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  • Athletic department implements captain-oriented program

    Captains play a substantial role on all teams, no matter the sport or level of play. For a team to function successfully, it is paramount that its captains perform at an appropriate level. This will now be easier for those selected players because of Elizabethtown College’s recent implementation of the Captains Council. The Captains Council,

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  • Double overtime periods result in 0-0 tie against Arcadia

    “The result against Arcadia was not the one we were looking for, however, I thought we gave a great effort against a good team. We showed up to play, but just couldn’t put the biscuit in the basket, so to speak. I was proud of our ‘never say die’ attitude, we were just unfortunate offensively

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  • Professor discusses unexpected benefits of strategic planning

    Strategic Planning (SP) at Elizabethtown College continues at a furious pace. If you are not a member of one of the five committees involved in SP, you probably have little idea about the work being carried out by these committees (and especially by the co-chairs). Take the Campus Community committee. The group meets once every

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  • Put Your Records On: The Paper Kites

    Put Your Records On: The Paper Kites

    Artist: The Paper Kites Genre: Folk/Indie My thought: Everything I’ve ever wanted to say, but lacked the musical ability to put into song form. When I first listened to The Paper Kites, my mind launched into free-association. Some thoughts that immediately came to mind were adventure, chance and fate. All good things remembered and those

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  • Marketplace policies, wasting too much food?

    Marketplace policies, wasting too much food?

    The Marketplace. A place to hang out with your friends and to grab a bite to eat everyday in the Brossman Commons. However, have you ever tried to take food to go? Dining Services has rules about students taking food from the cafeteria, and they are a bit severe. When asked, a few students said

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  • Death of Gadhafi creates military venture

    Death of Gadhafi creates military venture

    Last week, Muammar Gadhafi, the former Libyan president, died from a bullet wound after several months of bloody civil war. Back in March of this year, President Obama authorized Operation Odyssey Dawn, the code name for the U.S. involvement in Libya to enforce a no-fly zone. This was reported as an international operation, in which

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  • Golf team emerges victorious through wet season

    Golf team emerges victorious through wet season

    Even with rainfall of historical proportions this season, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team stayed on par. The players posted solid results while they weathered one of the rainiest seasons in recent memory. “We lost half a dozen practices due to the storms, hurricanes and flooding. Hershey Country Club East had to close half of

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  • Men’s basketball team remains positive despite loss of injured players

    Men’s basketball team remains positive despite loss of injured players

    A cohesive unit. Men’s basketball Head Coach Bob Schlosser said that he has the same two goals every season. He plans to make his team a cohesive unit and to have the team work harder than their opponent. Schlosser holds a meeting at the beginning of every season and has the players create personal and

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  • Coach Roderick hopes to ‘dress up’ field

    Field and equipment renovations are something that many Elizabethtown College athletes and coaches would enjoy seeing in the near future. There have been numerous discussions about a five-year strategic plan, installing a new press box in the soccer stadium and some chatter about an additional turf field. Over the past few months, an athletics strategic

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