NEWS
Today’s Technology
On Feb. 1, Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (ticker: GOOGL) announced that it will be doing a 20-for-1 stock split, meaning that for every one share an individual owns, he or she will receive 19 additional shares, based on the records of July 1. The stock split will go into effect on July 15, 2022
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Dining services staff shortages
Elizabethtown College students have noticed a lot of changes pertaining to Dining Services this semester. These changes largely stem from a staffing shortage that has forced Dining to have shorter hours for some food places on campus, give student workers longer hours and to tragically shut down the Jay Truck. Dining Services Assistant Manager Austin
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Office of Marketing and Communications wins award
“It is always enjoyable to work with students, faculty and staff on projects for marketing and communications—our vibrant community is what makes Etown so special!” Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Keri Straub said. The Elizabethtown College Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) has recently been recognized in The Ninth Annual Education Digital Marketing (EDM)
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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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