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NEWS 2/21/14 3:19pm

Phoenix travels to Wilmington for tough weekend matches

By Jordan Spritzer

Having played just twice since the end of January, the Elon University men’s tennis team is looking forward to finally getting back on the court. The Phoenix has had one match canceled, and has only managed to face the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Division III opponent Greensboro College. “We’ve had a rough couple of weeks with the snow and the weather so we haven’t had the chance to play outdoors much,” junior Stefan Fortmann said. For the weekend of Feb.

NEWS 2/21/14 1:23pm

Women's tennis looking to build off tough nonconference slate

By Matt Mallian

A front of winter weather swept through the entire southeast Feb. 12-14, forcing nearly every Elon University athletic team, including the women’s tennis team, to reconfigure its schedule. But the weather is warming, the snow is melting away, and the Elon women’s tennis season is heating up. The first of the team’s cancellations came Feb.

NEWS 2/21/14 10:22am

Elon men's basketball searching for second half energy

By Tommy Hamzik

It would be easy for the Elon University men’s basketball team to focus on the positives at this point in the season. With four games to play before heading to Asheville, N.C., for the Southern Conference Tournament, the Phoenix has won six consecutive games.

NEWS 2/20/14 4:15pm

NASCAR returns to biggest stage at Daytona 500

By Matt Krause

With the Winter Olympics and College Basketball in full swing, it’s easy to forget that one other major sporting event is on the calendar this weekend: the Daytona 500. NASCAR is unique among sports in that its most prestigious event is its first of the season, not its last.

NEWS 2/20/14 11:57am

Europa League round of 32 features prime matchups

By Jordan Spritzer

The 2014 European soccer calendar starts out this week, with a full slate of high-profile Champions League fixtures. But, Europe’s second competition, the Europa League, also resumes this week with the first legs of the round of 32. Despite being largely overshadowed by many of the major European nations, many clubs in the Europa League are looking for success on the continental scale to turn around their season. Swansea City vs.

NEWS 2/20/14 10:13am

Tennis scoring changes leave mixed results for Elon

By Jordan Spritzer

Even though the Elon University men’s tennis team is coming off a Southern Conference regular season championship in 2013, the team had something new to adjust to at the start of this year — a new scoring system. The NCAA and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) decided both men’s and women’s teams would play an early portion of their schedules under a new experimental scoring system in an attempt to shorten the matches.

NEWS 2/19/14 10:04pm

Phoenix drops a second game to Campbell

By Tommy Hamzik

For the second time in three games, the Elon University softball team was beaten by Campbell University. The first time was a low-scoring, hotly-contested game in Florida at the Hatter Invitational in DeLand, Fla., This time, the Camels held the Phoenix offense in check while breaking out themselves for a convincing 9-2 win in Buies Creek, N.C. Campbell jumped on Elon right away in the bottom of the first.

NEWS 2/19/14 8:14pm

Unknown male exposes himself to female student on Haggard

By Michael Bodley

A female student reported a man exposing himself to her around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 near the intersection of O'Kelley and Haggard Avenues, according to an email sent by Smith Jackson, vice president for student life. The student reported the incident to Elon Town Police.

NEWS 2/19/14 7:07pm

Strong winter weather causes roads, schools to close down

By Hannah Wolfe

2014 was rung in with excitement, resolutions and an unexpected cold front. This winter season has been unseasonably cold in North Carolina, and authorities have had to go the extra mile to combat the frigid temperatures and snow. Temperatures in Raleigh reached the single digits this winter for the first time since 2000, only 18 degrees away from the record low of -9 degrees.

NEWS 2/19/14 1:34pm

Students spread love with Flower Project

By Leena Dahal

Whether you spent this Valentine’s Day showering your loved one with chocolate and flowers, gathering the courage to ask someone on a first date or lounging around in your pajamas and preaching singles awareness, one thing is certain: Valentine’s Day is what you make of it. This year, a group of Elon University students decided that, rather than channeling their love towards their significant others, they would share the love with hundreds across the community with the Flower Project. In the spirit of sharing love, the Flower Project is an initiative that strives to give women in difficult circumstances in Alamance County a reason to smile by providing them with flowers this Valentine’s season. Freshman Chloe Allen, project pioneer, said a guest-speaker who visited her Winter Term human services class inspired the idea. “A woman with a background in family abuse services came to talk to us about her experience working at the battered women’s shelter,” Allen said.

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