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Facilities expands on solar power initiative
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
The article “Solar panels could save nearly $1 million per year” highlighted the College’s historical conservation efforts and our goal of consuming only what we need to support the activities of the college. The staff writer did a good job consolidating this complex subject into an article. Let me take this opportunity to provide a little
READ MORENovember brings National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
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- November 12, 2011
More than 1.5 million children are homeless at some point in their lives, and this number is, unfortunately, still increasing according to www.prweb.com. Every day, 13 kids die on the streets throughout the United States. Orange County, Ca. is one of the counties with the highest homeless youth count — 22,025 estimated in 2008-09 by
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Educators open office doors: Part three
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- November 12, 2011
Many students know their professors by the material they teach in class and the way they interact with their students. However, many probably do not actually know a lot about professor’s lives outside the classroom. Their offices tell a great deal about their character and themselves as individuals. Whether it be the pictures they have
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Discussion of next “Open Book” read begins
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- November 12, 2011
Open Book is an academic year-long program that engages first-year students and peer mentors, as well as faculty and staff. The initiative is co-chaired by Dr. Thomas Hagan, associate professor of chemistry and assistant dean of the first-year program and BethAnn Zambella, the director of the High Library. Throughout the fall and spring semesters, there
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$2.5 million Lake Placida upgrades commence this year
- News
- November 12, 2011
Students returning to Elizabethtown College next fall may not recognize part of the campus’ new appearance. In the summer of 2012, the College grounds will undergo some serious changes, highlighted by the construction at Lake Placida. A new dam will replace the current one. It is scheduled to be built in June, and is expected
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Alumni musician, Carmen Chiles, to release second album
- Features
- November 12, 2011
“Music is that universal language that connects all different kinds of people throughout the world,” Carmen Chiles, a 2001 Elizabethtown College graduate and current recording artist, said. Chiles released her debut album, “SOULution,” in 2007. Before that, though, she lived in Schlosser Hall. “I call it the birthplace of my on-stage experience because Etown was
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Weekly radio show features distinguished faculty members
- Features
- November 12, 2011
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to know what your professors like to do outside of school? What about the staff members with whom you come into contact? Elizabethtown College gives the students the opportunity to find out a few extra fun facts about their favorite professors and staff members. This opportunity
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Accomplished first-year Cayla Kluver working on fourth book
- Features
- November 12, 2011
All our lives we have been told to look up to our elders and follow the example of those wiser and more experienced than ourselves. However, there is a huge lesson to be learned from this young, bright and determined Elizabethtown College student, 19-year-old Cayla Kluver. A Wisconsin native and resident her entire life, Kluver
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Lancaster County poverty rate ranks tenth lowest in nation
- News
- November 12, 2011
Lancaster County has the 10th lowest poverty rate in the nation. According to Paula Wolf on lancasteronline.com in her article, “County’s Poverty Rate is 10th Lowest,” she wrote, “Of the United States’ 102 metropolitan areas with at least 500,000 residents, the county has the 10th lowest poverty rate at 10.5 percent. In 2010, the Census
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