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NEWS 3/20/14 1:31pm

Fortmann regaining confidence after rocky start

By Jordan Spritzer

Junior Stefan Fortmann recently earned Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 3-9, making him the third Elon University player to earn the honor this season.  But the South African’s journey to all-conference accolades was by no means conventional. Fortmann had a rocky start to the 2014 campaign, losing five of his first six singles matches. “I had been struggling for a while now, especially in singles play,” Fortmann said.

NEWS 3/20/14 11:51am

Southern Conference baseball preview

By Matt Krause

The 2014 Southern Conference baseball season marks the end of an era. For the last several years, the SoCon has been a premier mid-major baseball league, often ranked in the Top 10 in conference RPI in the NCAA. In the latest round of conference realignment, largely driven by football and men’s basketball, baseball was a casualty in the SoCon.

NEWS 3/20/14 9:13am

Incoming students visit campus for Rising Phoenix Weekend

By avogelsang

You might have passed a new classmate any time between Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15. Elon's incoming students got their first taste of college life this past weekend at "Rising Phoenix Weekend," formerly known as Spring Orientation. The Class of 2018 came from all over the country with relatives and friends to tour the campus and prepare for their college careers. Assistant Director of Admissions, Scott Christopherson, organized the event and gave 7-minute introduction sessions before every tour. "This gives the incoming students a chance to see what it would be like to be a student on campus," Christopherson said. Students were given tours of the campus and were able to sit attend informational sessions about Elon Experiences and academics. More incoming students from the Class of 2018 will visit campus later in April for an additional Rising Phoenix Weekend event.

NEWS 3/19/14 10:27pm

Comfort, commitment key for men's club lacrosse

By Matt Mallian

The Elon University women’s lacrosse team has gotten much attention in its inaugural season, but there is another lacrosse team on campus making a name for itself: the men’s club lacrosse team. The Phoenix, which plays in Division II of the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC), began the season ranked No.

NEWS 3/19/14 10:26pm

Elon's win streak sets stage for SoCon success

By Kyle Maher

As the Elon University softball team entered the grind of Southern Conference play with a weekend series against Western Carolina University March 14, the team was 16-5-1, and beginning to gain chemistry. The Phoenix was on a seven-game winning streak and had dominated its two home tournaments to the tune of a combined 7-1 record when it was brought back to reality with a 5-0 loss to Syracuse University.

NEWS 3/19/14 8:50pm

Support Knox, not act

By Rachel Lewis

By now, many of us have heard of Belle Knox, a Duke University student who proudly and unapologetically self-identifies as a porn star.

NEWS 3/19/14 2:41pm

So(Con), is an upset brewing?

By Matt Krause

As a one-bid league, the Southern Conference is an afterthought in the grand scheme of March Madness. Both the men’s and women’s tournaments feature a single Southern Conference team, the conference tournament champions. For the men, the 15th-seeded Wofford College Terriers used a late-season surge and run through the SoCon tournament to claim the NCAA bid.

NEWS 3/19/14 2:35pm

When opportunity Knox

By Kaitlin Dunn

Earlier this year, a freshman at Duke University was outed to the school, and later to the rest of the country, for acting in adult films to pay her tuition. Media outlets flocked to the story.

NEWS 3/19/14 1:59pm

Spring dance concert provides array of performances

By Diana Stancy

The Elon Dance Company held its annual spring dance concert titled “Looking Back to Spring Forward.” The concert was held in McCrary Theatre and featured a collection of six contemporary and modern pieces choreographed by dance faculty members and guest choreographers. The performance’s first piece was “luminitza,” a contemporary ballet work choreographed by Elon assistant professor of dance Jen Guy Metcalf. The entire stage was completely dark with the exception of the back of the stage, which was lit by lamps.

NEWS 3/19/14 1:56pm

Gloria So - 2014-03-19 13:56:49

 

Hi! I started an awareness blog for Elon Volunteers!'s Awareness Team last semester, and was wondering if ELN would be interested in helping us gain more publicity for it. The purpose of the blog is to serve as a resource for those interested in active community dialogue and engagement.

NEWS 3/19/14 1:49pm

Dual-degree student struggles to say goodbye

By Lindsey Lanquist

Elon University sophomore Aubrey Crawley has a schedule she adheres to each week. Mondays are spent working at the Allied Churches food pantry with her boyfriend, Matt Lee. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Crawley and Lee go to Poverty and Social Justice class together, then Crawley heads back to Allied Churches to put in more hours at the food pantry. On Thursday nights, Crawley grabs dinner with her roommate, then meets with her InterVarsity Christian Fellowship small group. For someone who has become so settled here, Crawley said it’s hard to believe that in just two months, she will be leaving Elon for good. Crawley is a member of Elon’s International Business dual-degree program, which means she, along with three other Elon students, will spend the next two years at Reutlingen University in Germany. There, she will get the opportunity to explore the European business sector while experiencing a different culture — something she said enticed her when she was first applying to colleges. “It just seemed like a great opportunity everyone would take advantage of,” she said. Crawley said she knew in high school she was interested in pursuing international business.

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Elon to adopt new learning management system following fall review of Moodle platform

Students logging into their courses next academic year may notice a shift in how assignments, grades and course materials are organized as Elon transitions from Moodle, its old learning management system, to Canvas by Instructure, its new one. The decision followed a campuswide evaluation of Moodle that included surveys and open forums, according to Teaching and Learning Technologies Senior Director Kelly Reimer.

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Elon Votes sponsors State of the Union watch party

Around 15 students gathered in Moseley Center on Feb. 24 for the State of the Union watch party, hosted by Elon Votes. The broadcast was President Trump’s first State of the Union of his second term and lasted a record 108 minutes, according to AP News. The previous record for the longest presidential address to Congress was 100 minutes and was set by Trump last year.

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