NEWS
Pennsylvania Politics: The 2024 Senate race begins
On Monday, April 10, Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. announced that he will be running for re-election in 2024, seeking a fourth term. This decision marks the beginning of a likely competitive and expensive 2024 PA Senate race. “Folks, I’m running for re-election,” Casey wrote on Twitter. “There’s still more work to do to cut
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Etown hosts Congress to Campus events
On Monday, March 27, Elizabethtown College hosted several Congress to Campus events that were open to the campus community. The event was coordinated by the Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding (CGUP) and the theme was Civil Dialogue in Action. CGUP coordinated the event through Director Shannon Haley-Mize, the CGUP student leadership team and the
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We the People: Referendums, ballot initiatives and democracy in PA
As the 2023 off-year election season gets underway, it is important to take a look at the complex process of amending the Pennsylvania Constitution that occurs in nearly every off-year election cycle. In Pennsylvania, the state constitution can only be changed by constitutional amendment. Amendments are passed by a simple majority of the Pennsylvania General
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CAMPUS LIFE
Club Feature: Best Buddies
College is the perfect time to explore new things, meet new people and get involved with the community. At Elizabethtown College, there are numerous clubs to choose from including Best Buddies, whose intent is to establish one-on-one friendships for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Best Buddies strives to build meaningful connections between students and
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Business Review: Frugal Finds
If you’ve just gotten rid of a bunch of clothes that no longer fit or you’ve decided to revamp your style, Frugal Finds is a great place to find something unique. Frugal Finds is known for its bargain prices, variety of clothes and eclectic jewelry. The first time I went to Frugal Finds was before
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Club Feature: GSA
Elizabethtown College offers a multitude of clubs for students to get involved in and become passionate about–one of which being the Gender-Sexuality Alliance club (GSA). The cabinet consists of juniors Samhar Almomani, Mackenzie Pollachek and Zoe Enterline and sophomore Jayden Ryan. The mission of the GSA is to provide a safe space for those with
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SPORTS
Sports Returning: Fall 2021
Students and student athletes alike are excited about sports returning in full swing this fall at Elizabethtown College. In the spring 2021 semester, sports did take place, but things were a little different with COVID-19 restrictions. The NCAA restricted the number of spectators that could attend a game or did not allow them at all.
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Men’s Soccer
Sunday Sept. 5, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season with a final score of 1-0 win over Bridgewater College, securing head coach Skip Roderick his 550th career win on the final day of the Brothers Pizza Soccer Classic Tournament. With the two wins on the weekend, Roderick now has
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Health and Fitness
Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being is one of the school’s most popular facilities for not only athletes, but all kinds of students and faculty. The center offers a plethora of services including cardio and strength training areas, an indoor track, smoothie bar—the Fresh Nest—and group fitness rooms. The group fitness rooms
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FEATURES
Professor emeritus shares stories from 30 years work with Amish
The evening of Thursday, Feb. 7 the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies hosted its first event since the reopening of the center following the remodeling and expansion. The event was a lecture from distinguished college professor and Senior Fellow Emeritus Donald Kraybill and was titled “’I Just Want a Red Convertible’: Surprising Stories
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Alumna lives authentically, launches brand to help companies, individuals
The odds were stacked against Amita Mehta to have a successful career in any field, much less one in male-dominated financial services. She had been expelled from her home in Uganda at the hands of a dictator, and she grew up in poverty as a refugee with her parents and three brothers in Lancaster, PA.
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Peacemaker-in-Residence, professor discusses nonviolent peacebuilding
Thursday, Feb. 7, Peacemaker-in-Residence and Professor in the Center of Global Understanding and Peacemaking (CGUP) Jonathan Rudy gave a presentation in the Winter’s Alcove of the High Library.
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