Campus Life

  • Business Review: Piccola Stella

    Business Review: Piccola Stella

    On a Thursday afternoon, just after 2 p.m., downtown Elizabethtown is a bustling hub of energy as the working people take a lunch break and students are let out from school. Between the Etown Record Lounge and the brick mural on 11 S. Market Street, the creperie and cafe Piccola Stella beams with cherry-red heart

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  • Club Feature: Our Bodies

    Club Feature: Our Bodies

    At Elizabethtown College’s Feb. 15 Accepted Students Day, many campus clubs and organizations participated in a tabling event to encourage prospective students to become involved in the community and show off the diversity of activities available at Etown. One such club was Our Bodies, an organization dedicated to destigmatizing intimate relationships and educating students about

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  • Horoscopes: What Littlest Pet Shop is your zodiac?

    Horoscopes: What Littlest Pet Shop is your zodiac?

    Elizabethtown College students were kids once, most likely in the early to mid 2000’s. 2000’s kids should be able to recall a popular toy line with small plastic animals called Littlest Pet Shop. These little bobblehead figures had captured the hearts of kids all over the U.S. What better time than the month of love

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  • Media Review: Fahrenheit 451

    Media Review: Fahrenheit 451

    As an English secondary education major at Elizabethtown College, it would be correct to assume that I love to read. I have challenged myself this year to start reading some classic novels that I have never read before. My first successful read of 2025 was the classic novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury. This dystopian

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  • Students of Etown: Kaitlyn Gilmore

    Students of Etown: Kaitlyn Gilmore

    With over 2,000 students enrolled at Elizabethtown College, it’s impossible for someone to get to know every single person on campus personally. So, this week, we’re introducing yet another Blue Jay: Kaitlyn Gilmore, a junior English professional writing major with minors in communications and creative writing. Gilmore has become increasingly involved in the campus community

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Julius

    Welcome to the Jungle: Julius

    For this week’s Welcome to the Jungle article, meet Julius the cat! Julius is a 10-year-old tom cat who belongs to sophomore early childhood education major Kara Bidgood Enders. Bidgood Enders met Julius when he was a rescue, and she noted that he actually wasn’t the cat that her family went to see when they

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  • Activity Review: Scrapbooking

    Activity Review: Scrapbooking

    Hobbies are a must for a college student. It can’t be all work and no play! Elizabethtown College has a variety of clubs and groups to join, but sometimes group activities aren’t as nice as having alone time and tucking into a hobby. So that’s why I suggest picking up scrapbooking when you have free

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  • Business Review: TJ Rockwell’s

    Business Review: TJ Rockwell’s

    There are many restaurants around Elizabethtown College’s campus, spanning a wide variety of cuisines to satisfy any potential cravings. One restaurant I’ve visited fairly frequently is TJ Rockwell’s. Located just above two miles from campus at 800 Mt Gretna Road, the Elizabethtown location of TJ Rockwell’s offers a cozy but polished atmosphere and delicious food.

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  • Debate of the Week: Ice cream in a dish or a cone?

    Debate of the Week: Ice cream in a dish or a cone?

    Ever since the ice cream cone was patented in 1903, there has been a passionate debate about the more convenient, fun and tastier way to eat ice cream —  a dish or a cone.   I decided to search for the answer to this age-old debate, on Elizabethtown College’s campus.  The first group I polled were

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