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  • Today’s Tech: E-Cigarettes Damage Environment

    Today’s Tech: E-Cigarettes Damage Environment

    When e-cigarettes first hit the market, they were sold as a safer alternative to smoking—sleek, modern and clean. Now, over a decade later, their legacy may not rest simply in lung health debates or teen addiction statistics. It’s in something far more combustible: literal dumpster fires. According to Fire Rover, a company specializing in fire

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  • Professor Curtis Smith to release new novel in May

    Professor Curtis Smith to release new novel in May

    This May, Elizabethtown College’s very own creative writing professor Curtis Smith is releasing a new novel, titled “Deaf Heaven.” Smith is no stranger to the literary world, having published over 125 stories and essays which have appeared in publications spanning from “The Best American Short Stories” to the “W.W. Norton anthology New Micro.” The new

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  • Etown Celebrates 27th Annual Student Award Ceremony

    Etown Celebrates 27th Annual Student Award Ceremony

    On Wednesday, April 9, the 47th annual Elizabethtown College Student Awards Ceremony was held on campus to celebrate student achievement. The event awards different students for helping mentor other students. Assisting faculty and other administrators, and those who help the community both presented and received awards. Overall, this event showcases the true meaning of Etown’s

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  • Business Buzz: Boycotts and Protests Impact Target’s Finances

    Business Buzz: Boycotts and Protests Impact Target’s Finances

    In January 2025, Target announced that they would be ending their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program. Many majors’ corporations ended their DEI programs as President Donald Trump took office and signed an executive order to end all DEI programs in the federal government stating that they were “radical and wasteful.” While corporations were not

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  • Global Perspective: Gabon Elects Former Military Coup Leader as President 

    Global Perspective: Gabon Elects Former Military Coup Leader as President 

    As of April 13, 2023, Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s former military leader, has won the presidential election with a staggering 90% of the total vote. His closest opponent, Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze earned only three percent of the vote, and the remaining six opponents all obtaining less than one percent  Oligui Nguema, in addition to

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  • Pennsylvania Politics: Governor’s residence set ablaze

    Pennsylvania Politics: Governor’s residence set ablaze

    At around 2 a.m. on April 13, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence was set on fire in a suspected arson attack. Shapiro and his family reside at the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg, as have seven other governors in the Commonwealth’s long history.  Cody Balmer, 28, was arrested on April 13 and was charged with

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  • St Joseph’s University Offers MSW for Etown Social Work Students

    St Joseph’s University Offers MSW for Etown Social Work Students

    Students in Elizabethtown College’s social work program know how rigorous many of the requirements are. Four-year graduates leave with over 700 hours of field experience, building on their in-class assignments and homework.  The program is always growing, and now there is a new opportunity for social work students pursuing their master’s degree after graduation.Etown is

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  • Today’s Tech: Nintendo Announces Switch 2

    Today’s Tech: Nintendo Announces Switch 2

    Nintendo’s eagerly awaited Switch 2 gaming console was poised to launch into the U.S. pre-order market this week. Instead of celebrating the release, the gaming giant was forced to hit pause. The change came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep new tariffs on Japanese imports. The abrupt about-face underscores a growing reality—geopolitical

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  • High school students conduct experiments at Chem-a-thon

    High school students conduct experiments at Chem-a-thon

    On April 4, Elizabethtown welcomed nearly 50 high school students for the second annual Chem-a-Thon event, hosted by the college’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.   The Chem-a-Thon is a day where students from local high schools are given the opportunity to complete a chemistry experiment and trivia games for potential scholarships or just to field

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