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NEWS 2/21/16 7:00pm

Jeb Bush suspends presidential campaign

 

By Andrew Feather Elon Local News COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suspended his campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination on Saturday night following a fourth place finish in the South Carolina Primary. “Tonight I am suspending my campaign,” Bush told a crowd of supporters at his primary watch party in Columbia, South Carolina. “The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, and I really respect their decision,” he said, referencing his disappointing finish in the early voting states.

NEWS 2/21/16 6:01pm

Rubio surges after strong South Carolina showing

By Connor Del Prete

Elon Local News COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a close second-place race that at this moment is too close to call, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) battled all night to finish ahead of one another in the South Carolina Republican primary. According to CNN, Rubio currently holds an approximated 1,000 vote lead over Cruz with an estimated 99 percent of the votes accounted for. While Rubio may not have been able to overcome Donald Trump’s victory in the Palmetto State, the Florida Senator says that there are important takeaways from tonight’s performance.

NEWS 2/21/16 3:39pm

Stopping fear through education: Eradicating Islamophobia from Elon's campus

By mfoard

Anna Torres-Zeb, the Muslim Life Coordinator at Elon University, reflects on the month of February. "It is the one year anniversary of the Chapel Hill Shootings and so there is definitely a moment of pause in the community to think about these topics of Islamophobia, because we know and so many studies show us, life evident shows us that the more we get to know each other then the more these types of things can be prevented." [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf39WPnBViE&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] According to a Pew Research study, knowing a person is correlated to having a positive impression of the religious organization they are a part of.

SPORTS 2/21/16 2:58pm

Baseball loses both games in Saturday doubleheader

By Alex Simon

The Elon University baseball team lost both games on Saturday’s doubleheader against Wright State University, 13-11 in 10 innings and 10-2. The three losses to start the season gives Elon its first 0-3 start since 1983, when Elon lost its first four games of the season.

NEWS 2/20/16 10:49pm

Jeb Bush Suspends Presidential Campaign

By afeather

COLUMBIA, SC- Gov. Jeb Bush suspended his campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination on Saturday night following a fourth place finish in the South Carolina Primary. "Tonight I am suspending my campaign," Bush told a crowd of supporters at his primary watch party in Columbia, South Carolina. "The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, and I really respect their decision," he said, referencing his disappointing finish in the early voting states.

SPORTS 2/20/16 1:52pm

Women's tennis drops Friday afternoon duel to FGCU

By Alex Ofori

The Elon University women’s tennis team couldn’t get enough wins in the singles, falling to Florida Gulf Coast University 4-3 Friday afternoon. “We’re making some strides,"  said head coach Elizabeth Anderson. "We’ve played a really tough schedule, so that makes it a little more challenging, but I think it will pay off for us in the long run." Elon dropped the doubles point, but freshman Suzanne Zenoni got the Phoenix on the board with her win over sophomore Julianna Curtis in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.

SPORTS 2/20/16 1:05pm

Six-run seventh sinks baseball in opening day defeat

By Jordan Spritzer

 The Elon University baseball team’s 9-7 opening day defeat to Wright State University capitulated in the top of the 7th inning.  Entering the frame with a four run lead, a trio of Elon relief pitchers allowed six runs on four hits and three walks to give Wright State a lead it would not surrender. “Their bullpen threw a lot of strikes and made some good pitches,” said senior first baseman Tyler McVicar.

SPORTS 2/19/16 9:24am

Men's basketball uses hot second half to win at Drexel

By Alex Simon

A hot-shooting second half led the Elon University men’s basketball team to an 81-76 victory over Drexel University Thursday night in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. The Phoenix shot 75 percent in the second half, finishing 18-of-24 from the field and 6-of-8 from behind the arc.

NEWS 2/18/16 3:00pm

A time for new beginnings

By Jan Fuller

It is the beginning of a new semester. Well, a week or two in — close enough. We are still mostly excited about going to class, still reading a little bit ahead and working toward the growth and learning that is promised. And how well I remember those moments at the beginning, when it is overwhelmingly apparent how much there is to learn, how much is beyond our capacity and understanding, and how far the goal is. But by the end of the term, we will all be amazed.

SPORTS 2/18/16 2:31pm

Softball wins home opener behind two home runs

By Maddy MacKenzie

The Elon University softball team started its home season off with a bang, defeating North Carolina A&T State University 14-4 Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore third baseman Kristin Hoover hit a grand slam in the sixth to end the game on a run-rule.

NEWS 2/18/16 12:48pm

Explaining the importance of South Carolina and Nevada

By Bryan Anderson

Throughout the course of the 2016 presidential election, heavy discussion has taken place concerning the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries. But while they are the first two states in which voters cast their ballots for their preferred candidates, South Carolina and Nevada are more reflective of the national electorate. Ninety percent of Iowa’s electorate and 94 percent of New Hampshire’s electorate is Caucasian, according to the United States Census Bureau.

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LIFESTYLE 04/20/2026 8:37pm
Student research discovers suspected cause of plant disease

During his freshman year, now-senior Billy Impagliazzo took two classes taught by biology professor Antonio Izzo. When he got to Elon, Impagliazzo said he knew he wanted to take part in research projects. In his sophomore year, Impagliazzo went to Izzo to discuss research opportunities he had in his lab. Izzo said he believed Impagliazzo would conduct research for only a semester, but almost three years later, Impagliazzo has identified the main microbe infecting the blue curls plant and has presented his research on SURF Day. 

LIFESTYLE 04/20/2026 12:37pm
Elon student digs into Burlington’s past after historic hotel demolition

The Rockefeller Integrated Hotel stood on Burlington’s Maple Avenue before being demolished a few weeks ago. Created by McBride “Mack” Thompson, a prominent African American entrepreneur in the Jim Crow South, the hotel was both his home and a place for Black travelers to stay somewhere safe. A single box of papers was recovered from the demolition site by a neighbor. Marshall Sears, a sophomore researching African American entrepreneurship in Petersburg, digitizes documents including those found in the demolition, as a part of his undergraduate research.

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