Letters to the Editor

Flubs and snubs in national football

Flubs: Rex Ryan — Another season, another Super Bowl guarantee from New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan, another failure to deliver the hardware.

March Madness - The Gray Areas

With less than a month until the selection of 68 teams for the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, it is important to look at the grey areas of statistics as it’s not necessarily about the black and white statistics to prove a team’s success.

Ahlquist is right — religion does not belong in public schools

“Our Heavenly Father,” read the beginning of a prayer banner that used to hang in Rhode Island’s Cranston High School West.

Studs and duds of the gridiron

While there are players that go beyond what is expected of them, often known as “studs,” there are also those guys who are affectionately referred to as “duds.” These are the guys that fall short of all that is expected of them, enough to lose fans and even change teams. Two studs stood out in the college ranks of the gridiron in 2011.

Film Reviews: The Lorax and John Carter

After an exciting Oscar season, a whole new slate of films is coming to the big screen. While some releases won’t be out for a while – I’m looking at you, “Hunger Games” — there are plenty of great films playing across the country. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax From the creators of “Despicable Me” comes the 3-D animated feature “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” based on the book.

Not Quite a Hero

Tim Tebow is not ashamed to be a Christian. He’s not ashamed to admit he’s a virgin, and he’s not ashamed that God just might be a Broncos fan.  And boy, does he like people to know it. Tebow has been called courageous for his candor, unafraid to wear his heart on his sleeve.  He advocates traditional Christian values in a world that is supposedly against them.

Tebow has the right to practice his faith, should be commended for never backing down

He’s one of the most well known players in the world of football. He’s a Christian - and he’s not afraid to admit it. As far as football goes, critics are quick to comment that Tim Tebow throws one of the ugliest balls in the game while relentlessly harping on the fact that he was barely able to complete half of his passes through the 2011 regular season, but pinpointing Tebow’s flaws in no way diminishes his feats. After selected in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos, Tebow transformed the 1-4 team as the starting quarterback.

Book Reviews by The Edge

“The Gods of Gotham” by Lyndsay Faye: To be released March 15 Fans of Sherlock Holmes and historical crime thriller novels will be dying for “The Gods of Gotham” as author Lyndsay Faye is a rising crime writer.

Letter from the Editor of The Edge

Whenever I pick up any type of print publication, I want to open it up to find stories that I actually want to read and photos that I want to look at.

Local concert preview

Red Hot Chili Peppers // Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro // April 4, 6 and 9 The Red Hot Chili Peppers will be in North Carolina early this April, as their tour swings through Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro.

Awards show season 2012 in review

How do you measure the success of an awards show season? Is it by how many of your favorite films walked away with statuettes?

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Kony 2012 takeover: His ride to fame

If you have logged into any sort of social media in the past week, you will understand when I say Kony 2012 has erupted everywhere. Celebrities have been tweeting and tweeted at as young Americans around the world click every retweet, share, send and reblog button that mentions the cause. The point of releasing the documentary was to increase Invisible Children trending.

The Swing - March 8, 2012

This week on The Swing Junior Aaron Petrik talks to us about Restaurant: Impossible, we talk to the owners of Smitty's and Pandora's Pies, Randy Piland shows you the best apps for school and Kassondra Cloos runs through this week's paper in less than 60 seconds.

Costa Rica enjoys economic stability

In Latin America, many regard the United States as somewhat of a colossus to the North. Symbols of red, white and blue have long contrasted with cultural and political ideals south of the border due to heritage and customs. Today, if nations are to effectively collaborate, it is most often on the waves of an economic current. This idea is no less true in Costa Rica, the small Central American nation ranked No.

Truly Impressed

When I wrote last week’s blog, I was in the beginning stages of writing my article on Impact Day. I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to speak with Brittany Walker, the Elon senior responsible for organizing the event.

Behind the B.F.A. Audition Process

Jacqueline Agrusa does not look happy. “I was nervous,” she says. “I had to go first.” Agrusa has just emerged from Yeager Recital Hall in Elon University’s Center for the Arts, where she completed the first of a three-part audition for Elon’s Bachelor of Fine Arts music theater program in the Department of Performing Arts March 2. But even though Agrusa doesn’t feel confident in her singing audition, she still has two more components to try: acting and dance.

This week in review: March 7, 2012

This week, we featured a great style story about a new gardening class on the front page.  The photography for the story was phenomenal and we were really pleased with the turnout of both the photos and the article. We were really excited about the other stories packaged on the front page as well.

Spring break preparation: Campus Recreation gets students ready for the beach

With Spring Break less than three weeks away, students are dreaming of sunshine, shorelines and sweet spare time. Whether or not your vacation plans involve such leisure, Campus Recreation has a program that will put you in the Spring Break spirit. The Aquatics Department of Campus Recreation organizes a program called Swim to Florida every Spring Semester to encourage physical activity and healthy habits.

Phoenix bats unable to awaken in loss to North Carolina

Leaning against the dugout rail after his team dropped a 3-0 decision to the No. 6-ranked University of North Carolina, Elon University baseball coach Mike Kennedy couldn't refrain from using sarcasm to elaborate on his team's offensive woes. "I love it man, it's fun," he said.