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NEWS 3/27/12 1:59pm

Sports Briefs - March 28, 2012

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Women’s golf competes in two events The Elon women’s golf team had two strong showings in the past two weeks. In the Low Country Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C., which finished March 26, the Phoenix finished fourth out of 15 teams with a 627 (318-309). Senior Virginia Mayer finished tied for 10th with a 154 (79-75), while junior Martyna Mierzwa (85-73) and freshman Kristi Ingram (77-81) shot 158 to tie for 16th. At the Pinehurst Challenge March 18-20, Mierzwa finished sixth individually with a one-over 217 (70-72-75), her best score of the 2011-2012 season, to help the Phoenix to a 13th-place finish with a 919 (307-302-310). Women’s tennis improves to 4-2 in SoCon Sophomore Frida Jansaker continued her stellar season against Georgia Southern University in Southern Conference women’s tennis action March 26, helping the Phoenix to a 6-1 victory over the Lady Eagles.

NEWS 3/27/12 1:58pm

Playing small, baseball team hits stride with key wins

By Zachary Horner

Twenty-five games into the 54-game season, the Elon University baseball team is in the sludge of the schedule, grinding out games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and playing tough extra-inning matchups against Southern Conference foes. Approximately halfway through the season, junior outfielder Niko Fraser said his team could go either way. “I think that we have the potential to be extremely good, but we have the potential to be extremely average,” he said.

NEWS 3/27/12 9:00am

Israel parties during annual Purim celebrations

By Rachel Southmayd

For any unassuming American, looking at an Israeli street during the holiday of Purim would be nearly indistinguishable from a Halloween party in the United States, that is except for the smell of falafel wafting above the heads of costume-clad adults and children looking on as street performers roam about and music from a concert reaches the furthest corners of the city. It doesn’t matter if you know what you’re looking at or not, one thing is for certain: Purim is a holiday for party-goers. Technically, the Jewish holiday commemorates the story of Esther and her uncle Mordecai, who convinced Esther to sway King Ahasuerus to not proceed with the plan presented by his adviser Haman to kill all of the Jews in the land. Purim is a celebration of a triumph over anti-Semitism. In today’s world, it has become an opportunity to have a good time.

NEWS 3/27/12 7:36am

Correspondents' Corner - March 28

By Katie Moran

Rebecca Cummings SINGAPORE — Singapore is one of the cleanest countries in the world, has one of the best health care systems and has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world. It is a country in which we have been told it is ok to drink the water, which is a rarity.

NEWS 3/27/12 7:30am

International Briefs - March 28

By Katie Moran

Social upset in El Salvador El Salvador has been recognized as one of the most dangerous countries in Central America due to drug cartels and gang violence, but recently the death toll has dropped dramatically,  causing suspicion that the government has made secret agreements with the gang leaders to stop the killing. Neighboring countries’ authorities have accused the government of partnering with the drug cartels and gangs, which has caused distrust and unease throughout El Salvador.

NEWS 3/26/12 7:39pm

Topics - March 26, 2012

By Dan Quackenbush

Dan Quackenbush discusses this Friday's Spring Show and some of the controversy behind it. Don't be too harsh on SUB Elon students, it takes more effort to put on this show than you know.

NEWS 3/22/12 6:41pm

Finding room in your closet for spring

By Alessandra Losa

As a student it is difficult to have clothes for all seasons because 1) if you live far away you have to have them all here and 2) dorms are not meant for that! Students struggle with this very dilemma every year of how am I going to fit all of my clothes in my closet, and then be able to decide what to wear if one day it is 70 degrees and the next it is in the 40s.

NEWS 3/20/12 2:59pm

It's official: Elon adds women's lacrosse as official Division I sport

By Zachary Horner

The Elon University Board of Trustees has made it official – there will be a Phoenix women’s lacrosse team. The program will begin play in the 2013-2014 season. “Women’s lacrosse is growing at an incredible pace, and we are excited to add this opportunity for Elon student-athletes,” said Dave Blank, director of athletics.

NEWS 3/15/12 7:08pm

A fresh changing of the guard

By Zachary Horner

From the beginning, he seemed to be overwhelmed by it all. I interviewed Elon freshman guard Austin Hamilton before the 2011-2012 men's basketball season about the schedule for the year. His quotes were somewhat short, but his enthusiasm was high. "One of the reasons I came here was in the past seasons, they played a really tough schedule, ACC teams and such," he said.

NEWS 3/15/12 1:00pm

The Swing - March 14, 2012

By The Pendulum

This week on The Swing Elon's student magazine, The Edge, gets revamped Julia Boyd finds out how often you leave the bubble Andrew Tilden reviews Hursey's Bar-B-Que And Kassondra Cloos runs through this week's newspaper in 60 seconds.

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