NEWS
Honors Program initiative: “Learn, Serve, Lead”
In early March, the Elizabethtown College Honors Program launched exciting new initiatives to keep up with the changing aspects of on-campus life. These changes range from simply adopting a new motto to promoting comprehensive community engagement. I interviewed Honors Program director Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca and other students from the Program to see how they felt
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Students receive HEERF II funding
Students at Elizabethtown College received emails from the Business Office Monday, March 1, informing them that the College was distributing direct emergency funds. The payments come as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II). The College received more than $675k in funding. According
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Pennsylvania Politics
The Pennsylvania Republican Party endured an hours-long meeting last week over the issue of Senator Pat Toomey’s (R) vote to convict former President Donald Trump after his second impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. The soon-to-be retired senator narrowly avoided the formal expression of disapproval late into the night Monday, March 2; rather, the party
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CAMPUS LIFE
Music review: Lord Huron: A nostalgic, haunting sound for listeners
During one particularly peaceful summer night this past July, I spent a few hours sitting in my overgrown backyard with nothing but a drink, my bluetooth speaker and my own thoughts. This is one of my favorite hobbies, as well as one of my least productive. Sometimes, you just have to drift through time, carried
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Initial response to new wellness center on campus
In the spring of 2018, Elizabethtown College confirmed plans to construct a fitness and wellness center on campus. When construction crews struck ground in summer 2018, initial response from students was mixed. Some students were excited to have expanded facilities. The Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being features a full indoor track and large
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Advice: Students Offer Tips to First-Years on Living Well
Health is really important to maintain, and being a college first-year does not make it an easy task. There are a lot of aspects of good health that could fall through the cracks for college first-years with all the homework they are assigned. However, it can be done, especially with practice. 1. Balance your work
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SPORTS
A tough loss ends the regular season for men’s basketball
Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Raymond DuFour Center at The Catholic University of America, the Cardinals barely managed to beat out the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays 74-72. The men’s basketball game, which was part of the Landmark Conference, was either in favor of the Blue Jays or a close match for a majority of the
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Men’s and women’s track and field headed off to Landmark Conference
“I prepared for the meet like any other meet,” Mann said. “I went to practice and did the workouts Coach gave me. Also our running workouts and I put time in the weight room.” This helps Mann improve his times and pace going into the next race. “It felt great to win my events,” he
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Men’s swimming wins by two, women’s record drops to 4-8
Friday, Feb. 2, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams took on Frostburg State University at home. Seniors Megan Anderson, David Foery, Dru Schneider, Molly Templin and Morgan Taylor were honored as part of the teams’ senior night, as the five Blue Jays swam in their last home meet of their Etown swimming careers. The
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FEATURES
Turkish journalist visits Bowers, group discusses political corruption
Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Writers House held a discussion on the changing political climate of Turkey Friday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. The speakers for the event included associate professor of political science Dr. Oya Dursun-Özkanca, Turkish newspaper executive Abdülhamit Bilici and president of the World Affairs Council Joyce Davis. Dursun-Özkanca is interested in the study
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Bowers Writers House opens for semester, panel on new technology
A panel-style presentation allowed the Elizabethtown College community to hear a variety of opinions on new technology emerging within the sciences. The event took place Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at the College’s Bowers Writers House. The panel consisted of four professors with varying specializations in the sciences. The presenters included associate professor of physics
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First year Seminar writes column on course values of Simple Living
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail,” wrote Henry David Thoreau during his social experiment at Walden Pond. The transcendentalist, commonly known as the father of
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