NEWS
Business Buzz: How has the Ukrainian War affected Global trade?
Feb. 15, 2022, the world stood still when Russian tanks first crossed the border into Ukraine, beginning the Russo-Ukrainian war. As the rest of the world started wondering what would happen, businesses and governments began preparing for economic impacts. The war has impacted international business in so many ways. Ukraine is known as the breadbasket
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Let’s Make a Deal: The trials and tribulations of the Pennsylvania 2023-24 state budget
It is once again the season of budgeting for Pennsylvania with its many agencies and departments. The past eight years have presented quite the challenge for the state with a Democratic governor and a Republican state legislature who were continuously at odds over the allocation of funding and taxes. Many had hoped that Pennsylvania’s governor,
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Global Perspective: Global climate protests take place
On Friday, Sept. 15, several protests were held globally to protest inaction regarding fossil fuels and other harmful emissions. This year has seen numerous natural disasters that have led to increasing deaths, from droughts to heavy floods. While the United States has seen its fair share of turmoil, the rest of the world has seen
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Review: Salon Services at Ardor and Sage
If you are ever at school and find yourself wanting to get a haircut or get your hair done but do not know where to go, I suggest you check out Ardor and Sage, a hair salon right down Market Street. They offer all sorts of services like highlights, all-over colors, haircuts, eyebrow waxes and
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Welcome to the Jungle: Ripley the leopard gecko
Ripley is a leopard gecko, belonging to junior Japanese major Ben Norris. Norris has always wanted a reptile, so during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, she decided to get a leopard gecko. She got Ripley in June of that year when he was just a baby. Leopard geckos are generally easy to
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Students of Etown: Grace Diehl
Grace Diehl is a calm and friendly student from Wyomissing, Pa. She loves helping people whenever she can and socializing with others. Diehl is a junior at Elizabethtown College. Her major is Secondary English Education, and her minor is Spanish. Diehl chose her major so she could teach people English. This dream came from the
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SPORTS
Women’s Cross Country
On Oct. 16 in Gettysburg Pa.,the Elizabethtown College women’s cross country team was back in action at the Gettysburg Aubrey Shenk Invitational after a two-week rest period. The Blue Jays placed third as a team with 116 points. Sophomore Kelty Oaster was the team’s top finisher for the 6k (3.7 mile) race. The College had
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Shredders
On Sunday, Oct. 17, Microsoft announced a new game called Shredders, a revolutionary new video game that is coming out for Xbox Series X. According to polygon.com, “the Xbox Series X players can head to snowy mountaintops for some sick tricks with Shredders, an upcoming snowboarding game from publisher FoamPunch and co-developers I-Illusions and Let
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Men’s Soccer
On Saturday, Oct. 16, as everyone was enjoying homecoming weekend, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team lost their game against Susquehanna University, with a final score of 3-2, in Landmark Conference action. With the loss, the Blue Jays record drops to eight wins, four losses and one tie overall. Junior Ryan Hepler scored his fifth
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FEATURES
Students advocate to ‘Keep Elizabethtown Liberal Arts’
This past Saturday, Oct. 19, the Elizabethtown Student Advocacy Group (ESAG) held a Peace Walk event as a response to the recent academic restructuring at Elizabethtown College. The restructuring included the cutting of the philosophy major, theatre major, theatre minor, peace and conflict studies minor and film studies minors, as well as the furlough of
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English literature alumna on corporate skills, success
Photo courtesy of Flickr Many college students find themselves wondering where they will take their degree after they graduate; finding a career that you enjoy can feel difficult. Class of 1996 Elizabethtown College graduate Alison Labbate can certainly relate to those concerns. Labbate graduated with an English literature degree. When she was in college, she
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Op-ed: Student abroad in United Kingdom on Brexit
Photo courtesy of Flickr The opinions contained in this piece are not representative of the views held by the Etownian and are not to be considered statements from the Etownian editorial board. Brexit — a word that has been thrown around quite a lot on the news and online for the past several months. I
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