Kicking off the spring a cappella season, female a cappella group Sweet Signatures held their annual spring concert in a jam-packed Whitley Auditorium on April 12. After a guest performance from all-male a cappella group Rip_Chord, Sweet Signatures took the stage in white dresses and opened with the song “Burn” by Ellie Goulding. The concert was especially significant for members of Sweet Signatures because many alumnae were present to show continued support. Senior music director Lauren Speranza said, “I just hope they are impressed with our musicality and dynamics. I hope they enjoy it.” The close-knit group describes themselves as a family, and that is what initially attracted many members to join Sweet Signatures. “I chose to join Sigs because I was so impressed by how talented all the girls were, and they seemed like such great friends,” said freshman Holly Brueggman, who joined the group last fall. Sophomore Bri Marino had a similar experience when she went through the audition process. “You could truly tell they were a family,” she said.
Part one of the Pultizer-Prize winning play “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” entitled “Millennium Approaches,” opened in McCrary Theatre on April 10.
After being released by the Colorado Rockies organization March 21, former Elon University baseball player Steven Hensley was picked up by the Baltimore Orioles organization April 12. Hensley was signed to a minor league contract.
Students and faculty covered each other in paint outside Moseley on Friday, celebrating an Indian tradition.
After capturing its second straight regular season title, the Elon men’s tennis team claimed a number of Southern Conference awards on Monday, April 14. Senior Cameron Silverman claimed his second straight SoCon Player of the Title, while head coach Michael Leonard also claimed his second straight Coach of the Year title. Silverman helped the Phoenix to an undefeated record in conference play, in which he did not lose a match in singles play. Silverman finished the regular season with a 14-5 record overall, including a three-set win over Duke University’s Jason Tahir in Elon’s upset of then No.
After capping off the regular season with a win on senior day, April 12, and finishing with a record of 12-8, three Elon University women’s tennis players were named to all-conference teams April 14, the Southern Conference announced. For the third straight year, Jordan Johnston was named to the All-SoCon first team, posting a record of 11-8 this season at No.
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Northwestern University football players have filed a petition to form labor union and are fighting for the right to be paid as employees of the university.
After scoring 22 runs while winning the first two games of a Southern Conference series, the Elon University baseball team was held to two runs on four hits in the finale, a 7-2 loss to Wofford College. Elon trailed 7-0 after five innings and was never able to cut deep enough into the deficit.
The Elon University women’s lacrosse team finished it’s inaugural run in Rhodes Stadium unbeaten with an 18-7 win over Atlantic Sun Conference opponent Kennesaw State University April 13.
Thousands of people followed Esther Earl's story online as she battled thyroid cancer, but for Elon freshman Alexa Lowey, her battle was even closer to home. Esther and Lowey had been best friends since first grade, and when Esther was diagnosed with cancer at the age of eleven, Lowey didn't know what to do.
After the Elon University softball team was pounded 11-1 in six innings by Southern Conference foe Appalachian State University, their second loss in the series’ three games, Phoenix head coach Kathy Bocock gathered her team and gave them a spirited pep talk in which she says she told them to move on from this game. “I wanted them to keep their heads up because we still have a lot of games left in the (Southern) Conference,” Bocock said.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/fXFXTQVa410&w=560&h=315] The app called YikYak has been banned from 85 percent of the nation's high schools and middle schools, but it's quickly picking up traction around Elon's campus.
Toddie Peters, professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, has a lot going for her outside of the classroom.
Tessie Goins, a custodian on the Physical Plant team at Elon University, does it all. Goins always goes where the action is, and she can often be found cleaning up after events in Moseley, wiping down tables in Koury Business Center and attending to the bathrooms in Colonnades. "Just anywhere I go, if on my way, even if it's not nothing that I'm supposed to do, if you see it, it's the right thing to do," Goins said.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Things looked bleak for the Elon University baseball team at the plate through six innings against Wofford College. That is, until one pitch in the seventh changed everything. Junior first baseman Tyler McVicar blasted a 2-1 pitch over the wall in left field for a three-run home run, providing the spark Elon needed for a 12-2 win over the Terriers. “We needed that,” senior Sebastian Gomez said.
The Elon University softball team was on the right and wrong sides of a Saturday doubleheader with Appalachian State Univeristy April 12 at Hunt Softball Park.
The Elon University men’s tennis team’s 12-game winning streak came to an end on senior day, as the Phoenix fell to East Carolina University 4-1 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. “We need to get tested sometimes,” junior Stefan Fortmann said.
