NEWS
Elizabethtown College welcomes Assistant Professor of English Literature Patrick Allen
Assistant Professor of English Literature Patrick Allen recently joined the Elizabethtown College English Department. Allen is an expert in African American literature and is also the current Vice President of Organizational Matters at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers. He is a graduate of both Providence College and Penn State University,
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PA Politics: The power of women and independent voters
Polling for the midterm elections in Pennsylvania continues to grow closer. For the U.S. Senate race, Democrat John Fetterman has a 3% edge over Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in a poll by FiveThirtyEight. For governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro leads Republican Doug Mastriano by almost 10% as of Oct. 21. Many expect Shapiro to win the
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Students share concerns about the Marketplace
Students pay $3,180 per semester for either the Gold, Silver or Bronze meal plan at Elizabethtown College, and this price prompts many to wonder how their money is being spent. Recently, students have been using paper and plasticware instead of the regular dishes and utensils in the Marketplace. They are directed to throw out their
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CAMPUS LIFE
Abby’s Advice: Course Scheduling
For students who will be returning to Elizabethtown College next year, the time to plan for the Fall semester is now! While browsing the course catalog and thinking about all the opportunities available is exciting, this time of year can also be stressful. As our thoughts turn towards the future, considering what classes to take,
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Welcome to the Jungle: Meet Kelsey Knappenberger’s one-eyed cat, Kyra
Kelsey Knappenberger is a junior information systems major at Elizabethtown College. When she moved on campus, she brought along with her a black cat named Kyra. Kyra had been brought onto campus to act as an assistant animal to Knappenberger. The two have a strong connection due to Knappenberger nursing Kyra after having found her
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The Students of Etown: Gunner Gehr
Despite Elizabethtown College being a small school compared to most of the colleges in the area, it is nearly impossible to know all of the students on campus. Each one of them has their own unique story on how they came to attend Etown, and it is important to know that each has value. One
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SPORTS
Puppy Bowl
If you are not a football fan, and are watching TV on Super Bowl weekend, you might come across something known as the Puppy Bowl. The Puppy Bowl is an annual television show on Animal Planet. This year, the puppies were put on either Team Fluff or Team Ruff and faced off against each other
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Super Bowl LV
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs faced off in Super Bowl LV. The Super Bowl was a showdown between the two best teams in their respective conferences. This was a game to be remembered. To begin, in the first quarter, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drove a 49 yard
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A brief Super Bowl history
The Super Bowl is not a new thing to hit popular sports culture. It grew out of a rivalry between the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL) in 1966. The two divisions were rivals in every way except for one: they agreed that the end-of-season championship game, then called the AFL-NFL
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FEATURES
Former White House staff member encourages youth political engagement
Elizabethtown College recently had the pleasure of hosting Daniella Gibbs Léger, the executive vice president for communications and strategy at American Progress. Léger was on campus as the Woodrow Wilson visiting fellow, and on Thursday, Feb. 28 she was interviewed in Gibble Auditorium by Etown junior Pleasant Sprinkle-Williams. In discussing how she got involved with
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Scene on campus: art, music come together prior to Ware lecture
In anticipation of this year’s Ware Lecture on the cultural exchanges of the Silk Road, student volunteers came together to show the interconnectivity between peacebuilding, art, and music by painting greenery on a piano in the halls of the Baugher Student Center. This piano will be freely available up until the lecture itself for those
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Senior Capstone Series: Recitals showcase talent, growth of music majors
Every year, senior Elizabethtown College music majors from all three branches of the department are required to perform a thirty-minute recital with their principle instrument, whether that be voice or a physical instrument. These recitals take the knowledge that students have acquired over four years and put it to use in front of an audience.
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