National

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SPORTS 9/20/22 11:23pm

Elon University men’s soccer suffers home nonconference loss to No. 5 Duke

By Luke Jackson

The Elon University men’s soccer team hosted the fifth-ranked Duke Blue Devils Sept. 20 under the lights at Rudd Field, and despite the Phoenix’s best efforts, came up short, 1-0.

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NEWS 9/20/22 7:00pm

Elon expands early voting access

By Michael Leung

With the midterm elections approaching on Nov. 8, Bob Frigo, director of Elon University’s Kernodle Center for Civic Life, said his office and the center’s Elon Votes initiative are working to increase voter registration and accessibility across campus through nonpartisan resources and outreach.

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NEWS 9/20/22 6:12pm

Anti-hazing speaker addresses Elon greek life during National Hazing Prevention week

By Margaret Faust

Sept. 19 to 23 is National Hazing Prevention Week. To acknowledge this, an anti-hazing speaker, Cindy Hipps, addressed greek life, club athletes and a cappella singers last night, Sept. 19, about the dangers of hazing. 

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NEWS 9/20/22 1:22pm

ABSS names principal, assistant principal of the year

By Miranda Ferrante

ABSS Superintendent Dain Butler and Deputy Superintendent Lowell Rogers honored Greg Hook and Tameka Cloud as ABSS Principal of the Year and Assistant Principal of the Year, respectively. 

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NEWS 9/19/22 5:55pm

Authorities investigate deaths of two teenagers found in Orange County

By Miranda Ferrante

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has opened an investigation into the deaths of two teenagers in western Orange County, one of whom was a student at Eastern Alamance High School and former Eagles football player. 

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NEWS 9/19/22 1:44pm

Town of Elon Police continue shooting investigation on East Haggard Avenue

By Miranda Ferrante and Annemarie Bonner

The Town of Elon Police Department is investigating a shooting Sept. 17 at 957 East Haggard Ave. 

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NEWS 9/19/22 11:24am

Elon University to host annual flu clinic

By Miranda Ferrante

The Office of the Dean of Students will partner with Triad Care, offering flu vaccines to Elon University students, faculty and staff on campus. 

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LIFESTYLE 9/18/22 6:41pm

Dog Day Mixer welcomes students, furry friends

By Haley Phelps and Lucy Samuels

The Alamance Humane Society brought its own dogs to its annual dog day mixer as a way to educate the Elon community about dog adoption. 

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NEWS 9/18/22 1:24pm

CHEAT SHEET: Environmental impacts of consumer behavior

By Avery Sloan

Both within North Carolina and across the country, grocery stores are choosing to eliminate single-use plastic bags for customers.

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SPORTS 9/17/22 10:48pm

Elon football wins nailbiter 30-24 in final seconds over Gardner-Webb

By Kole Noble

Elon University football knocked off Gardner-Webb University 30-24 to win its first home game of the season. Elon will be back in action next Saturday at 3:30 p.m, traveling to Williamsburg, Virginia, to take on the Tribe of William & Mary and begin conference play.

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SPORTS 9/17/22 9:49pm

Elon University honors four new inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame

By Sydney Spencer

Four alumni were inducted into the Elon University Athletics Hall of Fame Sept. 17, making up the university’s 52nd class of inductees.

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LIFESTYLE 9/17/22 9:45pm

Elon professor, dance majors perform at National Dance Day GSO

By Sarah T. Moore

Performing arts professor Jiwon Ha danced alongside some Elon University BFA majors in downtown Greensboro for the annual National Dance Day GSO celebration in LeBauer Park.

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LIFESTYLE 9/17/22 8:00pm

Tailgate kicks off Elon football home opener

By Ellis Chandler

Student organizations and groups such as the Elon University Dance Team, Student Union Board and Black Student Union also all hosted tailgates in the Student Zone located on Bank of America Drive. The next tailgate will be held during Family Weekend before the football game against the University of Richmond on Oct. 1. 

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LIFESTYLE 9/16/22 11:42pm

“LGBTQIA Histories and Future of Alamance County” conversation panel takes place at Persnickety Books

By Lucy Samuels

The event was hosted by Alamance Pride, Elon University’s Gender & LGBTQIA Center, Elon Women’s Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Elon’s Gender & Sexuality Living Learning Community. Hosted at Persnickety Books, the event featured a presentation from Josh Hollands, Elon University’s Fulbright Scholar, a poetry reading from Founder of Define and Empower Amanda Bennet, and small group discussions. 

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SPORTS 9/16/22 11:10pm

Elon University women’s soccer wins final non-conference match

By Jacob Kisamore

For the first time since 2011 and for just the second time in 26 meetings, the Elon University women’s soccer team defeated the University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans. A late goal by freshman forward Ashlee Brehio propelled the Phoenix to a 2-1 victory. 

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LIFESTYLE 9/16/22 7:35pm

After three days, Buddhist monk destroys his own creation in message of impermanence

By Erin Martin

Geshe Palden Sangpo, a Tibetan Buddhist monk now based in Raleigh, spent over 15 hours in the Numel Lumen Sacred Space this week, intricately moving small grains of sand with specialized tools and creating a four-square-foot Green Tara Sand Mandala.

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NEWS 9/16/22 7:51am

Elon pushes for male involvement in sexual assault prevention, consent education

By Ryan Kupperman

Senior Trevor Molin is one of two new healthy masculinity and relationship student assistants, dedicated to teaching and expanding upon consent, healthy masculinity and gender-based violence education at Elon University. 

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NEWS 9/15/22 11:40pm

New racial equity course requirement driven by Elon students

By Avery Sloan

Naeemah Clark, professor of cinema and television arts, said she was moved to tears when she saw the list of faculty members involved with starting Elon’s new advancing equity initiative, centered on the addition of a four-credit course focused on racial equity.

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LIFESTYLE 9/15/22 11:15pm

El Centro kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month in vibrant color

By Alex Nettles

Elon University students, faculty and staff kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15, 2022 on Medallion Plaza. 

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LIFESTYLE 9/15/22 10:22pm

Elon University hosts one-man retelling of Emmett Till’s story

By Claire Schoenfeld

Mike Wiley, the North Carolina-based actor and playwright of the one-man show “Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till,” said Till’s story — and the gruesome images of his open casket funeral — were catalysts for many famous civil rights activists of the late 1950s and early ’60s. 

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