NEWS
Global Perspective
In mid-August of this year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penned a deal that would normalize their diplomatic relations. Not long after, Bahrain joined the pact in normalizing its relations with Israel. President Donald Trump believes these deals, which he oversaw, are a great step towards peace in the Middle East. Now, he
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New OHRP research guidelines
The pandemic has led to changes in many parts of our lives — including what and how we research. The Office of Human Research Protections has introduced a number of new guidelines for conducting human research. Etown students and faculty alike are feeling the effect. The new OHRP protections are intended to prioritize public health
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Kreider Prize Lecture
The annual Kreider Prize Lecture took place virtually Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7pm. Elizabethtown College professor of political science Dr. E. Fletcher McClellan was the recipient of the 2019-2020 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence. He presented his lecture “Analytical Advocacy in the Age of Trump,” which examined the current political climate and how he gives
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Profile: Now Wear This!: High-quality thrift shopping moves to town
Are you looking for some new clothes, bags or accessories, but not willing to spend a lot of money to do so? Are you hesitant about thrift shopping? Well, Now Wear This! can ease all your doubts about the thrift store shopping experience. They offer a clean and organized shopping environment for all their customers.
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Movie Review: Beautiful Boy: Emotional film about drug addiction
Everything. It’s what all good parents want to do for and give to their children to help them succeed in life. It also demonstrates that their undying love will prevail, even through the most dire of circumstances. This is a sentiment reflected but also put to the ultimate test in “Beautiful Boy,” directed by Felix
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Have hate crimes been on the rise since the 2016 election?
The Pittsburgh community was shocked after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue Oct. 27, left 11 dead and many more grieving. The synagogue is home to three different congregations of Jewish communities, and each was holding a service that morning. Around 10 a.m., members from all three services heard a loud boom
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SPORTS
Golf appeals to older audience
Golf landed at number ten on the list of Top Ten Sports around the world. The viewership surrounding golf is found more with people who are aged 35 years or above. The younger generation is not as into this sport. Golf is also known to be an upper class sport, viewed most in the houses
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Scranton snaps women’s basketball four game winning-streak
Wednesday, Jan. 24, Elizabethtown College women’s basketball took on Juniata College and kept their at-home winning streak. Coming into the game, the Blue Jays had a 7-0 at home record for the season. The win streak went up to eight after a 79-55 win over the Eagles. The first quarter was off to a great
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Swim teams fall to McDaniel in last away meet of the season
Saturday, Jan. 27, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams competed in their last away meet of the season against McDaniel College. McDaniel defeated both Etown teams, defeating the women 58-24 and the men 46-45. McDaniel won the first event of the afternoon, finishing 11 seconds ahead of Etown’s 400-yard medley A relay team. Sophomore
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FEATURES
Book discussion on mental health
Sept. 25 at 7 p.m., students and faculty joined author Tim Kreider for a discussion about his book “Refuse to Drown.” The event was titled “A Son’s Crime, A Father’s Unthinkable Choice and a Journey to Wholeness.” Kreider kicked off Mental Health Week by giving a PowerPoint presentation about his own struggles with depression, which
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How Etown students can fill the Skills Gap by showcasing own skills
Director of Career Development Jane Nini identifies a variety of skills gaps. One of the aspects of the skills gap focuses on the fact that college students are not career-ready and, in turn, have trouble getting jobs. On a national scale, Elizabethtown College has a better career development program than other institutions. There are many
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Plastic eating fungus discovered: Nature’s solution to our mistakes
Plastics. They are found in most everyday objects. Whether it be our phones, the water bottles that we drink from or the plates that we eat off in the Marketplace, it is a substance that we have taken advantage of and have widely used throughout the past 100 years. Though it has provided us with
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