NEWS
The Pennsylvania House 98th District race: Speed dating the candidates
Pennsylvania voters will vote for their House representatives on Nov. 3. Pennsylvania has 203 districts, and Elizabethtown is housed within District 98. There are three candidates for this district: Republican Nicole Woods, Democrat Hugh Darlington and Independent Joshua Deering. It is important for voters to know who the candidates are before voting day, which is
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Adjunct moderates debate in pivotal state senate race
Adjunct communications professor Matt Barcaro moderated the only debate in the race to represent the 36th District in the Pennsylvania State Senate between incumbent state Sen. James Malone and state Rep. Tom Jones. The district comprises the northwest corner of Lancaster County, including Elizabethtown, and will be pivotal in deciding control of the state government
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Today’s Tech: AI giant Anthropic and Elon Musk conflict on approaches to AI-era philanthropy
Recently, talk about the regulations on and future of AI has been popular within the media and legislative branches of government. As these potential issues continue to be discussed, multiple companies and investors have given their opinions on the future of the spoils that the AI boom has brought. The company backing the Claude AI
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: “Pink Motel” by Trauma Illinois
Alright everyone strap in because this is going to be a wild ride in a 2007 Toyota Rav 4 (you’ll understand why that’s funny soon). On Oct. 16, “Midwest Motel Rock” band (self-proclaimed genre), Trauma Illinois released their second album, “Pink Motel.” This album contains eight songs with a play time of 27 minutes. Trauma
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Student Feature: Katie Kier
Katie Kier, hailing from Reading, Pennsylvania, is an amazing example of Elizabethtown College’s wide variety of talented students. Kier is a first-year Exercise Science major and a member of the women’s lacrosse team. Outside of athletics, Kier is also a member of the Exercise Science club on campus. Kier’s love for exercise science came from
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Senior Advice: Battling burnout
I think we have all struggled from time to time to complete an assignment because you just have so many to do. Now combine your coursework with extracurriculars, jobs, social life, family life, financial responsibility, sleeping, eating and taking care of yourself. After a while, it begins to feel as though 24 just isn’t enough
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SPORTS
Despite record-setting achievements, Etown falls in dramatic fashion against Lycoming
For the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team, it was a very highly contested Landmark Conference matchup between themselves and the Lycoming College Warriors. The Blue Jays had just lost their last game against the #10 Juniata College Eagles;, however, they were hoping to keep that game as their only Landmark Conference loss. Despite the loss
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Blue Jays Swim sweeps competition with wins over Goucher, Immaculata
Over the past week, the Elizabethtown College swim team went on the road against Immaculata University and Goucher University for their first swim meet of the season. The Blue Jays headed on a road trip to Immaculata, Pennsylvania to face off against their competition, a meet that last year had been scheduled at the home
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Blue Jays Dominate Goucher in 7-1 Landmark Conference Victory
The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team delivered a commanding performance on Saturday, Oct. 24, defeating the Goucher College Gophers 7-1 at Ira R. Herr Field. Led by a hat trick from Freshman Linnet Laiser, the Blue Jays established an early advantage and never looked back. Goucher entered the contest with a 1-13 overall record, having
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FEATURES
Robb Holman coaches students on how to find their identity, place and people.
For many first and second year college students, navigating college life comes with the overwhelming pressure to figure out their future. Speaker and author Robb Holman brought a message to campus on Thursday at the High Auditorium where he advises students to simply take a deep breath. Speaking ahead of his talk, “Rooted: Finding Your
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Friendly Feud
On Friday, October 23rd, the NOIR club hosted ‘Friendly Feud’ , their spin on CBS’s Family Feud. The idea for Etown’s very own family feud came from NOIR member Marvellous. Marvellous and fellow member Kalen said that they talked about doing this event last year. The original plan was to have it be against other
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StudEtown’s Talent Show
At Etown, many students have talents most people may not know about. So, what better way to show off those many talents than with a talent show? This year, Etown’s Founder’s Hall RAs put together the talent show with the help of Taylor Thompson, the Residence Hall Director (RD). From hosting celebrity judges such as
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