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SPORTS 3/11/17 10:26am

Softball starts weekend tournament with doubleheader sweep

By Maggie Boulton

The Elon University softball team kicked off its second home tournament in as many weekends by sweeping Friday’s doubleheader, beating Fairleigh Dickinson University 8-1 before edging Norfolk State 7-5 at Hunt Softball Park. In the first game, junior pitcher Kiandra Mitchum finished a complete game with a career-high 11 strikeouts, becoming the first Phoenix pitcher in six years to have double-digit strikeouts.

NEWS 3/10/17 9:55am

CAMPUS VOICES: #SeeMeElon aims to promote inclusivity on campus

By Jessica Rapfogel

Diversity demographics can be quantitatively defined. Elon University has made significant strides in becoming more diverse, with the percent of diverse students increasing from only 8 percent in 1999 to 20 percent racially and ethnically diverse students in the Class of 2020. Inclusion, on the other hand, is a feeling and sense of belonging that cannot be compiled into a statistic.

NEWS 3/10/17 9:54am

BARRETO: It is not enough to simply 'survive'

 

It’s safe to say Elon University brings to mind a specific kind of person — typically someone way over-involved, over-committed and who responds to the question, “How are you?” with “You know...I’m alive.

NEWS 3/9/17 10:22pm

Vigil for Offstein brings student athletes, community to Belk Track

By Hannah Silvers and Diego Pineda

At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, more than 100 Elon community members — mostly Elon University student athletes — gathered on the hill beside Irwin Belk Track to pray, sing and share stories about freshman Molly Offstein. Offstein, a cross country runner and Honors Fellow, was struck by a car on her morning jog Monday and is now in a medically induced coma at the UNC hospital.

SPORTS 3/8/17 10:00am

Reeves ready to maximize ‘truly talented’ Elon

By Alex Simon

It’s fair to say that neither Marc Reeves nor the Elon University men’s soccer team expected to be in this situation. Reeves had been enjoying a run of success never before seen at Radford University, winning three straight Big South Conference regular season championships and making back-to-back NCAA Tournaments. Meanwhile, Elon finished in the top four of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the third time in its three years in the CAA. With the entire starting lineup returning, former head coach Chris Little’s bunch seemed to have sights set high.

NEWS 3/8/17 9:07am

EDITORIAL: Elon must diversify senior staff

 

Of Elon University’s 15 people on senior staff, 13 are white, 11 are men and 10 are white men. These 15 people who sit in the highest positions at our university are simply not representative of our student body, which is 59 percent female and 20 percent racially or ethnically diverse. Though Elon prides itself on its unprecedented commitment to diversity, if our university’s highest held offices are still primarily filled with white men, then we are not truly amplifying the voices of diverse perspectives. The university has come a long way in its efforts to not only recruit students of diverse backgrounds, but also make them feel like they belong at Elon.

SPORTS 3/8/17 8:30am

Seeking more: Women's basketball readies for CAA Tournament

By Alex Simon

The tears had started to come down senior forward Jenifer Rhodes’ face. In what could be her final game in Alumni Gym, Rhodes had tied her career-high with 21 points, leading Elon to a 82-48 win over the University of North Carolina at Wilmington March 1 and, with it, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title. That title, and all the work that was put in to get it, had Rhodes on the cusp of crying.

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SPORTS 04/07/2026 7:41pm
Long-tenured Elon guard enters transfer portal

Redshirt senior guard Kamryn Doty is entering the NCAA transfer portal. She announced her decision April 7 via Instagram. The Arizona native has one year of eligibility remaining. 

OPINIONS 04/07/2026 12:26pm
OPINION: AI poster competition proves Elon has entered AI psychosis

Elon University’s School of Communications and Love School of Business held the “Make Your Mark” artificial intelligence poster competition. The first of its kind on campus, the event drew the attention and ire of art and communications students. It featured a $650 prize pool and was held in three parts: a training session March 31, the competition April 2 and the award ceremony April 3. The outrage lasted the entire week. Has Elon entered an AI psychosis? 

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