NEWS
4/1/14 12:36am
Would You Rather: Textbook vs. E-Book
Continuous advances in technology have many people wondering if we’ll hang onto older technologies.
Continuous advances in technology have many people wondering if we’ll hang onto older technologies.
There’s nothing like adding a few of these season’s wearable trends to your wardrobe and revamping your style for both on and off campus! 1.
Now that winter has almost past and spring is arriving, it’s almost time to consider cleaning out your closet for spring.
What time is it? It’s (almost) springtime! While you’re excited about planning your spring break, we are thrilled to tell you what colors people in the fashion world are talking about this spring.
The Rich Skrosky era began Monday afternoon as players and coaches of the Elon football team began spring practice at Tucker Field. Since taking the job in December 2013, Skrosky made it his mission to rebuild and revitalize a football program that has won a total of 10 games over the last three seasons. "I think the enthusiasm level and the running around and the effort was pretty good today," Skrosky said. One of those players who showed a lot of enthusiasm was red-shirt junior quarterback, Mike Quinn. "With every team comes some jitters you have to get out in the first practice," Quinn said.
Considering the snow and brutal cold we’ve been forced to deal with recently, it is certainly hard to believe that Spring Break is just around the corner.
When I thinkof study abroad, I think of the people, the food and the culture. With traveling comes all kinds of new experiences and new perspectives.
When it comes to studying abroad in college, most students will agree with Senior Sarah Endorf, who believes that everyone should go abroad as much as possible.
The newest generation of gaming consoles has brought in record sales for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
Our generation has come of age in a time where personal privacy is a rarity. We are the first generation that has lived much of our lives online, and any of us would guess that—no matter what our privacy settings are—most of our Tweets and Facebook posts are readily available to anyone who is determined to see them.
When I was in grade school, my family and I would visit my grandparents’ house every Sunday afternoon. While my siblings and I scarfed down bags of Lay’s Potato Chips (always a perk of being at my grandparents’ house) we had one of two things on the television: The National Football League, or NASCAR. Why NASCAR?
Behind a final round 71 from senior John Somers, the Elon University men’s golf team placed fifth out of 18 teams at the Furman Intercollegiate March 28-30 in Greenville, S.C. The Phoenix finished with a final score of 881, 17 strokes over par at the Furman University Golf Course.
The Elon University softball team split the last two games of a three game set with Furman University Sunday, March 30 at Hunt Softball Park.
The Elon University baseball team completed a three-game sweep of The Citadel with two wins in a doubleheader March 30 at Latham Park.
The Elon University women’s lacrosse team took a hard loss to reigning Big South champion High Point University today, March 30, falling to the Panthers 11-4.
The Elon University softball team was soundly beaten by Furman University, 9-0 in five innings, in the series opener at Hunt Softball Park. The Paladins struck first in the top of the second, with senior starter Lauren Collier pounding a 3-2 pitch from Phoenix junior starter Chelsea White over the fence in straightaway center to give the Paladins an early 1-0 lead. After holding the Phoenix scoreless in the bottom of the second, the Paladins added two runs in the top of the third. Junior second baseman Taylor Jenkins drove in Furman’s second run with a single to left and junior third baseman Natalie Clemmons, the next batter, singled to stretch the Paladins lead to 3-0. In the top of the fourth, freshman designated player Elise Smith tripled down the right field line to make it 4-0, and junior left fielder Ambree Muller pounded a two-run home run to right to add two more. An inning later, the Paladins stretched their lead to 9-0 on a solo home run to center from Clemmons and a single up the middle from senior center fielder Nikki Legg. The game was then called after the Phoenix was again held scoreless in the bottom of the fifth. White (7-6) was saddled with the loss, going all five innings and giving up nine runs on 13 hits, walking two and striking out one. Elon will conclude its series against the Paladins with a doubleheader on Sunday, March 30. The first game will begin at noon and the second game will be played 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.
Due to impending weather conditions in the area, Elon University and The Citadel have canceled the baseball game scheduled for 4 p.m.
The Elon University softball team suffered a second straight lopsided loss to an Atlantic Coast Conference foe, this time the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 13-1 in six innings March 27 at Hunt Softball Park. As North Carolina State University did on Wednesday, the Tar Heels jumped on the Phoenix early. With the bases loaded in the top of the second, Tar Heels sophomore center fielder Aquilla Mateen chopped a ground ball toward short that she beat out for an infield single, scoring the first Tar Heels run.
The bats were silent for the Elon University baseball team on Wednesday night, March 26 at Latham Park — for the first eight innings. In the ninth, redshirt freshman catcher Chris Hall hit a game-tying home run to knot the low-scoring affair with Wake Forest University at 2-2.
The Elon University softball team was on the wrong side of a 13-5 loss to North Carolina State University in a midweek nonconference game March 26 in Raleigh, N.C. The Wolfpack jumped on the Phoenix immediately, scoring eight runs in the bottom of the first to effectively put the game out of reach early. The onslaught began with junior shortstop Renada Davis’ solo home run over the left field wall.
