NEWS
Etown is recognized on the College Consensus top-100 list of 2022 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
Elizabethtown College is off to a great start being placed on the top 100 list of liberal arts colleges. This is an excellent accomplishment for Etown, and the school has been virtuous and willing to adapt to change. These actions are just some of the reasons that Etown is being recognized on the list. Liberal
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Global Perspective: Women running for office in Kenya face harassment and abuse
Dozens of women who are running for office in Kenya are facing abuse and harassment during the month of August right before elections. Sociocultural barriers in Kenya are the reason for this abuse. Liz Njue faced abuse while campaigning for president. She is only one of many women facing abuse and harassment in Kenya lately.
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The College updates its COVID-19 guidelines
On Aug. 11, Elizabethtown College COVID Task Force sent an email out communicating the new updates to the COVID-19 regulations for the College campus due to the changes the Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommended. This affects all students, faculty and visitors that would be coming onto the Etown campus. These updated regulations include
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle
We’ve heard that living at Elizabethtown College can be hard sometimes, with classes and laundry and all sorts of human-sounding responsibilities. All that is a little strange sounding to us: we squirrels don’t have any problems at all! Everyone at Etown is so nice, especially this time of year when we like to play outside
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Weekly Chirp: What’s Going on in the Resident Halls?
Since nearly the start of the school year, Elizabethtown College’s own app, the Jays’ App, has been filled with residential students’ complaints over dorm life. Ranging from stolen shower heads and dorm numbers to numerous wasps in the residential halls, the incidents seem to be never-ending. The Office of Housing and Residence Life have sent
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Review: New Fresh Nest Menu
This semester the Fresh Nest came out with a new menu. Previously, they featured smoothies and salads. Now, they limited the smoothies and added boba tea and ramen. Unfortunately, I’m not a huge fan of ramen so this review is solely on the boba drinks. Most likely in the future, there would be a ramen
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SPORTS
Men’s golf shoots over par at York College’s Spartan Invitational
Saturday, Sept. 7 and Sunday Sept. 8, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team played in the Spartan Invitational at York College of Pennsylvania for it’s season opening competition. The Blue Jays came in 15th place, shooting 133 over par 709. Sophomore Evan Kreiser was the top leader for the Blue Jays who finished in tied
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Women’s volleyball is undefeated at Lycoming Invitational
Friday, Sept. 6 and Saturday, Sept. 7, Elizabethtown College’s women’s volleyball team was in the line-up at the Lycoming Invitational. The Blue Jays walked away from the Invitational with four wins, taking all sets. Friday, Etown was up against the University of Pittsburgh Bradford and Hartwick College. Against Pitt-Brad, Etown took the 3-1 win taking
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Women’s volleyball starts season with overall record of 3-1
The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team walked away with a 3-1 overall after a weekend full of games. This is the first time that the Blue Jays started their season 3-1 since 2015. Friday, Aug. 30 and Saturday, Aug. 31, the Blue Jays were part of the Battlefield Classic with competitors, Lancaster Bible College
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FEATURES
Ean Mann starts track and field career, breaks record three times
Written by: Keri Edwards All the hard work in the weight room, the time and effort put in at practice and his commitment to his team will finally come to pass. First- year Ean Mann realizes that he is only 60 meters away, which is a little longer than half a football field, from the
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Yoga classes provide students with a way to relax, manage stress
Written by: Caitlin Vandiver Breathe in…breathe out,” Elizabethtown College yoga instructor Gayle Gearhart says as she demonstrates the warm-up exercises using sweeping arm movements with feet set wide apart on the mat. Students follow along in synchrony by slowly moving their arms from side to side and then into an arc above their heads. After
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Class of 2021 Senate, therapy dogs raise money for ASPCA
Photo courtesy of Andrea Guscott Elizabethtown College students made comments like “Oh, cute dog!” and “Puppy!” as they walked through the Baugher Student Center (BSC) Friday, April 20 from 1-3 p.m. Therapy dogs from the Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services (KPETS) were helping members of the Class of 2021 Student Senate raise money for the
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