NEWS
Student Senate discusses funding for clubs and Ukrainian resolution
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, March 10 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special call to order by Blake Reed, where she spoke on the important role Power of One Day plays for fundraising for the campus. The money raised is used for financial aid, scholarships and
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Global Perspective: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes increase in gasoline and food prices
Since Russia invaded Ukraine Thursday, Feb. 24, gas prices in the U.S. and around the world have skyrocketed. Both the invasion and efforts from the U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to counteract it have deeply affected global financial markets. Since the invasion, the average price of regular gas in the U.S. has increased
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Elizabethtown College alumnus shelters in Kyiv, Ukraine
Elizabethtown College alumnus Vladyslav Solodovynk ‘04 has been sheltering in place in his home in Kyiv, Ukraine since Feb. 24, which marked the beginning of the Russian war on Ukraine. Solodovynk has resided in the capital city since 2009, and the invasion of his country has wholly upended his life. “The first day was a
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle
Hi! I’m Kylo and this is BB! We’re not the typical pair of animals found on Elizabethtown College’s campus, but we fit in just the same. We’re both mystery snails; also called spike-topped apple snails, if you’re feeling fancy. I’m a blue mystery snail and BB is brown. This is actually our first semester on
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Horoscopes
Aries With Mars in Gemini, you might be a little too forward in your conversations. Be confident, but don’t be pushy, Aries. Taurus Your ruling planet, lovely Venus, is in your eleventh house of relationships and ideals. Embrace the positives around you. Gemini Saturday will have the only Pisces new moon of the year. Pisces
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SPORTS
Wrestling takes a tough loss in last home match against Messiah
Friday, Feb. 8 Elizabethtown College’s wrestling team competed against Messiah College in its last home meet and celebrated senior Dan Smith’s accomplishments. Etown lost 29-13. Juniors Josh Paisley and Elijah Flasher and first-year Colton Shriner won their matches. Messiah had a large audience that cheered the team on as the players took the lead 11-0
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Etown holds tri-match, team takes loss against opponents
The Elizabethtown College men’s volleyball team fell short to Alvernia University in Reading, PA, Thursday, Feb. 7. The team struggled to keep up with the Golden Wolves as each set got further and farther away from the Jays. Although the blue and gray held a lead of a point in each of the games, those
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Men’s basketball takes a loss, women’s team on winning streak
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Drew University Saturday, Feb. 9. The men’s team lost 76-65 and the women’s team won 65-60. Junior Connor Moffatt scored the first points for Etown with a three-pointer off an assist from junior Ethan DuBois. The team trailed behind and Coach Britt Moore called a
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FEATURES
Producer discusses documentary honoring African-American veterans
Friday, Feb. 16, the Gibble Auditorium welcomed cast members and the Executive producer Bryan Wade to show Wade’s newly released oral history documentary, entitled “KEYSTONES – A military documentary series honoring African-American Servicemen and women from Harrisburg’s Capitol Region who served from WWII to Vietnam.” Wade was inspired to make this documentary after seeing the
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Travelling exhibit starts conversation
The Elizabethtown College High Library provided students and local observers an opportunity to view the World War I and America exhibition Thursday, Feb. 1. Opinions toward the war will be showcased throughout the month, illustrated by works of the student body, college faculty and the general public from the College’s Hess Archives. The World War
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Speaker uses Lincoln as an example of civility, discusses modern incivility
Dr. Matthew Moen visited the Elizabethtown College Feb. 12 for a lecture about incivility and about the use of past political climates as reference for civility today. Moen is the President of the Gettysburg Foundation following a job as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Political Science and Lohre Distinguished
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