ELN will be reporting on the upcoming Gubernatorial and Presidential Inauguration festivities this month.
Elon Local News has learned that along with founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core Eboo Patel, several other notable religious and spiritual figures will be attending the Convocation for Honors on April 30. Along with starting the interfaith movement in Chicago, Eboo Patel also wrote the book, Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim.
As classes at Elon commenced on the morning of Jan. 3, the students of Sandy Hook Elementary had their first day of school since the Dec.
An Elon University alumnus debuted his first full-length film production this past weekend at Walter M.
It is said that defense wins championships, and it was defense that helped the Elon Phoenix women’s basketball team earn its second win in the Southern Conference this season by defeating the Samford Bulldogs 65-41. After losing three straight tough games on the road, the Phoenix showed that it was very happy to be back in the friendly confines of Alumni Gym by defeating the team that not only ended its season last year but won its second straight conference tournament. “I’m very excited about today’s game,” Elon head coach Charlotte Smith told ElonPhoenix.com. “I’m glad we got the win and I feel like everyone played well.
Just three seconds into a non-conference men's basketball matchup between the Princeton University Tigers and Elon University Phoenix, Princeton senior forward Ian Hummer took the tip-off win by freshman forward Hans Brace to the basket for an easy lay-up.
The conclusion of winter break and the start of a new year mean one thing in college basketball: conference play is on the horizon. Although the Elon University women’s basketball team (4-7, 1-1 SoCon) has played two games in the Southern Conference thus far, the team has finished non-conference action and will play 18 straight conference games in the last two-thirds of the regular season. The Phoenix will enter the grind of SoCon play on a sour note, however.
With the realities of hectic schedules, long study hours and late nights, maintaining a balanced diet can get lost in the shuffle of college life.
From start to finish, the Elon University men’s basketball team was in total control, ending the 2012 portion of the season with a convincing 84-49 win over Manchester University Dec.
Down by three with 3:54 remaining, the Elon University women’s basketball team couldn't close out North Carolina A&T State University Dec.
Battling another slow start, senior guard Ali Ford pulled the Elon University women’s basketball team within two at the halftime break with back-to-back 3-pointers, but the Phoenix ultimately dropped their second straight game Dec.
On a night of much-improved shooting all the way around for the Elon University men's basketball team, a single shot from a player who had been struggling from the field as of late counted the most. Junior guard Jack Isenbarger hit a three-pointer from the right wing with 2.3 seconds left to give the Phoenix a 70-69 victory over the Columbia University Lions Saturday afternoon. In the Phoenix's last game before Christmas, Elon (7-5 overall, 1-1 Southern Conference) found itself down two with time winding down.
The United States Department of Justice filed a civil rights lawsuit against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson Thursday, after he was faced with allegations of racial profiling and discrimination. The lawsuit claims that Johnson has violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which guard against unreasonable search and seizure and guarantee due process. The DOJ has investigated the Sheriff's Office since 2009, and on Sept.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson Dec.
DURHAM - The Elon University men's basketball team was sticking with the No. 1 team in the nation. With time winding down in the first half, the Phoenix was only down five points to the Duke University Blue Devils.
Senior forward Kelsey Evans has a knack for breaking records when the Elon University women’s basketball team finds itself on the losing end of games. Evans scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down nine rebounds Dec.
I’d like to tell you that I’ve been 100 percent up on everything Elon University men’s basketball in the last couple weeks.
In eight games this season for the Elon University women’s basketball team, turnovers and rebounding have been a problem. Four times on the young season, the Phoenix has turned the ball over at least 20 times.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on “Front Lines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality” earlier this month at Dublin City University, just five days before Human Rights Day on Dec.
After missing two potentially game-winning free throws in the waning seconds of regulation, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst men's basketball team defeated Elon University 78-73 in extra time Saturday afternoon in the 2012 Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase in Springfield, Mass. Elon freshman guard Tanner Samson hit a three-pointer with eight seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 66.
