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SPORTS 3/8/16 2:00pm

Women's basketball runs its way to better rebounding

By Alex Simon

Throughout the Elon University women’s basketball season, head coach Charlotte Smith tried to emphasize the importance of rebounding to her team. Her methodology to encourage the team to rebound was simple: If you don’t win the rebounding battle, be ready to run.

NEWS 3/8/16 1:12pm

Elon BFA to 'Beautiful!' on Broadway

By Danielle Deavens

A year and two months ago, Nasia Thomas sat in the audience, waiting for the show to start. She’d heard about the production from friends who had auditioned for it, though she knew little about the woman whose name was in the title.

SPORTS 3/8/16 12:00pm

Questions linger after men's basketball season crashes to ending

By Alex Simon

BALTIMORE — One point in the final five minutes, 51 seconds. Despite the terrible first half and the wild comeback to take the lead, the Elon University men’s basketball team scored just one point in the last 5:51 against Drexel University, losing 57-56 in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament Friday night. “[There were] so many plays that, if they would have gone a different way, we’d come out victorious,” said head coach Matt Matheny. “But we came up short.”

NEWS 3/8/16 8:41am

Elon community questions if education is still transformative

By cbohle

"Race is the number one predictor of outcomes in the United States of America," Presidential Fellow and Special Assistant to the President, Randy Williams said introducing a major theme of Monday's Community Connection. Ethnicity and gender were just a few topics discussed at the third and final Community Connections Forum held Monday, March 7 in McKinnon Hall.

NEWS 3/7/16 7:49pm

Elon hosts Core Forum on immigration

By Megan Garnache

As part of Elon University’s Spring 2016 Core Forums series, two professors organized "Stories of Migration,' a faculty-led panel to address politically-charged issues of immigration and migration.

NEWS 3/7/16 1:36pm

Shining light on security at Elon

By JPascale3

Elon's Campus Security has had a blue light emergency system for many years. There are now 35 blue lights on campus, each of which function on a distress button that immediately calls police to the scene, with the goal of a two-minute response time. Each system costs between $5,500-$6,000 for all of the parts and installation.

SPORTS 3/7/16 11:00am

Baseball holds on to beat Appalachian State 4-3

 

A four-run third inning was all the Elon University baseball team needed as the Phoenix held on to a 4-3 victory over Appalachian State University in the final game of the Elon Invitational March 6. Junior designated hitter CJ Young led off the frame with a walk and came around to score on junior second baseman Nick Zammarelli’s RBI double.

SPORTS 3/7/16 10:56am

Women's tennis sweeps home doubleheader

By Alex Ofori

The Elon University women’s tennis team shut out both North Carolina A&T State University and North Carolina Central University to extend its winning streak to three games Saturday. “Today was a great opportunity to get in a lot of matches and focus in a little bit more, especially on our doubles strategy,” said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson.

SPORTS 3/7/16 10:50am

Men's tennis downed by No. 28 Old Dominion

By Alex Ofori

The Elon University men’s tennis team won the doubles point but couldn’t hold on to the lead as No. 28 Old Dominion University snapped the Phoenix’ five-game win streak Saturday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. “I told our team we have to get a little bit tougher,” said Elon coach Michael Leonard, “I think we had to go through some of this to kind of get ourselves where we need to be in a month or so.” Juniors Chris Humphreys and Petar Tomic lived up to their billing as CAA Doubles Team of the Week, delivering a 6-3 victory at No. 1 doubles — their fourth win in a row.

NEWS 3/7/16 6:59am

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SPORTS 3/5/16 12:01pm

Baseball falls to Bowling Green

By Alex Ofori

The Elon University baseball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped in a 6-2 loss to Bowling Green at Latham Park on March 4. Senior infielder Tyler McVicar hit his first home run of the season to give Elon (4-6) an early 1-0 lead at the bottom of the third inning.

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45 años después de los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA reportados en Estados Unidos, la lucha contra esta enfermedad está lejos de terminar, especialmente en el sur del país. Según los datos más recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el sur representó el 52% de todos los diagnósticos de VIH en Estados Unidos en 2023. "Sabemos que el VIH/SIDA ha afectado de manera desproporcionada a las personas de color y a las personas LGBTQ+ de color en este país", afirmó Jeff Bennett, profesor de estudios de comunicación en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. "Hay muchas personas que viven en zonas rurales, existe desconfianza hacia los profesionales de la salud y persiste el estigma social".

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