Hurricane Florence Coverage

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NEWS 3/7/17 8:00am

Elon construction causes negative environmental effects

By Olivia Zayas Ryan

As Elon University continues to expand its campus, more and more trees are being cut down to make room for new buildings and facilities. Just last month, the university began construction of a new parking lot next to the McMichael building.

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NEWS 3/6/17 11:03pm

SGA Hosts Town Hall for Students to Discuss Immigration Ban

By Liam Collins

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven countries in the Middle East, the Elon University community responded to the ban from University President Leo Lambert issuing a statement to university students, to students traveling to Raleigh-Durham International Airport for protests. 

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NEWS 3/6/17 11:02pm

SPECTRUM Celebrates International Condom Day

By Liam Collins

Elon's SPECTRUM chapter celebrated International Condom Day by partnering with the AIDS Health Foundation and the Alamance County Health Department to talk about sexual health on college campuses.

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NEWS 3/6/17 10:27pm

Elon athletes read with local elementary school students

By Jackie Pascale

“A person's a person, no matter how small.” The students at Eastlawn Elementary definitely took this Dr. Seuss quote to heart as Elon athletes walked into their classrooms, towering over them.  Sports players from the tennis, soccer, volleyball and football teams read their favorite childhood books to students in kindergarten through fifth grade for their "Read Across America" week.  The National Education Association celebrates reading on March 2, the birthday of well-known children's author Dr. Seuss.  Casey Collins, Eastlawn teacher and Elon alum, says they wanted to bring in athletes to, "show [the students] the potential that you can have, you can be on a team sport, the importance of being on a team, the hard work that goes into it." Besides reading their books, the athletes talked about balancing athletics and college academics.

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NEWS 3/6/17 11:05am

Elon student hit by car, taken to UNC hospital

By Paul LeBlanc

Freshman Molly Offstein was hit by a car at 7:30 a.m. Monday on University Drive at O'Kelly Avenue. She has been put into a medically induced coma and is currently in critical condition.

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SPORTS 3/6/17 10:00am

Softball can't complete home tournament sweep

By Jamie Snover

In the final game of the Elon Softball Tournament, the Phoenix fall short to St. Joseph's 3-1.

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NEWS 3/5/17 8:08pm

Sigma Kappa sister takes a hard fall at big/little reveal

By Ashley Bohle

It's Sigma Kappa's big/little sister reveal today and an unusual moment has already gone viral.  For the little sister to discover who her big sister was the big sister finished the little's quote.  But immediately after Dick turned around and started running, toward Singleton she slipped.

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SPORTS 3/5/17 9:51am

Baseball beat UMass behind another strong Saturday from Welhaf

By Miles Garrett

On a sunny yet brisk day at Latham Park Saturday afternoon, junior pitcher Robbie Welhaf seemed to find his groove again after giving up eight runs to Clemson University Feb.

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SPORTS 3/4/17 7:05pm

Men's basketball falls in CAA quarterfinals

By Alex Simon

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.

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SPORTS 3/4/17 10:32am

Shumate's single ends Elon's 5-game losing streak

By Roman Costa

Senior infielder Kory Shumate's walk-off single ended the Elon University baseball team's five-game losing streak, capping off Elon's 4-3 comeback win over the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass) Friday night at Latham Park. With the score tied at three, runners on first and second base and two outs, Shumate — who had started the night 0-for-3 — kept his composure to drop a walk-off single in deep right field, scoring freshman infielder Joe Satterfield and sending all of Elon's players racing to mob Shumate.

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SPORTS 3/4/17 10:17am

Softball starts home tournament with 2-0 win

By Maggie Boulton

Hosting its first tournament of the year, the Elon University softball team defeated Wagner University 2-0 Friday afternoon at Hunt Softball Park. Both teams were scoreless until the bottom of the third when junior shortstop Hannah Olson raced around the bases to score Elon’s first run.

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SPORTS 3/3/17 12:07pm

Pre-CAA Tournament Q&A with Matt Matheny

By ENN Sports

As the Elon University men's basketball team finished preparing for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament Wednesday, head coach Matt Matheny sat down with the Elon News Network for a quick Q&A before heading to North Charleston.

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SPORTS 3/2/17 1:00am

Women's basketball routs UNCW to win CAA title

By Roman Costa

The Elon University women’s basketball team clinched its first conference championship in its Division I era by routing the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) 82-48 Wednesday night in Alumni Gym. With the win, Elon earned the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title, finishing conference play with a 16-2 record. It's the first conference crown in the 18 years Elon's been in Division I and the first of any kind in 35 years, leading Elon to cut down a net after the game. The championship feeling still hadn't sunk in for head coach Charlotte Smith after going up the ladder last and wearing the net around her neck.

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NEWS 3/1/17 3:53pm

Presidential search committee members, opportunities for community feedback annnounced

By Hannah Silvers

Wes Elingburg P’11, Elon University trustee and chair of the Presidential Search Committee, has announced the members of the committee, according to a March 1 email sent to members of the Elon community.

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SPORTS 3/1/17 1:17pm

Baseball shut out for 2nd straight game

By Jamie Snover

For the first time in 16 years, the Elon men’s baseball was shut out for a second straight game, falling to Liberty University 1-0 in 10 innings Tuesday night at Latham Park.

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NEWS 3/1/17 9:30am

CAMPUS VOICES: History of abuse of native peoples repeats again and again

By Joshua O'Neil

After six months of protests and peaceful and prayerful resistance, the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) Camp has largely been evacuated.

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SPORTS 3/1/17 9:00am

Swoope's late-game heroics could lead Elon men's basketball to Big Dance

By Alex Simon

It’s been less than two years since sophomore guard Dainan Swoope got a scholarship offer from the Elon University men’s basketball team. Since then, he’s gone from not even knowing what Elon was to becoming one of the Phoenix’s most dependable players and big shot-makers, a quick rise that even surprises him.

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NEWS 3/1/17 9:00am

NTIM: Technology doesn't control us

By Stephanie Ntim

The power is in your hands. Resources at Elon can be tailored to help you increase your “technology I.Q.” Be creative with it to address issues that matter to you.

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NEWS 3/1/17 8:52am

EDITORIAL: Stay informed without sacrificing mental health

 

In the current media landscape, consumers can very easily feel overwhelmed. Our CNN apps notify us about every one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, our Twitter feeds refresh with breaking news stories and our Facebook friends are constantly sharing articles that frustrate them. For many, the news today is consistently negative and at times scary, and the need to consume it is as constant as it is exhausting. This constant stream of negative news is resulting in a phenom now being referred to as resistance fatigue, or the tendency to become exhausted by the feeling of constantly needing to protest against unpopular government policies. In the first few weeks of his presidency, Trump has already passed a number of executive orders that will directly affect many marginalized groups in our nation, causing students and people across the country to march or protest in resistance.

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NEWS 3/1/17 8:51am

BENSON: Take off your ‘busy’ buttons and stop complaining

By Hannah Benson

We see it all the time here, in the land of acorns and squirrels: A peer sports a backpack covered in pins and buttons boasting their heinous spread of campus involvement, including SPARKS, Student Government, 110% sorority allegiance, SUB, Club Soccer — you get the gist — and drops it down on the seat next to you in your 2:20 class.

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