Features

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NEWS 1/22/15 9:49pm

Elon compensates for lack of diversity with ADL sessions

By Diana Stancy

This Winter Term, Elon University rolled out a new diversity training session with good intentions, but was met with mixed reviews and more than a little confusion. At first, the university said freshmen had to attend at least one mandatory session.

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NEWS 1/21/15 9:56pm

Day of Service brings students and community together

By jcurtis11

More than 60 Elon students went to the Four Seasons Mall in Greensboro for the annual Martin Luther King Jr.

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NEWS 1/21/15 9:34pm

Freshman Elijah Bryant taking charge for Phoenix

By Miles Garrett

The Elon University men’s basketball team had been trailing the College of William & Mary for much of its Jan.

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NEWS 1/21/15 9:21pm

Johnson adds power, poise to blossoming Elon lineup

By Kyle Lubinsky

From one court to another, Malaya Johnson has added an undeniable spark to the Elon University women’s basketball team. After playing basketball and volleyball in high school, Johnson decided to focus on basketball has had an immediate impact on the team’s performance, averaging 8.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

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NEWS 1/21/15 7:26pm

International admissions counselor works to increase diversity

By Elizabeth Bilka

Hebe Fuller has been an international admissions counselor for 25 years, but it was only until 2014 that she became Elon's Associate Dean and Director of International Admissions. "The first thing we do [is] travel," said Fuller.

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NEWS 1/21/15 7:02pm

Team play, depth leading to Elon victories

By Robert Nanna

The transition from the Southern Conference to the Colonial Athletic Association has not yet proven too difficult a challenge for the Elon University women’s basketball team. After a semifinal loss to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the Southern Conference Tournament last season, the Phoenix knew it would need to prove itself moving into the Colonial Athletic Association.

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NEWS 1/21/15 3:06pm

Elon women earn first victory of the spring over South Carolina State

By Miles Garrett

The Elon University women’s tennis team opened up play at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Tuesday, Jan.

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NEWS 1/21/15 1:22pm

Doctor's Orders: Post-study abroad stress syndrome

By Frankie Campisano

Doctor's Orders is a weekly satirical column in which two unprofessional, definitely fake doctors offer up prescriptions for their Phoenix patients.  Okay, so you’ve used some of that extra $12 million your parents had lying around and spent a semester abroad.

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NEWS 1/21/15 1:22pm

Death of Elon junior leaves community clinging to best of him

By Michael Bodley

They packed the room to the brim and then some, clogging the heavy air thick with loss, remembering a student, a brother, a friend. Gone too soon was junior Trent Stetler, the hundreds said together.

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NEWS 1/21/15 1:15pm

At Elon, opening the dialogue on suicide

By The Pendulum

Talking about suicide saves lives, and we’re too often too quiet on the subject. Last week, Elon University junior Trent Stetler died of a suicide, as confirmed by the Burlington Police Department.

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NEWS 1/21/15 11:43am

Column: CAA hoops process taking time, but that's just fine

By Tommy Hamzik

With a cyclonic ending still on his mind, Elon University men’s basketball coach Matt Matheny chose to start his press conference by talking about the Colonial Athletic Association. Elon had just been handed its third straight loss in the CAA, a 75-72 defeat to James Madison University in which senior guard Austin Hamilton’s 3-pointer missed right before the final buzzer. Instead of talking about that play, Matheny focused on the conference, in which it’s clear Elon is still adjusting.

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NEWS 1/21/15 10:44am

Jeffrey Williamson - 2015-01-21 10:44:07

 

My name is Jeffrey Williamson and I am an Elon graduate, class of 2013 and graduate class of 2014.

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SPORTS 1/20/15 9:22pm

Elon women's tennis earns first win of season

By mhuffman2

Elon women's tennis team rebounded from a loss to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Jan.

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NEWS 1/20/15 8:01pm

African-American ensemble teaches equality through dance

By cshegda

Mckinnon Hall was filled during College Coffee with the sounds of the African-American Dance Ensemble of Durham, N.C, who performed one of many other Martin Luther King Jr.

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NEWS 1/20/15 7:54pm

iMedia Sampler garners unexpected interest

By Bryan Anderson

Amanda Sturgill, associate professor of communications, developed an iMedia Sampler to provide School of Communications graduates with up-to-date information about how media industry practices has changed since they’ve graduated. Sturgill anticipated that a few dozen students would register for the massive open online course (MOOC) but quickly realized that Elon student engagement continues after graduation. “I was kind of expecting maybe 30 people would enroll,” Sturgill said.

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NEWS 1/19/15 10:52pm

Texas professor visits Elon for MLK Speaker Series

By Diana Stancy

Robert Jensen, professor at the University of Texas and author of “The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege,” visited Elon University Monday to lead “Addressing Institutionalized Racism.” The on-campus workshop in Alamance Building was part of the Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NEWS 1/19/15 10:23pm

Burlington marches to commemorate Civil Rights movement

By cbohle

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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NEWS 1/19/15 9:43pm

NC's first black female talk show host on segregation

By ktracy4

Sandra Hughes is no stranger to segregation. "I grew up knowing that I can't sit in that seat.

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NEWS 1/19/15 9:18pm

Administration cites green initiative in emailing Dean's list certificates

By Paul LeBlanc

While students at Elon University have become accustomed to rapid changes on an expanding campus, many were surprised after receiving their President’s List and Dean’s List certificates for the 2014 fall semester via email instead of the traditional printed ones. Although some students across campus have called the maneuver a way to cut costs, University Registrar Dr. Rodney Parks says the move was more concerned with saving the other kind of green. “We mainly changed it to support our green initiatives of being a paperless environment,” Parks said.

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NEWS 1/19/15 6:43pm

Alternative Health Care Options in Burlington

By mhawkins7

It's flu season, which means crowded waiting rooms and long lines. Monday, the Elon Health Center wasn't too busy, but it had about a 30-minute wait for most of the day.

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