Hurricane Florence Coverage

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SPORTS 2/15/17 1:30pm

Elon's Dawkins stepping up on Saturdays

By Alex Simon

With a few minutes to wind down and finally control his heart beat, Elon University head men’s basketball coach Matt Matheny couldn’t stop his quick laugh when recalling the final play of the Phoenix’s game Saturday night. Elon up by one, four seconds left, and the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) leaders University of North Carolina at Wilmington got the ball to Preseason CAA Player of the Year redshirt senior guard Chris Flemmings on the right wing. And, off of a defensive switch, who did Elon have on the explosive 6-foot-5, 185-pound NBA prospect?

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SPORTS 2/15/17 12:58pm

Curry announces retirement from volleyball

By Alex Simon

Elon University volleyball redshirt junior Sydel Curry announced that her volleyball career was over on a social media post Feb.

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NEWS 2/15/17 9:36am

Substance abuse, mental health resources aim to ease college transition

By Paige Pauroso and John Curtis

Elon University offers substance abuse educational programs and mental health services to ease students' college transition.

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NEWS 2/15/17 9:33am

CAMPUS VOICES: During today’s dark political times, we need comedy

By Maddy Gross

Almost a year ago, I watched Rebecca Hurd tell a joke about pooping herself in Harris Teeter as she opened for Colin Jost.

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NEWS 2/15/17 8:37am

LEVY: Stand with Elon's Muslim community on Hijab Day

By Cassidy Levy

If you are a woman, please consider wearing a hijab on Thursday. It might not be comfortable, but being an ally rarely is. Last year was the first year Elon University participated in Hijab Day.

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NEWS 2/15/17 8:32am

CAMPUS VOICES: A good man like him is hard to find

By LD Russell

After posting on Facebook just last night about the void left by the loss of our dear Dr. Earl Danieley, I was jolted this morning by the news that Dr. Leo Lambert is stepping down as President of Elon University. I am deeply happy for Lambert, his wife Laurie and their family.

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NEWS 2/15/17 8:31am

CAMPUS VOICES: President Lambert understood what really mattered

By Jeffrey C. Pugh

Eighteen years ago Elon College waited anxiously for the arrival of our new president. We had taken a few tentative steps in the right direction in the nineties, but now Elon had hired a person we hoped would guide us into the future. Still, the ground felt shaky under our feet.

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NEWS 2/15/17 8:01am

EDITORIAL: Lambert made Elon a more inclusive community

 

For many current and former students, it is hard to picture Elon University without President Leo Lambert.

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LIFESTYLE 2/15/17 8:00am

LGBTQIA Alumni Network launches new blog

By Lilly Blomquist

As members of Elon University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Ally (LGBTQIA) Alumni Network, Elon graduates Ashley Fowler and Jon Shutt created Ignite, the official blog of the network, to enhance the community and encourage its members to contribute. “We wanted to give our network members a voice and a way to connect, share and interact with each other,” Shutt said. Launched on Feb.

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LIFESTYLE 2/15/17 8:00am

Elon Eats: Zack's Hot Dogs

By Deirdre Kronschnabel

Zack's Hot Dogs has two main entrances, and around noon on any given day--besides Sundays, when the restaurant closes its doors-- both are obscured by a jumble of bodies, waiting hungrily for a taste of classic American cuisine.

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LIFESTYLE 2/15/17 8:00am

Student uses laughter to make a difference

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Junior Maddy Gross wants to use the tools she has to make a difference—and for her that means making people laugh. As the head writer for Elon Tonight, Gross has lots of experience writing comedic material, but eight months ago she took the dive into stand-up comedy.

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NEWS 2/15/17 7:58am

SILVERS: If you've been waiting, your kairos is now

By Hannah Silvers

I think it’s time to learn a new word: kairos. The Greek word kairos literally translates to “time,” but in the field of rhetorical studies, kairos means more than that.

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NEWS 2/15/17 12:32am

Rate My Professor is no stranger to Elon

By Perla Salazar-Rangel and Junie Burke

Every semester, students scramble to sign up for classes, frantically researching and asking friends how particular professors rank.

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NEWS 2/15/17 12:31am

Design Thinking pilot takes off

By Zach Skillings

Tyson Glover wanted to finish off his last year at Elon with an experience that was both memorable and engaging. This is why Glover, a senior Strategic Communications major, applied to be a part of the Design Thinking Studio in Social Innovation, an immersive semester program launched by Elon this spring and directed by Dawan Stanford.

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NEWS 2/14/17 7:31pm

Crafty Cards: A “light-hearted” card making event at the Maker Hub

By Mariah Posey

To celebrate the heart-filled holiday and kick off the 2017 year, the Maker Hub hosted their Crafty Cards event 7-8 p.m.

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SPORTS 2/14/17 6:45pm

Fresh around the field

By Tommy Hamzik

Danny Crowe doesn't see it, but he knows it, the distinction he holds on this Elon University baseball team. He's the only senior on the roster who's been here for four years.

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SPORTS 2/14/17 5:16pm

Triple threat: Elon's 3 1,000-point scorers

By Alex Simon

With a turnaround layup in the second quarter Sunday, Feb. 12, Elon University women's basketball senior forward Jenifer Rhodes became the 23rd player in program history to score 1,000 points in her career. And, with that, she joined senior guard Lauren Brown and junior guard Shay Burnett as Elon players who reached quadruple digits this season, the first time in school history that three players did so in the same season.

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NEWS 2/14/17 3:16pm

Low participation in SGA election causes concern

By Anton L. Delgado

In her 24 years of being the Elon University SGA adviser, Janna Lynn Patterson, dean of Student Heath and Wellness, said she had never seen this before.   As the SGA elections draw nearer, with voting starting Feb.20.

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LIFESTYLE 2/14/17 12:36pm

Elon students create Coca-Cola commercial for competition

By Diego Pineda

Growing up, sophomore Lillian Engel felt as if she was embarking on an adventure whenever she saw movies in theaters. This childhood memory inspired her to write a script for a commercial that is now one of five finalists for the Coca-Cola and Regal Films program- a student filmmaking program that invites up-and-coming student filmmakers from top film schools across the nation to participate in creating a 35-second film about the moviegoing experience. Engel had the desire to write something that brought the adventures that she saw on the screen into reality.

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LIFESTYLE 2/14/17 12:23pm

Blase challenges societal norms through student-run magazine

By Courtney Campbell

About a year ago, sophomores Nabriya Ware and Nic Zuhse were sitting down at dinner when Ware brought up an idea for a new project. She was attempting to find her niche on campus, and found things she seemed interested in but didn’t match her own outward style or internal struggles with race and ethnicity.

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