NEWS
Senate discusses changes to new student orientation
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 24 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order for Director of Leadership and New Student/Family Orientation Stacey Zimmerman. Zimmerman discussed potential changes they are looking to make during New Student Orientation in the fall and was asking for input in
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PA Supreme Court allows mail-in voting to continue, for now, as voting rights are being questioned around the country
In a win for Democrats, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of keeping Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting laws in effect for the near future on Tuesday, March 1. The justices issued a court order overturning a decision made in February by a Commonwealth Court Judge that would have seen the end of the state’s voting
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Global Perspective: The United Nations votes to condemn Russia
On March 2, the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council called an emergency session to vote on a resolution to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow withdraw its military forces. In addition, the body asked for political dialogue and negotiations between the two countries in order to quell the conflict and ease
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CAMPUS LIFE
The Restless Mind of a College Student
I feel exhausted but I still have three more assignments to go. Have I eaten today? The more I must read the less concentrated I become. What day is it today again? At least I still passed. Making friends in college is easy it’s just now I have no time. I really let myself believe
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The Origins of Truman, Etown’s unofficial mascot
Everyone knows that Conrad the Blue Jay is the official mascot of Elizabethtown College, but perhaps, the unofficial one is Truman the Therapy Doodle. He has become a staple on the campus with his visits and own official merchandise. During the 2021 Homecoming Parade, Truman was the last in the line of floats because of
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Album Review: “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
On Friday, Nov. 12, Taylor Swift released “Red (Taylor’s Version),” which is a re-release of her fourth album “Red.” Swift opted to re-record her first six albums after the first record label that signed her, Big Machine Records, sold them to Ithaca Holdings for $300 million. As such, Scooter Braun was granted ownership of Swift’s
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SPORTS
This Week in Elizabethtown Sports History: Women’s Volleyball Begins Streak Ending in Winning First Conference Championship
In 2007, the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team clinched the win over Gallaudet University in five sets, beginning a streak that lasted nine games and took the Blue Jays to the seasonal Commonwealth Tournament as the number one seed. Etown then shut out Widener University and went on to win the championship, beating Lebanon Valley
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Cornhole Tournament
Recently, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) held its first ever cornhole tournament, which was a fundraiser for the Blue Jay Pantry, a new space on campus which is dedicated to providing Elizabethtown College students with food items sourced by donations from the community. The event raised a total of $1,120 for the Blue Jay
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Tennis Courts
A walk by the Founders towers would include sights of construction vehicles, mounds of dirt and construction workers. Recently, the tennis courts at Elizabethtown College have been getting redone, since the tennis season was postponed. The tennis courts at Etown are regularly open to the public, and are commonly used by both the men’s and
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FEATURES
Alumnus works to protect people from West Nile Virus, Lyme disease
Feb. 18, Elizabethtown College alumnus Jon Bachman, ‘17, returned to Elizabethtown College to speak to current students about his career as an aquatic biologist with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). Bachman is part of a team researching and working to increase awareness of arboviruses. Arboviruses are viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes,
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Statistics, thoughts on Etown Jays app after first semester of use
The E-town Jays app is a relatively new addition to the lives of Elizabethtown College students, faculty and staff, prospective students and visitors. The app has many different “tiles” that contain information about aspects of student life and the campus in general, such as service, clubs & organizations and residence life. It also has a
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Vaccination controversy leads to debate, nationwide outbreaks
Elizabethtown College’s immunization policy dictates that all first-year and transfer students be vaccinated prior to matriculation against a battery of contagious and life-threatening illnesses. To attend the College, documentation must be provided to establish that a student has received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella shot; two doses of the chickenpox shot or
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