NEWS
College Republicans host 9/11 tribute
Nearly 3,000 flags lined the academic quad at Elizabethtown College last Monday in a tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. A group of roughly ten students from the College Republicans worked to place the flags, one by one, around the quad on Sunday evening, after the club coordinated with facilities and the
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Social justice aligned changes are made to the Club and Org Handbook
With 80+ clubs on the Elizabethtown College campus, there must be a set list of standards. With that comes the Office of Student Activities (OSA) and the annual club handbook they put out. “The biggest thing I want people to know is that I’m not trying to hinder or limit what your club is doing.
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Business Buzz: A.I. In the hiring process
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the fastest growing tools for employers to weed out potential employees from other applicants. This has been one of the fastest growing modernizations in the talent management industry in the last decade. Though this comes with substantial improvements, there is still a lot to learn regarding this. The
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CAMPUS LIFE
Students of Etown: Ben Norris
Meet junior Japanese major, Ben Norris! Norris is originally from Bel Air, Md., and she transferred to Elizabethtown College this year from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. When asked why she chose her major, she cited her love for languages. “I have always had a love for languages,” Norris said. “I visited Japan back in
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Recipe Review: Cheese melts
When faced with limited space and cooking supplies in a college dorm room, students often have to get creative with their meals. For those who don’t have the time to get crafty, though, reverting to childhood classics is a time-honored tradition. They’re simple, quick and often give us a sense of nostalgia we might need
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Horoscopes: Which Halloween movie should you watch?
Happy Hallo-week, my moon children. With the best holiday of the year this Monday, the spooky movies are in full swing. Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween is rounding to a close, and the scary movie sections of streaming services are in their prime. With all this content, do you ever wonder which Halloween movie your
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SPORTS
Hershey Bears
On Oct. 3, 2021, in Hershey, Pa., the Hershey Bears announced the initial roster for its 2021 Training Camp, set to open on Monday, Oct. 4 at GIANT Center. The hockey team hits the ice to begin its 84th season Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 10:30 a.m. under new head coach Scott Allen. This year, the
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Cross Country meet – Sept. 25
Saturday Sept. 25, the Elizabethtown College Cross Country team traveled to Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. for the Dickenson Long/Short Invitational. Both the men and women’s teams finished in third place in their longer events. The longer event for the men is an 8-kilometer run and for the women it is a 6-kilometer run. The
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Athlete of the Week
Senior Christian Schaaf has been running for most of his life. He began running around the age of 12 when his mom, a former long-distance runner in high school, inspired him to start running. “One of the first races I did, I did in honor of my aunt…who was diagnosed with breast cancer. She did
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FEATURES
Fifth annual Power of One Day to raise funds for campus projects
Tuesday, March 19, Elizabethtown College will raise money in its fifth annual Power of One Day. The Power of One Day is part of the Be More Inspired Campaign, which raises money to fund various programs and initiatives on campus. This year, the Be More Inspired Campaign aims to raise $60 million and has already
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Senior Capstone Series: Innovative and compassionate engineering
As a liberal arts college, Elizabethtown College has a large variety of majors, minors and programs. One commonly shared aspect of majors is a capstone project. For the engineering major at the College, the senior capstone project actually begins in junior year when students are assigned to project groups based on their interests and begin
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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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