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NEWS 10/1/12 8:47pm

Women's soccer gets revenge on rival College of Charleston

By Andrew Wilson

The Elon University women’s soccer team found sweet revenge Sunday against the College of Charleston, beating the Cougars 2-0 on Rudd Field after losing both matches last season against the Cougars, one being in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament. “I just feel really great about our team today,” said Elon head coach Chris Neal.

NEWS 9/28/12 2:13pm

Rookie magic has Oakland A's thinking playoffs

By Andrew Wilson

17 rookies. Need I say more? The 2012 Oakland Athletics have 17 rookies on their playoff-contending roster, including all five of their starting pitchers. With a week left in the season, the Athletics are in a position to make the playoffs as the second wild card team.

NEWS 9/28/12 2:13pm

Football Preview: Wofford @ Elon, Sept. 29

By Zachary Horner

The Elon University football team is finding themselves sort of like the victims of Monty Python's Spanish Inquisitors. There is a sense in which the same thing is attacking them, at least in the last two weeks. Unfortunately for the Phoenix, those attacking them have more bite than the Rack. Elon faces the battering triple-option, run-first offense for the second week in a row in this week's opponent, the Wofford College Terriers.

NEWS 9/28/12 8:20am

Wofford fullback holds Elon's focus as No. 5 Terriers visit

By Zachary Horner

There’s no question who the main target of the Elon University football team’s defense this Saturday. He’s the reigning Southern Conference Player of the Year, a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, Sports Network and Phil Steele and is on the 2012 Walter Payton Award Watch List. But the Phoenix is not afraid of the player who fulfills what was written above, Wofford College senior fullback Eric Breitenstein. “We’re not scared of any one player,” said Elon senior defensive lineman Olufemi Lamikanra.

NEWS 9/27/12 10:16pm

SGA Recap — Sept. 27

By Katherine Blunt

At Thursday night’s SGA Senate meeting, Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot professor of economics, expressed his desire to take his urban economics class on the one-day trip to Chicago.

NEWS 9/27/12 5:12pm

Volleyball drops two Southern Conference matches

By Hannah Delacourt

After the loss against the College of Charleston Saturday, Sept. 22, Elon University’s varsity women’s volleyball team is now 0-2 in the Southern Conference with an overall record of 7-10. The Phoenix fell to the Cougars in three sets, which follows a loss against the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that went to a decisive final fifth set. Both senior captain Ali Deatsch and head coach Mary Tendler said being consistent is something the team needs to work on as whole. “We can be a tough team and we can fight,” Deatsch said.

NEWS 9/27/12 5:08pm

Post 9-11 documentary seeks to lessen stereotyping

By Ben Donahue

In the wake of a tragic event, the dominant population often determines the face of the enemy. A documentary titled Divided we Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, which was screened at Elon University Monday, addresses how Americans identify those affiliated with terrorism and how such stereotypes perpetuate violence in the nation. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, people in the United States began to associate turban-wearing Americans with religious extremism.

NEWS 9/26/12 10:45pm

Illusionist duo wows campus community

By Casey Brown

A magic show on a university campus cannot be an easy thing to perform. But Sept. 25 in McCrary Theater, Kevin Spencer was up to the challenge of giving a show that surpassed the power of skepticism. “The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion” is a husband and wife team; Kevin is the magic man and his wife, Cindy, is his lovely assistant.

NEWS 9/26/12 10:19am

Update on ALE

By bmcdavid

Rumors have been circulating regarding the number of arrests and citations given out last weekend.

NEWS 9/25/12 10:37pm

RB Eastman to miss at least 3-4 weeks

By Zachary Horner

Elon University head coach Jason Swepson said today that junior running back Matt Eastman might miss the rest of the season. "He's going to get surgery on his knee in the next day or so," Swepson said after Tuesday's practice.

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