schools.

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NEWS 10/22/14 8:01am

Freshman receiver producing for Elon

By Tommy Hamzik

Tre Lennon isn’t difficult to pick out among the Elon University football receivers. Amid a group of shorter guys known for their speed, Lennon sticks out as a tall, lanky option with his 6-foot-3-inch, 174-pound build.

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NEWS 10/22/14 7:58am

New strength coach brings wealth of ambitions, goals to Elon

By Miles Garrett

Ask any competitive athlete what the key component is in gaining the competitive edge in sports, and the answer will most likely fall along the lines of strength and staying injury-free. That’s precisely the philosophy that head strength and conditioning coach Ryan Horton is implementing for Elon University athletes. Horton is in the midst of his first season as the head of the strength and conditioning program at Elon.

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NEWS 10/22/14 7:55am

Campus Rec sets goals for the year

By Bryan Anderson

After working with IMLeagues last year to switch from a paper format to a new online system for students to register for intramurals, Campus Recreation initially saw a slight decrease in the number of participants.

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NEWS 10/22/14 12:22am

Elon holds on for tight victory against Duke

By Kyle Maher

It wasn’t as easy as it may have appeared on paper beforehand, but in a game wrought with momentum shifts and physical play, the Elon University men’s soccer team held off a gritty, yet ultimately overmatched Duke University team 2-1 on Oct.

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NEWS 10/21/14 2:04pm

From ensign to four-star admiral: Bill Gortney ’77 takes on new challenges to ‘defend the home’

By Morgan Abate

Bill Gortney stood on the deck of the USS Roosevelt in Mayport, Florida, preparing himself for takeoff. It was spring 1975.

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NEWS 10/21/14 11:20am

Local residents put art work on display in Alamance studio tours

By eharrison7

Residents of Alamance County displayed their artistic talents this past weekend in the Alamance studio tours.

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NEWS 10/21/14 10:18am

Long live Ludacris

By Caroline Fernandez

The crowd jumped, the beat blared and Ludacris delivered Saturday night for Elon University’s homecoming concert in Colonnades parking lot. The concert, sponsored by Student Union Board and Student Government Association, drew a record 5,700 people from across campus and the surrounding community.

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