US cuts UNESCO funding after move to admit Palestine The United States State Department announced it would cease funding the United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Organization, UNESCO, following the organization's vote to include Palestine as a full member. Legal requirements mandate the U.S.
Elon senior running back Jamal Shuman has been suspended indefinitely, according to the Elon University athletic department. Shuman has 22 carries for 64 yards and no touchdowns this season in eight games. in 2009, Shuman was third in the Southern Conference in rushing yards per game with 67.7 yards per game and helped lead the Phoenix to the FCS playoffs that year. Stay tuned for updates as the story develops.
http://stream.elon.edu/pendulum/2011fall/podcasts/movies/Movies_11.1.mp3 Tune in as Caitlin and Chris discuss the top five hits from the box office last weekend and what will be hitting the theaters this weekend. Puss in Boots Paranormal Activity 3 In Time Footloose The Rum Diary Tower Heist A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Mike Kennedy, head baseball coach, danced with his partner Meagan Chieppor, senior, at the Dancing with the Little Pink Stars event Oct.
An interactive graphic with information about six of the cast members of Elon University's 2011 production of HAIR.
Azouz Begag's family moved from its home in Algeria in the 1960s to seek the French version of the American Dream.
Daniel Phillips, a gardener at Elon University, was driving a Cushman westbound on West Haggard Avenue when junior Samantha Davis, driving northbound on Manning Avenue, pulled out in front of him around 1 p.m.
Looking for something different to do with your friends on a Friday evening? Lowell's Wine List could be a good alternative if you are 21 or older.
Around 8 a.m. Oct. 19, students received a notification on their phone or laptop about an email from Smith Jackson, vice president of Student Life, titled "Missing Student." The email said that freshman student Matt Hunsinger had not been heard from since 5 p.m.
After dodging projectiles tossed by the audience, alternative-country musician Corey Smith left the stage and students wondered whether he would return. But return he did.
The Friday before Homecoming, rhythm and noise resonated from inside Elon's Alumni Gym across the Moseley Lawn.
Quick. Pretend you're Abraham Lincoln. Now pretend you're Abraham Lincoln standing in the middle of a Venus Flytrap.
Elon University's fundraising campai gn, Ever Elon, has surpassed the original goal of $100 million, though funds will still be collected through Dec.
It's the season for colder days and crunchy leaves. It's time for sweaters, boots and scarves. Fall is also a great time for delicious seasonal foods such as pumpkins and squash, apples and pears and hot beverages for those colder days.
There was a point in time, not all that long ago, when any race at Talladega Superspeedway was among the most anticipated of the whole season. And why wouldn't it be?
Ten games into the Southern Conference schedule, the Elon University volleyball team finds itself in a familiar place.
Jack McKeon, 81, leans back and takes a puff of his ever-present Padron cigar. He stares off into a cloud of smoke, seemingly searching through an endless hoard of baseball stories — maybe the memory of winning the World Series in 2003 or perhaps the slog of rookie ball in the Midwest. Chuckling to himself, he returns from his reverie. "Could you, the Blessed Virgin Mary, intercede with the Lord and convince my father to let me sign a professional contract?" McKeon recalls praying. It was 1948, McKeon's freshman year at The College of the Holy Cross.
Elon fans got an early look at the women's basketball team Sunday at the Phoenix hoops preview. The team's first game takes place Nov.
James Carroll sings for fun, flies remote-controlled planes, develops algorithms and has received several academic awards. He is also a co-captain of the Elon University men's soccer team. A senior midfielder, Carroll is seen as a leader on and off the field by his teammates and coach. "He's very reliable," head coach Darren Powell said.
he Elon University men's soccer team will play its final home game of the season at 7 p.m. Saturday against rival UNC Greensboro. The team is coming off a loss in which it was unable to protect a 2-1 lead late in the second half and fell to Georgia Southern University 4-2 Oct.
