NEWS
Forum and Symposium
Elizabethtown College is hosting the Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum and Science Symposium Nov. 19-20. According to the College, the purpose of the event is to “foster conversation and collaboration among a diverse group of stakeholders and participants in protecting watersheds and water quality.” The forum will also address advances relating to social and technical areas in
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A museum opens in a poet’s old home
December 2020 in St. Petersburg, Russia a museum opened in honor of poet Joseph Brodsky. Ever since the grand opening, the museum has been working on adding to the collection. Earlier in the summer, they brought in the desk Brodsky used in Brooklyn, N.Y. Brodsky spent most of his life in the communal home in
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Today’s Technology
A major ruling has been made Friday, Sept. 10 in the Epic Games v. Apple case. Video game developer Epic Games, creator of the popular video game Fortnite, brought a lawsuit against Apple in Aug. 2020, arguing against Apple’s restrictions on apps that are listed on the App Store from having in-app purchasing methods other
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CAMPUS LIFE
Letter to the Editor on the Diversity and Inclusion Training by Anonymous
Note: Dr. Don Trahan, who led the Diversity and Inclusion Training, responded in a follow-up. During the summer, I was fed up. I was fed up by Elizabethtown College’s ties with a history of racial injustices and microaggressions against minority groups. I was even more fed up that the only attempt to fix these ties
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Socially distanced Halloween
Happy Halloween! While trick-or-treating is off the table for this year, Halloween can still be a thrill! There are lots of ways to stay in the appropriate mood for spooky season, and many of them don’t take much preparation at all. First, make yourself a playlist of your favorite spooky tunes, scary movie soundtracks, monster-inspired
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Weekly Chirp: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Halloween or Christmas Movie?
As the season gets colder, people tend to spend more time indoors and curl up with their favorite holiday movie. A lot of Elizabethtown College students have started their holiday movie watching season as 72% of students stated that they watch holiday movies as the season comes up in the year. Right now, its prime
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SPORTS
Volleyball goes 1-3 in tournament
The Elizabethtown College men’s volleyball team participated in the Misericordia Tournament Feb. 1 and 2 going up against several different teams. Even though the Jays went one and three in the tournament, junior Nick Baxter still earned a spot in the All-Tournament team for breaking the Continental Volleyball Conference record for kills in a single
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Men’s volleyball opens its first season with consecutive wins
The Elizabethtown College men’s volleyball team opened up its first season in style with a 3-0 sweep over Widener University in Chester, Pa. This will be recorded as the College’s first men’s volleyball match. Senior Ethan Maurer scored the first point against the Pride with a kill on first-year Tim Zieber’s assist. Sophomore Steven Schreffler
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New records made by Elizabethtown track and field teams
The women’s track team met in Bethlehem, PA to go up against Moravian College at Rauch Fieldhouse on the campus of Lehigh University Saturday, Jan. 26. First-year Kelli Garriott set a new record in the high jump in December for the Jays, and she beat it at the Moravian Invitational. The ongoing record was held
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FEATURES
Professor explains influence of WWI on Peace Churches
Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in Hoover 110, the large room was completely filled with students, faculty and members of the community all anticipating the start of the lecture titled, “World War I and Lancaster Peace Churches.” High Library Director Sarah Penniman got the event started by introducing the guest speaker, professor of history
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Five seniors say good-bye with the production of “Rats’ Tales”
Elizabethtown College’s theatre department performed “Rats’ Tales” April 19, 20, 21, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Tempest Theatre. “The play is made up of several stories or folk tales that spin off the lead story, which is the Pied Piper of Hamelin,” director and adjunct professor
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Ocean-themed event celebrates diversity, student differences
Photo: Megan White Thursday, April 26 was a beautiful day as students at Elizabethtown College gathered on the patio of the Baugher Student Center (BSC) to celebrate their differences. The event was sponsored by the Residence Life Diversity Committee and was run by resident assistants (RAs) from different residence halls. The theme of the event
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