Hurricane Florence Coverage

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NEWS 4/19/15 6:12am

Elon baseball back to .500 with 13-3 win against Towson

By Bryan Anderson

A plethora of late offense propelled the Elon University baseball team to a 13-3 win against Towson University. Although the Phoenix totaled 13 runs by the end of the game, 12 of them occurred across two separate innings.

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NEWS 4/19/15 4:59am

Elon men's tennis team loses 4-1 to William & Mary in CAA semis

By Jordan Spritzer

Though it was looking for its second straight conference tournament championship, the Elon University men’s tennis team were eliminated in the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals by the College of William & Mary. The No.

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NEWS 4/19/15 4:36am

Women's tennis loses 4-1 in CAA semis

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University women’s tennis team was eliminated from the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament following a 4-1 loss to the College of Charleston Saturday. The Phoenix were unable to avenge its loss to Charleston eight days ago when it was defeated 4-3 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Elon fell behind early dropping the doubles point, although junior Taylor Casey and freshman Erica Braschi gave Elon the early advantage with an 8-3 win over McAmis and Baker at No.

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NEWS 4/18/15 7:40am

College graduates face best prospects in 6 years in warming workplace

By Tanza Loudenback

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced  that the national unemployment rate lingers at 5.5 percent, with 126,000 jobs added in March.

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NEWS 4/18/15 3:11am

Jones four-hit performance lifts baseball team to 6-1 win

By Bryan Anderson

Senior Casey Jones provided an offensive spark for the Elon University baseball team in its 6-1 series opener win Friday against Towson University. From the moment Jones stepped into the batter's box as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, he came up hacking.

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NEWS 4/18/15 1:30am

Women’s lacrosse drops fourth CAA competition in 10-9 loss to Hofstra

By Kyle Lubinsky

The Elon University women’s lacrosse team lost 10-9 to Hofstra University Friday. Despite a  four point lead — Elon's largest lead in CAA play this season — the Pride fought back into contention, tying the game with 3:01 to play. The Phoenix started off strong.

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NEWS 4/18/15 1:13am

Men's tennis advances to CAA Tournament semis

By Jordan Spritzer

Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year senior Stefan Fortmann led the Elon University men’s tennis team past Drexel University in Friday's CAA tournament quarterfinals. The senior earned victories in singles and doubles to help blank the No.

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NEWS 4/18/15 1:02am

Women's tennis team blanks Towson, advances to CAA semifinals

By Jordan Spritzer

The Elon University women’s tennis team shut out No. 6 Towson University 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament on Friday, April 17. Senior Brabora Lazarova and freshmen Erica Braschi and Kirsten Ward picked up wins in singles against the Tigers to jump out to a tremendous start. Phoenix freshmen Olivia Lucas and Bridget Liddell doubled up senior Ayana Dow and freshmen Lucy Williams 8-4 at No.

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NEWS 4/17/15 11:32pm

Elon Dining continues to provide opportunities for global engagement

By Leena Dahal

Elon’s commitment to diversity manifests itself across campus — one of the most popular platforms being food. In addition to Lakeside Dining Hall’s “country of the week” program, which features an international station that serves dishes form a designated area of the world every week, Elon Dining hopes to continue hosting “special events,” throughout the year.

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NEWS 4/17/15 1:45pm

Elon softball builds on success through CAA

By Robert Nanna

With less than a month until the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament begins May 6 and a tough show of upcoming conference opponents, every game becomes more important for the Elon University softball team.

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NEWS 4/17/15 11:30am

Women's lacrosse edges William & Mary, looks to hit tournament in stride

By Kyle Lubinsky

The Elon University women’s lacrosse team defeated the College of William & Mary 8-7 Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak in Colonial Athletic Association play and garner momentum going into its final two regular season competitions. “The Atlantic Sun was awesome [to be in last season]. We were very appreciative to be in there,” said head coach Josh Hexter.

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NEWS 4/17/15 7:30am

Track and field athlete Bre’anna Warren continues to improve under Shannon Popp’s leadership

By Bryan Anderson

She earned several accolades during her freshman season for the women’s track and field team in the discus throw and shot put.

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NEWS 4/16/15 4:35pm

Women’s tennis enters CAA Tournament with young talent

By Jordan Spritzer

It’s hard to believe a team that won a conference tournament championship last season and followed it up with a 14-7 record this year would be flying under the radar, but that’s the case for the Elon University women’s tennis team. Playing in a new conference — the Colonial Athletic Association — with six freshmen, there’s an element of the unknown clouding the team. “Most of our opponents don’t know us that well and haven’t seen most of our players,” said freshman Erica Braschi. Braschi said the young roster is an advantage for the Phoenix because the new players are unfamiliar to their opponents. While they are all still freshmen, they have gained plenty of experience throughout the season.

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NEWS 4/16/15 2:47pm

Integrating technology and learning

By Carolyn Braganca

To say that technology — specifically computers and smartphones — has altered society throughout the past decade is an understatement.

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NEWS 4/16/15 2:46pm

Doctor's Orders: Economic diversity: Who needs it?

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. Elon University got dragged through the mud by traditional media this past week when education news and analysis website The Hechinger Report revealed that, apparently, Elon isn’t economically diverse, and The Times News — our hometown newspaper — picked up the story.  Burned on our own turf?  Stabbed in the back?

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NEWS 4/16/15 2:44pm

Learning from the mistakes of Rolling Stone

By Tanza Loudenback

If you’re a journalist, a college student, a professor, a college administrator, or any participating member of society, you’ve probably heard about the epic misstep made by Rolling Stone’s editorial team in the reporting of a University of Virginia campus gang rape. “A Rape on Campus” was published in November 2014, and within weeks major news outlets like The Washington Post were seriously and publicly questioning the validity of Rolling Stone’s reporting.

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NEWS 4/16/15 10:17am

Clinton, Rubio announce run for president in 2016

By Caroline Fernandez

In recent weeks, political figures from both sides of the aisle have come forward and announced their campaigns to run for president in the 2016 elections. Clinton runs for second time Stating what was expected for months and confirming the beliefs of pundits everywhere, Hillary Clinton announced Sunday she will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. Clinton posted a video announcement to her campaign website Sunday.

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NEWS 4/16/15 12:30am

Greek Week Dance 2015

By elonlocalnews

The PHC contest was won by Alpha Xi Delta, with a tie for second place between Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.

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NEWS 4/15/15 11:15pm

Elon to host food trucks Thursday

By Caroline Fernandez

Senior Daniela Nava has been thinking about food trucks since sophomore year. But Nava didn’t just have them on her mind for the food they offer and the unique ordering experience they give.

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NEWS 4/15/15 8:13pm

Hilary Corna dares Elon students to reach beyond limits, achieve more

By Tommy Hamzik

Hilary Corna ’07 told everyone in the room to stand up, and asked for a student to come forward. Then she and the student gave the audience a series of dares including telling interesting facts, performing jumping jacks and doing the hokey pokey. Corna, an speaker and author, preached the importance of going out on a limb to achieve goals to Elon University students Wednesday evening at LaRose Digital Theater in a speech sponsored by the Love School of Business and the International Business Club.

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