Hurricane Florence Coverage


NEWS 4/7/13 11:00pm

Appalachian State sweeps softball in weekend series

In their return to conference play, the Elon University softball team experienced the all-too-familiar feeling of being swept in weekend series action, this time at the hands of the Mountaineers of Appalachian State University, 7-3, 8-5 and 7-1. In game one, sophomore pitcher Chelsea White again for the Phoenix and surrendered five runs in 2.2 innings.


NEWS 4/7/13 9:46pm

Elon beats Furman to break school wins record

The Elon University women’s tennis team won their school record 17th match Sunday afternoon April 7 with a 5-2 victory at the Furman University Paladins in Greenville, S.C. The Phoenix improves to 17-3 on the year, 7-2 in Southern Conference play. Juniors Frida Jansaker and Jordan Johnston beat the Paldins duo of Lauren Kline and Alex Moreno-Kaste in the No.


NEWS 4/5/13 8:20pm

Burglary reported on James Toney Drive

An Elon University student reported a burglary on James Toney Drive last night. The Town of Elon Police are investigating the incident. When the Town of Elon Police arrived on the scene, the student said she heard someone enter her house around 10:30 p.m., according to an email sent by Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life.


NEWS 4/4/13 11:27am

When in Florence: Pope Francis makes history

While many Italians have said it was very strange for Pope Benedict XVI to resign, the newly selected Pope Francis has been welcomed with open arms by many Italians. Enrico Cecconi, a professor at Accademia Europea di Firenze, said he understands why the Pope wanted to resign because of his age.


NEWS 3/26/13 3:24pm

Big gulps and big mistakes

It's been almost two weeks since Sarah Palin stood in front of a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference and made headlines for insulting Karl Rove, who then made more headlines when he fired right back.



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