Letters to the Editor


NEWS 11/5/12 6:11pm

Absentee voting from Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — I knew when I decided to go abroad this semester that voting absentee would be part of the experience. I registered to receive my absentee ballot before I left and once I was abroad, I waited early for the email.


NEWS 11/5/12 3:14pm

Men's soccer outlasts Davidson in first round of SoCon Tournament, face Georgia Southern Thursday

It wasn’t easy, but the Elon University men’s soccer team escaped Rudd Field Saturday with a 2-1 win over the Davidson College Wildcats in front of a raucous crowd of 717, whom senior forward Chris Thomas credited with helping his team battle back from a goal down to win their first round Southern Conference tournament game. “By 20 minutes left in the second half we had the twelfth man on the field,” Thomas said.


NEWS 11/5/12 3:14pm

Elon’s emergency response plan excludes social media to maintain message control

From one-third of staff succumbing to bird flu to an active shooter on campus, Elon University has a plan to address emergency situations of all kinds. Although Elon has not adopted social media into its emergency plan, Chris Fulkerson, Elon’s chief information officer, is still confident in the university’s system. According to a recent USA Today article, many schools are implementing social media – mainly Twitter and Facebook – into their emergency response plans.


NEWS 11/5/12 3:12pm

NC deadlocked, but donations to presidential candidates flowing freely

Time’s running out, but the cam- paigns for President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney have not stopped fighting for their shares of electoral votes in the swing states. North Carolina is one of the battle- ground states that’s been pegged as “lean- ing Republican,” but there’s no way to tell which way the state will actual- ly vote until tomorrow, Election Day. If campaign donations were any indica- tion, Obama would take the state by a land- slide, as he raised more than $1.1 million here in September alone, while Romney pulled in less than $500,000.


NEWS 11/5/12 2:35pm

ELN: Pat McCrory Interview

ELN requested interviews with all of the candidates on the Alamance County Ballot. Brennan McGovern and Rachel Southmayd interviewed Former Charlotte Mayor and current Gubernatorial Candidate Pat McCrory after his rally in Smithfield with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.


NEWS 11/5/12 2:16pm

ELN: John Tedesco Interview

ELN requested interviews with all of the candidates on the Alamance County Ballot. Kelly Finneran sat down with John Tedesco, a candidate for North Carolina State Superintendent.


NEWS 11/5/12 2:09pm

ELN: June Atkinson Interview

ELN requested interviews with all of the candidates on the Alamance County Ballot. Eric Halperin sat down with June Atkinson, a candidate for North Carolina State Superintendent.


NEWS 11/5/12 8:19am

ELN Digital Short: Vote in a Box

This ELN Digital Short will air during our election show on November 6. Vote in a Box is a parody sketch of Saturday Night Live's "D**K in a Box." Katie Moulton and Molly Carey rap about the importance of voting. [div class="alignleft"] [/div] Also starring Matt Lee, Peter Walpole, Camille Smith, and Alex Rose Directed, Produced, Filmed, and Edited by Patterson Huggins Special thanks to Emily Haring, Meg Plummer, and Joe Bruno


NEWS 11/3/12 6:16pm

Football falls to Citadel after crawling back from big deficit

The Elon University football team lost 38-24 to The Citadel Saturday afternoon. The loss puts the Phoenix at 3-6 overall and 1-5 in the Southern Conference, guaranteeing Elon with a losing season both overall and in-conference. The Citadel running back Darien Robinson led the Bulldogs on a big rushing day as they put up 366 total rushing yards.


NEWS 11/3/12 11:20am

Simply brothers: Hamiltons cherish special exhibition opportunity

The first and only (so far) time Ferrum College Panthers Phoenix senior guard Marshall Hamilton and Elon University sophomore guard Austin Hamilton faced off against each other in a team environment was at a basketball camp when the former was ten years old and the latter was eight. Marshall’s team won, and Austin cried. “His team beat my team in the championship,” Austin said.


NEWS 11/3/12 10:19am

Men's soccer preps for SoCon Tournament, face Davidson Saturday

After completing one of the most successful regular seasons in program history, the Elon University men’s soccer team looks to continue to re-write the school’s history books with a deep run in the upcoming Southern Conference tournament. The Phoenix won a team-record 12 games under head coach Darren Powell, including four over nationally-ranked opponents.



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