NEWS
Student Senate: The College addresses reports of mold
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 26 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with Administrative reports, starting with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez, who addressed the recent email sent out regarding mold spores found in Hackman South Apartment by a
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Today’s Technology: Buzzfeed to begin using OpenAI resources for content creation
On Thursday, Jan. 26, Buzzfeed shared that it will begin to use artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company OpenAI’s resources for its content creation. The news and entertainment platform expressed that this allows for the personalization of quizzes and other content. “In 2023, you’ll see AI inspired content move from an R&D [research and
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Renovations set to begin on Royer Residence Hall
Renovations will soon begin on Royer Residence Hall, with the goal of having it open for the fall 2023 semester. The initial planning occurred in December, and construction is set to start before the end of January, signified by the construction dumpsters near the building. Enrollment in Elizabethtown College has increased for the past three
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle: Meet Kelsey Knappenberger’s one-eyed cat, Kyra
Kelsey Knappenberger is a junior information systems major at Elizabethtown College. When she moved on campus, she brought along with her a black cat named Kyra. Kyra had been brought onto campus to act as an assistant animal to Knappenberger. The two have a strong connection due to Knappenberger nursing Kyra after having found her
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The Students of Etown: Gunner Gehr
Despite Elizabethtown College being a small school compared to most of the colleges in the area, it is nearly impossible to know all of the students on campus. Each one of them has their own unique story on how they came to attend Etown, and it is important to know that each has value. One
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Club Feature: Melica
Building a remarkable college experience can often be hard, especially when directing so much of our time towards classes and academic affairs. At Elizabethtown College, student clubs create a massive opportunity for us students to get involved in fascinating activities that can catch our interests, and make our college experience something unforgettable. One of the
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SPORTS
Super Bowl LV
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs faced off in Super Bowl LV. The Super Bowl was a showdown between the two best teams in their respective conferences. This was a game to be remembered. To begin, in the first quarter, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drove a 49 yard
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A brief Super Bowl history
The Super Bowl is not a new thing to hit popular sports culture. It grew out of a rivalry between the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL) in 1966. The two divisions were rivals in every way except for one: they agreed that the end-of-season championship game, then called the AFL-NFL
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Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born June 23, 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She was the 20th out of 22 children. As a child, Rudolph suffered chicken pox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and polio. The doctors at the time said that she will never be able to walk again because of the polio. She wore
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FEATURES
Panel discusses PTSD in Harry Potter, changes in children’s literature
The Bowers Writers House sponsored the event “Running for Platform 9 3/4: A Harry Potter Panel Experience w/ Dr. Christina Phillips-Mattson” Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. Dr. Christina Phillips-Mattson is a Harry Potter professional; she received her Bachelor’s degree in English, French and comparative humanities at Bucknell University and her Master’s and doctorate degrees
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Alumna promotes ethical standards in public, private institutions
Alumni from Elizabethtown College go into highly varied fields of work in many places across the world. Among Etown’s graduates are many who choose to work to give back, whether on a local or a grander scale. Dr. Patricia Harned, ’88 is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) in
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New club sells candy canes, accepts toy donations to support charity
Photo: Paula Groff The Running Club sold candy canes for one dollar each Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will sell them again Monday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a table set up outside the Marketplace. Students can send candy canes to other students or
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