Last week’s third annual Elon Day was highly successful; according to the Elon Day website, the University raised a record-breaking $955,000 through the contributions of donors and attendees.
CHARLOTTE--On Monday night Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton spoke in Charlotte in her final speech before the North Carolina Primaries on Tuesday. "I am determined that I am going to do everything in my power to create the opportunity for every child to live up to his or her God-given potential," Clinton said.
With each passing week, the official start to spring gets closer and closer. While the first day of spring is for March 20, signs of warmer and longer days have already arrived to the area. Seemingly one thing seems to get in the way every year: pollen.
The Elon University softball team finished a perfect weekend with a 1-0 win in 10 innings over Central Connecticut State University Sunday afternoon. Freshman pitcher Elise Walton threw a complete game shutout, using 122 pitches in 10 innings and scattering five hits while striking out eight. “It was good, my arm felt fine," Walton said.
For some, spring break means sun, sand and a refreshing drink in hand.
Hilary's "fighting for us" campaign slogan is the only one to contain the word fighting. Now, with differences of opinion turning into fights, why has this gone completely ignored by the media? In some states, by misunderstanding of her slogan(s) that contain the word FIGHTING, she is actually inciting violence among her supporters, against any they disagree with.
Hilary's "fighting for us" campaign slogan is the only one to contain the word fighting. Now, with differences of opinion turning into fights, why has this gone completely ignored by the media? In some states, by misunderstanding of her slogan(s) that contain the word FIGHTING, she is actually inciting violence among her supporters, against any they disagree with.
The crack of the bat, the cheers of the crowd, and the resounding strike three call of an umpire.
When walking past the pool in the Koury Athletic Center, you will usually see people swimming or diving but last Friday was not your typical day as Campus Recreation made a splash by clearing the swimming lanes at Beck Pool and dropping in canoes for an event adapted from a classic board game. The game is called Battleship and the title is not the only thing the board game and the Campus Recreation event have in common.
The Company Shops Market, also known as Burlington's Food Co-Op, is discussing creating a satellite store in Elon.
The Elon University softball team won both games Saturday, defeating Oakland University 8-0 win over Oakland University and Niagara University 7-2. Against Oakland, Elon scored four runs in the first to kickstart the day.
With the Elon University baseball team tied entering the bottom of the eighth, senior infielder Danny Lynch stepped up to lead off the inning. “Sometimes, when you don’t try to do too much, good stuff happens,” Lynch said.
In its first game since losing eight days ago, the Elon University women’s lacrosse team defeated the College of the Holy Cross 14-3 Saturday morning at Rudd Field. Sophomore attacker Stephanie Asher scored five goals, including three in a two-and-a-half minute span early in the second half.
Leaving behind the life you know is always hard. Picking up and moving, leaving your friends and home is a hurdle that’s difficult for anyone to jump over.
The majority of Elon University’s undergraduate body is female, but the demographic continues to wrestle with gender-specific issues that remain prominent in the United States.
The Elon University baseball team couldn’t recover from surrendering seven runs in the top the seventh inning to the Citadel, losing 13-8 Friday night.
Freshman pitcher Abby Barker threw the first perfect game in the Elon University softball team’s Division I era in a 8-0 win over Niagara University Friday night. “I was mixing it up and my catcher was calling a great game,” Barker said.
RALEIGH-- Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders drew thousands of supporters to a rally in Raleigh on Friday afternoon, four days before North Carolina and four other states are set to vote in their primary elections. More than a thousand people couldn't make it into Memorial Auditorium, which seats 2,300, and supporters were lined up more than five hours before the event began. The crowd of primarily young people was loud, cheering and chanting Sanders name from the moment the doors opened two hours before the candidate was set to arrive. In his speech, Sanders went over many of his campaign's talking points, including student debt, campaign finance reform, universal healthcare, minimum wage and the environment, among other other topics. He drew large cheers from the crowd when he discussed campaign finance laws, denouncing Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court ruling which allows corporations to fund political organizations. "When you have these horrendous Super PACs, which are funded by Wall Street and billionaires," Sanders said.
In its third year, Elon Day continued its upward trend of breaking the previous year’s record donations. This year, the university received 3,749 total gifts, an increase of more than 1,000 from 2015.
The SGA-funded Liberal Arts Forum had its second guest speaker this spring, Eunique Jones Gibson, visit Whitley Auditorium Tuesday to discuss the founding of her campaign, “Because of Them, We Can."
