NEWS
Covid related changes for Etown
As of March 4, Elizabethtown College has changed its COVID-19 guidelines to make mask wearing optional for all students, employees and guests on campus. Etown made this decision due to the recent updates given by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All persons on campus are welcome to their personal choice regarding masking
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Recent bias-related incident
Your day starts normally. You’re scrolling through social media or talking with a friend, and something happens that’s just plain wrong. A biased or discriminatory remark gets posted or comes out of someone’s mouth. You freeze. Do you know what to do in a situation like this? On Monday, March 7, Elizabethtown College sent an
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New COVID-19 treatment trial research led by Etown alum
Over these past two years people from all over the world have been desperately looking for any way in which we can alleviate the amount of people that fall severely ill from the deadly virus COVID-19. Recently, Elizabethtown College alumna Christina Angelucci worked to find solutions we’ve all been hoping for, serving as lead researcher
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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
Intramurals
Over the summer, the heads of the Landmark Conference held a meeting to review their plans for collegiate sports in participating colleges and universities. During that meeting, it was decided that all school sports would either be cancelled or rescheduled until COVID-19 is under control. Elizabethtown College is complying with the Landmark Conference in postponing
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NBA Strike
Recently, the National Basketball Association (NBA) had to postpone some of its games due to strikes by the players. Since the shooting of NBA player Jacob Blake, there have been protests from the Milwaukee Bucks to promote police reform. Soon, the strikes spread from the Bucks to all around the NBA. As of right
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Overwatch League: Road to the Grand Finals
Friday, Sept. 11 to Sunday, Sept. 13, the 2020 Overwatch League (OWL) held the second and final week of its playoffs. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule for this year’s OWL experienced quite a few delays and setbacks, but now the organization is on track to wrap up its season with the Grand Finals Weekend:
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FEATURES
Digital Humanities Hub provides space, resources for student use
As society seems to be becoming more and more digital, colleges are creating more spaces for students to explore growing disciplines like Digital Humanities (DH) which applies computer software and equipment to the traditional humanities. “Digital Humanities (DH) encourages students to engage in many of the same types of projects the traditional humanities have been
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Features Editor says goodbye
As the last week of classes comes to a close, so does my time as Features Editor of the Etownian. I still can’t believe this is the last issue of the semester and my last issue ever. And what a wild end it has been. Remember the first few issues? They contained articles about microbial
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Nonprofit provides winter shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness in Elizabethtown area
Elizabethtown Community Housing & Outreach Services (ECHOS) is a nonprofit social services agency that works with individuals experiencing homelessness, those at risk of becoming homeless or people in need of additional services that address homelessness. What began as a winter shelter in Dec. 2015 eventually evolved into a full-fledged social services agency in July 2016.
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