The Etownian

NEWS

Student Senate
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 4 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting started off with four new senators from the class of 2023 reciting the Oath of Office. Administrative reports began with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez reporting back on
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Students and professors transition back to in-person classes
This semester Elizabethtown College transitioned from a hybrid or remote format by offering all in-person classes. Even though there were many challenges associated with remote and hybrid learning, professors and students still had to adjust to another new normal. Last semester, many professors decided to teach their courses in a hybrid format where they taught
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Student volunteer for lawn conversion project
Elizabethtown College has partnered with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to participate in a lawn conversion project that will help reduce the state’s pollution levels for the Chesapeake Bay. The lawn conversion project began on the grassy area by the Brown Building park lot on Friday, Oct. 29. Members of the Etown SEEDS Ecology
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Welcome to the jungle
Hiii! I’m Atina and this is my big bro, Zeus! We just got on campus a few weeks ago and we live with our step-brother, Al. He’s been here since the start of the semester and he’s been nice to us even since we got here. Zeus and I were adopted during a trip to
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Letter to the Editor Response from Dr. Don Trahan
Note: This is a reply to a LTE submitted by Anonymous. In September and October, Elizabethtown College held a series of training sessions regarding power and microaggressions. Recently, the Etownian received an editorial in which the author expressed their discontent with the training sessions, specifically regarding the discussion about asking for people’s preferred pronouns in
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Letter to the Editor on the Diversity and Inclusion Training by Anonymous
Note: Dr. Don Trahan, who led the Diversity and Inclusion Training, responded in a follow-up. During the summer, I was fed up. I was fed up by Elizabethtown College’s ties with a history of racial injustices and microaggressions against minority groups. I was even more fed up that the only attempt to fix these ties
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Women’s soccer suffers loss, men’s team looks to Landmark
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s soccer teams fought hard against The Catholic University of America Saturday, Oct. 27. The women’s team suffered a hard defeat by one goal, while the men’s team tied and secured their place as the number one seed in the Landmark Conference, also locking down a home field advantage. The
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Volleyball team came out with a tough loss during Landmark
The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team played Ursinus College Oct. 25 in Collegeville. The Blue Jays took a 3-0 win. The Blue Jays closed out their first back-to-back winning seasons since 2012 and 2013. This was a huge accomplishment for the women. The women had a whopping 18 kills and a hitting percent of .323
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Cross country teams defend Landmark Conference title
Both Elizabethtown College cross country teams took the Landmark Conference title Saturday, Oct. 27. This is the fifth consecutive title for both teams. The women’s team had a close call, only beating Moravian College by four points. Sophomore Olivia Gerstenbacher ran a personal best of 23:01.42 and was the recipient of the All-Landmark First Team
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New Study Abroad Advisor talks about her time spent at Etown
Would you work for your school? Elizabethtown College graduate Megan Bell ’14 currently works as a study abroad advisor at the Etown Study Abroad Office. While at Etown, Bell majored in corporate communications with a minor in professional writing. She swam on the swim team all four years and was a captain her senior year.
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Panel on reform lines up with anniversary of Protestant Reformation
Elizabethtown College hosted an event Tuesday, Nov. 14, sponsored by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies about three different reform movements and leaders: Martin Luther, John Calvin and Swiss Anabaptists. Each speaker discussed the history and choices made by the reformists. The presentation allowed audience members to ask questions or make comments at
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Final event of World War I lecture series shares view from the East
Monday, Nov. 13, the High Library hosted the last installment of the World War I and America program for the fall 2017 semester. The lecture featured Dr. David Kenley, the Director of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking and professor of history at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Kenley’s area of expertise is Asian studies, with
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