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NEWS 2/14/12 4:25pm

Men's tennis opens season with losses

By Rebecca Wickel

[quote]We have a tough non-conference lineup, but it’s getting us ready. We definitely think we can win another conference championship.[/quote] The men’s tennis team is fighting the odds with a squad of five freshmen, two sophomores, one junior and one senior.

NEWS 2/14/12 4:07pm

Elon softball off to hot start

By Adam Lawson

Everything the Elon University softball coaching staff wanted from its offense this season can be summed up in one indelible acronym. “We call them S.W.A.G.

NEWS 2/14/12 3:33pm

Elon freshmen face stiff transition to college ball

By Jordan Scahill

Division I baseball means high competition, fast speed and elite talent. Transitioning from the high school level to Division I standards is an adjustment that all Elon varsity athletes must make in their first year of college. Thirteen new players will join the Phoenix baseball team this season, filling the shoes of recent graduates. A combination of work ethic and ability along with experience that will come in the next few months will morph these young players into college athletes. “They’ve got to grow up fast,” head coach Mike Kennedy said.  “They’re going to be in for a rude awakening in terms of the energy level that it takes to play at this level.” Energy is only one factor that freshmen players must embrace at the college level.  They must also adapt to changes that come with differing practice methods, managing time off of the field and dealing with being a full-time student athlete. “You can definitely tell there’s a transition from the speed of the game from high school to college,” said junior outfielder Niko Fraser.  “Sometimes it takes a little bit longer to adjust.” Elon has been practicing for weeks in preparation for the upcoming season, working the freshmen onto the field.

NEWS 2/14/12 3:10pm

Sophomore develops application, sense of self

By Audrey Horwitz

Jeremiah Brown may seem like a typical Elon University student, but what sets him apart from the rest is that he has been selling real estate in New York City since he was 18 years old and created an iPhone application that had more than 1,000 downloads the week it was released. Brown was driving down 34th Street in Manhattan when he saw a sign outside Rapid Realty that said it was hiring.

NEWS 2/14/12 2:37pm

I do: Senior awarded finalist in honeymoon contest

By Edith Veremu

When senior Spanish education major Phyllis Jarrell got engaged last November, she and her fiance didn’t anticipate being one of three finalists in an all-expense paid honeymoon to Fiji. Jarrell and fiance Tyler Claytor, a senior math education major at Wake Forest University, were selected as semifinalists in the the contest they entered on a whim after she saw an advertisement in BRIDES Magazine. Claytor proposed to Jarrell near a Japanese garden and waterfall in Maymont Park in Richmond, Va.

NEWS 2/14/12 2:35pm

Curated African art exhibit honors Black History Month

By Claire Esparros

Freshman art history students Bethany Hill and Elizabeth Chang voluntarily took on the roles of Exhibition Designers in a project to curate African art in honor of Black History Month. The pieces used in the Arts West exhibit “Obscurity in Plain Sight,” which opened Feb.

NEWS 2/14/12 1:00pm

iMedia students put real-world skills to test with fly-in projects

By Ashley Fahey

Graduate students’ winter fly- in projects couple professional experience with social action. In January, iMedia graduate students at Elon University took the course COM 570 — Interactive Project for the Public Good, during which they worked in teams to create an interactive media project for the common good in a foreign country. “The students get a chance to put the skills they’ve learned to date in the program to use in an accelerated project, one that’s far greater in scope than anything they’ve worked on so far,” said Phillip Motley, assistant professor of communications, who led one of two Costa Rica programs.

NEWS 2/13/12 6:17pm

Overcoming obstacles, looking forward

By Katherine Blunt

The second week on a job proved a bit more challenging than the first. I had some difficulties with organization while writing, but Grace's edits really highlighted what needed to be reordered for the sake of clarity. The Washington Center piece was admittedly not my best work.

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SPORTS 03/22/2026 1:22pm
Elon University's cheer team builds community, connection

Beyond the sidelines, Elon University’s cheer team is embracing a new chapter, not just as athletes, but as competitors entering Game Day cheer competitions for the first time in program history. Elon’s cheer team recently participated in the College Classic Competition hosted by Dance Team Union, which provides both virtual and in-person competitive opportunities for collegiate cheer and dance programs. Elon cheer entered the virtual competition in the Spirit Showdown Gameday Division and placed first. Assistant cheer coach Marcus Thompson said he sees passion through the team, especially as they connect with prospective students. 

OPINIONS 03/21/2026 9:30pm
OPINION: You should be keeping up with the partisans

Why hate some politicians when you can learn to hate them all? This is the half-ironic question that ricocheted in my mind as circumstances dictated that the story I’d been working on for a few would have to take a new angle. My original plan had been to attend an Elon College Republicans meeting and get a sense of how the Grand Old Party’s future representatives were handling the latest release of the Epstein Files, along with the various other misgivings of the current administration.

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