Hurricane Florence Coverage

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SPORTS 11/6/16 12:42am

Men's soccer season ends with 1-0 loss in CAA quarterfinals

By Paul LeBlanc

The Elon University men's soccer team's season is effectively over after the Phoenix fell to the College of William and Mary 1-0 Saturday night in the CAA tournament quarterfinal match at Rudd Field. Despite being outshot 12 to five, the Phoenix had plenty of opportunities around the net, including three corner kicks.

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SPORTS 11/5/16 7:54pm

Football sputters to 5th-straight loss at Towson

By Alex Simon

TOWSON, Md. — Another Saturday of opportunities squandered led to the Elon University football team dropping its fifth straight game, this one a 23-6 defeat at Towson University Saturday afternoon in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) action. The Phoenix had three drives reach inside the Towson 10-yard line, but none of the three resulted in touchdowns, including a fumble at the 1-yard line that Towson recovered. “I think this one went similar to our previous several,” said head coach Rich Skrosky.

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NEWS 11/5/16 5:57pm

Obama silences angry supporters at Fayetteville rally, advocates for more issue-oriented focus

By Bryan Anderson

President Barack Obama campaigned Friday afternoon in Fayetteville, urging voters to focus on the issues rather than partisan division.

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SPORTS 11/5/16 5:13pm

Nicole Dennion, former women's soccer player, dies at 22

By Tommy Hamzik

Nicole Dennion '16, the former women's soccer player who's battled forms of cancer since her sophomore year at Elon University, died Saturday according to a former teammate. She was 22.

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NEWS 11/5/16 3:06pm

Intersect Diversity and Leadership Conference brings together students from across the state

By Anton L. Delgado

With a record number of more than 250 participants, the Intersect Diversity & Leadership Conference commenced Friday, Nov.

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NEWS 11/4/16 3:33pm

Final stretch: Clinton campaigns with Bernie Sanders, Pharrell in Raleigh

By Emmanuel Morgan

Raleigh — It started out tranquilly. The divisiveness that has stained every 6 p.m.

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SPORTS 11/4/16 3:00pm

Men's soccer gears up for CAA tournament

By Roman Costa

The Elon University men’s soccer team is gearing up for what is expected by many to be a competitive post-season tournament in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Phoenix will undoubtedly be looking to get out of the slump it endured towards the end of the season that saw head coach Chris Little’s team drop three straight matches despite having played tough and competitive soccer throughout each performance.

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NEWS 11/4/16 2:33pm

A legend returns to where he bELONgs

By Ashley Bohle

"What's your name?" the legend asks. "Alex," Alex Attanasio, Danieley Residence Area Coordinator replies. "Where are you from?" he asks. "Connecticut," Attanasio says. On Thursday evening Elon legend Dr. James Earl Danieley visited Daniel Commons in the Danieley Neighborhood to meet with students and hear their thoughts.

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NEWS 11/3/16 11:10pm

SGA Town Hall examines Fraternity and Sorority Life's role at Elon

By Tommy Hamzik and Sonya Walker

Nearly 100 people on Thursday attended SGA’s second town hall, which discussed the presence of Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) at Elon University. Key issues raised included the disconnect and misperceptions of FSL from those not involved, a lack of unity within the three councils that make up FSL and a resistance by some members of FSL to change some of the culture.

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NEWS 11/3/16 10:59pm

​Debra Nystrom reads from newest book and announces 2016 Fred Hartmann Award winners

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Three times a year, the Elon University English Department offers students an exciting opportunity to listen to an influential, contemporary writer from one of three major disciplines. Be it fiction, nonfiction or poetry, Elon students are able to submit a piece of work, which is then judged by the visiting speaker. This year’s first event featured a poetry reading by Debra Nystrom at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Johnston Hall.

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NEWS 11/3/16 12:13pm

Mistaken address causes Elon London Study Abroad program to fall under controversy

By Liam Collins

A London newspaper mistakenly accused Elon University students studying abroad of allowing 18 people to to stay in a four-bedroom apartment, causing the Global Education Center to fall under controversy for a short time because of the finable offense. 

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NEWS 11/2/16 11:31pm

President Obama returns to North Carolina

By Ellie Whittington

CHAPEL HILL — Voting, and doing it early, was the main message President Barack Obama brought to students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wednesday afternoon.

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NEWS 11/2/16 7:43pm

 

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NEWS 11/2/16 6:34pm

Student athlete, one other Elon student arrested Sunday

By Alex Simon

Two Elon University students — including one football player — were arrested Sunday, Oct. 30, for damaging a mailbox and running away from a Town of Elon police officer.

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NEWS 11/2/16 3:54pm

OCD documentarian speaks on campus

By Kailey Tracy

About 30 students gathered in McKinnon Hall on Tuesday night to learn about mental health disorders and how they can impact the lives of their friends and their families. The student-group, Active Minds, held a discussion to help spread awareness of the growing concerns that surround mental health disorders.

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NEWS 11/2/16 3:42pm

SEIDEL: The importance of civil discourse and putting my bias into my pocket

By Jane Seidel

I voted early last week with two of my friends. We went during a three-hour gap between classes and work, and the line was so long that I didn’t even get to eat lunch before my seven hour shift.

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NEWS 11/2/16 12:14pm

Professor Emerita of English dies at 92

By Tommy Hamzik

Martha Smith-Trout, professor emerita of English, died Tuesday at 92. Smith-Trout taught at Elon University from 1963 until her retirement in 1993. During that time, she served as Chair of the English Department and of the Academic Council.

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NEWS 11/2/16 12:00pm

Elon InterVarsity seeks to foster student dialogue, reflection after national reiteration

By Leena Dahal and Jackie Pascale

This month marks the deadline for staff members of national InterVarsity to leave the organization if they disagree with its recently reiterated theological stance against same-sex relationships, premarital sex, divorce and masturbation. The move by the national collegiate evangelical Christian ministry, which has a chapter on Elon University’s campus, created outcry in the LGBTQIA community after it was reported by Time Magazine in October. While the edict applies only to staff members — not student leaders or members — it has caused many students at Elon to try to distance itself from the national organization’s position and has prompted questions about the role of inclusivity and theological debate within the fellowship organization.

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NEWS 11/2/16 11:44am

Despite low turnout, Elon Political Forum holds substantive student debate

By Emmanuel Morgan

Elon University’s College Republicans, College Democrats and Young Americans for Liberty jabbed in contested debate Monday; one where the three student organizations argued over substantive polices and defended their party’s representative candidates exactly one week from election night.

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NEWS 11/2/16 9:51am

EDITORIAL: Elon InterVarsity student leaders should offer a statement

 

The situation is undeniably complicated. Between IV reaffirming its stance on gay marriage in no uncertain terms and Elon University’s campus-wide push for inclusivity, Elon InterVarsity (IV) is in a tough place. But so are the students in IV at Elon who look to the organization for spiritual guidance, as are the students in the greater Elon community committed to their own views of inclusivity.

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