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NEWS 5/17/14 12:28am

Elon track sets personal records in Raleigh

By Matt Krause

Three personal records were set by the Elon University women’s track and field team May 19 at the Wolfpack Last Chance Qualifier in Raleigh, N.C. Sophomore Sydney Griffin set a new record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.56.

NEWS 5/13/14 11:11pm

Elon moves in right direction with win at Liberty

By Tommy Hamzik

LYNCHBURG, Va. — With losses and missed opportunities hanging over its heads, a thrown bat signified a possible jump back to normalcy for the Elon University baseball team. Junior first baseman Casey Jones, the Southern Conference’s best hitter, threw his bat during an eighth-inning at-bat, sparking memories of him doing it countless times early in the season. Early in the season when Elon was doing well, that is. Senior Ryan Pennell worked out of two jams and the Phoenix snapped a six-game losing streak and a nine-game road losing streak with a 7-6 win at No.

NEWS 5/13/14 11:05pm

College Cooking: Edamame Salad

By cphelan

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5h_VdfKF_8&noredirect=1&w=560&h=315] Edamame salad is a unique blend of just a few simple ingredients!

NEWS 5/13/14 10:06am

Dissecting U.S. World Cup roster possibilities

By Patrick Everett

With 30 days left (yes, I have been counting) the world has been eagerly anticipating the start of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Host Brazil will play Croatia June 12, to kick off the tournament’s group play stage. But what many people in the United States are wondering, just who are we taking down to Brazil to represent our country? On Monday, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann named the 30-man provisional squad from which he will select the final 23-man roster, due June 2.

NEWS 5/12/14 1:45pm

Electric Ensemble presents One-Hit Wonders

By Kelsey Higgins

One-Hit Wonders was this year’s theme for the Elon University Electric Ensemble’s spring concert, and judging from the audience’s non-stop participation throughout the night, it was quite a hit. The concert opened with a high-energy rendition of “Play that Funky Music, White Boy” by Wild Cherry, and the momentum only accelerated from there. The audience that practically filled the theater included a mix of young and old, from raucous students swaying and screaming in the front rows to a bus of elderly patrons that arrived 30 minutes early. Maybe it was the impending mania of finals week, but this was by far one of the rowdiest concerts Electric Ensemble has put on yet. Students, adults and children alike could hardly stay in their seats, and the constant cheering and yelling made the atmosphere a feel bit more like an outdoor arena than McCrary Theatre.

NEWS 5/12/14 10:39am

Yik-Yak is ruining Elon University

By Emmy York

Yik-Yak is ruining Elon University. Some fortunate people might ask, what is Yik- Yak? Well, it is an app similar to twitter that allows users to post comments anonymously.

NEWS 5/12/14 12:57am

Students learn how to invest their money

By cdavis46

Retirement is a long way off for Elon students, but some have already started planning by investing in the stock market. "I like to call it sophisticated gambling," said senior business fellow, Matt Feldman," so you never know what's going to happen." Feldman learned about the stock market during his sophomore year of high school, when he and a friend participated in a DECA stock competition. "We saw that everyone was buying these things called iPods and that a company called Apple produced them," Feldman said.

NEWS 5/12/14 12:38am

Vital Signs: The founder's final concert

By malfini

As the school year winds down and students prepare for graduation, many students are saying goodbye to their Elon experiences. One of these students is Alexis Stones, who founded the Elon a cappella group, Vital Signs, in the spring of her first year along with her friend Ottavia Pomazon. Pomazon and Stones missed the opportunity to audition for a cappella groups in the fall due to a leadership fellows trip, so they had the idea to create their own. Three years later, Pomazon and Stones, along with six other seniors, were singing their final concert with Vital Signs. "It's crazy to see it how far it's come," Stones said. In their spring concert Friday evening May 9, the seniors of Vital Signs performed with the group one last time, and the group released their first EP.

NEWS 5/11/14 6:20pm

B.o.B., The Chainsmokers sound off at Elon Spring Show 2014

By Meghan Mahoney

Torrential rainfall struck again at this year’s Spring Show, headlined by B.o.B. and The Chainsmokers, but the event planners — the Student Union Board — had to deal with an additional challenge: This year’s show was outside. Though the rainfall did not deter the show from continuing, another issue would arise SUB would not be able to handle.

NEWS 5/10/14 7:44pm

Phoenix drops first two at Furman

By Tommy Hamzik

The skid reached five consecutive losses and 10 in its last 12 games for the Elon University baseball team after losing the first two games of a three-game series at Furman University May 10. Elon lost the first game, which was suspended because of weather and continued the next day, 14-3 and dropped the second one 9-7. The game was suspended in the middle of the fifth inning with Elon down 4-0.

NEWS 5/10/14 4:22pm

Elon men's tennis falls short in NCAA Tournament

By Jordan Spritzer

DURHAM — The Elon University men’s tennis team’s season came to an end on Saturday, May 10, with a 4-1 loss to the University of Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. “The players competed hard, they battled,” Elon head coach Michael Leonard.

NEWS 5/9/14 12:07pm

Freshmen plan clothing startup with Coastal Prep

By Michael Bodley

Vineyard Vines. Brooks Brothers. And now, Coastal Prep. The Connecticut-based Vineyard Vines revitalized the preppy clothing industry by infusing Atlantic seaboard roots with a certain nautical touch — sailboat-embroidered belts and the trademark whale.

NEWS 5/9/14 12:05pm

Painting with purpose: Examining cooler culture at Elon

By Caroline Fernandez

You know it’s spring at Elon University when the grass gets greener, the temperature rises and students bring out their paintbrushes, sanders and coolers. From the outside looking in, the sight of students sanding down coolers for hours on a sunny spring day might seem a little odd, but at Elon and other universities, it is commonplace — they are simply preparing for Banquet. It has become the custom that when a student is asked to Banquet, a fraternity’s weekend at the beach, the guest thanks his or her host for the invite by painting him a cooler. Painting coolers, a custom more popular in the South, was a new idea to many Elon students from the North. “People told me first semester about painting coolers, but I had never heard about it before coming to college,” said freshman Emma Haslun.

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NEWS 12/17/2025 3:18pm
North Carolinians rate public schools poorly in new Elon Poll

As K-12 students across North Carolina prepare for their winter break, the Elon University Poll released poll data on Dec. 17 finding that most North Carolinians gave mediocre or poor grades to public schools across the state. “The states have always had deep authority on education, but there has been more federal involvement in various years,” Director of the Elon University Poll Jason Husser said. “So we thought, well, this is the time for us to really look in depth about what do people think about North Carolina schools.”

LIFESTYLE 12/16/2025 10:30am
Grief, loss support group provides comfort for Elon faculty, staff

Elon University associate chaplain Rev. Julie Tonnesen said loss and grief are universal emotions, but found that they can be difficult for faculty and staff to process while continuing their usual routines. “Even when we show up to work, that doesn’t mean that we get to put the rest of our lives on the back burner,” Tonnesen said. “Our grief comes with us. It’s not something we can just keep on a shelf at home.” In collaboration with Counseling Services, the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, began offering a monthly group for faculty and staff to support those affected by loss. 

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