At Elon, opening the dialogue on suicide
Talking about suicide saves lives, and we’re too often too quiet on the subject. Last week, Elon University junior Trent Stetler died of a suicide, as confirmed by the Burlington Police Department.
Talking about suicide saves lives, and we’re too often too quiet on the subject. Last week, Elon University junior Trent Stetler died of a suicide, as confirmed by the Burlington Police Department.
With a cyclonic ending still on his mind, Elon University men’s basketball coach Matt Matheny chose to start his press conference by talking about the Colonial Athletic Association. Elon had just been handed its third straight loss in the CAA, a 75-72 defeat to James Madison University in which senior guard Austin Hamilton’s 3-pointer missed right before the final buzzer. Instead of talking about that play, Matheny focused on the conference, in which it’s clear Elon is still adjusting.
My name is Jeffrey Williamson and I am an Elon graduate, class of 2013 and graduate class of 2014.
Elon women's tennis team rebounded from a loss to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Jan.
Mckinnon Hall was filled during College Coffee with the sounds of the African-American Dance Ensemble of Durham, N.C, who performed one of many other Martin Luther King Jr.
Amanda Sturgill, associate professor of communications, developed an iMedia Sampler to provide School of Communications graduates with up-to-date information about how media industry practices has changed since they’ve graduated. Sturgill anticipated that a few dozen students would register for the massive open online course (MOOC) but quickly realized that Elon student engagement continues after graduation. “I was kind of expecting maybe 30 people would enroll,” Sturgill said.
Robert Jensen, professor at the University of Texas and author of “The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege,” visited Elon University Monday to lead “Addressing Institutionalized Racism.” The on-campus workshop in Alamance Building was part of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sandra Hughes is no stranger to segregation. "I grew up knowing that I can't sit in that seat.
While students at Elon University have become accustomed to rapid changes on an expanding campus, many were surprised after receiving their President’s List and Dean’s List certificates for the 2014 fall semester via email instead of the traditional printed ones. Although some students across campus have called the maneuver a way to cut costs, University Registrar Dr. Rodney Parks says the move was more concerned with saving the other kind of green. “We mainly changed it to support our green initiatives of being a paperless environment,” Parks said.
It's flu season, which means crowded waiting rooms and long lines. Monday, the Elon Health Center wasn't too busy, but it had about a 30-minute wait for most of the day.
The Elon University men’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to the 17th-ranked University of Tennessee Volunteers on Monday, Jan.
It's every college student's worst nightmare: running out of meal swipes. Now that we're finishing up Winter Term you might be in this situation.
Senior guard Zora Stephenson scored 16 points Sunday as the Elon University women’s basketball team beat the Towson University Tigers, 58-43. “I wasn’t hesitating,” said Stephenson.
A strong second half propelled the Elon University Women's Basketball team to a 58-43 win over the visiting Towson Tigers on Sunday afternoon. With the victory, Elon is now 4-2 in Colonial Athletic Association play, and 11-6 overall.
Spoken word performer and filmmaker Kip Fulbeck visited Elon Jan. 15 for his event titled "Race, Sex and Tattoos." Fulbeck is an artist, surfer, lifeguard, activist and father.
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Down by 10 with five minutes to go, the Elon University Men's Basketball Team went on a run, pulling the game as close one point, and creating an opportunity to send the game into overtime as the clock expired. But it was not meant to be as Phoenix guard Austin Hamilton's shot caught only air as the buzzer sounded and James Madison hung on to score a 75-72 win at JMU Convocation Center on Saturday night. In the seconds before the final shot, Elon was helped by a heady play by freshman Dmitri Thompson, who saw an opportunity to steal the ball instead of foul, snatching it away, quickly calling a timeout and giving the Phoenix one final possession with 8.2 seconds to go. The original play coming out of the timeout was called for sharpshooting guard Tanner Samson with freshman Elijah Bryant as the second option, but both were covered leaving the final chance to Hamilton. It was as much of the night had gone for the Phoenix, as James Madison played a zone defense that stymied Elon throughout the contest.
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Even the one play where James Madison University didn’t play zone defense, the Elon University men’s basketball team still couldn’t execute. Down 10 with less than five minutes to go and seemingly crumpled up in the zone, Elon scratched its way through for a chance to tie in the waning seconds. But senior guard Austin Hamilton’s 3-point attempt from the right wing missed everything, handing the Phoenix a 75-72 defeat to the Dukes on Saturday, Jan.
The Elon University women’s track and field team had a strong performance at this weekend’s Liberty Open in Lynchburg, Va. Freshman Emily Dixon won the pentathlon title with a total score of 3,435 points, winning three out of five events- 60 meter hurdles, high jump and shot put. In the shot put, sophomore Bre’anna Warren won with a personal best of 44’ 4.25”, the second best mark in school history.
The Elon University men’s tennis team started its spring season on a sour note on Saturday, Jan. 17 in a 5-2 loss against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. The 55th –ranked Phoenix received its only points of the day through the singles play of seniors Stefan Fortmann and Juan Madrid. Fortmann, playing in the number one singles, defeated Gamecock senior Thiago Pinheiro 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (1) in a closely contested match that ended in a third-set tiebreaker.