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BREAK-INS
OVER BREAK
Thousands
of dollars
in student
belongings
were stolen
over Thanks
giving Break.
Five student homes and counting were burglarized over break
ALEX HAGER | Elon News Network | @awhager
O N MONDAY NIGHT, ELON University
senior Kent Chances living room looked
like any other college bachelor pad.
Things were strewn about the room
— stray beer glasses dotted the furniture;
mismatched remotes shared space on a cooler
serving as a makeshift coffee table. But it was
all a bit more disheveled than usual after a
break-in only a few days before.
Chances was one of five houses in Elon
broken into during Thanksgiving Break, ac
cording to the Town of Elon Police Depart
ment. Victims say there were likely more.
With students home for the holiday, many of
the houses and apartments in the area around
campus were left totally unoccupied for over a
week According to reports filed Nov. 24 and
25, thousands of dollars in valuables were lift
ed from student residences with TVs, video
game consoles and prescription medication
among the casualties.
ALEXANDRA SCHONFELOI
MANAGING EDfTOR
Televisions, perscirp-
tion medication and
gaming systems were
among the items
reported missing from
students’ homes.
See ROBBERY I pg 5
FOOTBALL
SEASON ENDS
IN S.C.
Looking back at the
peaks and valleys of the
2018 football season
Jack Haley
Sports Director I @jackhaley17
Walking out onto the field
at Gibbs Stadium in Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, to
play Wofford College, no one
knew for sure whether or not
this would be Elon Universi
ty footballs last game of the
season. The ramifications of
the game were very simple:
win and advance to play Ken-
nesaw State University the
following weekend. Lose -
and it was the end of the road
for this campaign. While
fighting until the last whistle,
the Phoenix fell to the Terri
ers 19-7 and marked the end
of a season full of ups and
downs for the program. But
before Elon got to that point,
they had a whirlwind of a sea
son that deserves a rewind.
SEASON RECORD
6-5
is the record Elon University
football ended the 2018
starting in the Sunshine
State
Elon came into the season
ranked No. 12 in the Foot
ball Championship Subdivi
sion (PCS). The Phoenix had
proven itself to be a team to
watch nationally last year,
making the playoffs for only
the third time in program
history and returning some
key players.
To begin the 2018 season,
Elon made their way south to
Raymond James Stadium in
Tampa, Florida, to take on the
University of South Florida
Bulls. The team got a chance
to play a bigger, stronger, fast
er opponent and to get expo
sure on the national stage to
start their season. This would
be Elon’s only FBS test of the
year, and though they were
outplayed, they kept the game
respectable and took a 34-14
loss on the chin.
Some positives came out
of that game as well. Fresh
man running back Jaylan
Thomas was able to scoop up
87 yards on the ground and
show that he is able to play,
which would prove to be crit
ical later on.
See FOOTBALL I pg. 10
NEWS • PAGE 5
student fights to
change Blue Light
system.
LIFESTYLE • PAGE 9
Three community
members share thier
stories of recovery.
SPORTS • PAGE 10
Take a look back
at the 2018 Elon
football season.