NEWS
Global Perspective: Africa, flooding in Nigeria
Flooding across Nigeria has killed more than 600 people, demolished homes and left hundreds of thousands of farmland acres ruined. The damaging effects from weeks of flooding caused Nigeria to battle with fuel and food shortage scares and has led to an uptick in inflation rates. Nigeria is experiencing its worst flooding since 2012. This
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Elizabethtown College welcomes Assistant Professor of English Literature Patrick Allen
Assistant Professor of English Literature Patrick Allen recently joined the Elizabethtown College English Department. Allen is an expert in African American literature and is also the current Vice President of Organizational Matters at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers. He is a graduate of both Providence College and Penn State University,
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PA Politics: The power of women and independent voters
Polling for the midterm elections in Pennsylvania continues to grow closer. For the U.S. Senate race, Democrat John Fetterman has a 3% edge over Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in a poll by FiveThirtyEight. For governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro leads Republican Doug Mastriano by almost 10% as of Oct. 21. Many expect Shapiro to win the
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CAMPUS LIFE
Album Review: “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
On Friday, Nov. 12, Taylor Swift released “Red (Taylor’s Version),” which is a re-release of her fourth album “Red.” Swift opted to re-record her first six albums after the first record label that signed her, Big Machine Records, sold them to Ithaca Holdings for $300 million. As such, Scooter Braun was granted ownership of Swift’s
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11/14 Horoscopes “The Signs as Red (Taylor’s Version) Tracks”
Aquarius: While Aquarians can be deeply passionate when in love, they can be hesitant to commit. When it comes to matters of the heart, it can be hard to let people in, so the songs “I Almost Do (Taylor’s Version)” and “Message In A Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” give off these vibes. It
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Friends-giving Recipes
Thanksgiving break is just around the corner and with it an abundance of food. Unfortunately, most college friends live far away and can’t come over to enjoy each other’s traditions. There’s hope there, though, as you can easily make a quick Thanksgiving dinner between now and break. Or you can just wait until after the
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SPORTS
Basketball regular season ends with both teams taking a loss
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Saturday, Feb. 22, the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team finished up their season with an 85-81 loss against Moravian College. They finished overall 12-12 and went 5-9 in conference play. First-year Jalin Robinson made a career-high 30 points, with 25 of them in the second half of the game. First-year Wyatt
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Men’s lacrosse takes last-minute loss in second 2020 season game
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team took a 12-10 loss against St. Mary’s College of Maryland Saturday, Feb. 22. The game was played well up until the very last minute, when St. Mary’s took the win by making the final two goals of the game. The last one was made with
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NBA All-Star Weekend featured Celebrity Games for Valentine’s Day
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Friday, Feb. 14, the NBA All-Star Weekend continued with a celebrity-filled competition for Valentine’s Day. Sponsored by Ruffles, the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game pitted ESPN commentators Stephen A. Smith and Michael Wilbon together as the head coaches of the match. TV show personality and Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri
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FEATURES
Living and working internationally, Etown students’ global summer
For all students, summer is a time to take a break from school work. However, many college students still have to work over the summer. Some Elizabethtown College students spent their summer working abroad. One of these students was senior Japanese major and international studies minor Quinten Yonkers. Yonkers spent the summer interning at the
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Photography class exhibits pictures of the five senses
Photo: Megan White Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Katherine Hughes’ Fall 2017 photography class exhibited their photography in the High Library. The theme of the display was “Photographing the Senses.” The 16 students enrolled in the class took a picture that depicted one of the five senses. Viewers were encouraged to try and determine which
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Professor explains influence of WWI on Peace Churches
Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in Hoover 110, the large room was completely filled with students, faculty and members of the community all anticipating the start of the lecture titled, “World War I and Lancaster Peace Churches.” High Library Director Sarah Penniman got the event started by introducing the guest speaker, professor of history
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