Emma Knight

Black History Month on campus 0
- Uncategorized
- March 17, 2019
Celebrating Black History Month with various events February is Black History Month, and Elizabethtown College celebrates it by hosting events on campus that recognize the work of Black artists, poets and more. This is also a great way to highlight diversity groups around campus. One of the events on campus was “Harlem Nights,” which was
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Was the arrest of a Florida sixth-grader after an altercation with a teacher warranted?0
- Campus Life
- March 17, 2019
Monday, Feb. 4, a sixth-grade student was arrested for “disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence” after a substitute teacher had an issue with the student declining to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, according to CNN. Though the school’s student code of conduct does not require students to stand for the
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What is a polar vortex, and why does it affect us?0
- Campus Life
- February 18, 2019
Jan. 26 ushered in a polar vortex that hit Canada, the Midwest and much of the Northeast, bringing with it frigid temperatures and major wind chills. The wind chill made already cold temperatures significantly colder. According to CBS, upwards of 100 million people were affected by the frigid temperatures. In many places, the cold was
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No shadow means early spring 2019 0
- Campus Life
- February 8, 2019
Saturday Feb. 2 marked Groundhog Day 2019, when Phil, our neighborhood meteorologist groundhog, reveals whether spring will come six weeks early or if winter will persist for an extra six weeks. It is the 133rd anniversary of the very popular tradition. This year, Phil emerged from his burrow at precisely 7:30 a.m. and, to the
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