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SPORTS 4/29/23 9:53pm

Former Elon University defensive back signs NFL contract

By Max Wallace

Former Elon University defensive back Cole Coleman has been signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 NFL draft this past weekend. Coleman becomes the 18th Phoenix player to be signed by the NFL.

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SPORTS 4/29/23 9:10pm

Elon University softball celebrates no hitter, Senior Day after splitting doubleheader

By Joanna Dwyer

The Elon University softball team faced the College of Charleston Cougars in its final home series of the season at Hunt Softball Park. The Phoenix celebrated its six graduating seniors in a post-game ceremony with friends and family after splitting the doubleheader in six innings apiece.

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LIFESTYLE 4/29/23 1:45pm

Elon University community celebrates $260 million fundraising campaign

By Sarah T. Moore

Friday evening, over 400 Elon University students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and families gathered in Schar Center to celebrate Elon LEADs, the university’s largest fundraising campaign to date. Over the course of seven years, the campaign raised over $260.5 million from 34,000 donors, according to Senior Vice President for University Advancement and External Affairs Jim Piatt. The effects of the campaign are already present on campus, through expanded scholarship programs and new buildings, such as the Schar Center, Innovation Hall and Founders Hall. 

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SPORTS 4/29/23 11:07am

Elon University football alumnus takes talents off the field, into the classroom

By Sydney Spencer

When Khirey Walker graduated from Elon University in 2011, it would not be the last time he would step on campus. The Elon football defensive lineman would return to the Phoenix 11 years later, but this time as an assistant professor of sport management. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/28/23 1:17pm

Elon University Student Undergraduate Research Forum highlights disability, neurodiversity

By Betsy Schlehuber

  Elon University’s Student Undergraduate Research Forum was held all day Tuesday. With no classes, students and faculty could visit oral presentations and poster sessions from students who completed or were almost complete with their respective research projects. This year, there were six research presentations that dealt with topics of disability and neurodiversity, a term that says brain differences are normal rather than deficits, according to Understood. Examples of neurodiversity include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/28/23 11:05am

Elon University student starts YouTube channel teaching Spanish

By Betsy Schlehuber

When junior Dejour Banks was in middle school, he took Spanish as one of his required classes, and found that he had a gift.Banks grew up in Raleigh, which he said only contains pockets of Spanish speakers, so it wasn’t until years of practicing grammar and concepts when he had his first conversation with a fluent speaker. Banks said he couldn’t understand the speaker, but the experience is what pushed him to learn everything he could about the language.

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LIFESTYLE 4/28/23 9:43am

Kappa Phi Lambda of Elon University hosts information session teaching history of henna

By Fiona McAllister

Elon University’s Asian-interest sorority, Kappa Phi Lambda, hosted an information session about the South Asian practice of henna art to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. The session included a presentation on the history behind the cultural use of henna, followed by henna art for all to participate. Academic chair of Kappa Phi Lambda, junior Lindsey Mathew, led the session with a brief presentation on the background of henna, including different names and various styles depending on the region.

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LIFESTYLE 4/28/23 7:14am

Next cohort of Elon University Multifaith Scholars selected for 2023-25

By Anne Thyfault

The Multifaith Scholars consists of Elon University juniors and seniors who will participate in a mentored undergraduate research program related to interreligious studies. Scholars design their own research project to devote time to, and undertake a major or minor in religious or interreligious studies. Scholars will receive a $5,000 grant annually to support their research and academic development.

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LIFESTYLE 4/27/23 1:00pm

Elon University Department of Performing Arts debuts Deep Water Ballad

By Alex Nettles

On the April 28, the department of performing arts will debut a workshop of “Deep Water Ballad,” an original musical that has been over a decade in the making. “Deep Water Ballad” is set in the fictional coal mining town of Deep Water, West Virginia. When a devastating mining disaster happens the area spirals into the paranormal and the residents struggle to rebuild. The story follows a girl who tries to reconnect with her broken family in both the spirit world and natural world. 

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NEWS 4/27/23 11:55am

Meet Elon University's 2023 Lumen Scholars

By Abigail Hobbs

Every year, 15 rising juniors win $20,000 for research through the Lumen Prize. Established in 2007 by former Elon president Leo Lambert, the goal of the Lumen Prize is to give students an opportunity to pursue research and support other experiences such as international travel, service projects and workshops. For the next two years, the Lumen Scholars will work closely with their mentors to complete their research.

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NEWS 4/27/23 9:25am

North Carolina House proposed bill to ban nearly all abortions

By Anjolina Fantaroni and Madison Powers

The Human Life Protection Act of 2023, proposed in the North Carolina House, would ban nearly all abortions, except when a mother’s life is in danger. Republican Rep. Keith Kidwell was joined by Reps. Ben Moss and Ed Goodwin in filing House Bill 533 last month, which prohibits abortion except in cases that would result in a mother’s death or “impairment of a major bodily function.” 

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SPORTS 4/27/23 1:54am

Elon University baseball storms back to defeat No. 9 Campbell

By Jack Prahinski

For the second time this season, the Elon University baseball team completed a comeback victory over a top-10 opponent at Latham Park. Redshirt junior second baseman Tanner Holliman's late-game heroics fueled the Phoenix to a 6-5 victory over the No. 9 Campbell University Fighting Camels. The win marked the first time since 2015 in which the Phoenix defeated two ranked opponents in one season. It previously did so defeating No. 22 UNC Wilmington in the 2015 season. 

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NEWS 4/26/23 11:48pm

Former Vice President Mike Pence visits University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

By Joseph Navin

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke Wednesday at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as protests occurred outside the student union before the event. The event was titled, “Saving America From the Woke Left” and was organized by the Young America’s Foundation. The former vice president touted his Christian faith throughout the speech and his support for bans on abortion. Last month, North Carolina House bill 533, known as the Human Life Protection Act of 2023 was introduced by the North Carolina General Assembly which would restrict abortions except when the life of the mother is in danger. 

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NEWS 4/26/23 10:28pm

Elon University hosts Ukrainian novelist who writes about Russian censorship

By Margaret Faust

In 2014, journalist and novelist Yuriy Lukanov was reporting from Kramatorsk, Ukraine. He remembers trying to open a bottle of red wine with friends that they bought from the only store open in the deserted city. They couldn’t find a corkscrew and ended up using a cleaning rod to push the cork into the bottle and enjoy the wine. To him, this was more than an inconvenience. It is a metaphor for how disruptive war can be. Lukanov told this story during a presentation he gave hosted by the Love School of Business and Vitaliy Strohush, Elon professor of economics. Lukanov emphasized the dangers of a censored press in Russia and the role novels can play in honest and creative storytelling. 

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NEWS 4/26/23 4:44pm

Ukrainian journalist, novelist visits Elon University

By Margaret Faust

Ukrainian journalist and novelist Yuriy Lukanov is on campus today and will speak to the Elon University community about his new novel “Reporter Volkovsky.” Vitaliy Strohush, a professor of economics at Elon, is friends with Lukanov and invited him to campus as the last stop on his book tour around the continental U.S. 

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NEWS 4/26/23 10:58am

Elon University earns voter friendly campus distinction

By Avery Sloan and Ellis Chandler

For the second year in a row, Elon was designated a voter friendly campus in a project started in partnership with Fair Election’s Center’s Campus Vote Project and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Elon was one of 14 North Carolina schools given this designation and one of 258 schools nationwide.Elon Votes announced this designation April 16 and Co-lead Voting Ambassador Ruby Radis said this designation was earned in part due to the work her organization put into making voting easier for students. 

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NEWS 4/26/23 8:00am

Elon University senior staff members' leaving shakes up university

By Abigail Hobbs

Elon University said goodbye to four senior staff members in the last year, all of whom have become presidents at other universities. The most recent to announce their departure is Jeff Stein, vice president of strategic initiatives, who will be leaving after serving Elon University for 21 years. Stein will become the president of Mary Baldwin University beginning in July, after announcing his departure April 14. Senior staff members leaving and beginning other roles isn’t new to the university. This trend started when former Dean of the School of Health Sciences Rebecca Neiduski announced her departure March 21, 2022, after starting her role at Elon five years earlier to become president of Wartburg College.Former Dean of the School of Communications Rochelle Ford, who worked at Elon since 2018, followed May 24, 2022, and announced she was becoming president of Dillard University. Former Provost Aswani Volety announced his departure May 26, 2022, to become the chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

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NEWS 4/24/23 11:42pm

Town of Elon’s fire district tax rate changed at council meeting

By Erin Hroncich

During the April 24 Elon Town Council meeting, the council voted to change the tax rate for the fire district. Discussions continued from the previous meeting on the funding for the fire department, specifically in regard to implementing a revenue-neutral tax rate. The council discussed the fire department needing more resources and firefighters. 

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LIFESTYLE 4/23/23 8:30pm

Elon University celebrates 30 years of Black Excellence Awards

By Sarah T. Moore

Elon University celebrated 30 years of Black Excellence Awards on Saturday. The ceremony honored over 220 students and faculty on campus.

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SPORTS 4/23/23 7:37pm

Elon University baseball falls short against Stony Brook

By Ben Taylor

After an 18-5 victory yesterday, the Elon University baseball team looked to take the series against the Stony Brook Seawolves. Unable to recreate the same power, the Phoenix fell 8-5, losing its second straight series to a Colonial Athletic Association opponent. 

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