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NEWS 1/28/15 10:59pm

Elon falls flat in loss at UNCW

By afeather

WILMINGTON N.C.-- Midway through the second half of the Elon University men's basketball team's 82-65 loss to UNC Wilmington on Wednesday night, sophomore forward Christian Hairston stopped looking up at the scoreboard. The Phoenix trailed the Seahawks by 30, and the team was trying to keep fighting. "As a competitor you just try to play basketball," Hairston said.

NEWS 1/26/15 11:49am

Fresh script, innovative design rejuvenate classic

By Lauren Phillips

This Winter Term, Elon University’s Performing Arts Department has taken on a new challenge: remaking a classic. Sophocles wrote “Antigone” around 440 BC, and the tragedy has been the definition of a true classic for the nearly 2,500 years that have passed since.

NEWS 1/26/15 11:43am

Fierce, flawless, feminist: the one and only Queen B

By Hannah Durbin

Forbes named Beyonce the 17th most powerful woman in the world in 2014. Those surprised by this announcement obviously hadn’t been following Beyonce’s meteoric rise to superstar power. In the Burst the Bubble class “Beyonce’s Recipe for Taking Over the World,” students get the opportunity to study Beyonce’s roles as entrepreneur, artist, feminist and international superstar.  “[Beyonce] is a powerhouse of excellence, and, I believe, the epitome of what our generation stands for and represents,” said junior Evan Candler, the class’s facilitator.

NEWS 1/26/15 11:36am

Documentation embraces ethnic heritage

By Caroline Perry

In a dimly lit green room in the back of Elon University’s McCrary Theatre, artist, spoken word performer and filmmaker Kip Fulbeck described a vivid memory from his childhood. “I remember a girl in fifth grade saying, ‘I know you like me.

NEWS 1/26/15 11:02am

Commander and Thief: a recap of House of Cards

By Caroline Perry

After eight nominations and a slew of performances, Kevin Spacey, who plays Frank Underwood in political thriller “House of Cards,” won his first Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Drama last week. He joins fellow cast member Robin Wright, who won Best Actress in a TV Drama in 2014 for her role as Claire Underwood, Spacey’s on-screen wife. The series itself has not won a Golden Globe for Best TV Drama despite critical acclaim and consecutive nominations. After Spacey’s win, Netflix released the trailer for the third season of “House of Cards.” The trailer features the Underwoods in the aftermath of their vengeful political antics. Though the new trailer cast the characters in a darker light than before, the first season itself was telling of the Underwood’s deviant ways. If you haven’t jumped aboard the “House of Cards” bandwagon by committing your time to seasons one and two, hang on. Season One begins when Underwood, the House of Representatives majority whip, is passed over for Secretary of State, despite being previously promised this position by President Garrett Walker.

SPORTS 1/26/15 1:36am

Elon pulls out win over Northeastern in overtime thriller

By mhuffman2

It was a roller coaster of a game for the Elon Women's Basketball team, as it needed overtime to overcome a strong second half from Northeastern to escape Alumni Gym with a 80-77 win on Sunday afternoon. The two teams were tied at 68 points after regulation, but four points from Shay Burnett and two Zora Stephenson three-pointers put the Phoenix in the lead.

NEWS 1/26/15 12:43am

Mei-Ling Hopgood defines cultural identity during MLK Speaker Series

By Elizabeth Elder

During a lecture in Whitley Auditorium Wednesday, Mei-Ling Hopgood shared how her cultural roots and immersions, which have taken her from Asia to Detroit to Argentina, have shaped her perspective and personality. Jon Dooley, Dean of Campus Life at Elon, introduced Hopgood as “between cultures and identities.” Hopgood, an Asian American journalist, associate professor and director of global initiatives at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and the author of books How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm and Lucky Girl, opened the lecture by introducing herself in Spanish. Hopgood, adopted at six months by a family from Detroit, was originally born in Taitung, a small island between China and Taiwan.

NEWS 1/25/15 2:25pm

Column: Hamilton's experience shines for Elon

By Tommy Hamzik

As Christian Hairston rattled off a touching sentiment, Austin Hamilton was to his left with a smirk on his face. “That was cute,” said Hamilton, the center of attention after his career-high 31 points lifted the Elon University men’s basketball team over the University of Delaware 94-82. It was a different aura for the senior guard who’s been saddled with injuries and hidden in the shadow of last year’s senior class that’s widely considered one of the best in Elon history. So, like he said, he would have to lie to say he wasn’t basking in the moment. “It absolutely felt good,” Hamilton said.

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45 años después de los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA reportados en Estados Unidos, la lucha contra esta enfermedad está lejos de terminar, especialmente en el sur del país. Según los datos más recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el sur representó el 52% de todos los diagnósticos de VIH en Estados Unidos en 2023. "Sabemos que el VIH/SIDA ha afectado de manera desproporcionada a las personas de color y a las personas LGBTQ+ de color en este país", afirmó Jeff Bennett, profesor de estudios de comunicación en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. "Hay muchas personas que viven en zonas rurales, existe desconfianza hacia los profesionales de la salud y persiste el estigma social".

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