NEWS
Student Senate: Overnight guests are now permitted on campus
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, October 20 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order presented by Project Manager of Facilities Management Department Jerry Schaber which focused on the launching of a sustainability dorm challenge. Schaber presented energy comparisons statistics of each dorm per student. The focus
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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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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Holiday Activities: Get some ideas to gather holiday cheer!
With the holidays and the end of the semester fast approaching, many students may be looking for ways to have fun with their friends before winter break. Although movies, card and board game nights and other activities are a great way to spend time with friends, what could be better than a holiday-themed activity to
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Weekly Chirp: How Early is Too Early to Prepare for Christmas?
With the days getting shorter and the wind getting colder, people have one of two things on their minds: Thanksgiving or Christmas. Of course, some people don’t celebrate either holiday and are probably just concerned with the snow. Christmas is the biggest holiday celebrated in America. Some celebrate for religious reasons while others take a
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SPORTS
Statement on Cancellations
Photo courtesy of Elizabethtown College Flickr Thursday, March 12, following other school closings, Elizabethtown College planned to close its doors due to COVID-19 from Friday, March 13 to Friday, April 3. This decision followed Governor Tom Wolf’s call for social distancing during this crisis. Along with students needing to move off campus and all on-campus
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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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FEATURES
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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Five seniors say good-bye with the production of “Rats’ Tales”
Elizabethtown College’s theatre department performed “Rats’ Tales” April 19, 20, 21, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Tempest Theatre. “The play is made up of several stories or folk tales that spin off the lead story, which is the Pied Piper of Hamelin,” director and adjunct professor
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