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Democrats sweep Lancaster City Council election, as predicted
- News
- November 12, 2011
The race was close Tuesday, Nov. 8 as Republican candidate Charlie Smithgall battled for one of the three seats on the Lancaster City Council. Seven candidates competed, including the three Democrats already on Council: Barbara Wilson, John Gruapera and James Reichenbach. Gary Odom of the Constitution party and Republicans Marilyn Schnee and Joel Charles accompanied
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EPA fines Lebanon, Pa. for safety hazards
- News
- November 12, 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently fined the city of Lebanon, Pa. $81,000 on the account of failure to keep storm drains clear, therefore creating both environmental and health hazards for the city and surrounding areas. When certain wastes aren’t removed from storm drains, they are inevitably carried out to creeks and then ultimately, to
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$14.2 million for train station upgrades results in safety concerns
- News
- November 12, 2011
Plans to restore the Lancaster Train Station’s former aesthetic glory have been in the works since 1998, but the struggle for funding prevented work from beginning until 2009. Since the announcement of the renovations, the station’s popularity has increased, and citizens of the county are excited to see the final product. Recent revelations brought this
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Senior Nights brought back to Elizabethtown
- News
- November 12, 2011
Senior Nights are back at Elizabethtown College, but what does this mean for current senior students? The first difference for this year is the absence of bar trips. The program was cancelled once before “because some students acted irresponsibly, and the trips became a liability for the College,” according to Student Senate president Brian Frantz.
READ MORECurriculum changes, electives cut
- Campus Life
- November 12, 2011
Fine arts electives are being cut in many high schools across the country. Classes in the fine arts are no longer mandatory in high school curricula and some students are not taking them because they aren’t required anymore. This could be an issue for enrollment for some high schools. Students who are interested in fine
READ MOREShorts Fest provides opportunity for aspiring directors to learn skills
- Features
- November 12, 2011
The Shorts Fest has become a tradition here at Elizabethtown College for students in the fine and performing arts department’s directing for the theater (TH320) class to showcase their skills as directors of a short play of 10 to 20 minutes in length. This year, the Shorts Fest consists of six short plays, two of
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The Thrill of the Chaste: lecture highlights Amish novel allure
- Features
- November 12, 2011
We have all seen them. There is no point in denying it—for fifty cents in cardboard boxes at yard sales, or shoved rudely in the magazine aisle of the grocery store, or on the sad, half empty bookshelves of our sad, half-empty Kmart. This is a genre as perplexing as it is intriguing: the Amish
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Solar panels could save campus nearly $1 million per year
- News
- November 4, 2011
Just how green is Elizabethtown College? According to a proposal made recently by Facilities Management to the Board of Trustees, not green enough. Solar photovoltaic energy – better known as the energy we get from solar panels – is just the latest upgrade Facilities Management is fighting to implement on campus. If the proposal is
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Inside look at professors’ offices: Part Deux
- Uncategorized
- November 4, 2011
We usually see one side of our professors—the serious (but sometimes not) face they maintain while teaching us their trade. We’ve all had the awkward experience when we run into a professor outside of school and have that momentarily lapse in mind. “Professors have lives, too?” Well, obviously they do, and one way for them
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