NEWS
Sock & Buskin announces benefit in Jo Russo’s honor
Joseph ‘Jo’ Russo was beloved by many on campus, and touched the hearts of students and staff alike during his time at Elizabethtown College. In his passing, communities and people were brought together. His memorial service at the College illuminated his impact, as individual after individual came up and told their stories and experiences with
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Global Perspective: Attack contributes to growing conflict in Chad
The central African state of Chad was rocked by an attack on its National Security Agency (ANSE) on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Several people were killed in the shootout. In retaliation, the government arrested and killed some oppositionists who they claimed were behind the attack, including 49-year-old Yaya Dillo, the leader of Chad’s Socialist Party without
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The tightest race in PA: District 10 and Scott Perry
The presidential election season is officially underway, and the fight for control of Congress is on the line in November. The House of Representatives is divided into districts based on the state’s population. Pennsylvania currently has 17 Congressional Districts, with nine represented by Democrats and eight represented by Republicans. House members serve a two-year term
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CAMPUS LIFE
Recipe Review: Microwave S’mores
The summer season is coming to a close and that means activities, like sitting around the campfire, will be traded for indoor movie nights as the weather gets cooler and days get shorter. While seasonal flavors like pumpkin spice and hot cocoa are around the corner, there’s no reason to leave summer sweets behind! So
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Students of Etown: Cassidy Rohrman
For a majority of the students here at Elizabethtown College, the start of the fall semester means moving back to their dorms, meeting up with old friends and getting back into the swing of things with classes and activities. But not every student has been accustomed to an around-the-clock life on campus. 15 percent of
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Welcome to the Jungle: Meet foodie pup Pepe the Chihuahua
This week, get to know Pepe, Lux Hileman’s dog. This little chihuahua is an oldtimer with lots of spunk. When Hileman was 13, their family went to a local chihuahua breeder in town to pick out a puppy for their birthday. Hileman picked out Pepe and got to name him, but he quickly bonded with
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SPORTS
The Hershey Bears look for their 3,000th win
The Hershey Bears dropped their seventh straight road game against the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday, April 2, where the final score was 3-1. This is also the Hershey Bears’ fourth consecutive loss overall. The game was tied at 1-1 going into the third period after two breakaway saves from Pheonix Copley. Then a power-play let
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Blue Jays sweep the Susquehanna River Hawks
Elizabethtown College’s baseball team had a big weekend as they won all three games in their series against the Susquehanna River Hawks. The Blue Jays had a double header on Saturday, April 2, winning the first game 7-1 and the second game 3-2. Graduate student Tyler Dunbar pitched the first game giving up just one
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Blue Jays place eighth in Dickinson Invitational
This week in Carlisle Pa., the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team returned back to campus with eighth place at the Dickinson Invitational Tournament at the Carlisle Barracks Golf Course Saturday morning. The Blue Jays carded a +50, 338 strokes to finish eighth out the nine teams competing. Franklin & Marshall won both the team and
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FEATURES
Angel Tree Project demonstrates community engagement, solidarity
The Center for Community and Civic Engagement and Student Senate at Elizabethtown College will be hosting the Angel Tree Project once again this year. In a typical year, there would be a table set up with a small tree and tags hanging from the branches, each describing the age, gender, needs and interests of an
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Archival work during the COVID-19 pandemic
The staff at Elizabethtown College’s High Library are collecting projects of all sorts from faculty, staff and students regarding their experiences of living in the time of COVID-19. “Keep in mind if you have a class that is doing a COVID related project, course assignments can be submitted. There is no deadline whenever people want
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The Role of Ethics and Morality in the Climate Change Debate, Part 2
Brown made note of the fact that even though “the evidence of human causation is incredibly, incredibly strong,” there are still targeted disinformation campaigns with the intention of minimizing public awareness about the dangers of climate change. According to Brown, the reason for the disinformation comes down to the control that the fossil fuel industry
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