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NEWS 1/19/13 12:32am

Make it five: Women's hoops defeats Furman in Silas' return

The Elon University women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to five games Friday night with a 79-69 win over the Furman University Paladins. Senior guard Ali Ford once again led the Phoenix in scoring with a game-high 21 points on 6-of-13 shooting while also chipping in eight assists. “For me, it’s the fun part to get everyone else involved when you can," Ford said.


NEWS 1/16/13 10:48pm

Inaugural Parade Floats

Floats are the main attraction at many parades but at Saturday's Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade, one of the floats promoted a local industry. With more than 70 floats taking part in the parade it was hard to stand out, but ELN found one that made parade goers re-think how they buy their food. Joe Sanderson, the Assistant Director of Marketing for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture said, "The cart is one of a few that are available.


NEWS 1/16/13 4:46pm

Fiscal Cliff Affects Elon

As 2012 came to a close, Congress and the White House were able to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff", that would have caused more than a five-hundred-thousand dollar tax increase and across-the-board spending cuts. Though they were able to avoid the fiscal cliff, the nation will still be affected.


NEWS 1/16/13 12:05pm

Analysis: How Austin Hamilton's injury could affect the men's basketball team

Elon University men's basketball sophomore guard Austin Hamilton injured his leg Monday night against Western Carolina in a big win for the Phoenix. According to media relations, Hamilton is seeing the team physician today but there is "no official word or diagnosis yet." This is what Hamilton has brought Elon so far this season: [box]Austin Hamilton Season Stats Games Played: 16 Points per game: 7.4 Assists per game: 3.3 (1st on team) Rebounds per game: 2.6 Field goal %: .360 Free throw %: .605 Steals: 24 (1st on team) [/box] If Hamilton was indeed to miss games because of this leg injury, the Phoenix would be losing its starting point guard and a pretty consistent presence on the floor.


NEWS 1/15/13 5:23pm

Greyhound Friends

Families across America are adopting dogs, but the one species that is often overlooked is the greyhound.



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