NEWS
Student Senate: Senate meets with the Senior Leadership Team
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, November 17 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting did not run to the traditional agenda with the order of new business being the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) meeting. Class of 2025 Representative Alexa Scheetz served as the moderator of the meeting. Scheetz’s role as the
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Today’s Technology: Elon Musk clashes with Apple
On Monday, Nov. 28, Elon Musk claimed that Apple threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store, in accordance with its app moderation procedures. This is likely in response to Musk’s takeover of Twitter, which has sparked controversy across the country. It has even persuaded some users to leave the social media platform and prompted
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PA Politics: The Pennsylvania House votes to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner
On Nov. 16, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to impeach progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in a 107-85 vote. This was along party lines, except for Republican Mike Puskaric voting against impeachment. “[Krasner’s] dereliction of duty and despicable behavior is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated,” Republican State Representative Martina White said. “The legislature
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CAMPUS LIFE
Asking Abby’s Advice: Learn how you can make the most out of spring break
With the weather getting warmer and spring break quickly approaching, many students are thinking of ways to fill their time without classes, clubs or campus activities to rely on. Sometimes the change from busy campus life to home can leave us wondering how to make the best of our brief time away. We may even
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Valentine’s Day Plans
A great way to tell how your day is going is to step outside and take a deep breath. Will the sweet scent of chocolate from the Dove Company be drifting across Elizabethtown College’s campus, or will the smell of cow manure from nearby farms be lingering? On Feb. 14th, there’s always something different in
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The Weekly Treat: Chips
Happy Valentine’s Day, my lovely Crumb Crew! The Weekly Treat is here with an entry on a popular and commonly found snack choice for you: chips! Whether it be sour cream and onion, barbeque or sea salt, everyone has a go-to chip flavor or brand. I’ve decided to go with Doritos Cool Ranch Chips, one
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SPORTS
Iron Jay Challenge
The Iron Jay Challenge is back! The Iron Jay is a challenge that anyone, faculty, staff, and students can walk, bike, run, swim, or participate in fitness classes to complete the challenge. In this challenge. the goal is to either achieve 70.3 miles doing any fitness activity, or achieving 140.6 miles doing any physical fitness
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber begins National Sports Safety and Security Conference, Holds Q & A
The 2020 National Sports Safety and Security Conference, hosted by the University of Southern Missouri, began last week with a question and answer session held by Commissioner of Major League Soccer Don Garber and Former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Thomas P. Bossert. The two answered questions and addressed concerns about restarting the 2020 Major League
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Born to run
Only one question by author Christopher McDougall causes an adventure of a lifetime. That question is, “Why does my foot hurt?” “Born To Run” tells the story of author McDougall and his adventure. He started running in the beginning, but he could not go very far, because his foot would always start to hurt. So,
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FEATURES
Professor leads discussion of Franz Kafka’s letter to his father
Photo: Maddie Kauffman Thursday, Sept. 27, professor of English and German Dr. Mark Harman orchestrated a presentation in Elizabethtown College’s High Library McCormick classroom to discuss and analyze a letter that German-speaking Bohemian Jewish author Franz Kafka wrote to his father. Harman has extensive experience with Kafka, having translated a number of his works into
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Improving quali-tea of life through traditional Japanese tea ceremonies
Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Susquehanna Room in Myer Residence Hall at Elizabethtown College, associate professor of Japanese Dr. Nobuaki Takahashi, gave a presentation titled “The Way of Tea, The Way of Life” on the history of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The Way of Tea is an ancient
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Professor explores neurological perspective of music therapy
Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., the Bowers Writers House invited students to explore the question “Can music really change the brain?” The discussion was led by professor of music Dr. Gene A. Behrens, whose career as a music therapist spans four decades in a variety of settings. Currently presiding over a variety of different
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