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NEWS 2/13/16 2:49pm

Freshman Starts social justice Living Learning Community

By Christina Elias

A new student-led Living Learning Community (LLC) called the Hall for Change will offer residents opportunities to discuss current events, raise awareness of social justice issues and participate in service. Freshman Amy Belfer was inspired to create a place for Elon University students to come together to learn more about what is happening on campus, in the local community and internationally. Belfer said she realized the university did not have a social justice house like other universities.

SPORTS 2/12/16 12:34pm

Men's basketball keeps close but falls at UNCW

By Alex Simon

The Elon University men’s basketball team stayed within five points of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the final seven minutes of the game, but could not take the lead, dropping 86-82 Thursday night in Colonial Athletic Association action. The Phoenix cut the deficit to one at four different moments in the second half and led for a grand total of 15 seconds in the game. The Seahawks were able to keep Elon away, answering nearly every Elon basket with a basket on the other end to extend their win streak to a school-record 10 straight victories. “We’re a better team now than when we got [to Trask Coliseum],” said head coach Matt Matheny, who turned 46 Thursday.

NEWS 2/12/16 12:26pm

Cheat sheet: Zika virus

By The Pendulum

Doctors working in the maternity wards of Recife, Brazil, noticed a spike in late August 2015 in babies born with a medical condition known as microcephaly — a defect characterized by normal head construction up to the eyebrows but with little-to-no forehead or upper cranial formation.

SPORTS 2/11/16 2:30pm

Column: Experience should benefit women’s lacrosse team

By Tommy Hamzik

The Elon University women’s lacrosse team isn’t young anymore. At least, not in terms of experience. The Phoenix enters its third year of competition (its second in the Colonial Athletic Association) after an encouraging 2015 campaign that included a CAA Rookie of the Year performance by now-sophomore midfielder Stephanie Asher. Elon also has a wealth of experience, something that wasn’t the case for the past two years as it built the program.

SPORTS 2/11/16 2:00pm

Women’s lacrosse ready to attack new season

By Alex Simon

The Elon University women’s lacrosse team’s introduction to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) may look rough on the standings. But the 1-5 record doesn’t tell the whole story, and junior attacker Sloane Kessler finds a lot to draw from the program’s first year in the conference.

NEWS 2/11/16 12:00pm

Students beat stress with emotional support pets

By Courtney Campbell

Junior Christina Rose has been struggling with an anxiety disorder for most of her life. It wasn’t a problem until the fall of her sophomore year, when a combination of high stress and bad side effects from her medication led to Rose taking a semester off. She returned to campus the following fall with better medication and an assistant, a Dachshund named Norman — her emotional support pet.

NEWS 2/11/16 8:10am

Black history in the modern age

By JPascale3

Each year as the month of February flies by, one cannot help but question the meaning behind "Black History Month." What history haven't we learned about and why do we have a whole month centered around one race's background and culture? [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JMHnaGhaVA&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] Tony Weaver Jr., an Elon senior, sees this month as more than just remembering the past.

NEWS 2/11/16 8:03am

Senior's new company heats things up

By cmckoy

At Koury Business Center young entrepreneurs learn how to start, finance, and run a business. For some, these are merely exercises but for students like Madison Tamblyn, a Project Management Major, they're skills she intends to put to use very soon. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnBDzCbf38&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] Tamblyn is the CEO and sole employee of Mad Dogg Heat Sleeve, a business she founded earlier this year.

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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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